Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-11-04

Taking the Republican landslide in
the East as handwriting on the wall,
metropolitan newspapers, among them
those which staunchly had supported
| Governor Cox and the league of ma
lions issue, announced the election of
Harding early in the evening OF cleo
| ton day. There were then no figures
to assure it, or to give assurance that
the sudden turning about of four years
ago, which changed apparent victory
for Hughes into election for Wilson
would not be repeated. Democratic
managers early in the night protested
confidence that the votes from the
| West would overcome the sentiment
of the East, while the Republican man
ayers continued to issue predictions
of victory.
AS the landslide in the East con-
tinued to roll down, however, and the
first indications came that it would
extend Westward, there evidently was
some hurried communication from Gov
ernor Cox at Dayton and the Demo
cratic managers in New York, for
their announcements conceding the
election of Harding came out in Day
ton. and in New York at virtually the
same time.
At the same moment he conceded
the election of Harding, Chairman
White also conceded the election OF
a Republican congress.
One striking feature of the situation
in fact, an almost anomalous one
was that while the election of Sena-
tor Harding was being conceded there
were actually not sufficient election
returns on hand to compile table OF
electoral votes showing the distribu-
ton of states vote in the electoral
college.
Senator Harding's election came on
his fifty-fifth birthday anniversary.
Republican Plurality In New YORK
With the possible exception of the
contest for the governorship in New
York, which is still in doubt, Repub-
licans apparently have made clean
sweep in New York state,
If this ratio is maintained in the
missing districts, Senator Harding Will
carry the state by an unprecedented
plurality.
Governor Smith was leading Nathan
r. Miller, Republican gubernatorlal
nominee. by 3,O31 votes when returns
from nearly two-thirds OF the state had
been tabulated.
limited States Senator James w.
Wadsworth, Jr., who was bitterly op-
posed by organized women suffraglsts
and dry leaders because of his vote
against suffrage and against the prohl-
bition amendment, was leading MS
Democratic opponent. Lieutenant
Governor Harry c. Walker, Republi-
can, was leading.
Republicans won two seats in the
congressional fight in New York state,
electing theier candidate in the 1lfth'
eighth and ninth districts, which are
now represented by Democrats, and
lost the 2Sth district. Virtually COM
plete returns from "a out of AZ con-
gressional districts indicate the cleo
ton Oh Il hSpupilSohS NN ~
Gratis.
Former Representative in Congress
Peter G. Teneyck, Democrat, was
elected in the 2tSh district, now rep
resented by Rollin Sanford, Repubh-
can.
Returns from 100 additional New
York City districts again put Cover
nor Smith in the lead by plurality
of g 925 over Miller. The vote in o.
o95 ont of 1908 districts in the state
gave; Smith 1,133,97S and Miller l.
125,053.
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were in Carrmonte, suburb of Day
ton. and about a mile from the home,
Trails End.
The vote cast by Mrs. Cox was not
her first, she having lived in Illinois,
and voted at a state election a Few
years ago. In the voting booth she
showed her knowledge of the old Aus.
tralian ballot marking up four dill
ferent forms composing it in two min
utes and beating her husband by thir-
ty seconds.
Harding rendered Birthday Fete
A Dispatch from Marion, Ohio, says