The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-11-03
WAYNE GIVES
REPUBLICANS
BIG MARGIN
G. 0: P. Nominees Swept Into
Office With National Ticket
Elliott Increases Plurality to
5000.
HEAVY VOTE IS POLLED

Warren G. Harding. Republi-
can candidate for president, has
apparently carried Wayne .oun-
ty over Governor Cox by a plu-
rality of 1900. This estimate is
based on returns received from
Sc of the &C precincts of the
county at an early hour Wednes-
day morning.
The Republican victory regis
tered in Wayne county Tuesday
is the most overwhelming in the
county's history. The entire Re-
publican ticket has been elected,
apparently with no majority less
than 1000.
1t is estimated hat James E.
Watson, Republican candidate
for senator, carried the county
by 400 over Taggart. Appar-
emily McCray, Republican candi-
date for governor, has plurality
of about 1900 over McCulloch.
Richard N. Elliott, Republican
candidate for congress, probably
will have a plurality over Var
ling of between 4,200 and 4,400.
Wayne county returned one of the
largest Republican majorities in it's
history Tuesday.
Every Republican candidate on the
national, state and county tickets was
elected.
A sweeping Republican victory in
the sixth Indiana congressional dis
trict, comprising the counties of Fay
cite. Franklin, Hancock, Henry, Rush.
Shelby, Union and Wayne, was reg
istered.
At 1 o'clock Wednesday morning
Representative Richard N. Elliott
stated that reports he tad received
from scattered precincts throughout
the district indicated that he had been
reelected over his Democratic op-
ponent, William Yarling. by plurality
ranging from 5000 to 10000. His plu-
rality in 1918 was approximately
$500.
Forty-Seven Complete
Forty-seven of the Sc precincts of
Wayne county gave the following to-
tails in the presidential senatorial and
gubernatorial contests:
For president: Harding S,703; Cox.
$3.50. For senator: Watson, s.229:
Taggart, STAT. For governor: McCray
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Twenty-eight out of sixty-six pre-
cincts gave the following results in
the congressional contest:
Elliott. 5.24O; Yarling. 1914.
Undoubtedly Harding will lead his
ticket in Wayne county.
Elliott Plurality 1920
1t is estimated that Representative
Elliott will carry the county by a plu-
rality of 1920 and that Senator Wat
sons plurality will be between 1000
and 1920.
Paul Comstock, Republican county
chairman, said he believed at least
SO per cent of the registered vote of
the county had taken part in the
election.
Great crowds OF people braved the
Indictment weather Tuesday night to
hear the election returns and after
the Palladium's first election extra
was on the streets jubilant crowds of
Republicans formed a parade, carry
ing red lights and marched through
the business district behind a band.
The election in Wayne county was
devoid of any friction and was
noteworthy for the heavy forenoon
vote. Shortly after noon three-fifths
of the vote had been cast
Second Reports Early
The first precinct to report was the
second in Wayne township. Among
the first precincts to send in returns
were several which are normally
Democratic and which reported sub
stantial Del Ocratic pluralities For
a time at appeared that the vote in
the county was to be unusually close
but about midnight some of the larger
Republican precincts began to report,
bringing the Harding plurality wen
over 5000 1t was then realized that
one of the most sweeping Republican
in the country's history was
to be expected.