Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-11-04
Several States Still in
Doubt May Give Harding
Over 400 Electoral Votes.
BIG SURPRISE IN SOUTH
Many Precincts in Florida.
Louisiana and Georgia
Turn in G. O. P. Majorities

BY The Associated Press
NEW YORK, Nov. 4:-Tennessee
has swung into the swelling Repub-
lican column. shattering Democratic
predictions or a solid south" un-
official but nearly complete returns
from that state showed early today.
Her shift from the Democratic
ranks coupled with a similar state
in Oklahoma assured Warren G..
Harding of 3S6 electoral votes as
against 127 definitely in the James
Nj. Cox column. and left in doubt
but eighteen seats in the electoral
college. divided among Arizona, &;
Montana, 4; Nevada. 3; New Mexi-
co, 8. and North Dakota. 5. In all
of these states save New Mexico
Harding was in the lead on available
returns and in New Mexico Repub-
lican managers were claiming a
Harding plurality though available
returns showed Cox lead.
Tennessee on the face of returns
tabulated by the Memphis CONNER
cial Appeal from ninety-three of
ninety-five counties, with fifty pre-
cincts missing, gave Harding 199,759
votes and Cox 1S9,7S2, Harding
plurality of 1917. Governor Rob-
the Republican tide and Alfred A.
Taylor, unsuccessful candidate for
governor against his brother in 1886,
was elected.
NO further actual upsets were re-
ported from the solid south" al
though several thousand Florida.
Louisiana and Georgia districts
broke. precedents by piling up Hard
ing pluralities.
The Republican sweep assumed
larger proportions as belated returns
continued to come in. The victory of
samuel ID. Nicholson, Republican can
dldate for senate assured Presidents
elect Harding majority of ten in
upper House and five states where
senatorial choices had not been de-
termined, the Republican candidates
were in the lead in four states
Arizona, Oregon, Nevada. and North
/ Dakota.
In the fifth. Kentucky, Republican
leaders still clung to the hope that
late returns would overcome the ad-
vantage held by Senator ]. c.. W
Beckham, over Richard p. Ernst.-1fi
Republican opponent
The Republicans had secured c5,
seats in the house of representative,
to 132 for the Democrats: four seats
went to miscellaneous, including one
Socialist and one Prohibitionist.
Forty-two districts are unreported.
On returns so far the Republicans
had a plurality of 131.
Thirty-seven of these contests were
In states which gave Harding s
plurality or whose uncompleted vote
showed the Republican in the lead.
Late returns indicated possible turn
overs in cases of some Democratic
representative reported elected. A
notable instance was in New York
where three Republicans reported
defeated,- Ryan, in the 18th district,
Ansorge in the 21st and Rosedale in
the 23rd-had forced ahead of Dool-
ing, Donovan and McKinry, earlier
reported elected.
TIL House will have one socialist
member-Meyer London. of New
York, who defeated Henry NJ. Gold
fogle, Fusion candidate in the twelfth
district. The prohibitionist party lost
| its lone representative but an Inde-
pendent was elected from the TWEEN.
/ ty-fifth Penn district.
| Several notable upsets occurred In
| the congressional race among the re-
tirement by Missouri voters of former
Speaker Champ Clark, of the House.
and the election by Texas voters of
Republican representative, Harry
| WaurzbZach.
| Post election developments within
the ranks of theDemocratic party in
cluded tart statement from William
j. Bryan in which he divided blame
for the defeat between President Will
son and Cox asserting the former
had laid the foundation for the dis
aster and the latter had completed
the structure.
Wayne B. Wheeler, legislative
council of the anti-saloon league of
America, issued statement declar-
ing check up of the congressional
election in 40 states showed a sub
stantial majority in both houses
against any beer or wine amendment.
$4,000 Majority For Miller.
NEW YORK, Nov. 4-Revised re-
turns from all but 121 of the 1905
districts of the state tabulated early
/ today gave Nathan l.. Miller, Repub-
lican, plurality of 63,275 over Gov
torial contest. The vote was Miller,
| 1,319,5S6: Smith, 1,256,311.
/ Returns from all but 143 districts
give Senator Harding a plurality of
! 1.049, ,529 over Governor Cox. The
returns tabulated give Harding, l.
! s42,222; Cox, 1883.
Belated figures from up state have
| increased the plurality of United
States Senator James W. Wads-
worth over Harry c. Walker above
the 400. 900 mark.
G. o. p. Sweep in Missouri
/ st. Louis, Mo, Nov "A sweeping
victory for Missouris Republican
candidates with a gain If eight mem-