Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-11-03

senator Harding, Governor tDoildRf,
Will II. Hays, chairman of tho Republican
National committee, and other Republi-
can leaders exchanged kilograms Of con
grntulations. Senator Harding commend |
| cd MIR. Hays upon successful manage |
ment Of great campaign" and also told |
Governor Coolidge that he would expect |
him 10 play full part IN the coming Re
,, publican administration.
BoRAu GREATLY REJorcrD.
| The League of Nations issue was stress-
| cd by Senator Borah of Idaho, prominent
among the leagues foes III n statement
declaring that he regarded the election as
! ''the triumph for nationalIsm and death
| Of the League of Nations
None of the minor parties, the Socialist,
Farmer-Iabor, nor Prohibition, figured in
the presidential result Socialist headquart-
crB ut Chicago claimed AN increased vote
and the partv-re-elected three New York
| Socialist assemblymeu who had been cx-
PEELED.
WOMAN SOCIALIST ELECTED.
The first woman Socials, ever elected
10 tho New York assembly. Marion H.
Iaing, also was successful
Eugene Debs, the Socialist preaiden-
tial candidate, received the returns IN
Atlanta penitentiarv
The Farmcr-Iabor candidate, Farley
Z Christensen, Of Salt Lake City, Ind
not been located nj an early hour today.
Senator Harding, with the receipt OF
the ballot tidings, on his fifty fifth birth
day announced plans for vacation begin
ming next Friday He will spend several
days near Brownsville, Texas, and then
tour the Panama Canal Zone
Governor Cox also ia planning vaca
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HUGE MAJom1IEs RECORDED.
New York, Ohio the home OF both
Senator iinrding and Governor Cox
Illinois and Pennsylvania furnished the
largest Republican puralities That Of
New York where Governor Smith. Dem
crat and Nathan L. Miller, Repuhlican.
were neck and neck IN the gubernatorlal
fight WAS close to the m.lllon merk,
Ohio was around 10000, Illinois p, the
present ratio about ~ 900 and Ponnsy l.
wanna 400 600
In California, where Senator Phelan,
Democrat was trailing far behind Sam
ucl NJ Shortridge, Republican, and with
senator Harding even father rhsad, the
ticket for adoption Of the Alien Land
Law amendment. relating 10 Japanese
aud tenure. had wide majority
rfoHInI1IoN NoI eHowN IN RrruR>
Prohibition was subject not reflected
upon the face Of the returns but Repre-
sentative Nolstcad of Minnesota. author
of the prohibition enforcement law. was
IN a close race
Republican governors IN Connecticut
Illinois where former Senator lewis
; was defeated hy Lon Small Kansas
Massachusetts. Michigan an5tNow IIamp-
shire were successful And IN tennessee
IL al
turns. WAS behind All Tavlor Republican
hut the Democrats claimed Roberts
election
In Oklahoma the race was said to he
the closest in hEtory with the Democrats
ahead Official figures from Tennessee
gave Cox lead Of II 90 with but ono
fifth OF the returns m.
NARYIAN u FOR HARDING.
In Maryland. Senator Harding had a
slight lead but Senator Smith. Democrat.
was running ahead Of the Democratic
ticket with an advantage over his Re
publican competitor
The contest in Missouri also WAS close
with the Republican presidential and
Senatorial tickets leading. Former
Speaker Clark WAS in q race but with
about thousand votes 10 the good
In many OF It's aspects the election was
very unusual II developed what ma,
turn out To be the greatest Republican
victory Of party history Both the Demo
c-atic candidate and his chief managers
conceded defeat before enough returns
actually were in to Show It in figures
, With the election went what President
= Wilson characterized as a solemn referen
4 Il I g.s "a
and Il il NAV be said that the electoral,
: regarded their votes as AN expression oI
that question they registered psefe, enc'
for Harding vino declared for "stayin,
OUT as against Cox, who declared fol
gong in with a landslide which ex
ceeded the expectations OF the most en-
thusiastic Republicans
SHIFT EvERYwHERE WAS HEAVY
Everywhere the shift toward the Re
= publican column was heavy Many State
which went Ia the Democratic strength
when Wilson defeated Hughes in tn
- sensational election of 1916 returned L
/ the Republican column in yesterday
d hallotng
: Boston gong Republican for the secon,
time in its history; New York gvlnl
- Harding an unheard of plurality an
i ratics Of two to one in many States, Civ
= indications of the proportions of tn
e Republican slide which apparently lef
the Democratic candidate nothing bu
q the traditionally solid south.
This morning, "a hours after the nationa
a balloting began, it appeared that com
plete returns from all districts would no
! be in for another day, but the trend G
those returns being reported gave n
i indication of altering the situation.
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