The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1924-11-05
COOLIDGE DAWES
ELECTED; HEAVY
VOTE CAST IN U. S.
Republican Landslide Nearly
as Great as When Hard
ing Was Elected.
LA TOILETTE CARRIES
JUST ONE LONE STATE
Davis Carries States Gener-
ally Democratic--Line-
up of Congress.

NEW YORK. Nov 5a-0.lvin
Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes ap.
pear to have been elected President
and Nice-Presdent of the United
States yesterday over their oppon-
ents by a rolling tide mounting
toward the Harding landslide OF
1920 However, the returns ara
still insufficient to show whether
or not President Coolidge will have
working majority of Republicans
in the National Senate or House 0f
Representative.
The reports show some close con-
tests in the Senate and the House
iof Representatives. The Republicans
Iclaim a gain OF dozen in the
llouse of Representatives and three
or foar Senator's. They lose a Sena-
tor in New Mexico where Senator
Bnrsom was defeated for re-elec-
ton
John w. Davis succeeded in can
turing all those States which are
generally reckoned as irrevocably
Democratic. though incomplete re-
turns indicate that lie has lost Ken
/ lucky, which went for Cox four
years ago by small plurality In
complete returns indicate that he
brought back into the Democratic
told four States that went for Hard
ing Missouri. Now Mexico, Okla
noma and Tennessee.
Senator La Toilette. although his
| popular vote apparently has reached
nearly 100000 approximating
THAT cast for Roosevelt when he led
the third party in 1912-is assured
" the vote of ono Wisconsin.
| Il is now estimated that Coolidge
polled $4,000. 600 votes. about /
100000 more votes than We're cast
Tor Harding, that Davis polled
something more than 5000, 600. or
nearly million less than were cast
for Cox
The estimates this morning on
the electoral college are that Presi-
dent Coolidge has 343. Davis 146.
IL Toilette 13. with 39 doubtful
between Coolidge and Davis.
Smith Wins in New York.
Notwithstanding that New York
hes given Coolidge a plurality over
Davis of nearly 100000. Gov. AL
Smith has been reelected. defeating
lCcl. Theodore Roosevelt by an es-
timated plurality OF 10000
Mrs. Miriam Ferguson was tr;-
Gmpantly elected Governor of Texas
by the Democrats, and Mrs. Ross
hrs been elected Governor of Wyom-
lin, to fill the vacancy caused by
tho death OF her husband
TIE Republicans have reelected
Gov. Len Small in Illinois and Carl
sunderson has won in South Da-
kota.
Senators Elected.
| Among the Senators elected are
Charles $. Dineen in Illinois. George
W Morris in Nebraska. Charles Me-
May in Oregon and Francis y.
Warren in Wyoming. William E.
Borah in Idaho and Arthur Capper
IN Kansas. Republicans. and Carter
Glass in Virginia. Morris Sheppard
in Texas. J. Thomas Heflin in Ala
Lama. Joseph r. Robinson in Ar
l'ansas. w. J. Harris in Georgia. Cole
Ia Blease in South Carolina. JOS
eph h. Ransdell in Louisiana. Pat
Harrison in Mississippi and F. NJ
simmons in North Carolina, Demo-
Gratis.
Among the prominent members of
the liouse of Representatives re-
elected by the Republicans are
Graham, Butler. McFadden and Por-
ter of Pennsylvania. Smell of New
Yo"k. Wurzbaeh in Texas. James
in Michigan and Miller. Hadley and
Johnson in Washington
The Democrats have reelected
Garner lin Texas. Oldfeld and
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