Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-11-03
LATE RETURNS
CUT DOWN C. @. z. .
INDIANA LEAD
Whole State Ticket Swept to
Victory With National
Leaders.
EWINGs RACE CLOSE

Republican State headquarters this
afternoon announced that the G. o. P.
lead In Indiana had been cut from their
original estimate Of 225,OOO to 10000 by
returns from counties coming in late.
Returns from Marion County, where
the result was comparatively close, had
an appreciable influence in reducing the
original estimate.
Estimates at Republican headquarters
place the possible plurality at 22J,O0o.
Latest available returns indicated that
the Democrats last hope, the hope that
they would elect John W. Ewing as
Congressman from the Third districN
was shattered when virtually complete
returns showed that his opponent, james
W. Dunbar, had carried the district by
about 200.
The Republicans claim seventy-six out
Of the ninety-two counties In the State,
concede eleven to the Democrats and
place five in the doubtful column.
The great surprise to the Democrats
was the fact the voters did not scratch.
Watson. who Democrats predicted
would run far behind his ticket and who
many Republicans admitted was not n
strong candidate, ran about one vote 10
the precinct behind Harding and about
Two NOLoS TO tue pIeClA-El DCA4-4N -A~NA0J
who apparently led the ticket.
VOTERS EVIDENTLY
APPROVE TAX LAW.
That the voters OF Indiana are not
objecting to the Goodrich tax law, which
has added millions to the burden OF
taxation In the State. was indicated by
the fact that many scratched their tick
cts In favor Of McCray as a successor
to Governor Goodrich.
The Democrats had counted on the So
called labor vote
But, as in 1918. the labor vate, II there
is such a thing as a unit, failed to ma
terialize.
Democrats began to lose conldence
early on election day when report after
report indicated that voters were casting
their ballots straight
There never was a great deal of conf
denee among the Democrats that the
national or State ticket would be able 20
carry the State, >sIthough they insisted
there was a strong possibility.
On the other hand. they were confident
that Mr.. Taggart would be elected and
his failure even to make good showing
was the greatest surprise.
NO MYSTERY ABOUT
THE WOMEN.
The woman vote is no longer a mys-
3te-y-it was strongly Republican.
It was the woman vote. undoubtedly,
that bronrht about the enormous Repub-
licsn victory.
Politicians are trying to explain this
and their theory is that the women fell
for'' the statement of many Republican
campaign speakers that the League Of
Nations would mean armed participation
By the United States IN European affairs.
Returns were rather fast In coming in,
despite the enormous vote and II was
early apparent that the Democrats had
TO chance to carry the State.
They lost Yanderburgh County, the
home OF Benjamin Bosse, their State
chairman.
ALL IMPORTANT
COUNTIES GO G. o. P.
They lost Allen County, the home OF
Edward g. Hoffman, secretary OF the
national committee.
They lost Marion County, where they
had insisted Taggart would receive a
large plurality.
They lost everything they had hoped
to gain In the general landslide which
enVeloped the nation.
Democratic headquarters closed early
there WAS nobody there this morning
the party had suffered perhaps the most
overwhelming defeat in its history in 6
year when 1t thought it had chance.