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Show HARDING OnHJDGE ffi VICTORIOUS SENATE AND HOUSE SAFEJOR G. 0. P. Eastern States and the Middle West Record Huge Majority for Republican Ticket Washington. As a result of the vcr-diet vcr-diet of the voters at the election on luestlay, Warren 0. Hurtling will , our next president, while Calvin Coot-idgo Coot-idgo will occupy the vice-president's chair. Soon after 11 o'clock Tuesday night, Chairman White of the Democratic national na-tional committee, conceded defeat for his party. At 12:110 o'clock Wednesday morning, morn-ing, with actual returns far from com-pleto, com-pleto, Harding was certain of 270 votes In the electoral college from the fol-lowing fol-lowing states: Connecticut, Doia-ware, Doia-ware, Idaho, Illinois. Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New HainpMilre. New Jersey, Now York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin Wiscon-sin and Wyoming. Ohio, Uie "mother of presidents," making a choice between her two fa-vorlte fa-vorlte sons, hands the palm to War-ren War-ren (J. Harding. The Incomplete re-turns re-turns from Ohio show Harding beating beat-ing Cor 2 to 1 in territory which Wll-son Wll-son carried overwhelmingly over Hughm in 1010. It Is believed tlmt when the llnal count Is made, It will be shown that Harding and Coolldgo havo been swept Into office by tho biggest Republican landslide since 1001, If not in the history of the tuition. A net Republican gain of "eight nnd possibly ten" sents In tho senate Is claimed by the Republican senatorial I'oiumlttee on the basis of early re-imrls re-imrls from the senatorial tight. Victories Vic-tories were claimed In South nnk-ntn. Idaho, Maryland, California, Nevada, Oklahoma, Arizona and Colorado. .Should the actual results bear out the early Indications giving tho Republicans Repub-licans a gain of eight sents, they will have at the next session 07 seats to tho Democrat's 39, n majority of 18. Should they win nil 10 seats, they will have a majority of 22, The 07th congress will be almost overwhelmingly Republican on the basis of the landslide election returns. The Republicans will probably control the house of representatives by n majority ma-jority of 8-1. Convinced by early returns of his election to the presidency, Wurren 0. Harding Issued a statement snylng thnt, Insteud of being exultant over the result, lie wiw "more given to prayer to Cod to make me capable of playing my part." Receiving the election returns ut his home In Marlon, Ohio, Mr. Hurdlng declined de-clined during the early evening to make any comment, and Issued his statement only after the llgures had p.led up majorities for blm which his advisers declared made his election certain. "Republican landslide, Harding wins," was the headline In an extra edition of Covernor Cox's newspaper, Ihe Dayton News, Issued at 10:10. Will II. Hays, Republican national chairman, Issued the following statement state-ment : "Precisely ns has been the ease" In every Instance since the founding of the republic, tho American people, when confronted with u grave decision, deci-sion, have decided rightly. The re-turns re-turns seem to Indicate an unparalleled majority. It Is n extraordinary degree de-gree of agreement on the part of the people as to whom they wont to conduct con-duct their common affairs and tho co rs: ihoy want them to take." Chairman "Whlto announced early Wednesday morning: "As the nation. al chairman of a party which Is, and tuu always been, for America first, I hue neat niessngci f congratulation l,'i"",,p, "'"'"". dovernor Coolidge and Mr Hays. I wW, ,e 8UCCPH, Josi.pl, p, Tumulty, secretary to the President In admitting defeat of Uie Democratic ticket, said: "I was prlv-iiegeu prlv-iiegeu to he associated with President Wilson In nil his triumphs, r rejoice ! that I was permitted to ho nn humble private In the ranks to be connected with him In this iiour of Democratic defeal. I m reminded of what the president once said; 'I would rather bo defeated In a cause that some dny will triumph, than triumph In n cause thnt some day will be defeated.'" After receiving tho enrly election return re-turn In his study, President Wilson retired to his bedroom nt 0 o'clock Tuesday night nnd was utsloep half un hour afterwards. Governor Cox, the Democratic candidate, can-didate, was nn early voter, but on nr-riving nr-riving at the polls, found thnt more thnn 200 of his neighbors had cast their llallots nhead of him. Accompanied by Mrs. Cox, the governor gov-ernor reached tho polling place, a combination com-bination burber shop, store and print shop, nt 10 o'clock, but tho lino of waiting voters delayed the deposit of their ballots until 10:17 n. m. Senator Harding and Mrs. Harding reached the voting place at Marlon, O., a red brick garage, shortly after 10 o'clock. They were cheered when they entered tho building, and several of those who were waiting nhead of them offered to give up their places. The senator refused, howvver, nnd took lib place, thirteenth in tho line, with Mrs. Harding Just nhend of him. dovernor Coolldgo, Republican vice presidential nominee, voted with Mrs. Coolldgo nt Northampton, Mass., shortly after 0 a. in., nnd then left by automobile for IJoston, where ho received the election returns. Taking the Republican landslide In the east as handwriting on tho wall, metropolitan newspapers, among them those which staunchly had supported Coventor Cox and the league of na- Iff in a lltltln ntitinl1flril lt trtt I rut tt Harding curly Tuesduy evening. There were then no llgures to assure It or to give assurance thnt the sudden turning turn-ing ubout of four years ago which changed apparent victory for Hughes Into election for Wllsou would not hu repented. "The landslide Is here. It Is n triumph tri-umph for Americanism and a repudiation repudi-ation thut forever burlcw tho Wilson league of nations," said John T. Ad-unih, Ad-unih, in cliargo of Republican western headiuarters at Chicago. Por the llrst time In American history, his-tory, a mother In Salt Lake cast her vote for her son ns u candldato for tho presidency of tho United States. Mrs. Sophia M. Clirlstensen, mother of Parley P. Olulstensou, Parmer-Ltibor candidate, appeared ut the polling pluce, accompunlcd by her sou, mid following fol-lowing the usual preliminaries, cast ballot -110, that of tho candidate being 111. At leiiHt 10 of the 34 United States senntors elected were Republicans. When the llnal returns aro In the list may be swelled to 20 or 21. The presidential campnlgn practically practi-cally closed on Saturday night, when the presidential candidates Senator Harding nnd Coventor Cox wound up their campaign travels In the west. The senator chose Columbus us the city In which he would deliver his liibt address before election day, while (lov-eruoi' (lov-eruoi' Cox ended his election activities activi-ties with an old-fashioned torcldldit parade In Chicago and un address at the Coliseum, where his rival was nominated. Tho vice prcsldontlul candidates selected se-lected the east for their Dual election speeches Roston for Goornor Coolldgo Cool-ldgo nnd New York for Pranklln D. Roosevelt. Although his ticket mate, Eugeno V. Debs, was forced to conduct n unique campaign In tho form of statements losuod from bdilnd prison walls, Soy-mour Soy-mour Stcdman, vlco presidential choice of the Socialist party, carried his op .,j.i.i-.W-tm,i;l - ,,, ,1 ,1 , peal for votes personally throughout tho country. Parley P. Clirlstensen, presidential candldato of the Pnrnior-Luhor pnrty, running with Max Hayes, on Saturday carried his campaign Into his homo state. Aaron S. Watklns and Leigh Colvln, leaders on tho Prohibition ticket, nnd Robert C. MneAuloy nntl Richard C. I tn rm nit aliifrlft iiiilltlnai hIua WARREN Q. HARDING. CALVIN COOLIDQE. curried on their campaigns aggressively. ag-gressively. Neither President nor Mrs. Wilson went to Princeton, where thoy were registered, but mullet their ballots. Odds without precedence wero laid on Senator Harding to win this year's election, In the closing days of the cnmpalgn. Tho odds quoted In New York were 0 to 1 and 7 to 1, and there are no wpiol odds on record since 1870, the llrst year that bets were entered ou records kept In Wnll Htreet. Coventor Cox was tho longest shot In the history of presidential betting, having been conceded In the betting us having even less chance thuii William Wil-liam Jennings Itrynn had In his three unsuccessful runs for tho presidency. Only three times In the 1" pre-election betting yours recorded has the Wall street favorite fulled to win. Hut In none of these years did Ihe odds approach those of this year. Wilson overturned Wall street's calculations cal-culations by winning the election In 1010. despite odds of 10 to 9 on Hughes. In tho Clevoland-Hlalnu light In 1881 Wall street was wrong ngiiln, betting 10 to 0 ugnlnst Cleveland. In 1888 the street was again ou the wrong end. These ore tho exceptions, however. how-ever. This year the national and state elections were notable for the number num-ber of parties which nominated candidates. can-didates. Six partlos hud national tickets for president and vlco president, though by no moans In all tho states. These tickets ore Republican. Democratic, Socialist, Prohibition, Purmor-Iuhor and Single Tax. About 18 other par-j par-j ties had candidates either for sjiife tickets or for representatives liucon-gross, liucon-gross, bringing tho total of nlFpnr-tloa nlFpnr-tloa In tho field nearly to n scpre. . In the presidential election there woro chosen S31 members of tho electoral elec-toral college, of which 200 will bo necessary to tho election of a president Tho present membership of the United Unit-ed States sennto Is 00. composed of 47 Democrats, -18 Republicans and 1 Progressive. Pro-gressive. This year 33 states elect 31 senntors, the terms of 32 members of thnt body expiring nn March 3, 1021, while the other two are being selected to III! unexpired terms up to Mardi 4, 1025. Of the 32 senntors whose terms expire next March, 17 tiro Democrats Dem-ocrats nnd 15 Republicans. The two additional vacancies wero caused by tho dentin of Senators Ilankhend of Alabama and Martin of Virginia, both Democrats. One senator Is to bo chosen In ench of Uie 33 states, except ex-cept In Alabama, which elects two. Tho only stntes which do not elect senators aro Delnware, Mnlno, Massachusetts, Massa-chusetts, Michigan, MInucsotu, Mississippi, Missis-sippi, Montana, Nebraska, Now Jersey, Jer-sey, New Mexico, Rhodo Island, Tennessee, Ten-nessee, Texas, West Virginia und Wyoming. Wyo-ming. Women candidates for tho sennto had been nominated In six states, by tho Prohibitionists In Indiana, New York and Pennsylvania; by Socialists In California; by tho Farmer-Labor party In New York nnd Connecticut, and by Independents lu Nevada. Socialists had candidates for tho senato In 11 states Alabama (2), California, Cal-ifornia, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, Oro-gon, Oro-gon, Pennsylvania and Washington. Tho Pnrmer-Lnbor party bad senator lul candidates In soven states Connecticut, Con-necticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Mis-souri, New York and Washington. At least eight other parties nominated nomi-nated candidates for senator In ono or moro stutes. Theso nro Progressive, Progres-sive, Socialist, Labor, Slnglo Tax, Independent, In-dependent, Industrial Lubor, Independent Indepen-dent Republican and Nonpartisan leagftc. The total membership, 435, of the next house of representatives Is to bo elected. Of tills number, 218 is necessary neces-sary for n majority. Tho present membership mem-bership Is: Democrats, 100; Republicans, Republi-cans, 232; Independent Republicans, 2; Independent, 1; Prohibitionist, 1; vacancies, 0. Women havo been nominated nom-inated as candidates for representatives representa-tives In nt least 11 stntes, Including Alubnmn California, Idaho, lawn, Michigan, Nebraska, Massachusetts, Now York, Oklahoma, Oregon nnd Missouri. Oovernors wero elected In 34 stntes ns follows: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Colo-rado, Connecticut, Delnwnre, Florida, Ccorgla, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Michi-gan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montaun, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New MexJ Ico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Rhodo Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia nud Wisconsin. Resting the Republican cause upon an appeal to 'dependable, Intelligent public opinion," Senator Hurdlng told tho voters of die tuition In his llnal campaign speeches that his party wanted want-ed u calm, sober verdict at tho polls, based on good faith nud attained by honest political methods. Governor Junius M. Cox brought his long nnd energetic campaign for tho presidency to n strenuous wlndup with u sorlus of meetings In und about Chicago, Chi-cago, In which ho expressed conlldcnco In victory nnd mnlntulned bis advocacy advo-cacy of the league of nations with undiminished un-diminished vigor to tho tup of tho gong. Ceorgo White, chairman of tho Democratic Dem-ocratic national committee, In his llnnl pre-election statement, declared: "Cox and Roosevelt will win. They will havo a party majority In tho sennto und house' Chairman Hays, of tho Republican national committee, laid clnlm to tha following stntes: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delnware, Maho, Illinois, Indiana, Iown, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Massa-chusetts, Michigan. Minnesota, Missouri, Mis-souri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Now York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utult, Vermont, Washington, West Vlrglnlu, Wisconsin und Wyoming. Wyo-ming. . jj anea |