The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-11-05
HAMILTON RETuRNs.

Some interesting facts are Cleaned
| from the Hamilton county returns. In
the FIRST place the vote was larger In
proportion than In any other OF the
big counties. We cast 20703 votes for
the two principal candidates for presi-
dent against 1880 In Knox; 1890 In
Davidson and 24,728 In Shelby. How
ever, more votes were cast In the conf
gresslonal race in Hamilton than for
president, the total being 20.996. Judge
Moon received 1888 more votes than Cox
and Joe Brown received lis more than
Harding. There were 20,0SS votes cast
for governor. or 63b less than for pres
ident: 1908 for railroad commissioner,
1880 for state senate and 1868 for
representative, showing that many
voters failed to complete their tickets
However, with the exception OF the vote
for Roberts the democratic vote was
pretty equally distributed all down the
line. MIR. Coleman received practically
the same vote as the head Of the
ticket Gov. Roberts ran 2,lb4 votes
behind Cox and All Taylor. who proved
as good sprinter as one Of the fox
hounds he tells about, received 1850
votes more than his chief. Hamilton
was his banner county. He got 1882
Votco ItoTt hbhlNbt LII tuS III tAHOAs AulHSo
In shelby. and S.ts9 In Davidson This
tremendous city vote for the republican
gubernatorlal candidate, unparalleled In
the history OF the state. was the most
extraordinary feature OF the election
and can be explained largely by orr
ganixed labor's united support. Gov.
Cox received b,eSl votes In the city and
4,2i9 outside. Senator Harding got
5,793 in the city and 5000 outside. Gov.
Roberts ran 1910 votes behind Cox In
Chattanooga and SS4 behind In the
other districts Taylor received 521
votes more than Harding In the city
and LOLA more outside. II Ii evident
that both the farmer and the working
man were supporting All, Judge Moon
lost the city by III and the county by
I'll. Eugene Bryan for state senator
carried the city by 1,i00 and lost the
county by $40, Coloman's majority over
Pyott In the city was Las and the lat
ter carried the country districts by 23s.
A sidelight on East Lakes continued
opposition to annexation is shown by
the fact that Fletcher led the demo-
cratic legislative ticket there
How solid Is the colored vote for tho
republican party Ia shown by the ro-
turns from the Fourth ward In the city
and Orchard Knob outside. Tho latter
precinct gave Cox II votes and Hard
Ing 79S. Gov, Roberts received 4e, |
which IL the only sign In the returns
that the governor received any OF the |
promised colored support
The miners at Sale Creek. Daisy and |
Soddy, Just as In years past. voted the |
republican ticket. Lookout Mountain
and Signal mountain gave Gov. Roberts |
good vote, indicating that his law |
and order policies we're not altogether
unappreciated by business men ana elm
ployers,
The 2,iH votes which went TO Cox
and not 10 Roberts were probably
three-fourths OF organized labor and the
rest for other causes. principally the
tax laws the public utility act
and some for suffrage. The Rob-
erts defeat over the state was
largely due TO the above causes with
addition that the republicans organic. d
and got out an immense vote, aspe.
olally OF women In East Tennessee
counties, while the democrats were
surly and dlsgruntled for many causosI
and did not put any pep In their cam
paign, Instead OF seeking TO capital
lac on the passage OF tho suffrage
amendment they seemed disposed TO
make apologies FOR Il. The tax laws
and offended labor were the main
causes OF loss, however.