The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-11-03
G. 0. P. VICTORY
WAS AVALANCHE
Solid South All That Was
Left to Democratic
Column.
PLURALITY NEAR 100000
(nY GEORGE R. HoLMEs.l

New York, Nov. al. N. S.J-The
republican avalanche which struck the
country yesterday, bprying democratic
national and state administrations un-
der a staggering totaf OF votes. was
stlH too big today to be estimated in
other than general terms.
Figures available early this forenoon.
however. made certain that Senator
Warren @. Harding and Gov. Calvin
states with Unprecedented pIuralities
and carried to victory with them TWEEN
ty-three repub lean governors, ma
tority of at least twelve In the United
States senate and preponderantly re-
publican house of representatives.
Three States In Doubt.
The electoral states Of only three
states appeared to be In doubt today
those of Tennessee, Arizona and New
Mexico. The returns from these were
slow and the vote so close that II may
take several days to determine the re-
suits.
The Cox Roosevelt ticket carried the
solid south, comprising twelve states,
and nothing else, barring possible VIC
tories In Arizona and New Mexico.
The Harding Coolidge ticket carried
every state north OF the Mason and
Dixon line and every state west OF the
Mississippi river except Arkansas,
Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas and
possibly the two doubtful states of the
On the face OF today's returns, Hard
ing's popular plurality is estimated
anywhere from 100000 to 100000
votes. possibly more, and the Ohio sem
ator seemed assured Of having around
$3.50 votes in the electoral college II
is the greatest victory ever scored by
republican candidate for the presi-
dency, far exceeding that OF Theodore
Roosevelt in 1904 "T. r." had pop
ular, plurality of 2,54i,20l and had Sse
votes in the electoral college.
Staggering pluralities were run up in
many states, due to the addition of
millions of woman votes. The repub-
iican national ticket appears to have
captured most of the new votes.
New York gave Harding a plurality
estimated roundly at 100000; Penn
sylvania, a republican stronghold. $780,
000 Illinois, 5000 Michigan, 400, 1000;
California, 100000: Massachusetts, $780,
600, and Ohio, the home state OF both
candidates, gave Har Sfn goo victory
The republicans succeeded in turning
back into the republican column every
northern and western state which
Woodrow Wilson carried over Charles
Evans Hughes In 1916. Four years ago
the central and far west elected Will
son. Yesterday those same states rolled
up impressive majortles for Harding.
Fourteen states in 1916 which were
carried by Wilson and which Harding
carried yesterday were California, Col
braska, Maryland, Nevada. New Hamp-
shiie, North Dakota. Utah. Washing
ton and wyoming.
Even in the southern states the DEM
ocratic fmajorities showed In many
cases heavy declines from 1915. Where
Texas four years ago gave Wilson
handsome majority of 22l,515 1t was
generally estimated today that Cox's
will be many thousands less.
Republicans even had strong hopes to.
day, of electing their men in several
congressional fights. Other southern
states showed like decreases.
Cox Carries Twewe.
The twelve states which Gov. Cox
appeared today to have certainly car
ried are. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida,
Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North
Carolina. Oklahoma; Kentucky, South
Republican national headquarters
here were literally flooded with tele-
grams today and some OF these would
not concede the democrats the, So called
border states of Kentucky and Okla
homa until the last vote was counted.
on the face OF the returns. however.
they appeared to be safely in the dem
ocratic column.
One of the unusual features Of the
election was that Judge Nathan L. Mil
Ter, republican candidate fpr governor
of New York, ran nearly million votes
behind the republican national ticket
and yet was elected by a substantial
plurality.
AL Smith, Tammany Halls favorite
son, polled nearly a million more votes
In New York than Cox and yet was
defeated. Mil'er's plurality was esti-
mated today between 10000 and $4,000.
While definite figures were not avail
able today, II appeared that the social
erab'e as compared with former years |
In New York City alone. Eugene "
Debs. the prisoner candidate, rolled up |
nearly 100000 votes.
Figures on the farmer labor ticket. |
headed by Farley p. Christensen, OF |
Utah. were not available this forenoon.
rhe figures on other minor parties are |
lot believed to be impressive.