Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-07
Crushing Defeat Leaves
Smith With but 8 States.
Virginia and Florida First
in South to Break.
POPULAR VOTE MARGIN
NOW SET AT 3,268, $50
Future of Party Line-ups Provides
Observation-Disclosures Nominees
Leadership of Democracy at
Stake-Rumblings of Revolt
Are Now. Being Heard.
BY BYRON PRICE.
Associated Press STAFF Writer,


Pyramiding majorities today
were disclosing the full measure
of the Hoover sweep in yesterdays
election. With substantial bloc
of returns tabulated in every State
the Republican national ticket
was leading today in 40 States,
casting a collective total of 444
electoral votes.
The eight States held by Smith
were Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia,
Louisiana, Mississippi, South
Carolina, Massachusetts, and
Rhode Island, having among them
81 electoral votes.
The State majorities established
in these two groups were, With a
few exceptions, steadily growing.
Massachusetts in the Smith group,
however, and Texas and North
Carolina in the Hoover group con-
tinued to swing near an even dt-
vision.
All of his calculations of victory
crushed under the avalanche, Gov.
Smith conceded the election of his
opponent long before compilation
OF the record-breaking vote had
neared completion. His own
State of New York, the corner
stone of his hopes, had turned
against him and given its great
block of As electoral votes to Hoo
yer. At least two Southern
States. Virginia and Florida, were
showing substantial evidence of
going Republican for the first time
since the Civil War, while in Texas
and North Carolina as well the
count hovered at the danger line.
Farm Belt Intact.
Nor was there any evidence IN the
retnrns which piled in overnight that
the Democratic crusade into the farm
country would net Smith single elec'
toral vote. On the contrary, from tne
Alleghenies to the Rockies The farm
states were reporting hourly increasing
ynaiorities for Hoover and Curtis. Ever
wisconsin where much dependence nae
hnen placed in a coalition OF Democrats
and La Toilette Republicans, swung oe'
cisivelv away from the Democrats COL
lImn after giving Smith the edge or
the early returns.
No such high-water mark as 444 elec-
toral votes ever has been reacneo ln
any previous presidential election. Ever
in 1912, when the Republican strengGn
was split between Taft ana HooseVeas
Wilson had only 435. Harding nao 4Oa 4Oa
in the sweep of 1920 and Coolidge, 3d.
four years ago.
The great size of the popular vott
was emphasized when it was shown
that with a little more than hal1 o
the precincts reporting, Hoover ah'
Smith had rolled up combined figur'
of 81 ATT $3.50. 90
of this number Hoover received H..
373. .O80 and Smith 9,104 $50. This gaV'
Hoover a majority at the time OF 3,26o.
$50. Four years ago John w. DMavi Jaw
received 1876 electoral votes against 90
for President Coolidge, but Mr.. Coolog
had a plurality of 7,338,519. The tota
vote in 1924 was 29,091,417 and DaVl
received 8,386,503.
Total May Be 35,O0O,OOO.
Should the ratio of this years vot
continue through the precincts yet t.
he counted the total vote would be Il
the neighborhood of $4,000, 600. Al
though 43,000,000 persons registered 10
the election, it will be several days pe
for it can be said definitely exactl'
how many voted.
No account was taken in TINS esti
mate of the votes cast for candidate
of minor parties.
The measure in which the result O
the presidential balloting would be re
fiected in congressional and other Ioca
contests was not yet fully apparen
today 1t was apparent that there WI
be Republican gains in both Senate an
House, but the incomplete return
showed no sweeping number OF over
turns.
The very wide prevalence of the spl
ballot was apparent in the fact tina
many of the States which were rollln
up Hoover majorities today still WEI
keeping Democratic candidates for gov
ernor and Senator in the lead.
City Vote Surprises.
One of the great surprises for tn
Democrats-and there were many {
tuem combined in the returns of til
48 States-Was the strength develope
by Hoover in the cities. 1t was in tt
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