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Show ELECTION ODDITIES. H Lm Election returns from New York state show how great was the swing of votes from the Democratic to the Republican side Harding carried the state by a plurality of 1.062,34b, while LLu Miller, the Republican candidate for governor, defeated Smith by less than 65.000 in a total otc of 2,700.000. LLm There is evidence that Tammany did not support Cox owing to. the fact that the Democratic candidate made his peace with Wil-f Wil-f son, who has been obnoxious to Tammany. Governor Smith has been a popular executive but his person-! person-! ality was not powerful enough to eounteract the landslide. The most surprising feature of the election, other than the mag- fl nitudc of the victory, is the fact that three southern states broke LLm away from the solid south. Oklahoma. Tennessee and Missouri LLw joined the Republican ranks They are border states and. coming in contact with northern sentiment, yielded to the new influence. |