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'I . m The Commoner v6l;;21vno". l 4 ml ft u. m. Vs . &V. .' liv yff W A Fa & .v. '.r . The Commoner ISSUIQD MONTHLY Entered at tho PoBtofllco at Lincoln, Nebraska, ub Hccbnd-claso matter. WILLIAM J. DIIYAN, CHARLES W. BRYAN, Hilltop and Proprietor Afcaoclato Ed. an J Publisher lOdlt, llmu und Buslnona Offlcc, Suite 207 Preaa Bldff. One Ycnr. . . , $1.00 fllx Month .50 In Cluba of Five or .moro per year... .75 Three Bfonllm 25 Single Copy .10 Samplo Copies Free. Foreign Post, 2Jc Extra. Simscitll'TIONg can bo sent direct to Tho Com moner. Thoy can also bo sent through newspapers which havo advertlaed a clubbing rate, or 'Jirougrh local agents, whero 6uch agents havo been ap pointed. All remittances should bo sent by poat ofllco money order, express order, or by bank draft on Now York or Chicago. Do not sond Individual chocks, stamps, or currency. lUQMDWAIiS Tho dato on your wrapper shows tho time to which your subscription Is paid Thua January 21 means that payment has been received to and Including tho Issuo of January, 1921. CHANGI3 UP ADDRESS Subscribers requesting a change of address must glvo old ab well as new uddrcss. ADVERTISING Rates application. Address all communications to will bo furnished upon - THE COMMONER, LINCOLN, NED. Popular Vote in 1920 A Now York dispatch carried by tho Asao ciated Proaa, under dato of January 9, 1921, says: Interesting compariaons of the popular voto for proaident in 1920 and 1916 are made poaaiblo by tho official flgurea of various state election canvassing boards, compiled and macre public today. They show a total popular voto of 2 0,7 B 9,7 08 for the candidates of seven parties .as compared with a total popular vote of 18,515,' 340 for the candidates of five parties in 1916. Tho returns from Tennessee alone are Unofficial. Harding's plurality over Cox was 7,001,763. Four years ago Preaidont Wilaon'a plurality over 'Charles Evans Hughes was 591,385. Now York fltate gave Harding a vote of 1,868,411, his larg est return in any one state, as compared with 780,744 for Cox. Ohio, tho state of both tho Re publican and Democratic candidates, gave Hard ing 1,182,022 and Cox 780,037. Ilinois gavo them, respectively, 1,420,480 and 534,394 and Pennsylvania 1,218,215 and 503,202. Tho 1920 voto for Eugene V. Debs, socialist candidate, was 914,869 while in 1916 Benaon polled only 585,113. Pour years previously, however, Debs rolled up a vote of 897,011. Tho socialist party vote in Now York state was 203, 114, gain of 157,170 over 1916 and of 139,733 over 1912. Dobs polled only 28 votes in South Carolina and 38 in Idaho whilo in Vermont tho party filed no nomination. Dr. Aaron Watkins, nominee of the prohibi tionists, polled a total vote of 187,470, a de crease. of 33,036 from the party voto of 1916, Out of a total of more than half a million votes cast in North Carolina tho "dry" candidate re ceived 17. . Georgia gavo him 8, Greater New York including Now York, Bronx, Kinga, Queens and, Richmond countiea, with a total voto of 1 -276,768, polled 1,660 "dry" ballots. ' Tho total voto polled by Parley Christonaen, . ft 0 COREHONER RENEWALS The subscriptions of those who became subscriber with the first Issue of Thb Commoner, and have renewed at the close of each vear. am dim with h t uary (1291) iBsue. In order to facilitate the work of changing and re-entering the addresses upon our subscription books and mailing lists, and obviate the ex pense of sending out peraonal statements announcing that renewals are lue, sub scribers aro asked to assist much as possible by sending in renewals with as little delay aa possible. 000q ' farmer-labor nominoo, was 252,435, all cast in eighteen states. Cox the socialist-labor candi date, received 42,950 votes and Macauldy nomi nee of the single tax party, 5,747. VOTE BY STATES, HARDING AND COX The vote by states on the two principal candidates is as follows: Harding Cox Rep. Dem. Alabama 74,690 163,254 Arjzona . 37,016 29,546 Arkansas ....-.-.'. 69,892 105,684 California .s ......... . 624,992 228,191 Colorado 173,248 104,936 Connecticut 229,238 120,721 Delaware 52,858 39,893 Florida 44,835 90,515 Georgia 41,089 107,162 Idaho - 88,321 46,576 Illinois 1,420,430 634,394 Indiana 696,370 511,364 Iowa .. 634,674 227,921 Kansas 369,268 185,464 Kentucky 452,480 456,497 Louisiana 38,538 87,519 Maine 136,355 ,68,961 Maryland 236117 180,625 Massachusetts ..J 681,1,53 276,691 Michigan .. . . . . 762,865 233,4G0 Minnesota 510,421 142,994 Miasissippi 11,644 69,291 Miaaouri 727,162 574,799 Montana 109,430 57,334 Nebraaka 4 25i;093 119,608 Nevada 15,432 9,803 New Hampahire 95,196 62,662 New Jersey . 1 6fl,541 256,887 New Mexico 65,643 46,671 New York 1,868,411 780,774 North Carolina 232,848 305,447 North Dakota 160,072 37,422 Ohio 1,182,022 780,037 Oklahoma 243,415 215,521 Oregon 143,592 80,089 Pennsylvania 1,218,215 . 603,202 Rhode Island 107,463 55,062 South Carolina 2,610 62,933 South Dakota 109,874 35,938 Tonneaaee 219,770 '209,099 Texas ' 114,269 288,767 Utah i 81,555 56,639 Vermont .. 68,212 20,919 Virginia 87,458 141,670 Waahington 223,137 84,298 Weat Virginia 282,007 220,753 Wisconsin " 498,576 113,422 Totals 16,141,629 9,139,866 The foregoing figures do not include tho sol dier and sailor vote in New York state. The total for New York with that vote included would be Harding 1,871,167; Cox 781,238. COMPARISON OP THE VOTE Including the soldier and sailor vote in New York state, a comparison of the totals for the 1916 and 1920 elections shows the following re sults i 1920 Harding's vote .16,144,385 1920 Cox's vote , 9,140,330 1920 Harding's plurality over Cdx. 7,004,055 1916 Wilson's vote 9,129,269 1916--Hughes' vote 8,547,328 Harding's gain over Hughes 7,597057 Cox's gain over Wilson 11,061 PRESIDENT-ELECT, HARDING. AGAINST EX PENSIVE INAUGURAL CEREMONIES A Marlon, O., dispatch, dated Jan. 10 says: In the interest of national thrift, President-elect Harding tonight requested officials arranging for his inauguration to abandon all plans for inau gural ceremony. In a telegram to E. B. McLean, chairman of the inaugural committee at Washington, Mr Harding declared he preferred simply to take the oath of office, deliver a brief address and then take up his duties. He said it would make his position very unhappy if tho outlay for an elab orate inaugural created the impression of ex travagance. He also telegraphed Senator Knox nL ?ylv?nIa' in charge of the congressional end of the plans, suggesting that the proposal to erect stands on the capitol grounds bo aban S2?? TWs proposal has been the subject of heated debate in congress. Mr. Harding's telegram to Mr. Nelson said: f n. IAbe5 rPecttully to suggest to your commit-' tee complete abandonment of all plans for an in augural celebration. Heretofore, I have been very reluctant to express my personal views, be cause I know of the cherished regard in our na tional capital for this quadrennial event and the generosity of the citizens of the dstrlct in mak ing provision for it. . "However, lfit is becoming to express my preference, I wish you and your commtttee to know that the impression of extravagant expend iture and excessive cost would make me a very unhappy participant. I know full well that the government outlay is relatively small and that the larger expenditure comes from the generous contributions of district citizenship, but it is timely and wholesome to practice the utter denial of public expenditures whero there is no real necessity, and it will be a wholesome ex ample of economy and thrift, if we save the many thousands which the inaugural celebration will call from tho private purses of those attend ing. "I have sent a message of like purport to tho congressional committee and expressed the wish that no preparations or outlay of any kind be made. It wilL be most pleasing to me to be srmply sworn in, speak briefly my plight of faith to the country and turn at once to the work which will be calling." SENATOR BORAH'S RESOLUTION (In the Senate of the United States, December 14, 1920, Senator Borah of Idaho introduced the following joint resolution; which was read, twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Rela tions. Ed.) Authorizing the President of the United States to advise the governments of Great Britain and Japan that the Government of the United States is ready to take up with them the question of disarmament, and so forth. Whereas a representative and official of the Japanese Government has advised the world that the Japanese Government could not consent even to consider a program of disarmament on accpunt of the naval building program of the United States; and Whereas by this statement the world is In formed and expected to believe that Japan sin cerely desires to support a program of disarma ment, but can not in safety to herself do so ,on account of tho attitude and building program of this Government; and Whereas the only navies whose size and ef ficiency require consideration on the part of this Government in determining the question of the size of our navy are those of Great Britain and Japan, two Governments long associated by an alliance; and Whereas the United States is now and has ever been in favor of a practical program of disarma ment: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the Senate and House of ' Repre sentatives of the United States of America In Congress assembled, That the President of the UnitedStates is requested, if not incompatible with the public interests, to advise the Govern Setsf reat BritaIa and Japan, respectively, that this Government will at once take up di rectly with their Governments and without wait ing upon the action of any other nation the ques tion of disarmament, with a view of quickly coming to an understanding by which the build ing naval programs of each of said Governments, J? l?1 rAhat of Great Btain, Jaimn :tnd the united States, shall be reduced annually during the next five years 50 per centum of the present estimates or figures. Second. That it is the sense of the Congress, in case such an understanding can be had, that it will conform its appropriation and building plains to such agreement. Sec. 2. That this proposition Is suggested by the Congress of the United States to accomplish Immediately riT substantial reduction of the naval armaments of the world. - vui Little glimpses at the messages that the self complacent Republican governors who rode in on the anti-Cox tidal wave are sending into their egislatures reveals a smugness almost astound ing So far as our observation Has gone not one of them suggested or outlined any plan for nre venting the continuation of the gouging of the buying public by the wholesalers fndl retailers of the country, the one thing that the people a?e most desperate about and which is responsible mLr,w9f the b.Itternea that exists Tovirn ment that cannot protect the weak from the noTnn ft"' t a government that has not even the desire or the impulse to do so is a OTSSffit?- erave .&& Ai'A -C" "r " i -'Wrtl!)(ftUJ ;ii ljy ttfrfrHMttiftBH AX. s ,A.k gjgiMJift'ffi k fkti t "' -Sfci,'1 M