The north Mississippi herald., 1920-11-05
VOLUME XXXl1
REPUBLICANS WIN
EVERYTHING IN SIGHT
Champ Clark Defeated-Mis.
sissippi Goes Democratic AS
Usual. Believed Five State
Amendments Carried.

amendments Saffled.
NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-Beiated re-
turns from the battle of ballots gives
no so,ace to the Democratic party.
The Republican tidal wave engulfed
all of the eastern and middle west
ern states, including Missouri, Ohio.
Indiana and Maryland-four states
in which Democrats placed especially
fond hopes. West of the Mississippi
the Republican storm continued in
force and force and swept all coast
states into the Harding column. Col
orado, Montana and possibly New
Mexico also went Republican.
Harding's total electoral vote will
exceed $40. The Harding popular
vote may be over 100000 in excess
of that of Gov. Cox, his Democratic
opponent. The Republican Senate
majority will be increased to possibly
eight, and the House majority will be
upwards of half hundred.
Champ Clark Defeated
ST. LOUIS, Nov. st. w. Huck-
reide, Republican opponent of Champ
Clark for representative from the
Ninth congressional district, tonight
received a telegram from Champ
Clark congratu ating him con his
well-earned victory" in yesterdays
election.
One hundred and eighty-two pre-
cincts out of 268 in the district, in
cluding Warren and st. Charles, Re
publican centers, complete, gave the
former speaker 20,768 votes against
26,545 for Hukreide. Reports given
out by county clerks earlier in the
day at one time indicated a landslide
for Hukreide, it being officially re-
ported that PA precincts had given
him a lead of 5000. Rehabilitation,
however, showed that in some cases
the returns did not live up to the an
nouncements.
Mississippi Democratic
Mississippi gave the usual Demo-
cratic majority for the presidential
delega lion in Congress.
State Amendmss.ss C.rried
IT il iyassossiAfY to ss.v. .Arsrr
in sight whether or not tie cpnsrltu-
tional amendments have carried, but
the indications are that all five OF
them have been carried. AS it takes
a majority of all votes polled to adopt
an amendment to the constitution,
the result can not be definitely deter
mined until the entire vote is in, and
this will be several days.
PRESIDENTS OWN PRECINCT
WENT FOR HARDING BIG
PRINCETON, N. President
Wilson's home district in Princeton
went for Harding and Coolidge by a
bout S to /, according to election OF
ficials. The count has not yet been
completed.
The ballots of President and Mrs.
Wilson arrived here late this after
noon and were cast in the seventh
election district. They had been mail
ed from Washington earlier In the
day.
Republicans Sweep Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 2.-The
Republican avalanche of votes that
swept over the nation Tuesds and e.
lected Senator Harding pres 4ent BY
one of the greatest pluralities in the
nations history continued to pile up
maiorities by the thousands in the
Senator's home state today for his
colleagues.
Not Republican candidate for
state office was defeated and late re
tonight indicated the possibility that
the entire Ohio delegation in the next
Congress may be Republican. In the
present Congress there are eight
Democrats and IA Republicans from
Ohio.
Harding's plurality over Cox pass
ed the 100000 mark late today and
was continuing to speed upward
with approximately 1000 precincts
vet to be heard from out of the Z ,145
in the state. Returns from 6,lOi
precincts gave Harding 975,O82 and
Cox 646,343.
Woman's Vote Eased Him Over
ATHENS, Tenn, Nov. ,3.-Harry
T. Burn, Republican member OF the
state Assembly from this county, and
who cast the deciding vote for the
ratification of the suffrage amend
ment by Tennessee, has been re-elect-
ed after bitter contest, his MAORI
ty being about 100.
All Clements of the anti-suftra-
p;sts combined to defeat Burn, but
the women of the district came to ms
rescue and carried him over.