The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1920-11-03
ny GEORGE X. HOLMES


teTaFF CORES soHDi n 5ERNfCFf
-NEN YORK No.. 3.-The republican
avalanche which struck tho country
yesterday, buryng democratic nationaI
and state administrations under
staggering total OF votes was stiIi too
big today to be estimated III other tAan
general terms
Figures available carly this forenoon
however, made certain that Senator
Warren G.. Harding and GOV. CALVIN
Coolidge swept a least 81 state5 with
unprecedented plu-alities and carried
to victory with them 2S republican
governors, a majority Of at least II IN
the United States senate and pre-
ponderantly republican house OF repre-
scntatives
ONLY TWO IN DOUBT
The electoral votes OF only two
states appeared to be in doubt today
those Of Arizona and New Mexico. each
with three. The returns from these
two were slow and the vote SO csosa
that il may take several days 10 de-
termine the results
The CoX-R Roosevelt ticket carried the
solid south. comprising IS states. and
nothing else. barring possible Victories
in Arizona and New Mexico.
ALL NORTHERN STATES
The Harding Coolidge ticket carried
every state north Of the Nason-Dixon
line and every state west of the Mis-
sissippi river with exception of Arban-
sas. Louisiana. Oklahoma and Texas
and possibly tho two doubtful states
Of the Mexican border.
On the face Of today's returns Hard
ings popular plurality Is estimated
anywhere from 1000 600 to 7.oOo.0Uo
Ef.r
senator seemed assured Of ha-4ng
around $50 votes in the electoral col
lege. 1t is tho greatest victory ever
scored by republican cand date tor
the presidency. far exceeding that ~
Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 IT. r
had popular plurality Of 2.54l.291 an.I
had 3S6 votes in the electoral colles
PEUTsALTTIES STAGGERING
Staggering pluralitieS We're run uo
in many states. due to the addition or
millions of women votes. The repuh-
lican national tickets appears TO have
captured most Of the new votes
New York gave Harding a plurality
estimated roundly at 600 OOO. Penn
sylvania. a republican stronghold
three quarters of a million: Illinois.
100000; Michigan 100000: California
500, ,000 Massachusetts. 100000 and
Ohio, the home state of both candi-
dates. gave Harding a victory rcundly
estimated at $50 600
ALL OLD FRIENDS RACK
The republicans succeeded in turn
ing back into tho republican column
every northern ard western state
which Woodrow Wilson carried oN
Charles Evans Hughes in 1916. -Four
years ago the central and far west
elected Wilson Yesterday those Same
state sroiled up impressive majortties
FOR Harding Fourteen states which iii
1916 were carried by Wilson and whicn
Harding carried yesterday were cali
fornia, Colorado. Kansas AfssoIri.
Montana, Nebraska. Maryland. Nevada
New Hampshire. North Dakota. Utah,
Washington and Wyoming
SOUTH Is UIT HARD.
Even IL the southern states. tile
democratic majorities showed. in many
cases, heavy declines from 1916 Where
Texas four years ago gave Wilson
handsome majority OF 221 ,515. it was
generally estimated today that Cox's
majority viii be many thousands less.
Republicans even had strong hopes to-
day Of clectins their mon in several
congressional fghts. Other southcrn
states showed like decreases.
The thirteen states which Gov Cox
appeared today 70 have certainly car
ried are:
Alabama. Arkansas Florida. GeorEiu.
Louisiana. Mississippi, North Carolina.
Oklahoma. Kentucky, South carolina.
Tennessee and Texas and Virginia.