The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1920-11-05
HARDING ELECTED
BY LARGE MAJORITIES
DEMOCRATS AND N. P. /. LOSE RACES
FOR 0fElCE; SOLID SOUTH BROKEN

Carried by the tide Of public con-
ndence and by the disapproval of the
temperate administration, the Rcpu-
bllcan tickets all over the whole Unit
ed States are swept into office by over
whefm'ng majorities. a; early returns
showed.
/ harding took the lead early, bv a
two-one vote from New York state
which v was closely followed by return.
from Maine, New Hampshire and the
New England States. all OF which gave
taa Republican candidate large ma ior-
ities. The returns from the southern
states were strongly in favor of Hard
ihg, ~ splte of the solid South vote
.wnlch has ruled hereto fore.
Norbeck showed unexpected strength
ana poiled vote that delighted his
campaign managers McMaster. Gun
derspn and all Of the Republican state
ticket won by comfortable ma 10, tiles.
voting was light, especially in the
rural districts and the returns were
SLOW IN coming in. The snow storm
OF Sunda, and Monday blocked tba
roads and if any Of the voters of the
household were able to get to the poll,
u was the man of the house, who made
the trip on horseback. The election re-
turns Tor this year will not be fair
test ST the voting strength Of the fa-
male vote.
In cities and towns reports from All
over the state showed the women TAX
ing an unusual interest in the election
and deen'ing it their duty to 90 to the
Dolls and cast their first vote. North
Dakota campaign managers for O'fson
ner nominated on the Democratic tic
ket by the fusion of Democrats and
KepuhIlcans, made an election-eve pra-
dlctlon that the women vote wonlJ
eject Oconner. Minnesota returns
talled to come in until Wednesday
noon, When neager returns showed
the Republican ticket leading strong.
and tho BahtUck amendment >Nrts~
leading.
Watertown gave the Republican tic
ket large lead over their opponents
aberdeen and Brown county elected
the =: .. F. candidates and the N.
L. tailed to put a single man in office.
Inc estimated pluralities from a.!
the states give Harding about 5.5Oo.-
600 which is said to be the largest
popular support ! anv candidate fo,
president has received since the eIec-
ton OF Abe Lincoln in 1864. Cox
eo'''d c'i'm maiorities IN only II of the
= states. the largest Of which came
rom ''oo '"ia. Naiere be polie,! 100 OOO
better than Harding In New York
TIE tin1ated plurality for Harding
WAS an even million. South Dakota
o'res the Republican candidate y a. /.
900 plurality; Minnesota, eco 900: No
Dakota, 10000. and Montana. Il OOO
f'reus and the entire Republican tic
ket was given a clean sweep in Min
nesota with majority of $4,000. The
Soc'a,'st!c asDirati0ns Of the n. F. L.
We're dealt a heavy blow and with the
early returns from North Dakota.
which indicate that the fusion candi-
date has Il splendid chance Of CARVING
the state, Townleyism will receive 4
Knockout from which it cannot recov-
er. Volstead, independent candidate.
IS leading Rev. kvalc, the non-parti
san candidate and Indications are that
he will be able to keep the lead.
In Wisconsin, where some Of the Re-
publican candidates were endorsed and
supported by the bipartisan league.
Lenroot was returned to the Senate
winning over his opponent Blaine, by
a large majority. Berger. the con-
gressman from the Milwaukee district.
who was denied a seat in congress, was
defeated by Stafford, Republican.
No returns are available from Mon
tara, 50 that we are unablA to say
whether the state went over to the
ToMNley control OF not.