The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1920-11-01
THE PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN ENDS
BOTH SIDES CLAIM VICTORY
AS CANDIDATES CLOSE
SPEAKING TOUR SOCIAL
lists EXPECT BIG VOTE
WILL HAYS CLAIMS 395 ELEC-
TORAL VOTES. WHITE GIVES
NO FIGURES.

New York, Oct. 31.-The presi-
dental campaign Of 1920, waged
principally around the League of
Nations, formally closed Saturday
night.
Many of the leading figures of
Republican and Democratic tickets
addressed audiences in the east and
middle west. Sunday they took rest.
Monday will bring the last toot of
the campaign horn and the last flare
of red light. Tuesday will come the
voting.
But although on Monday there will
be staged the final skirmish for
votes, the real battle ended Satur-
day. It was marked, with expression
of confidence in victory from rival
headquarters.
"The evidence of the overwhelm-
ing Republican victory hourly in
creases', was the statement of Will
H. Hays, chairman of the Republi-
can national committee. "It is now
certain that the Republicans will
have a minimum total of 368 electo-
raj votes. We will have a greatly in
creased majority in the house and a
substantial majority in the senate
Whites Forecast
This from George White, chair
man of the Democratic national
committee:
"Cox and Roosevelt will win. They
will have a party majority in the
senate and house.
Socialist headquarters, while MAX
ing no claim of electoral votes, pre-
dicted that the party would poll the
largest vote in it's history 3,O00,-
600 some leaders claimed. While as
serting that many of these ballots
would represent party converts, So
cialist advocates also prophesied
that many would represent a pro-
test vote against imprisonment or
political prisoners including Eu-
gene v. Debs, their own presidential
candidate, now in the Atlanta penl-
tentiary for violation of the espion-
age act.
All parties took into consideration
swelling of the vote by appearance
of women casting their ballots for
president.
Claims Of Hays.
In his prediction of victory for
Senator Harding and Governor
Coolidge, Mr.. Hays laid claim to the
following states:
California, Colorado, Connecticut,
Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kan
sas, Maine, Massachusetts,, Michi-
gan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New York, North Dako-
ia, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah,
Vermont, Washington, West Virgin
ia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
I'm addition said Mr.. Hays, the
Republicans have very much better
than an even chance to carry Ari-
zona, Kentucky, Maryland and New
Mexico, with 27 additional electoral
votes. This makes 395 Republican
electoral votes almost certain out OF
total of 521.
Republican victory in Kentucky
is absolutely certain provided the
weather is such that it is practical
ly possible for the great Republican
majority in the mountains Of east
ern Kentucky to get to the polls.
This same element enters into the
result in Tennessee, where there is
splendid chance for the Republi-
cans. We also have splendid op-
portunity to carry North Carolina
and Oklahoma. This makes the prob
ability of an additional "a votes.
"The only states certainly Demo
cratic are Alabama, Arkansas, Flor,
ida, Louisiana, Mississippi, South
Carolina, Georgia, Texas and V1r'
ginia.
"The electorate of America which