The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1920-11-12
Republican Presidential Ticket
Has Swept the Country by the
Largest Popular Vote Ever
Given in a National Campaign.
MAJORITIES ARE GIGANTIC.
Harding Wins All Northern States
East Of Rocky Mountains and Has
Unprecedented Vote in California.
Massachusetts, Republican by soo.-
600, Nebraska 75,oo0 Indiana zoe, 1000,
Michigan 4oo, 900 and Illinois SOC, 600.
Wadsworth's Plurality About 400, 900.

BY majorities unprecedented
in American politics, Warren
G. Harding was elected Presi-
dent and Calvin Coolidge Vice
President. Though the ad-
dition of women to the elector-
ate might have been expected
to make the margins of sue
cessful candidates somewhat
larger than in past years, it
could hardly account for any
such unheard of majorities as
were rolled up. From coast to
coast records were broken.
The popular plurality of the
Republican candidates in the
nation is estimated at 8,000,-
900, the greatest ever given in
election history.
The highest state plurality ever pre-
yiously recorded, Roosevelt's margin of
100000 over Parker in Pennsylvania
In 1904, was surpassed by at least four
states. New York state went for
Harding by nearly 100000; Penn
sylvania gave him a plurality of $780,
600; Illinois gave him 100000; Cali
fornia, which went for Wilson four
years ago by majority of 200, gave
Harding plurality of perhaps 100000
over James M. Cox. Ohio. the home
state of both candidates, went for
Harding by 100000.
Harding's majority on electoral
votes surpasses the record-breaking
landslide by which Roosevelt beat AL
ton B. Parker. The last doubt seemed
to vanish when it was reported that
Harding had carried Maryland.
Cox held the solid South, and Ken
tucky and Oklahoma among the bor-
der states; but West Virginia and Mis-
souri, went for Harding, as they went
for Roosevelt in 1904.
The latest reports give Harding 3T9
electoral votes and Cox 152.
PluraIities Break Records.
All over the country the Harding
pluralities broke records. Boston,
which has been consistently Demo-
cratic in recent years, except in 1896,
when Mckinley carried it over Bryan,
showed the effect Of the drift of the
Irish vote by giving Harding a plu-
rality of more than 10000.
New York city, however, was even
more surprising. The city went for
Taft in 1908 by less than 10000; it
seems to have given Harding a plural
ity of more than 100000 Buffalo gave
Harding plurality of 46,247.
The effect of the Harding sweep
showed everywhere. Though the
Southern States stood fast, Harding
had carried two wards in Atlanta and
two in Louisiana parishes. In the
Middle West, Indiana and Kansas
each gave him more than 100000
plurality; Iowa, more than 100000 !;
Michigan nearly 100000.
Maine, which surprised observers
last September, by Republican
plurality of 10000, in the Guberna-
tional election, surpassed his figure by
several thousand. New Jersey gave
Harding more than 10000.
Reports from the Far West, due to
the wide extent of territory and the
difference in time, were slow in COM
ing in, but there was every indica-
ton that the Western States which
had reelected Wilson in 1916 when
almost all the East went for Hughes
had turned solidly to the Republican
nominee this year.
Harding carried his home precinct,
873 to 76. 1t was Democratic four
years ago, though there has been re-
apportionmeht since He carried Cox
home town of Dayton, Ohio. He car
ried Hyde Park, N. Y, the home town
of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democratic
nominee for Vice President, by 279
votes to 1914, and he carried President
Wilson's home district at Princeton,
N. j., by a majority estimated at
about five to one.
Cox Comedies Defeat.
At II o'clock election night Cover
nor Cox's newspaper, The Dayton
News, conceded the election of Hard
Ing, and George White, chairman of
the Democratic National Committee,
followed his candidates example a
few minutes later.
The Republican sweep carried with
1t considerably increased majoyities in
both houses of Congress. Indications
were that Republicans would have
fifty-three senators to the Democrats
forty-three, but Will 81. Hays, chair
man of the Republican National, Com
mittee, was claiming majority of
fourteen. The present senate has
forty-nine Republicans and forty-seven
Democrats.
In the house the Republicans will
apparently have 253 and the Demo-
Gratis 179. Two Independents and one
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