The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-11-19
Victory Of Republican Ticket in
National Election Reaches
Amazing Proportions.
SOLID SOUTH IS CRACKED
prss'dent-Elsct Harding Goes on Va.
cation Trip - Amateur Cabinet
Makers 6usy--Strike Of Brit
ish Coal Miners 10
Called or.
ny EDWARD w. PickARo.

Never before In American history
has ina1or political party suffered
defent comparable TO that sustained
by the Democrats on November =. The
result was far more than Republican
victory--it was brought about by the
detection OF many Democratic votes.
Harding aud Coolidge carried every
state OF the North and West. and even
cracked the solid South for Tennessee,
New Mexico and oklahoma all went
Republican. Senator Harding conse.
qucntly viii have IO4 votes In the
electoral college. TO TT for Governor
Cox.
In 1912. when the Republican party
was split, Wilson received 49, cleo
toral votes. but he fell far short of
majority of the popular vote. This
year Harding has popular majority
OF large proportions. and his plurality
approaches the seven million mark.
In many states the puralities by which
the Republican ticket won were stu.
pendous. and In the southern states
where II was beaten the Republican
vote showed large increases over pre-
yious elections.
Everyone Processes satisfaction over
the fact that the Republicans also
have won complete control of congress.
As one Democratic paper puts II "f'or
whatever good the next administra.
ton does II VIII have fun credit; II
cannot escape blame for whatever Is
bad. The Jnhllation OF the Repuh-
leans may he tempered by the retlee-
tion that their majority of more than
$50 In the house leaves the way open
for factional disputes. or the next
senate the Republicans will have IS
members and the Democrats IS.
Just why the American people did
all this ~ open To several opinions.
These who believed with President
referendum" an the League of Nations
tssue assert that II WAS opposition TO
the league covenant that caused the
landslide. but really those who hold
this View are few. Others aver IL was
due To the proyerblat fondn-ss Of the
American electorate for change"
There can he no disputing that the
people were detcrmined To have
change from the Wilson policies and
methods. This discrimination. In the
mind OF the writer Was the main.
spring Of their action. As for the
League of Nations, probably most of
them want some such an association
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evidently they are willing to trust Mr..
Harding AMI his associates with the
task Of formulating II. and do not feel
that the job need be- done IN rush
All the nation watched With inter.
est 10 see what the women would do
ed IN them To rally To the defense of
the league covcnan. aud to save the
Cox ticket from defeat. EaG an
analysts Of the vote shows tina, they
id no such thing Instead they only
helped To swell the Republican plu,
rallties 10 the North and Nest. and
Tn the South comparatively few of
them went To the polls.
Among the notable Developments of
the election was the extraordinary
run made by Governor Smith 81 New
York. Democratic candidate for re-
election. Although the empire state
gave Harding plurality III about L.
20 ooo. Smith was beaten by Miller
by only about Tnooo. This WAS re
narkahle achievement. and In the
minds OF many politicians IL marks
Smith rs the logical national leader
~ the Democratic party.
An-th~- thing worthy OF mention