The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-11-02
All Over United States Voters arc
Flocking to Election Booths
and Doing it Early and
Quick.
MID-AFTERNooN REPORT
Only Returns Available are Very In.
complete and From Kansas and
Small Eastern
Towns.

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( NEW YORK. Nov. 2.-Mid-afternoon
reports showed that the voters were
swarming to the polls in unprecedent-
ed numbers all over the United States.
In New York City election officials es-
timated two-thirds of the total vote
had been cast before three p. m. Dis.
Gated like conditions.
The only returns available at 1920
p. m. were from Kansas, Texas and
two towns in Massachusetts. The
Kansas returns, which were fragmen-
tary, showed Harding leading Cox.
The Texas returns, scattering, showed
Cox slightly ahead of Harding. The
first Massachusetts, returns showed
Harding ahead. These early returns
were very incomplete.
| Women outvoted the men in some
sections. Reports agreed that the
women, exercising their first nation
wide presidential ballot, voted about
as rapidly as did the men.
There was tangle in Georgia over
women voting. An effort was made
to keep them from the polls because
they had not registered. Many wom-
en- voted in the sixth ward. Atlanta.
Finally, Judge Thomas H. Jeffries is
sued an order that no women should
be permitted to vote and it was an
nounced one hundred ballots cast by
women would be thrown out.
Incomplete Returns.
DENVER, Colo. Nov. 2.-Incom'
plete returns from twelve precincts
of 211 in Denver county give GOV
ernor Shoup, republican, incumbent,
400 votes and James M. Collins,
democrat, 1877, in the race for gov
ernor of Colorado.
Early indications were that repub-
licans are polling nearly three to one
more votes than the democrats. Elec-
ton officials said that half the voters
in Denver had already cast their bal
lots.
Record Vote For Iowa.
DES MONIES, Ia, Nov. "A rec.
ord vote was cast in the state this
morning, reports to party headquar,
tiers here indicated. These same re-
ports stated Iowa's election ma
chinery was being taxed to capacity
to prevent the voters lines from
lengthening, and doubt was expressed
that all who desired to vote would be
able to do so before the polls closed
tonight.
In Des Moines it was estimated
5 1000 votes were being cast each hour.
Party leaders here predicted ~ per
cent Of the total registered vote IN
the state would be cast.
At Davenport women were report
ed to have outnumbered the men IN
the early voting hours. keokuk was
accommodating one voter every thir-
ty.five seconds, according to reports.
Council Bluffs reported an excep-
tionally heavy vote was cast this
morning. with many women in line.
At Waterloo election officials estl-
mated $4,000 would be the total vote
Of the city. Cedar Rapids election
officials expected to care for $4,000
voters without any difficulty during
the voting hours.
Vote Very Slow.
SALIVA, Kan, Nov. 1.-The first
14S votes counted in two precincts
here gave Harding SO; Cox So. The
vote was very slow, only thirty per
cent being cast at noon.
400 Ballots Counted.
KANSAS CITY, Kansas, Nov. &
With four hundred ballots counted In
four precincts here today, Harding
was leading by "a and Governor
Allen, republican, was leading Davis,
democrat, by 10.
Four Precincts.
WICHITA FALLS, Texas, Nov. q
~ OF nracinntc at E.2D
o. ~. gave Cox LAT; Harding, PIG.
Early Count.
WICHITA, Kansas, Nov. 2-Early
count from four precincts in Wichita
gave Harding 319; Cox 1876.
Bryan Slow About 1t.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 2.-Up to 2
D. m. William J. Bryan had not voted.
81 will cast my first silent vote TO-
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