I HE HOME NEWS
EDITED IN THE INTEREST OF McCRORY AND WOODRUFF COUNTY
McCRORY, ARKANSAS, FRIDAY, NOV. 5, 1920
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NUMBER 16
WARREN G. HARDING.
CALVIN COOLIDGE.
liiM Miiii GOOLIOGE CHOSEN
BY OVERWHELMING MAJORITIES
democrats admit defeat only few hours after
VOTING ENDS—GOVERNOR COX CONCEDES
ELECTION TO SENATOR HARDING,
G. 0. P. RETAINS CONTROL OF U. S. SENATE
Early Returns Show That Opponents of League of Nations Are
Elected by Big Margin—Harding Celebrates His
Fifty-fifth Birthday.
COX PLEDGES HIS SUPPORT.
Dayton, O.—-Governor Cox, the
defeated presidential candidate,
*ired his congratulations to Sen
ltor Harding, the president
®|ect, pledging support “as a
citizen to the executive author
ity in whatever emergency might
arise.”
His message, the first act of
defeated candidate today,
read:
"In^the spirit of America, I
accept the decision of the ma
Jority. tender as the defeated
candidate my congratulations,
and Piedge as a citizen my sup
Jlort to the executive authority ,
n whatever emergency might
arise.”
ArKANSAS democratic
BY USUAL MAJORITY
^°wn*en<j Ahead of Negro Candidate
lount—Amendments Receiving
Good Majorities.
eraf*16 Rock-—Returns from the gen*
of electi°n in Arkansas indicate one
tun* 6 keav*est votes ever polled. Re
8 were slow coming in due to the
® that the ballot was so long and
I -.Tote hea\y.
Thomas C. niv will be elected
governor by the usual large majority,
and J. H. Blount, negro Independent
candidate for governor, is running far
behind Wallace Townsend, Republi
can candidate. From early returns
Blount’s vote will be negligible.
Amendments Nos. 13 and 14 have
large majorities ,and although the re
port on the amendments is behind the
report on the state offices, these two
amendments seem likely to carry.
The vote is about two to one in fa
vor of Amendment No. 15, but this
amendment is yet in doubl because a
majority of the highest vote cast at
the election is required for adoption.
In the -Third congressional district
in northwest Arkansas Tillman main
tains a lead over his Republican op
ponent, John L. Worthington.
In the Seventh Judicial district,
where there is no Democratic nomi
nee but where Judge W. H. Evans,and
J. H. Means are candidates for the
judgeship, the race is very close.
Senator Penroae Chosen Again.
New York.—Early Pennsylvania re
turns showed Harding leading Cox, 3
to 1, and Senator Penrose elected.
Massachusetts was promising Harding
the greatest plurality ever given a
presidential candidate in that state.
Boston haa gone lor a Republican fof
the second time in its history, a«,d
had given Senator Harding a greater
lead over Cox than it gave McKinley
over Bryan in 1896.
Returns from half of Vermont gave
Harding a 3-to-l lead over Cox.
Hughes beat- Wilson 2 to 1 there in
1916. ' 4
In the home district of Charles F.
Murphy, leader of Tammany Hall,
Harding beat Cox 2 to 1. Maine re
ported Harding leading Cox by the
largest plurality ever given a presi
dential candidate. Ohio, one-fifth
complete,* showed a growing vote for
Harding.
In the New York senatorial race
Senator Wadsworth was leading his
Demoiftratic opponent, Lieutenant Gov
ernor Walker.' Senators Brandegee of
Connecticut and Moses of New Hamp
shire, opponents of the League of Na
tions, both seemed certain of re-elec
tion. Scattered returns from other
parts of the country showed Harding
votes conspicuous in communities nor
mally solid Democratic.___
New York.—On the face of returns
showing the growing landslide for
Harding/ Governor Cox’s own news
paper, the Dayton Daily News, and
Chairman White of the Democratic
National Committee conceded the
election of Senator Harding. Without
waiting for returns from the West,
which four years ago elected Wilson
in1 the face of pluralities for Hughes
throughout the East, the Democratic
candidate and his chief manager con
ceded that in the “solemn referen
dum,” which President Wilson said
would decide the League of Nations
question, American voters had pre
ferred Harding, who favored “stay
ing out,” to Cox, who favored "go
ing.”
Senator Harding at his home in
Marlon said he was “more given to
prayer to God to make me capable
of playing my part” than he was ta
exultation.
When Governor Cox and Chairman
White made their concession such re
turns as were coming in from in*
Western states showed a strong drift
to Harding, and the Republican land
slide which began to take on tremen
dous proportions throughout the East
was continuing to roll on with seem*
inglv never-ending momentum,_
[''’When the Democratic cobmuIob <j|
[Republican victory was made there
■were practically no returns in to show;
the trend of voting on Congress, Thei
few returns at hand showed few
changes, and these were in favor of
the Republican side. The Democratic
fight for control of the Senate showed
no signs of waning. Penrose of Penn
sylvania, Cummins of Iowa, Wads
worth of New York, Brandegee of
.Connecticut and Moses of New Hamp
shire, the latter two "bitter-enders"
in their opposition to the treaty of
Versailles, seemed safe in re-election
by substantial majorities.
Taking the Republican landslide in
the East as handwriting on the wall,
metropolitan papers, among them
those which staunchly had supported
Cox and thQ League of Nations is
sue, announced the election of Hard
ing early in the evening.
As the landslide in the East con
tinued to roll down, however, and the
first indications came that it would
extend westward, there evidently was
some hurried communication between
Governor Cox at Dayton and the
Democratic managers in New York,
for their announcement conceding the
election of Harding came out in Day
ton and in New York at practically
the same time.
At the same moment he conceded
the election of Harding, White also
conceded the election of a Republican
Congress.
Senator Harding’s election came on
his fifty-fifth birthday anniversary.
At the rate the Harding column was
growing the Republican plurality in
New York state will be around the
unprecedented figure of more than a
million. New York -city, normally
Democratic, was going for Harding by
at least half a million. The governor
ship fight continued close, with Re
publican managers claiming defeat of
Governor Smith.
The following is an early compila
tion, the first list being certain
Harding votes:
Votes
California . 13
Colorado ... 8
Conftecticut ... T
Delaware .... 3
Illinois . 29
Indiana ..'.. 15
Iowa . 13
Kansas . 10
Maine.. 8
Massachusetts . 18
Michigan . 15
Minnesota . 12
Nebraska ... 8
New Hampshire ..j.. 4
New Jersey .:. 14
New York .'. 45
Ohio .. 24
Oregon ..... 6
Penns.vlvo.nia . 38
Rhode Island . 6
Utah . 4
Vermont .-.r. 4
Washington .. 7
West Virginia .. 8
Wisconsin .. 13
Wyoming . 3
Total . 329
Governor Cox had safely the fol
lowing:
Alabama . 12
Arkansas .- 9
Florida . «
Georgia .-. 1*
Kentucky . 13
Louisiana .-. 1®
Mississippi . 1®
North Carolina . 12
South Carolina . 9
Texas . 2®
Virginia . 12
Total . 127
Lacking sufficient returns and
doubtful were the following:
Arizona ... 3
Idaho . 4
Maryland .. 1
Missouri . 18
Montana . 4
Nevada 3
New Mexico . 3
North Dakota .:. 5
Oklahoma .. 10
Tennessee . 12
South Dakota . S
Total . 76
Harding .. 329
Cox .,. 127
Doubtful . 76
Total
631