Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-03

tor nafionalism and the death of the
league of nations"
None Of; the minor parties, .the so-
ctahst, framet-iabor nor prohibffion,
ngQred in the presidential result sSo-
Fciaiist headquarters ut Chicago claim.
ed an Increased vote and the party re-
elected three New York socialist as
1emblymeR who had been expelled.
The fifst woman socialist candidate
for election to the New York as
sembly. Marion H. Laing. also was
successful.
Debs Gets Returns.
Eugene Debs, the socialist presi-
dential candidate received the returns
in Atlanta penitentiary.
The farmer labor candidate, Farley
p. Christensen; of Salt Lake City, had
not been located at an early hour to-
day. -
Senator Harding. with the receipt of
the ballot tidings-on his dfty-fifth
tion. beginning next friday He win
spend several days near Brownsville.
Tex. and then tour the Panama Canal
Zone. Gov. Cox also 10 planning va
sippi. '.;.< -.
Senator Harding and Gov. Cox: mi
nois and Pennsylvania furnished the
largest republican pluralities. That
OF New York, whore Gov. Smith.
democrat, and Nathan L. Miller, re-
publican. were neck and neck In the
gubernatcrial fight. was close to the
million mark; Ohio was around $780,
900; Illinois. at the present ratio.
about 100000. and Pennsylvania about
100000.
In California, whore Senator Phelan,
democrat, was trailing for behind
Samuel M. Shortridge, republican. and
with Senator Harding even further
ahead on the ticket. adoption of the
alien land law amendment, relating to
Japanese land, tenure. had a wide ma
joEity.
Prohibition Not Reelected.
Prohibition was a subject mot re-
nected upon the face of returns, but
VOlStead of Minnesota, republican. au-
thor Of the prohibition enforcement law,
was In close race.
81, Republican = governors in connecti-
Lewis was defeated by Len Small).
Kansas, Massachusetts,, Michigan mad
New Hampshire were successful, and
In Tennessee Gov. Roberts, upon un-
oinclal returns, was behind All Tay-
The republican ticket, presidential
and senatorial, was leading in Ari-
zona, Nevada. Idaho, Missouri, Mon
t6na anu SOutn. dakota. In Oklahoma
the race was said to be the closest in
history, with the democrats ahead.
Official figures from Tennessee raye
Gov. Cox a lead of 1900. with but
one fifth OF the returns in. In Mary-
land Senator Harding had a big lead.
Senator Smith. democrat. was defeated.
/ Only Three Lost in House.
AT noon. eastern time. today con.
| gressional returns were complete from
| only seventeen states. but all the re-
! turns then available showed a renuh-
! lican gain of twenty-five in the House
of Representatives Offset by losses OF
! three.
| In the Senate the only republican
/ gain definitely recorded was one fron
Maryland. but the landslide motion o1
the republican national ticket In ofhe,
states promised further senatorial
! gains with II.
| The only news in the incomfns
presidenti8l returns was . steady ~
for Harding. e. It appeared probebis
that In addition to the states hithSrts
l given to him In the eleetoral coIiees
there would be ADDED Idaho. Neva6s
Missouri and Maryland. :
Others carded In the doubtful col
unin showed . continuing list to tn,
republican column.