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.' . t 1 rwr fasts. t rtnswal lis Car Mm enetrfttlaa t4 avstt sssmlMa stafW osey. X I TILE WLATUEX- . North ' Carolina! Fair ui cooler Wedneedsyi Thar say tali. ' - VOL. CXII. NO. 126. r DEMOCRATIC TORNADQ CUTS DOWN BOASTED OPPOSITION BY MAJORITY OVER 77,000 League of Nations Gets Strong Endorsement of Women Voters at Polls In v North 'Carolina rxst As Result of Election Cameron Morrison is Assuted Solid , Democratic Administration, With Backing Ia The State of House and Senate of Same Political Faith; Estimated Total Vote Will Bun Well Over 400,000 . The Democratic administration In North ferolins was vindicated, at. the polls yesterday, when men and women voters swept aside Bpublieaa opposl tioB and cleared the way for font more years of efficient government by a sweeping majority, it Is estimated, of store than 75,000. The same vote that approved Came ron Jlorrison'a claim on the govern ship and assured hte-Jhe backing- of a solid administTstloa and Oeaeral - Assembly safely Democratic was notice to the world that James M. Cm, aad Franklin Boosevelt are the men North Carolina would have had as Pres ident aad Vlee-Fiesident of the United Bute. ' ' " : v ' ; - : With the earliest returns it was evl- ' dent that the f igh.t made oa the amend masts to the State constitution had been ia vain. The first amendment to limit the rate of State aad Bounty taxes and the amount of poll tax and to author ise an income tax, and the second ameidmeat to change the requirement of two years residence in the State and payment of poll tax as qualification for voting, both appealed To the judgment ,-of the . voters. The I majority for ths amendments, it was estimated oa" the face of returns received, will reach . around 100,000 when all the votes are .". tabulated.'"--'"' ' v. The introduction of the woman vote tag problem always a dirneult one, iaereased the burden and returns rolled in slowly . But sock returns as earns ia early were sufficient to assure the .. Democratic prophets that their faith In the women was mot miaplueed. Two veara aro. the entire vote east was 237,221, for the of fie of United States Senator. Yesterday, it ia estimated, the entire vote was more than aOOjOOO. Varied weather accompanied election day, bnt it was a small hindrance to the -voting. In the towns, particularly, ths polls were crowded in the larger precincts from early moaning until they dosed at sunset. 1 Only Few Hew Figure. Only a few -bow figures suffer State officialdom by reaaoa of ' yesterday's election. Cameron Morrison, Governor, ,;ad W. B. Coooer. Lientenimt governor. necessarily aro elected to these offices ' for the first time gander a constitu tional . limitation prohibitinr second terms. Lee 8. Overmaa goes back to r the United States Senate for his fourth ' term, having beea elected in 1903 and ' 1909 by the - General Assembly and arain br the Monle ia lfll. CoL J. ' Bry Grimes gets renewed lease oa the Secretary of State's office for four . years, ' having held that place since ' 1900.' Major Baxter Durham succeed CoL W. P. Wood aa State Auditor, but Major Durham haa been clerk in the office for -a number of years aad he 'ia not nnaeenatomed to tho routine. Beniamin B. Iey for the -fifth term rm back as State , Treasurer, j Dr. C. Brooks, jrho became Suporintcad- ' eat of Public Instruction by appoint . men( of Governof Biekett, faced lec tion for the first time and goes into ffide with vote of confidence from the Tooplc of the State. Judge James T & Hanning, who ; followed - Governor ' Biekett as Attorney General, takes up his work for the second term. It. I ShiDinan, who has beat down all oppo- anion overwhelmingly within the party, ,, since his first election ia BOO, it as ' sured of four more years aa Commis sioner of. Labor ,nd Printing. Staoey ' W. Wade, who, for a number of years hss bee chief deputy la tnc insurance Department nnder Commissioner James B. Young, falls into the chair of his .chief and, like 'Major Baxter Durham, finds it is no strange sest A. J. Hax well, who reeeivod his 'first lift from clerkship to Statevoffiec by Governor Biekett's appointment ia 1918 faced ths , electorate for the second time and the . result was n repetition of the first. By virtue of the judgment at the polls yes terday, ens new fijurs goes upon ihe Sifpreme" Court -bench, Judge W. P. Etary, of .Wilmington, former Superior XCont-n".'i Tajs TirclTe.).. v- . ? The ; SIXTEEN PACES TODAY. RALEIGH. N. C; WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 3 1 920. SIXTEEN PAGES JODAY. , I OUR NEXT GOVERNOR 4 CAHEBON ESTIMATED MAJORITIES m mm s m sv a aaii mtaws assni ' msm VAKIUU5 UUUNIltS fheetimated majority counties fol lowj '.; :::r ,-.' ' .- Alamance, Democrat, BOO. ' Alexander, Republican, 430. . ' , Alleghany, Democrat,-390. Anson, Democrat, 3)29, Ashe, Democrat, 100. Avery, Bepubllcan, 800. Beaufort, Democrat, 1,000. Bertie, Democrat, 100. ' Bladen, Democrat, 100. Brunswick, Republican, 100. Buncombe, Democrat, 1,500. Burke, Democrat, 300. , Cabarrus, Be publican, 600. Caldwell, Democrat, 500. ' 'Camden, Democrat, 400. Carteret, Republican, ISO. Caswell, Democrat, 1,000, 7 Catawba, Democrat, ISO. V , Chatham, Democrat, 600. Cherokee, Republican, 400. Chowan, Democrat, 800 - Clay, Republican, 800. - . ' Cleveland, Democrat, J ,200. -; Columbus, Democrat 1J00. ' . Craven, Democrat, 1,000. ' Cumberland, Democrat, IfiOO. . Currituck, Democrat, 900. i Dare, Democrat, 800. Davidson,' Republican, 700. ' , 1 Davie, Republican, 900.' T , . . Duplin, Democrat, lflOO, ; ' DuVham, Democrat, 1,800. , . Edgecombe, Democrat, 2,500. , , , " Forsyth, Democrat, 1,500.' rranklin, Democrat, 2,200. k 'Gaston, Democrat, 1,800. . - Gates, Democrat, 600. ' t Graham, Democrat, 150. . Granville, Democrat, 1,700. Greene, Demoeratv ljOOO. ' ' . GuUford, Democrat, 100. - Halifax, Democrat, 1.SO0. 1 , Harnett, Democrat, 750. - . , Haywood, Democrat, 1,500. , Headersoa, RepubUeaa, 1,700. ; Hertford, Democrat, 1,000, . , Hoke, Democrat, 100. ... ' Hyde, Democrat, 400. ls , - Iredell, Democrat, 100. " Jackson, Republican, 100. " . Johnston,-Democrat, 700. ' . " ' Jones, Democrat, 750. , - , , Lee, Demoerat, 100. ' Lenoir, Democrat, 1,900. Lincoln,-Democrat, 400, : Macon, Demoerat, e00r Madison, Republiaah) 1,500, -, Martin, Democrat, 8,100 . McDowell, Democrat, 750. .' Mecklenburg, Democrat, 7,000,, MitcheU, RepnbUeaa, 2,000. Moatgomery, Democrat, 350. Moore, Democrat, ' 600. - Nash, Demaerat, 1,800. " New Hanover, Democrat, 1,000. . Northampton, Democrat, 1,800. ... ' .(Ctlased On Fags Two' X "4 , V M0EKI8ON. Early Returns Indicate Re flection of Solid Demo cratic Delegation. - WEAVER BEATS JENKINS BY MAJORITY OF 1.8H., Aahevtlle, Nov. lEvery ladka. . Uen points to thereelecUssi of Zeb. km Weaver, by a majority eatU mated to be aroaad Tie Re. ) pabUcane feO away from Jenkins ; curing the last few weeks til each n ' - way as" te Insure ill defeat. There bmbss U -he B eeabt bat r what ,H1m L. Exam Clement, Democratic . 'nominee for : lefnlatare, and only , womanT caadidale for .this oaTlce In . the State, has been elected. Jacneeaf (. - county gives Jemkinc a majeeity of . te with II of the U precincts heard ; ' from. County DsmnraUe' tkket do ' ' f sated by small majority, bat Weaw : ver will have snajority of Met..' v Early returns - indicate the - re-olee- lion of A solid Democratic: delegation from North Carolina to Congress by increased- majorities over the former vote. - With four exceptions - all the present ineumbenta were candidates for re-election, the delegation for the new Congress, all Democrats, being as fol lows ... -- First District H. S. Ward. Beaufort ceaatv. . v Sseond District Clasde Kltekln, HaL fax county.' '- i .?. ",.. Third Dietrlcti-a. M. Briaeem, Craven senary. -:- ' . . . .- .'. - Feacth District Charlie M. Stedman, Gallferd eeeety. ' - . - Sixth Dlatricf Heater 4- Lyon, Ce- lambas conaty. ' ' ' Seventh Dlatrk William C mer, Raadorph cewnty. - . v Eight District Rehsrt L. Oceghtoa, AlUaaaav euntv.- Ninth District A. L. BalwUkle, Cos. TeaU District Xebafen Weover, Buncombe county. .. Ths new members of the State dele gation will be H. S.-'vi'srd of Washing ton, N. C, from the First district Hom er Lyon, of Whitoville, from the Sixth disrict; W. C Hammer, of Aaheborp, from the Seventh district) aad Major A. I Bulwinkle, of Gastonia, from ths INCREASEDVOTE FOR CONGRESSMEN l .(ConUnacd P Fg TwO . PRESIDENT RETIRES TO BED ROOM AT t O'CLOCK. WaaUagtoa, Nov. IvAfter reeelv. lag the early election retams In his study. President Wilson retired to his bed room at t o'clock tealght and was asleep half aa hoar afterwards Bear Admiral Grayson, the Prosi. dent's phridan, ; spent nearly half an sear with Mr. Wilson after the Utter retired. dUcwselBg the rwaults of the elect ioe. Br. Craysea said ths PreaU dent ahowsd ne indication of nervwaar strain aad that he seemed cheerfal. Ho added that the r resident had am commcat to make an the result of tae ceatest. Sara That Instead of Being ' Exultant Over The Eesult of The Election He Waa "More Girec To Prayer To Qod To Hake lie Capable of Playing- ; My Part" Marion, Ohio, Nov. 8 Coaviaeed by carry nturni of his tloetioa to the Presidency, Warren G. Hardg issued a statement . tonight saying that u stead of being exultant over the result he was more given to prayer to God to -make mt capable of playing my eoelvinc the election returns at his home here, Mr. Harding aecunsu during the early mains; to make any com ar.ent, and issued his statement only after the ficureo had piled no. majori ties for him which his advisers declar ed made his election certain. At the same time it became known that the Senator and Mrs. Hardlnc had made plans Sr a vacation trip to be carried out regardleas of the result of the election, taking them for a rest next week In Texas and after that for an ocean ; voyage to the Panama Caasl Zone 'They will return to Marion dur ing early December. Harding's Statement. , i The Benator'a statement follpwa: ' "Assuming that the early returns are wholly dependable, I do not hesitate to say that I am pleased, of course, I am happy to utter my gratitude. But I an) not exultant. It is not A personal vic tory. It is a renewed .expression of confident' Americanism and a national can to ths Kepubliean party. It ia all so eerious, the obligations are so solemn that instead of exulting I am mors given to prayer to God to make ma capable of playing my. part, and that all these calls to responsibility may meet the aspirations and expects. sons of America and the world. "I am sure the people who hsvs voted the Bepublieaa ticket will understaad my feeling that X should make no un studied, statsmsnt of - policies - at this time, beyond ' the . expression - made throughout the campaign. . , ' Daaihtery's Statement Coineidevtly with ths Senator's state ment, Harry M. Daughtery, a member rf the Republican campaign commit tee, made this statement beret "U is ths ireatest victory in Amer lean polities, clearly foreshadowed and predicted. It Is more than a partisan victory as the result was contributed to', be millions of DcmoerataXhs women of the nation have quickly vindicated the conferring of the suffrage privilege as they sewed correctly the issues and rallied to the cause or America ana American bstitautons. The Republican party I' folly eenseious of the great responsibilities implied in , this popular verdict and will faithfully .keep its obligntioas.",.. ' , i .,'. ; - .. . . tarts Trip Friday . ' The Scnttor trip te Texas will begin Friday night or Saturday morning and Mr Harding will arrive at Point Isabl, Texas, near Brownsyille, next Monday. He plans to spend: about twslve dajs ' (CenUauod Oa Page TweJ : '' V LINCOLN COUNTY GOES .. ,.. ' t SOLIDLY DEMOCRATIC. Uamelalea, Nov. 1 UneflkUl re tams from all precincts In Lineela county tealght indicate that, the satire Democratic tkket Is elected by. majorities raasinv from 131 to 235. ladies. ties are that Wilson Warlkk, Democratic candidate for State Sen. ate from Uaeolnton aad Catawba re. salved Ml majority with. Cex, Mer. risen. Overmen - aad Balwlnkle re. eetviag a majority of JO?. The battle royal was local lor the N. C. legis lature, A. L. QuIckeL Democrat, se. eelvlag a majority of IIS ever C A. leaea, Repabllcan. ' - ' Wi LS.SIIFS STATEMENT Harrlinn Siivfi Vir.tnrv Is 'Re. i , L r ' ' II. V I I cvax . rnfi ill II .. .V I I ncrvcu bAuicMiuu wuuir i - I ii . dent Americanism" j WILL TAKE VACATION TRIP TO CANAL ZONE LATEST RETURNS POINT TO BIG REPUBLICAN MAJORITY IN NEXT HOUSE AND SENATE NEXT IESIDlDEJraiTmSTATE I - . ' . .... ... - ' -Itr ' "' ll. -v. ' ... ! , .V ' - WARREN GAMALIEL HARDING. -v-rr-- r ' ; Mnmiin iinunninrn EARLY RETURNS ON CONGRESSIONAL RACES James Wine In Virginia, Richmond, Va, Nov. fo Incomplete returns from five districts in the fifth Congressional distriet indicate the elec tion of James, Democrat, ever Land reth, Republican, by 1,500. . ' Democrats Carry Arkansas. . Thaddaena Caraway, woa, the Sena torial race for ths Democrats in Arkan sas aad six of ths seven .Democratic candidates for the House have been elected. The . r mi W. J. Driver, WiUiam A. Oldfield. Otis Win go, H. M. Jacoway, Samuel M Taylor, Tillmsa B. Parks. The thlra district u musing. . Oklahoma Returns. J , Oklahoma, City, IWv.' 8. 12S eiaets out of t.SS 1 in Oklahoma pre- glvc Cox 11,803! Harding. 8,750. . ; , Landslide Foe Cos. Jacksoa villo. No v ' S-Twel ve .; die- trieto out of lflOO in Florida ' give Cox 983; Harding 64. - - . ' Eugene v.' Debs. AtlanU, Oa,,v ifev. tEugenc iY. Debs, Socialist candidate for ths Presi dency, received the election returns to night in the Federal penitentiary here, where he Is serving a snteaee ror vtoia tioa of the Espionage law, The returns reached authorities ' fir " the ' Atlanta aawsDaner offleu bv teleDhone and were promptly communicated to Debs, in bv eelL , :.' ..V'.,' ' :,..,: t 'l ' 'eBajsmmwaawanw'' , ": . ' ' HerdUg Carrlee Marion. ' . .j Marion. Cs. Nov.' tSenntor Hard- ma's home precinct save .Harding 873; Cox 78. Four "year ago ths Senator's precinct had gone Democratic,, but a reapportionment bad changed precinct lines. , . The first S3 precincts . to report in Marion county gave nnofScially. ' Bird ing , 339; Cox 2,87s., a -' . Now York. Repablicans. ' Sixteen Republican candidates for the House in New , York had won oa the -face of early returns as follows) 25th, Hasted; '26th, Tisht 27th, Ward; 29th. Parkert 81st, Snelli SSth. Denni SWh, Sanders; ' 40th Dempsevs 43rd, Reed, Flmt, Hicks; 82nd, Mott; 83rd, Snyder; 34th, CUrke: Soth, Uagee: 36th, Gould; J7th, Houghtoa. h- Texas" For Democrats. ': , ' ' All but. three of the eighteea- Dem ocratic- candidates" for the i House in Texas were elected pa the face of early returna . ma fnlenwi-- - Gurana ' Black. John C. ox, M. G. Bsunders, Sam Bay- ; nniinrnrn nrrru . (Coatta'aed on Page Twelve.) . i- . n s as s m mw em miaisi aimmm mm si Governor Himself Withholds Statement On Election; Ap v peared Unaffected Dayton, Ohio,. Nov. tv-Governor Cox's newspaper, the Dayton News, is sued an .extra edition shortly before 11 o'clock toaiffbt eo needing- the elec tion of Senator Hardii-g, the Repub lican candidate for president. . Governor Cox himself did not for mally concede , his - defeat, - regardless of the statements made-in his news paper. ''Ho said:'' : ---j "I win maka . aft. 'statement toalght and whatever my, paper says is purely 1nipersonsL' V ,v ! Hia newspaper carried, the election return 'under. Uie'eaptlon i "Republican Landslides Harding Wins." . ' Aanouaeement that the 'extra .would be issued was made st the Ooversor's newspaper office at 10:19 e clock and soon afterward word came from New York that Chairman White also had conceded . Senator Harding's . electisu. At that time the Governor - was in his private office at his newspaper plant where- he spout the evening with mem bers of. his family watching the re turns.;. . .'''.'' ' .: ."' Reporters, who called found the Gov ernor smiling and smoking-a cigar. He shewed no emoiipn, an attitude he kad maintained throughout the evening, fol lowing a day spent quietly at his boms near bere. . Friends who visited blm during ths evening said the candidate realised his defeat lung before the ap pearance of his aewspaper extra. Mrs. Cox also seemed uaaffeeted, as did the Governor's daughter, Mrs. D. H. JJa- henew. .;' j..m ,'"'!'- ''' Apparently, the most consoling 1belws of the evening for the candidate - was unofficial returns, showing in 83 .of the 265 precincts In .' Montgomery county, including Dayton, that Governor Cex led his opponent 5,218 Votes to- 8,000. The : county Demoemtio headquarters, however, reported that Hording car ried Carrmonte, the Governor's own precinct by twelve .votes. , , ' ! ' General ZamC ? .' Havana. Nov. tV Returns of yester day's : presidential electioa frpm W of ths 3,002 preemets in Cuba, war .aa aouaeed by ths governmAt st SVcIoek, this afternoon' givs Dr. 'Alfredo Zavaa, Coa'itionist "eandidate. '12,118 vote! as agslnst 7,235 'for General Jlose Mihuel Gomes, caadidstc of the Liberal party; PRICE? FIVE CENTS Concession of Harding Victory Came Before States of The Wesf Had Hardly Been Heard From , - - . s,, - T IJLf ISSUE SIAICMCWfr t ... - ' ' , - T Democratio Nominee's News paper Gets Out Extra Edition AanoBneing' Harding-'s Bee " tion; President-elect Bays He Ia, "More' Oiren To Prayer To Ckd To Make'1" Him More Capable of Play ing- His Part; No Exultation at Harding' Home; Landslide In East To Republicans Vtu precedented WbQe Solid Sonth Remains Solid - . New York Nov. 2. On the' fabe of rreturns ahowiny the 1 growing landslide for Harding', Governor Cox's own news paper, the Dayton Daily News, and Chairman White, of the Democratic National Com mittee, soon after It, o'clock tonig-ht conceded the election of Senator Harding-. V Without waiting for returns from the Went, which four years ago elected Wilson in the face of pluralities for Hughes in the East, the Democratic candidate and his chief jnana ger 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." Issues No Statement. Governor Cox, who waa in hia newspaper office when the concession of Senator Harding waa published, said' he would issue no statement. Senator -Harding at hia 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. Landslide Continues. At eleven fifteen o'clock, Eastern time, with the West and Middle West still scarcely heard from, the Harding land slide in the East was continu ing with gathering momentum, At the rate the Harding column was growing at that , hour the. Republican plurality, ' in the State of New York would be around the unprecedented figure of more than a million New York city, normally Democratic, ; was going for Harding by at least half a mil lion.- ; ' ' ' - '' . - The ffovernorship fight con tinued close, with Republican managers claiming the defeat of Governor Smith. . . , ... . Pennsylvania returns' at that hour showed Harding leading Cox three-to one and Senator Penrose elected: Massachu setts waa . promising Harding the greatest plurality ever 1 given a Presidential candidate in that state. Boston had gone , for a Republican for the second time in its history, and had given Harding a greater lead over Cox that it gave McKinley over Bryan in 1896. Returns from half of Ver mont gave Harding a three to ' one lead over Cox. Hughes beat Wilson two to one there in 1916. . In - the home . district of Charles F. Murphy, leaderNof Tammany Hall, Harding beat Cox, 2 to 1. Maine reporte! ' (Contiased en Page "Tea.) J
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