Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-05
DAVIS HAS SOUTH
lCantinued from Paoa Qnel

ed after the still missing vote of the
rural districts OF the west had been
counted.
Iowa, which I.aFollette had hoped
to win. had been conceded to Cool
idgc by LaFollette headquarters in
Des Moines. In Minnesota, with only
a small portion of the vote reported.
Coolidge was leading the Wisconsin
senator by 10000. The president also
had a lead of more than 100000 over
both Davis and LaFOllette in Cali
fornia, with about one fourth Of the
state reported.
The Republican managers were
claiming a landslide that might
eclipse the Harding victory of 1920,
but the Democrats were concedin2
nothing. They recalled that in 1916
the country had gone to bed on cleo
ton night believing Hughes had
been elected. only to find that the
west had overturned all their eXpec-
tations.
Returns from the congressional
elections came in very slowly. At ?
A. NJ. elections had been reported in
only 200 precincts. In that number
only three seats in the house had
changed political complexion, the Re
publicans gaining two in Pennsyl-
vania and one in New Hampshire.
No definite overturns had been re-
ported in the senate. although SEN
ator Walsh. Democrat. in Massachu
sets. and i. G. Walton. Democratic
candidates for the seat now held by
Senator owen of oklahoma We're
trailing far behind their Republican
opponents.
In New York state Governor Alfred
T.. smith apparently had won a re-
election over Theodore Roosevelt
whose defeat had been conceded by
the Republican state committee
Governor Donahey Of Ohio. also a
Democrat. was in the lead in his
fight for reelection despite an indi
Gated heavy Coolidge majority in
that state. In Illinois Governor Small,
Republican. kept comfortable mar
gin over his Democratic adversary.
In two states. Texas and Wyoming
women candidates for governor were
ahead on the face of the returns up
to > o'clock. Both of them are Dem
ocrats and arc wives Of former gov
errors of their states.
Among the Republicans returned to
the house were the cha ;lmen { sew
eral of the more powerful committees.
including Representative Graham OF
Pennsylvania. head of the judiciary
committee: Butler. Pennsylvania.
chairman of the naval committee;
McFadden. also of the same state.
chairman of the banking commit zee.
and Porter, likewise from Pennsyl e
vania. head of the foreign affairs
committee: Smell. New York, chair
man of he rules committee.
Prominent Democrats re- elected
included Gardner. Texas. ranking on
the ways and means committee: Old E
field. Arkansas. the minority whip:
Quinn, Miss: Ninson. Georgia: Pou.
North Carolina, and Wingo. Arkan-
saS.
Wurzbach, the lone Republican
member of the house from Texas.
was reelected as was James, Michi-
gan. Republican. who usually has
identified himself with the LaFolletta
insurgents. and Jacobstein. Demo-
crat from upstate New York, who
had LaFollette Endorsement.
Unless unusual upsets are revealed
in beiated returns. President Coolidge
will receive substantial ma jority
over the combined strength of John
w. Davis and Robert NJ. LaFollette
in the electoral college.
The presidents lead may even
rival that of Harding in the land
slide Of 1920 when the Republicans
gathered in 404 of the SCI electoral
votes.
Early today Mr.. Coolidge appar-
entity had commanding plurality in
the following states. electoral votes:
Connecticut :, Delaware 5, Illinois
90. Iowa 13. Kansas 10. Kentucky Is.
Maine 6. Maryland S. Massachusetts
Is Michigan Is, Nebraska s. New
Hampshire 4. New Jersey IA. New
York 40. Ohio "a, Oregon ). Pennsyl-
vania IS, Rhode Island 5, Utah 4.
Vermont 4: total 27S.
This includes some states in which
the returns still are far from COM
plete, but in which the trend of the
count or concessions by political
leaders of the opposition point to
Coolidge victory.
In addition the Republican prei-
dental nominee was leading in totals
compiled early today in Arizona with
: electoral votes: California with Is:
Colorado with 6; Idaho with 4;
Indiana with 10: Minnesota with l.:
Montana with A; Nevada with ):
North Dakota with 3; South Dakota
with .: Washington with 4: West
Virginia with s: and Wyoming with
). But in none of these states had