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FOR DEMOCRACY
Mrs. Sam H. Phillips, Back
From Long Speaking Tour,
.. Says Feminine Voters Have
Splendid Organization.
Tennessee will go overwhelmingly
for Gov. Cox and the league of na
tions, and the regular Democratic
candidates for state offices also will
win, in the opinion of Mrs. Sam H.
Phillips, of Memphis, who returned
Tuesday, after a speaking: tour of the
state. . Mrs. Phillips traveled from
the Mrssisslppl river on the west to
Bristol, on the east. Accompanying
her was her 5-year-old son, Sam II.,
Jr.
"The woman voters of Tennessee
are wondorfully organized,'' Mrs.
Phillips said Tuesday. "They are
prepared to make their first vote a
record one, and leaders anions them,
have labored untiringly to get out an
immense women's vote." -
The pest organization In the state
among women is in Gibson county,
Tenn., where every woman in the
county as well as the county seat,
Trenton, has been seen by workers,
Mrf. Phillips declared. Fhe closed
her campaign tour at Trenton. MoxeLii
than J,000 persons attended thenretTci
ing, despite a downpour of rain. Mrs.
Maro Anthony is chairman of the
Uibson organization.
Davidson county women also are
well organized and have turned out
an extremely heavy registration, Mrs.
Phillips declared. At the Davidson
county meeting, held in Nashville,
Mrs. Phillips says that a solid sea of
"league of nations" banner united the
audience and that whop .President
Wijsoa'a name was mentioned, the
audience aroso' as an individual and
cheered for five minutes.
Mrs. Phillips complimented the wo
men of Shelby county on the organi
zation they have formed, and par
ticularly did she dwell upon the good
work done by Mrs. J. M. McCormack
in this district, la the cause of de
mocracy. Mrs. Phillips did more - stump'
speaking in Tennessee than did any
other Democratic woman, but she
was anxious to share her honors with
Miss, Chart Williams, of Memphis,
vice-chairman of the Democratic na
tional committee, and Mrs. GilfordJ
Dudley, of Nashville, both of whom I
i vmuIa Iam. CnualrlM tmtPa 1 1, r 0 1 1 IT 1 1 I
" outthe state. . ' '' I
Mrs. Phillips Is secretary of the
Democratic state committee and Mrs.
Claude Sullivan, of Nashville, is
chairman. For four weeks, Mrs,
Phillips aald, Mrs. Sullivan and her
associates at headquarters in Nash
ville spent from 12 to 14 hours a day
at headquarters, sending out as high
as 8,000 letters a day.
TAKE LOIR TOLL
WITHJJ78 DEAD
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2. Fewer
persons were killed on railroads dur
ing 1919 than in any year since 1898
and fewer were injured than in any
year since 1910, said a statement is
sued today by the interstate com
merce commission.
During 1919 a total of 6,978 persons
were killed and 149,053 injured com
pared with 6,859 killed in 1898 and
119,507 Injured in 1910. Of the killed
during the year 273 were passengers,
and of the injured 7,456 were passen
gers. Employes killed during 1919
numpered 2,138 and 131,018 were in
jured. Fewer trespassers on railroads
were killed In 1919 than during any
year of the commission's records,
which go back to 1890. Last year
2.553 trespassers were killed and
2.658 injured. Railroad officials said
there were less persons out of em
ployment and fewer tramps than
formerly because of the war.
Colemans Wearing
Smiles Wider Than
Those Of Coal Men
George J. Coleman, with S. M.Wil
liamson and company, wore a smile
Monday that won't come offfor some
time, wlien he put In an afpearance
at the office after an absence of
several days. Sauire George 15. Cole
man, father of George J., was also
wearing one of those never-fade
smiles.
The reason for the joyful counte
nances of the Colemans was the ar
rival of a boy, son of George J. The
lad put in an appearance at Birming
ham, Ala., last Thursday night.
Mother and baby are doing fine.
Squire Coleman says that he now
has a full house of grandchildren,
three aces and a pair of queens and
he points with pride to the fact that
although Georgo J. is only 22 years
of age the Thursday arrival is his
second child. '
Twenty-four hours to noon Nov. 2:
Temp.
Hour. Dry Bulb. Wet Bulb. Hum.
7 p.m. yes'day 67 66 95
7 a-m. today. 41 38 77
Noon today . . 50 48 88
Maximum ... 69
Minimum ... 41
Sun sets today 5:0r p.m. ltises to
morrow 6:23 a.m. Moon rhjs 11:16
p.m, tonight. Precipitation .uo inches.
Tennessee Fair; freezing.
Mississippi Fair; frost.
Arkansas Fair; frost. ..
Alabama Fair; colder. v
Kentucky Fair; freezing.
Louisiana Fair; frost.
Oklahoma Fair; freezing.
North aVd South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida. Showers.
East and West Texas Fair;
solder.
RAIL ACCIDENTS
WILSON MAY QUIT
IF COX IS LOSER,
Washington Gossip Points To
ward Resignation If Poli
cies Are Rejected by Ameri
can Voters.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE
(Special Correspondent of The News
' Scimitar.)
WASHINGTON, NOV. 2. Aside
from the actual result of the election
perhaps nothing has given greater
concern in Washington than the pos
sible effect upon President Wilson
of an adverse verdict at the polls.
The president has always had un
bounded confidence In his own judg
ment of what the American elector
ate would do and yet many of his
friends think he will be greatly Dis
appointed this time.
He has lad reverses before s In
1918, but on nothing that was as close
to his heart as is the covenant of
the league of nations. It has been
argued convincingly In the press that
the election result will not have in
dicated anything conclusive about fce
league, and will only have registered
the natural reaction of a people
against their war government, some
thing that has happened throughout
urope. But nobody In the Inner
irclo of the administration has
probably paved the way for the de
feat. So far as Is generally known, the
president has been continuously op
timistic about the outcome. Were
it not for the frail condition of the
president's health, the election might
not be a moment for anxiety, in
deed, there have been rumors that
Mr. Wilson might feel constrained to
resign the presidency if cox were
defeated. On the other hand, the
possibility that the senate might go
Democratic has been held out as a
consolation, especially since Jt might
mean the resubmission of the peace
treaty at the December session of
congress, In an effort once more to
reach a compromise. The new sen
ate would not of course take office
until after next March, when a spe
cial session would be called, but it
is believed the effect of a Democratic
victory in the senate might mean a
more conciliatory meet In the ses
sion of congress to be convened next
month.
Friends, of the league of nations
will pot. wait until asReciRLsesstpn,
of "congress Is' called next spring In
I order to push for the ratification of
tne treaty wun proper reservations.
Every vote taken in the senate has
shown more' than two-thirds of the
senate as favoring ratification of the
treaty and league in some form. It
would help the next administration
immensely If the troublesome treaty
question were out of the way when
the new administration came into
power, so that domestic affairs might
be given undivided attention. More
than a year has already been spent
in wrangling over the treaty and the
league while domestic issues like tax
ation, have suffered by neglect The
treaty question may suffer if post
poned to a special session of con
gress. It is considered possible that Pres
ident Wilson's attitude toward a
compromise on reservations will have
been greatly softened by the verdict
at the polls and that a nonpartisan,
or bipartisan movement may yet be
started to brint about America's en
try into the lWgue during the re
maining days of President Wilson's
administration. It would hearten the
president probably and give him
strength to bear the strain of his
illness.
The true condition of the presi
dent is a matter of conjecture. Few
people know, though there is the
usual amount of rumor about a re
lapse the best Information the writer
has been able to obtain is that the
president has been steadily improv
ing and Is much better than he was
six months ago. Nobody can foresee
what the effect of a disappointment
may be, but men who know Mr. Wil
son best are convinced that his vital
ity is such that he will be able to
withstand the blow that is sure to
come. The president does not read
newspapers generally and it is said
that he has not been given any pessi
mistic reports about the campaign so
that very probably the result will
come as a shock to him.
As for the rumors of resignation
Tn the event of defeat at the polls,
this inference is believed to have
been drawn from a recent speech of
Gov. Cox in which he predicted the
"retirement" of the president from
public affairs. Mr. Wilson is a firm
believer in the theory that the head
of a government should resign when
defeated Just as is the mase with
parliamentary goverment. But cir
cumstances Influenced him in 1918
when he lost both houses of congress
to ignore European precedent a-s ap
plied to America's form of govern
ment, and It is not generally credited
that he will abandon his post before
the close of his administration.
On the other hand if he believed
that by eliminating his own person
ality as a factor, Vice-President
Marshall might be able to negotiate
a settlement of the treaty question
with the Republican senate, he would
probably retire. Yet it is known that
Mr. Marshall doesn't share the presi
dent's views on the league of nations,
and it is hardly to bo expected that
ho would champion the cause during
the next session of congress. Nobody
can predict with accuracy what
might be the outcome of the election
on the plans of President Wilson.
All Washington is hoping that he
will bear up under the Inevitable
verdict at the polls and that he will
be well enough to remain in office
until the end of his term. Partisan
sliipmay disappear with the election
and after a month's intermission the
next congress may cnine back in a
better mood to take up the matter of
foreign policy and dispose of it be
fore an avalanche of domestic prob
lems like the excess profits tax
comes down on the next administra
tion.
(Copyright. 1320, bv David Law
rence.) MAN SHOOTS WIFE, SELF.
TOPEKA. Kan., Nov. 2 Mrs. Mar
garet Jonngan, who was anrlnuslv
wounded last night by her divorced
husbanii, Tharles Jonsgan, who then
shot and killed himself, tirohahlv will
recover. It was said today at the hos
pital to which she was taken, i,
WRITER DECLARES
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Mrs. j. m. McCormack, chairman of the Women's Democratic Committee, at work at the poin. The exerole''of the franchise-by woman made her the haopleat
woman In Memphis. I
Mayor and Mrs. Rowlett Palne voting for Cox and Roosevelt, and all other Democratic candidates.
Miss Mary Ashe, 75, who has walteoTM year for the privilege she.ls exercising In the photo. She Is a sister of Miss Cora Ashe, Memphis best known school
Mrs. Dorothy Whlta McKellar Is one of tse youngest women voters In Memphis. She Is "Telling Dad," Dossey H. White, how to vote. She le a nlr hv
marriage of Senator K. D. McKellar. Her father la a former business associate of .Mayor Paine. . . ntt oy
HARDING SPENDS
GREATER PART OF
MARION, O., Nov. 2. While the
nation was recording its decision to
day on his candidacy for president.
Senator Harding put politics out of
his attentions and cave over the
greater part of his time to a game
of golf.
After voting early in the fore
noon, he chose to spend all of the re
mainder of the clay away from
Marlon. He selected the Scioto club,
near Columbus, for his golf game,
and was to make the 40-mlle trip
back by motor late in the afternoon.
Tonight with Mrs. Harding and a
circle of relatives and friends he will
learn the result of the balloting at
his home, where local Republican
leaders have planned a red fire cele
bration in his honor.
If there was in the candidate's
mind any apprehension over the out
come It did not manifest itself in his
outward demeanor. He wore the
same airof smiling confidence that
has characterized his manner
throughout his campaign and there
was apparent an additional touch of
satisfaction that the stress of polit
ical debate and maneuvering was
over.
Mrs. Harding, his constant com
panion during his campaigning, ap
peared equally confident and insisted
on doing her full part to the end of
the fight by accompanying hini to the
polls and casting tnr first vote for
him. A slight cold kept her indoors
yesterday, but she said she felt much
better today.
Vacation plans are in formulation
for Mr. and Mrs. Harding, but de
tails have not been announced. A
trip that would take them away for
two weeks or more of rest has been
recommended by their friends and
they are expected to make a decision
within a day or two. A secluded
place probably will be selected so
that should Mr. Harding be victorious
he could escape much of the annoy
ance which comes to a presiuent-
eleft.
Many of bis admirers, confident of
a Republican victory, already have
given him the attentions of a poten
tial president, and the Inevitable pro
cession of office seekers lias begun.
.Requests for appointment to posi
tions ranging from cabinet member
down, have reached Harding head
quarters in quantity, and there has
been a rush for postmastershlps by
many who lire not aware thut recent
legislation has put these positions
under civil service.
One of those who offered to serve
as secretary of stute wrote the sena
tor that, although he was young and
Inexperienced, he bud honest pur
poses and high alms, and was willing
to take advice. His name never had
lieen heard before by the candidate
or bis advisers here.
Precinct C, of the Fourth ward of
Marion, was the senator's voting
place today, it returned a Demo
cratic majority at the last election,
but the local Republican managers
predicted that it would go for Hard
ing by a big margin today.
DAY UPON LINKS
WOMEN AND WEATHER
GET RIGHT NAME
OE WOMAN 10
RAN DOWN RYE
Mr. R. A. Streuli. 1118 Tutwiler
avenue, who first gave her name as
Mrs; J. D. Baugh, was arrested by
Detective Sergeant Joyce late Mon
day afternoon and docketed at police
headquarters on a charge of reck
lessly driving an automobile. She
ran down former Gov. Tom C. Rye.
Police had requested Mrs. Streuli
to present herself to the desk ser
geant at headquarters early Mon
day afternoon when she admitted
that she was driving the big Pack
ard touring car which struck Gov.
Rye., breakina his left leg and other
wise injuring" him.
When Mrs. Streuli failed to appear,
Joyce was ordered to bring her in.
With Detective Sergeant Clark, Joyce
found her on Beale avenue, driving
the same machine which struck
Gov. Rye.
Mrs. Streuli only recently was
married to Streuli, her name pre
viously being Mrs. J. D. Baugh.
Gov. Rye was resting easily at
Baptist Memorial Tuesday, hospital
attaches reported. He had no fever
Tuesday morning, and was fairly
comfortable. Besides a broken leg
he received severe lacerations on the
face and scalp when struck by the
machine as he stepped frYim a street
car to go to the Union station Sun
day evening.
Mrs. Streuli will be arraigned in
city court Wednesday. No court was
held Tuesday.
Mrs. Rye and her daughter reached
here Monday from Nashville.
CIRCLE MEETS.
K. m Rich circle will meet with Mrs.
H. W. Buck. I2 Chelsea, at 2:30
o'clock Friday afternoon.
Republicans Lead
In First Returns
BOSTON. Nov. 2 The town
of New Ashford, in Uerkshire
county, was the first in Massa
chusetts to report its vole for
president today. The tabulation
of the voto was completed at 7:30
a.m. and rusulted as follows:
Harding and ("oolidge, 28.
Cox and Roosevelt.
Four years ago New Ashford
gave Huges 18 votes, and Presi
dent Wilson 7.
The town of Norwell, in Ply
mouth county, voted as follows
for president and governor:
For president: Cox, 48; Hard
ing, 409.
For governor: Cox (Republic
an), 405; W'als, (Democrat), 30.
TOPEKA. Kas., Nov. 2. In
complete returns from four pre
cincts out of 36 in Topeka at II
o'clock gave: Harding, 109; Cox,
99; Debs, 1.
Under the double election sys
tem the count began at 10 a.m.
MAKE FAIR ELECTION
X
COPS GET FOURTH
OF
With the arrest late Monday of
Clyde A. Hamilton, debonair Chl
cagoan, who has been sporting a
flashy 7-passenger automobile- in
Memphis, detectives had the fourth
member of a quartet of daring stick
up men behind bars. Hamilton was
arrested in the lobby of the Hotel
Chisca while talking to friends. '
In a cell almost directly above tho
cells where the four "gentlemen bur
glars" wore confined, was pretty
Kdna T'adget, 19-year-old Louisville
girl the woman in the case who
says one of the men brought her to
Memphis from Detroit, Mich., and
who may nppear against her para
mour in white slave proceedings in
United States court.
Mrs. Irene Shaw, wife of another
of the highwaymen, has been re
leased. The four men now in custody, three
of whom have signed written con
fessions that they, committed four
holdups here last week, are: Clyde
A. Hamilton, 24, Chicago; Alclen
Shaw, 24, claiming his home to bo
in Memphis; K. !,. Kelly, 22. Chicago,
and Joseph K. Hatton, alias "Red."
19, believed to be from Chicago.
Hamilton and Shaw are charged
with four cases each of housebreak
ing and larceny. Kelly is charged
with housebreaking in four eases,
and Hatton with housebreaking
cases.
With the two women, three jouths
were arrested Monday in their apart
ment at ! 7 S 1 Union avenue, after po
licemen and detectives had wailed
for an hour for them.
While they did not resist arrest.
Shaw hail the officers covered with
a revolver which ho held in a larue
pocket of his bathrobe when he
opened the apartment door for them.
Police say they arrested another
man. who gave them valuable infor
mation, but who was releasl'd when
it was found he was not implicated
Hamilton's car is held at
headcpiartcrs while an investigation
is made to ascertain whether it is
stolen. Three of the men admitted
that this was the car with which tliev
rode over Memphis at night, commit
ting four holdups.
Robberies which three of tho turn
admit a'e the l". i i, .Main, inn Drug
Co.. Chelse.. avenue and Thomas
street, I3": M. M.dir, H!S Chelsea ave
nue, customer in M. inning's' store.
$2r.; S. H. lUmbl. tc;i. !-. .Madison
avenue. '' and a quantity of
stumps, and i. A, llnnloii, repie
sentative of the In:.'iisol Watch Co.
$tiil and watches valued at 200.
Detective Inspector (iriffin. who
had been aided bv Lfi'ut. Iloyle, ,oe
liisliop, I'clers. Kennedy and Carter
and York in I he r ud and roundup of
the gang, obtained confessions after
two or three hours of une.st loning.
HOTEL THIEF BUSY.
Charles A. Khlbert, traveling sales
man, reported to police the loss of
a diamond stickpin and (16 in cash,
stolen, he snys, from his room at
Peabody hotel.
AN
OF HOLDUP MEN
RESIDENCE WARDS
STORMED EARLY
. Residence 'wards turned out heavy
crowds of voters during the early
hours of voting Tuesday morning.
' At the first precinct of the Seven
teenth ward both men and women
swamped the booth when the polls
were opened at 1760 Madison avenue.
At ! o'clock the booth was filled and
a crowd extending out into the street
had formed.
Voters continued to flock to this
precinct and at 10:30 o'clock 181 tick
ets had been marked. Women pre
dominated, although a large number
of men were on hand to voto before
corning down town to the day's busi
ness, wnore mere was business to
attend to. The fact that there was
a. holiday in hanking and market cir
cles increased the number of men
voters during the early hours, as'a
large number of cotton men and
bankers live in this ward.
At the only precinct in the
Fifteenth ward, where Mayor Palne
casts liis vote, a goodly number of
voters turned out early, but after he
first rush the crowds fell off, but
kept the election officers fairly busy.
The mayor and Mrs. I'aine arrived at
the booth shortly after 10 o'clock and
after a camera man snapped their
pictures, proceeded to cast their bat
lots. "We are going to vote It straight,"
said the mayor as lie received bis of
ficial ballot.
All over the residential section this
disposition to vote early If not often
was manifest and the dope of the.
politicians that a heavy vote would
be ca.-t seemed in an excellent way
of being verified. The clear, crisp
weather nave the voters a snap and
a viui :iu,l there was no lack of lifts
around all the booths.
Downtown wards were less popu
lar, but a heavy vote is anticipated
late in the day when workers are freo
hi visit the boot lis.
Voters wi re rather slow in ap
peal ing at the downtown polling
places tlur'hg the earlv morning
hours, the total vote up to 10 o'clock
being much lighter than had been
espe ted by political dopeslets.
Indications from the eaily votes
cist were that Miss Trailers Wolf
and Ken .lames on the independent
Itc-luiive ticket would run stroiiu.
In the Thirteenth ward it was said
that both factions of the labor vote
were voting for ,1. lines. The Non
partisan club supporters were said to
he scratching the name of ( '. K. Mc
Ctilmun on the independent ticket
and voiing for .lames in his stead.
The other faction, composed largely
of railway brotherhood men, were
said to be scratching the name of
I II. Pattern on the Democratic
ticket and oting for .lames.
Another phase of the situation that
was lucch divfiisseil at several of the
downtown waids was the possibility
of the school board beliii,' dominated
by women. It Is possible for four of
the five members to be women, there
being two women candidates on each
ticket.
BY EAGER VOTERS
WOMEN TURN OUT
EARLY AND WORK
FOR
CANDIDATES
Ideal Election Day Means
Harvest of Votes Women
of Memphis Generally Vot
ing Democratic Ticket.
With election morning dawning
bright, clear and cool, following a
doltlCQ Which U')iuh,,1 fhn ulreolu
clean, big "crowds of Memphis and
Shelby county voters were ready to
cast their ballots In the quadrennial
derby Tuesday morning.
Women were out early, casting
their ballots anil working ui ilio i.ollu
In the Interest of their -various can
didates. The streat mntoritv shim!
solidly for Cox and Roosevelt, and
MKain Dy iar a majority of the Dem
ocrats, to Judga from Indications and
expressions or opinion, were voting
tho ticket straight.
Rackers of the recall were sched
uled, according to reports, to be on
band at tho polls with their request
for signers of the nellll.m to i-all
the members of the city commission.
xmwevrr. mis element nas made no
united stand for any of the local
tickets in the field, and their lead
ers have hn fminil in hnlh ft.-ul
legislative camps, with probably the
greater numocr in .the Uemocratic
camp. .
The Nnnrtflrtlnnn Vnlltl.nl ..1K
Its meeting Monday night, reaffirmed
action in indorsing, the People's
Democratic ticket and further pledged
the support of that part of organ
ized labor still represented in the
club to these candidates. The action
of the railway brotherhoods in. with
drawing from th
Jittle of, for the alleged reason that
tun Droinernooas are not affiliated
witn tne American Federation of La
bor, which has sponsored the non
partisan movement from its incep
tion. No mention was md of thn
fact that the street car men, who
are affiliated with tha -f.,lr,iiir,n
have withdrawn from the local club.
This club and the Citizens' league
have formed prominent points of at-
ick irum me contending rorres and
it is probable that each has cost
votes to the ticket It hsua lnd.,rur.,i
It will remain for the voter to de
ciae wnieh of these has been, the
greater burden to the candidates. The
CUiiens league has indorsed the
school board ticket which is making
the race under its name, while the
independent ticket has the Indorse
ment of the Nonpartisan Political
Club. Forecasts on thn oleciinn tnr
the board are not so. confident on
either side as in the other tickets
Ul the field. Most observers would
hurrilv ho lirnrlanit tt aritnAa. Ik.
return of a split ticket in this race.
Backbone of Arson Raids Be
lieved Broken in Killing of
Leader by Officers. ;
MONTCOMKRV. Ala., Nov. 2.
Posses of the police and sheriffs
forces who were' stationed in the
Ramer community and otber parts of
the county returned to Montgomery
after keeping close watch during last
night for any new arson cases. They
did not report any new cases of home
or gin burnings anywhere in the
county early today.
Officials here believe that with the
killing of Warren Taylor, negro, lute
Monday, the ring leader of the al
leged band of arson fiends has been
dispatched. He was killed 20 miles
south o,f here while be was about to
be placed in an automobile to be
brought here for examination. He was
shot to death by officers after he
hud' seized a large pistol from the
seat of the automobile of tho officers
and emptied it at the men, shooting
a button from Policeman Avant's
coat,
A report was received here last
night that a threat had been made
that Ramer, 26 miles south of here,
would be burned during the night.
A large posse of officers and citizens
went them and kept vigil all night
but no disturbance was reported early
today. The sheriff and a party also
made a trip to a i lunch in the Dublin
community. It was Said negroes were
gathering at a church and signal
flashes were seen. Nothing serious
developed.
Fifteen negroes are in Jail here
charged with arson or participating
in the burnings of a doen or more
buildings, gin houses, a store, a saw
mill and cabins. Officers expressed
the belief today that worst of the
epidemic of burnings was past and
that the total damage was about
J1OO.00U and three negroes lulled.
COAL PRIORITY ORDERS
LIKELY TO BE MODIFIED
The general priority orders of the
interstate commerce commission di
verting open-iop cars to (lie move
ment of coal Is likely to be modified
within the. next ten dass. unless ia
bor or weather conditions intervene
according to information coining tu
local traffic men
The first change, it is said, is likely
to exempt cars with sides of 40 inclcs
or more, for use in hauling coal At
present the limit Is ;ts inches. There I
is believed to be little likelihood that
service order No. In vill be reim
posed. hut. the lifting of the general
preference for coal is not absolutely
in sight.
If such modifications are made, it
will bring relief to the logging in
terests and the gravel nnd building
material dealers. For months it has
been almost impossible to get 'cars
for gravel, with the result thajf road
paving and construction work' of all
kinds has been seriously held back.
It has also been almost impossible to
get cars to move logs.
POSSES GUARDING
ALABAMA SECTION
AGAINST NEGROES
120 TO 30 MILLION
MEN AND WOMEN
EXPRESS CHOICES
Fight of Parties for Control
of Congress Overshadowed ,
Only by Contest for Presi- x
dency. . ; -
NEW YORK, Nov. 2. (By Aoci '"'";
ated Pre.) Men and women voters
of the 48 sovereiqn state of the ta
tion went to the polls today to select
a new president for the four year
bepinninq March 4.
Before the dawn of another d;tV ,
has broken, the country. In all likeli
hood will know whether Warren O, '- "'.
Harding. Republican. ir James M. V
Cox. Democrat, has been elected to j
succeed Woodrow Wil(on, for It is ' -generally
conceded that, barring a, '
miracle, none of the other five can- - '
didates haa a chance. This choice.
it is estimated, wilt tie registered ojr
a record vote of between 20.000,000 ;
and 30.000,000 persons, many of whom '
are women enfranchised since the last
presidential election and are voting , '
today for the first time.
Second only in interest to the con
test for the presidency is the fight '
between the two major parties for-',
the control of the next congress.
Thirty-four I'nited States senators,
32 to fill seats now held by 17 Demo ,
erats and 16 Republicans and two to ,
tut the unexpired terms caufced hy
the deaths of Senators Rankhead,
Alabama, and Martin, of Virginia,
both Democrats, are being chosen as
well as an entire new house of rep-
resentatives, composed of 435 mem?
hers.
The present senate is composed ot
47 Democrats, 48 Republicans anil
one Republican-Progressive. Tha '
present house consists of 190 Pemo-.,
crsts, 232 Republicans, two Independ
ent Republicans, one Independent ,
and one Prohibitionist. There are .
also nine vacancies.
Will H. Hays and George White.
Republican, and Democratic national
chairmen, each continued confident
of victory when the polls opened. Mr. V
Hays reiterated his prediction that
the Kepuuncan ucgei was certain ,
to obtain 368 electoral votes" and''
that there was a strong possibility
that the total might reach the . 400 -,
mark. A total of 266 is necessary to .
elect. Mr. Whlta gave out no last
minute prediction on the electoral '
vote, but renewed his expression of
confidence. -to the election- tf Go.,.
Cox.- . - ' ; . , ..
The campaign Itself, waged prln--cipally
around the league of nations .
issue, did not come to an end until
an early hour this morulmr. Senator
Harding spent election eve quietly at
his home in Marion. O.. while Cor, ', v
Cox wound tip his campaign at a big -meeting
in Toledo last night, but
state and local candidates throughout
the country kept up their quest lor
votes into the dark hours of the night. .
Unsettled weather, with the possi bility
of rain, faced the early voters' -of
the Kastern states as they trudged. ;
to the polls to cast their ballots, whlla
those of the upper Mississippi valley ,
and Northern New Kngland and New
York prepared for the weather man's
prediction of snow. The rest of the
country generally is .expected to vote
under clear skies.
Senator Harding will await the ver
dict of the electorate at his home In '
Marion, where he will receive news
bulletins compiled from figures col
lected by the Associated Press. Gov.
Cox expects to receive the returns la
the office of his newspaper, the Day-
ton Daily News, which is a member
of the Associated Press and will ob-
tain its full election night service.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.. Nov. 2. Ten
nessee went to the polls this morn
ing and a record-breakingr vote is -being
cast. Principal Interest at
taches to the. governor's race between :
Roberts, Democratic encumbent, and
Alf Taylor, Republican. The Re- ,
publicans are also bidding for mora
seats in congress, directing their ef-
forts against Moon and Hull, and in,
the eighth district, where Browning,' '
Democrat, has a lively fight on with
Scott, Republican. The weather is
fair after a night of rain.
By noon the weather in Middle
Tennessee was that of a typical au
tumn day. Reports received indi
cated a record-breaking vote- Mid
dle Tennessee counties reported
about, half as many women were vot
ing as men. In the cities the women -voters
early in the day far outnum
bered the men.
NEW YORK. Nov. 2. New York;
state citizenry voted in large num- "
hers early today and officials pre
dicted that at the close of the ballot
boxes at 6 o'clock tonight at least
3,OUO,ooo of tho 3,500,000 qualified
men and women will have expressed ,
tneir cnoice. j
Secretary of State Hugo Hays sent
20.000 ballots to soldiers, sailors and
marines In overseas service. These
votes will he counted in December,
In addition to expressing choices
for national officers the voters were
called upon to name a new state lee-
ishtture.
Gov. Alfred K. Smith, Democrat,
seeking re-election, is opposed by -Nathan
h. Miller, of Syracuse, former
judge of the court of appeals. United
States Senator James W. Wadsworth,
Jr., Republican candidate for re-election,
is opposed by Lieut.-Oov. Harry '
C. Walker. "
Forty-three representatives in con
gress are to be chosen.
Majors will be chosen In 11 eitlos.
There also are before the voters a
proposition to issue H5.000.000 for
soldiers' bonuses and a constitutional
amendment to provide for borrowing
in anticipation of taxes and revenues
and for issuing serial bonds instead
of long term bonds. ,
L1TTI.K ROCK, Ark., Nov. 2 With
Republicans centering their efforts In
the Third district to bring about a
break in the solid Democratic dele
gation to congress, the voters of
Arkansas today cast their ballots for
candidates from president to the less
er county .offices.
Tho Third district contest was be
tween, John N. Tillman, the Demo
cnit;i Incumbent, and John I.
Vn thington,
i:. A. McCullough, candidate for ' '
chief justice of the supremo court; .
James ll. Tucker, for state auditor; .
Joseph Ferguson, for state treasurer,
and James Ferguson for state mine
commissioner, all Democrats, had
no opposition. Representative 1L M.
Jacoway, Democrat, of the Fifth, con
gressional district, also toad uv op
position. ..'-, ' '