Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1920-11-06
HARDING VICTORY
BIGGEST EVER
Tremendous Vote Piled Up as
Democrats Fall Down in
Large Cities.
LEAGUE OF NATIONS WRECKED
Determination of Country for Change
in the Federal Government Was
Plainly the FuIcrum on Which
Question Rested.

Washington, Nov. 4.-Warren G.
Harding has been elected president
OF the United States by the greatest
popular plurality ever given a nominee
to that office. His electoral majority
has surpassed that of 19O4-the Re
publican high water mark-when
Roosevelt received 336 votes to 14O
for Parker.
The senate majority and the house
of representatives likewise, is in Re
publican hands by an increased mar
gin.
Regardless of the increase in the
popular vote due to woman suffrage,
the pluaralities of the Republican ma
tlonal ticket in the larger states of the
east and middle west have reached
unexpected proportions.
Democrats Fail in Big Cities.
The Democrats failed to carry the
large cities, their usual suronghOlds,
and therein lies the tale e. the ire
mendOuS pluralities piled up by The
Republican national ticket. These plur-
alities have been so large as to pull
through senatorial candidates and
state tickets generally and to elect
numerous Republicans to the lower
house of congress in districts normal
~ Democratic. 1t has len a land
slide which only those in command of
the Harding campaign had the hardi-
hood to predict
Substantially every doubtful element
in the electorate seems to have swung
into the Republican column en- masse
in the larger states The women, whose
position on the League Of Nations is
sue has been more or less of cOnun-
drum to the political managers, the
foreign voters, labor and the independ-
ent vote in a large measure apparent
ly acted together for Harding. It is
noteworthy, however, that in Indiana,
Kentucky and West Virginia, where
the Democrats had real organiZat ton,
a respectable showing for the Demo
cratic ticket has been made.
Survey Wreck of League.
SO far as the League of Nations
is concerned, those who insisted that
it was an issue in the campaign have
the sad task of surveying the wreck
age. The determination of the country
for a change in the federal govern
ment was plainly the fulcrum on which
the lever rested to GUST the Demo-
cratic party from power by the ire
mendous vote which was cast Tues
day.
During the war the Democratic ad-
ministration came into intimate touch
with every voter in the country. 1t
told him what he might and might
not do 1t told him what taxes he
should pay 1t told him what he might
eat, how much coal he might burn.
1t fixed his railroad rates and told
him when he might move his freight.
All of these were necessary adjunctS
of war, accompanied by a dictatorship
unparalleled in the history of the coun-
try. -
When the war was over the reins
of supreme authority remained taut
too long. The man in the street strain
ing in the grip, rightly or wrongly,
blamed the federal government for his
Ills as well as for the things he could
not understand. Tuesday those bonds
were broken and a veritable riot of
| the electorate took place.
It was q peaceful riot, in accord
ance with the Constitution, conducted
in an orderly but none the less de-
cisive manner, and March next the
Republicans come back into power,
charged with the duty Of doing those
things the Democratic party has not
done, and of undOing many OF the
things it has done.
In administration circles, while dis
appointment reigns supreme, there Is
nevertheless feeling akin to relief
at the overwhelming nature of the
outcome of this election. There is
nothing left to quarrel about.