Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-11-04

New York, Nov. A.-Tennessee
has swung into the swelling repub.
lican column, shattering democra-
tic traditions of solid SOUTH" un-
official but nearly complete re.
turns from the volunteer state
showed early today.
Her shift from the democratic
ranks. coupled with a similar up
set in Oklahoma, reported late last
night, assured Warren G. Harding
of 390 electoral votes as against
127 definitely in the James M. Cox
column and left in doubht but IA
seats in the ELECTORAL college, di-
vided among Arizona (3). Nevada
(3), New Mexico (3) and North
Dakota (5)- In all of these states
save New Mexico. Harding was Ii
the lead on available returns and
even in New Mexico republican
managers were claiming Harding
plurality though available returns
showed a Cox lead.
G. O. p. Governor.
AShhNSeSS~s OAA sAA1 AaNN VI IGlui liS
tabulated by the Memphis Com
mercial Appeal from 93 of 95 coun.
ties. with fifty precincts missing,
9977. Governor Roberts (demo-
gave Harding 199.759 votes and
Cox 189,782, Harding. plurality Of
craD was swept out on the repub-
lican tide and ALT A. Taylor un-
successful candidate for governor
against his brother in 1886 was
was elected.
The republican congressional
sweep assumed larger proportions
as belated returns continued to
come in. The victory of Samuel u.
Nicholson, republican candidate
for the senate, from Colorado, as
sured President-elect Harding
majority of at least 10 in the upper
house, and of five states where sen
atorial choices had not been deter
mined, the republican candidates
were in the lead in four-Arizona,
Oregon. Nevada and North Dakota.
In the fifth, eKntucky, republican
leaders still clung to the hope that
late returns would overcome the.
advantage held by Senator j. C. f.
over Richard r. Ernst,
republican.
p strongly G. o. p.
>tefublicans had obtained
257 seats In the house OF repre-
sentative against i32 FOR the demo-,
Gratis. Four seats went to other
parties, including one socialist and
one prohibitiOnist. Forty-two dis
tricts were unreported on pres
ent returns, the republicans had a
plurality of 131.
Later returns also Indicated pos
sible turnovers In cases OF some
democratic representatives report
ed elected. A notable instance was
in New York, where thre repub-
lican candidates reported defeated
Ryan in the 18th district, An
sorge in the 21st and Rosedale in
the 23rd,--had forged ahead Of
Dooling, Donovan and McKinry,
earlier reported elected.
The house will. have one socialist
member-Meyer London of New
York, who defeated Henry M.
Goldfogle, fusion candidate in the
l 9th. The prohibition party lost its
lone representative. but an inde-
pendent prohibitionist. Milton w.
Shreve, was elected from the 25tl
district,
Clark Loses Seat.
Several notable upsets occurred
in the congressional race-among
them the retirement by Missouri
voters of Former Speaker Champ
Clark of the house and the election
by Texas voters of republican
Harry Wurzbach.
4 Post election developments with
in the ranks of the beaten demo-
cratic party included a tart state
ment from William j. Bryan IN
which he divided blame for the de-
eat between President Wilson and
Candidate Cox asserting that the
'ormer had laid the foundation