1
Pll': The Times-Dispatch Cov¬ ers the Neivs of the World. $38 Buyer's Guide to the Best Shops in the City. 70TH YEAR. VOLI7MK 70 Nl'MUKK 309 RICHMOND, VA. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3,1920..FOURTEEN PAGES, ^"o" .UNSETTLED PRICE, THREE CENTS HARDING WINS PRESIDENCY IN LANDSLIDE; MAJORITY SETS NEW RECORD FOR NATION m "VIRGINIA PILES UP SPLENDID VOTE FOR PARTY'S CANDIDATES! I Old Dominion Stands Like Stone Wall for Party Principles. NINE CONGRESSMEN ARE NAMED BY DEMOCRATS Harly Returns Indicate Sweep¬ ing Victory for Constitu¬ tional Amendments. SlihMI' WIN'S OVKIC IIAXDV Ninth District (toe* Republican by tt.OOt) Mnjorlty, Returning ilnj» Inruiulioiit. Virginia indorsed the league of mi. lions and reaffirmed h*r allegiance to Democracy in the election of y«h- > ,vr,lny ,>y K'vlnc Cox and Roosevelt '. majority estimated early this u.ornlng on incomplete return* at approximately «r..000. Mne of the ten ..onffreysional districts returned I 'emoeratn to the House of Repre¬ sentatives. the Ninth District r.|one remaining joined to it* Republican Idol. Representative Slemp. Carter Class was re-olected t.. the United .States Senate over his "Illy-black" opponent. J. Jt. PoUard. |.y a ma¬ jority of probably 100.000. Although the Republican vow- is largely Increased over tliHt of an< preceding election, it I, evident from ho returns that n iarKe majority of the now votcrn remained true to the" ..tlth of their forefathers, and made Vltg.niu a ,..re certainly Democratic '-t»Uc than before. Itcpiibllrnnn Cnln In Cities. The Republican gains appear main- » In returns from the larger cities. *\ aro Presumably responsive to nrtl'onal drift to that party in ¦» rural ctims the new electorate served to increase the Democratic majorities. Il I* further t. |., noU.(, t,(a[ b lohavi°,l',C "api,b,lcon *»«>« seems to l a e been confine,| to Harding and Coolldge, and did not extend to th- nominees of that party for rongres*. An example is shown in tho Third R|chmond District, where Con¬ gressman Montague ran far ahead of Governor Cox, and has probably a ? oad of 10.000 votes over ,he next ' ghest candidate, who may be cither i abortf«y* ^ in,lor,,:ndent Karmer- f-r. kk °r ^Vicp> ll,c "Illy black." tl'nioh/.' ",>e lmlcpcn',ont Republican. M".fwd,a/,°"r'" «*. l>e*l Win* in Second. The same slgnlrtcant fact appears 11 Congress over his Republican oppon¬ ent. Dr. Uinkford. by about 9.000 ma Jorlty. senator Deal apparcn ly pTll- D s^rw I'0'" than the Second t, fr t in spite 0f tho bitter flirht vagtd upon him. In tho Seventh District it at Senator John Raul, of Rockw" ,hurn' Republican, succeeded in effect¬ ing a considerable reduction in the usual majority of Concreasmnn Thomas W. Harrison, which* may be as small as 1,000 votes. Senator Paul 1ms waged an active light and Is re Popularity.6 * | James Win* Notable Victory. Dejpocnuic State Chairman Rorer 'J' t?mCS wlns a notable victory over " . JMoyd ^andreth, of Carroll, who ad mado a vigorous campaign. , James, who is from Pittsyl- nlr«H\ ^h0 is 8crv,n« tho unex- ofjfdL?5 C"Td by th0 rcs'snation u. ^ Saunders. now a mcm- ucr or tho Supreme Court scored Dan^m in h'S hon,e county and in westorn° CharIotto- whi,° the fancd th0 Fifth »«»'rlct °0m0 "P wlth the expected Republican majority. *.-oInn1Tie8e?tative Jamcs I'- Woods, of Roanoke, in overwhelming re-elected liri N nh District, easily defeat- Roni.h'i^ ' Wh0> although the Republican nominee, was understood ho burden ? ailS° °n his 8ho"lders v' burden of Parmor-Labor prln- temnti *Bd ^ cred,te<i with at- » .°PP Uon to th0 ®®ch-Cum- whllo the nominee of n ; (Continued on Eighth J COX ACHIEVES NOTABLE VICTORY IN RICHMOND Forces of Democracy Poll 14,163 Votes for Party's Standard-Bearer. GLASS LEADS TICKET WITH TOTAL OF 18,076 Harding Adherents Cast 5,279' Ballots for Their Candidate. (lovrnor Cox scored a notable vlr- tory in Richmond yesterday when »l»c force* of Democracy turned out an>l ca.it 14,163 votes to uphold the honor of America, vented in the league of nations, against 5.'279. Theno were Hie linal figures on the vote of the city for tho two presidential candi¬ dates. Governor Cox and Senator Harding, with only one precinct, Eighth L.ee, not heard from. Kverr Democratic candidate in the city polled a vote many 100 per cent; heavier than htu opponent on the In¬ dependent. Votes cast for Senator <;ia_i« totaled. IS.076^ ITWr opponent, J. It. Pollard, received 1,758 vote*. Hid opponent, K. R. Pollard, re¬ ceived only a diminutive number of vote*. 1.758 in all. Other candidates opposing tho Democratic tlckot were swept unifc-r In the general mael¬ strom. Congressman A. J. Montague received 12,372. compared with less than 100 received by Mi:ller, who was opposing iiiin. De Coursy, an Inde¬ pendent candidate, made probably the bent standing of any of the lesser lights. He was opposing Congress¬ man Montague. Everywhere the congestion at the polls is said to have cut down the vote to a certain extent. Many of the precincts lia'd long lines extend¬ ing nti far as a block in front of thern. Election machinery, inadequate to meet the demands of the increased electorate, prevented thousands of qualified voters from casting their ballots In the important elections held yesterday. Conceding the jus¬ tice of the innumerable complaints, the officials conducting the general election in Richmond could only ex¬ press regret over conditions which they had anticipated, but which it was impossible for them to remedy. Considering the tremendous con¬ gestion throughout the day at manyj voting places and intermittent con¬ gestion at even tho smallest, there was comparatively little confusion. Where the situation was worst it wa^ understood, and the officers in the polling places were consequently pre¬ pared to deal with it intelligently, although not always to the satisfac¬ tion of tho voter. Women ICrred on Precincts. In most cases the interruptions to the smooth progress of voting was! due to unexplained clerical errors or omissions or to the inexperience of women voters, who, when register¬ ing, had given tho wrong precincts. Judge D. C. Richardson, of the Hustings Court, who sat all day In the office of the City Attorney, in City Hall, relieved the difficulties of a great number of voters, who- appeal¬ ed to him after they had been turn¬ ed away from precinct polling places because their names did not appear on the poll books. In every In¬ stance where the complaint was due to that cause, Judge Richardson sent tho complainant to Central Registrar William S. Woodson, who examined the original records. If the complain¬ ant was found to have paid his or her poll tak and to have been accepted by the registrar as qualified, the cen¬ tral registrar verified the complaint and the judge Issued an order to the officer of election directing that a ballot be given to the complainant. Many Abandoned Vote*. Many of the men and women, white and colored, who went to tho City Mall to complain, did not return to the voting precinct. Rather than suffer further inconvcnience, they abandoned their intentions to vot<». These unsatisfactory conditions, which had been repoatedly predicted In the last t*$o weeks by members or the City Democratic Committee, election officers and observant officials gen¬ erally, were not confined to any one scctlon of the city. They were to be found everywhere yesterday. Early In tho day well-informed mon In political and municipal circles, who had ventured forecasts of the total vote ranging from 20,000 to 25,000, began to revise and lower their esti¬ mates. It was clearly apparent that .(Contiaaod ©p^urtat* Pas«.x PRESIDENT-ELECT OF THE UNITED STATES W/ARQEN G HARDING MAJORITY OF 75 IS 1 REPUBLICAN CLAIM! IN LOWER HOUSE: j Three Socialists, Victor Berger, London and Hillquit, Elected. NEW YORK. Nov. 2..The next House of Representatives will have a Republican majority of seventy-five, an increase of thirty over the pres¬ ent Republican majority, according tov indications from nil quarters to¬ night. The Republican Congressional Committee claims a gain of at least) two Representatives in Massachusetts.! two In California, two in Montana and possibly two In Kentucky. In addition, gains arc expected in Mis¬ souri, Michigan and Wisconsin. In all other States where the Re¬ publicans now have largo delegations in the lower house, they havo held their own or bettered their standing. Illinois. Now York, Iowa, KanBas and Indiana have increased thoir strength. Several notable figures in the last Houso will be missing in the new Congress. Among them aro Repre¬ sentative John J. Ksch, of Wisconsin, who failed of renomlnatlon; Prank Doromus, former Chairman of th« Democratic Congressional Committee, who declined to stand for renomlna¬ tlon, and T.. W, Sims, Chairman of the Commltteo on Interstate .and .(Continued on BUhUi Pa*a.) HARDING TELLS NATION HE WILL KEEP PLEDGES OF THE CAMPAIGN President-Elcct in First Statement Declares Election Is Solemn Referendum for United Americanism. Plans Vacation Trip in South. MAUI OX, OHIO, Nov. 2..Convinced by early returns of his election to the presidency, Warren G. Harding issued a statement tonight, saying that in¬ stead o£ being exultant over the re¬ sult, he was "more given to prayer to God to make mo capable of playing my part." Receiving the election returns at his home here, Mr. Harding declined during tho early evening to make any comment, and issued his statement only after the figures had piled up majorities for him which his advis¬ ers declared made his election cer¬ tain. At-the same time it bccamo known that' the Senator and Mrs. Harding had made plans for a vacation trip, to be carried out regardless of the result of the election, taking them for a rest next week in Tcxaa and after that for an ocean voyage to the Panama Canal Zone. They will re¬ turn to Marion during early Pecern- bbr. Tho Senator'a statement follows:. "Assuming that the early returns ate wholly dependable, I do not hesl- tate to say that I am pleased. Of course, I am happy to utter my grati¬ tude,. But I am not exultant. It is not? a- personal Victory/, It Is a re- '.wed expression confident Amexi- iO v.* ^ '. ¦--i.-. v. canism and a national call to the Re- publican party. | ] (.reat Political Victory. "It is also serious, the obligations are so solemn that Instead of exult¬ ing, I am moro given to prayer to God to make me capablo of playing my part and that all these calls to re- sponslbility may meet the aspirations and expectations of America and the world. "I am* sure the people who have voted the Republican ticket will un¬ derstand my feeling that I should make no unstudied statement of poli¬ cies at this time, beyond the expres¬ sion made throughout tho campaign." Colncidently with the Senator's statement, Harry M. Daugherty, a member of tho Republican campaign committee, made this statement here: "It is the greatest victory in Amer¬ ican politics, clearly forecast and predicted. It is more than a partisan victory, as tho result was contributed to by millions of Democrats. Tho women of the nation havo rjulckly vindicated the conferring of the suf¬ frage privilege, as they sensed cor¬ rectly the Isnues and rallied to the cause of America and American In- ntltutlon's. The Republican party Is. <Contiav*d on Third Pa««-> PACE IS VICTOR IN CONTEST FOR CITY TREASURER With Four Precincts Miss¬ ing Incumbent Has Lead of 1,000. HULCE IS GOOD SECOND IN FOUR-CORNERED RACE Hirschberg Is Third in Running and McCarthy Fails to Carry Single Precinct. Willi but four precincts missing al 1 o'clock this morning .Tames D. Pace, Jr., lc<l the field of candidates for the ollice of City Treasut-cr by a majority of more than 1,000. Until late at night Mr. Paeo and Herbert Hulco kept neck-and-neck In the race, and it was not until returns from Jefferson Ward began to eonio in around midnight and proved favor¬ able to Mr. I'ace that the defeat of Mr. Hulce was assured. However, it was the heavy vote for Mr. Pace In Lee Ward which roally won the light for the lurky candidate offsetting- returns favorable to Mr. Hulco in Clay, which was his strong¬ hold, but which proved disappointing in that his adversary managed to poll a. heavy vote In tho First, Fourth and ,<<3oBt,nuctl °" 8ccond PageT) REPUBLICAN TICKET SWEPT INTO OFFICE BY TREMENDOUS VOTE Result in East So Decisive Democratic Leaders Concede Defeat Without Waiting to Hear From West, Which Four Years Ago Gave President Wilson Be¬ lated Victory. GOVERNOR COX'S NEWSPAPER PRINTS EXTRA ADMITTING OWNER IS BEATEN Presidcnt-Elect Declares He Is More Given to Prayer to God to Make Him Capable of Playing His Part Than He Is to Exultation at Winning. GOVERNOR SMITH APPARENTLY BEATEN IN REMARKABLE FIGHT IN NEW YORK State Loader, 1'nable to Survive Under the Avalanche of Votes That Were Cast Against National Leader, Still . Kcinains In Fore As One of Party's Ureal Figures. NEW YOIIK, Nov. 2..On the face of returns showing the growing landslide for Harding, Governor Cox's own newspa¬ per, the Dayton Daily News, and Chairman White, of the Denv- ocratic National Committee, soon after 11 o'clock tonight conceded the election of Senator Harding. Without awaiting returns from the West,-which four years ago elected Wilson in the" face of pluralities for Hughes throughout the East, the Democratic candidate and his chief manager conceded that in the "solemn referendum," which President Wilson declared would decide the league of nations question,.American voters had preferred Harding, who favored "staying out," to Cox, who favored "going in." Governor Cox, who was in his newspaper office when the concession of Senator Harding was published, said he would issue no statement. Senator Harding, at his home in Marion, said he was "more given to prayer to God to make me capable of playing my part," than he was to exultation. George White, chairman of the Democratic National Com¬ mittee, conceded Senator Warren G. Harding's election at '11: 20 o'clock tonight. : White also conceded that the Republicans will have control of the hext House of Representatives. In a statement White said: "The abandonment by some of the most prominent Republi¬ cans of the league of nations, which they helped to construct, has been successful. "The people have succumbed to the confusion wrought by those distinguished men and to the misrepresentations of those who would not and did not understand the league of nations." v States in Republican Column. By 10 o'clock there were enough returns in hand to make Senator Harding's election a certainty, regardless of the way the remainder of the country went. The following States wei"6 considered safely in the Republican column: New York, with 45 electoral votes; Massachusetts, 18; New Jersey, 14; Pennsylvania, 38,; Illinois, 29; Wisconsin, 13; Vermont, 4; Maine, 6; Rhode Island, 5; Kansas, 10; Ohio, 24; New Hampshire, 4; Connecticut, 7; Colorado, 6; with such States as California, the Dakotas, Iowa, Minnesota, Washing¬ ton and Oregon still to be heard from. This total of 248 elec¬ toral votes Convinced all but the most optimistic Democrats that the battle was over. Of perhaps national significance was the gubernatorial bat¬ tle in New York State, bringing to the fore Governor Alfred E. Smith as one of the strongest figures in his party, whether he is defeated or not. Against the Republican national ticket's overwhelming triumph, Smith made a fight unprecedented in American politics. Seldom, if ever, has a State leader sur¬ vived under such an avalanche, but, in spite of the fact that Harding's plurality in the State may reach 1,000,000, at mid-' night Smith was running neck and neck for the governorship with his Republican rival, Judge Nathan L. Miller. In the strongest Republican districts up-State, where Harding w6n by as high as G to 1, Smith succeeded in cutting Miller's lead to the very narrowest of margins,, so that the enormous lead he obtained in New York City may have saved the day for him. Under the circumstances it is not a rash prophecy to foresee Governor Smith as a contender for national leadership in the Democratic party in the next campaign. Miller Has Small Lead. When returns from 5,995 out of 7,308 district in the State had been tabulated Miller was leading for Governor by 2,458. The vote: Smith, 1,107,213; Miller, 1,109,671. Returns late tonight from nearly one-half of the 7,145 precincts in Ohio showed Senator Harding leading Governor Cox by more than 153,000 votes. If the present ratio is continued, Senator Harding will carry his home State over Cox by a plurality of approximately;i XGonMnued oft Secou* Pag&4 "
