HOOVER
ELECTED
The Old Solid South
Is Broken
New York Republican
loovor Overcomes Governor Smith’s
Load of Ovor 40,003 ia
Gotham Up State It
Republican
OMAHA—The Solid South is
crushed. Early Tuesday it was
conceded that Florida and Vir
ginia had joiued the normal Rep
ublican states and other Southern
States are doubtful. Hoover and
Curtis will have over 400 elector
al votes.
OMAHA—While Governor Alfred E.
Smith rolled up an enormous popular
vote throughout the country, partic
ularly In the eastern states ho Is
doubtless the worst beaten demo
PRESIDENT HOOVER
cratlc candidate In history from the
standpoint of electoral college vbtes.
Democratic concession of victory
was announced early Tuesday when
returns showed Hoover leading in
every eastern, western and border
state, and In Virginia and Florida in
dicating that Governor Smith wou^d
have leBB than one hundred electoral
voteH out of a total of 531.
The defeat of Governor Smith and
his running mate wai so apparent
that Chairman Raskob of the demo
cratic national committee concedod
the election of Hoover and Curtis
early Wednesday morning. At the
same Urn# Governor Smith sent tlie
following message of songratuJaUon t*
Herbert Hpover at Ms borne U Palo
Alto. California.
“I congratulate you heartily on year
nlctory, anil er.toud te yon my sincere
good vgishes for $our health. atifl hap
piness and for the success of ytmp all
nilniBtrsrtion.”—Alfred B. liiAttk.
HOOVER SOON SATISFIED
STANFORD- -Herbert Hoover elos
ed up hie reckoning ef election re
hns before midnight, when he had
tabulated a sufficient number of elec
toral votes to give him the proaldom'y.
After Now York had been added by
the tabulators te the Hat of state# in
the “Hoover won" eolnm^ they put
on Tennessee. Iowa and Wisconsin,
making the victory certain.
There was applause from the on
lookers in the living > room when
Florida waa added. Delaware. Idaho
and Wisconsin then were claimed as
safe., and the friends of the candidate
began asking each other how great
tic veto in the electoral oollege wonld
be.
Later, as the retnrna became more
conclusive and hia victory waa con
ceded by John J. Raskob, chairman of
tie democratic national oommittee,
and then by his democratic opponent.
Hoovoc emerged «(rom his study and
w:m surrounded by his friends, alSo
showered him with congratulations.
FARM ISSUE NO D5HT
•M^HA— Hoover swept through
the' entire farm belt, rolling up leads
in some aj oos* of normal
republican
Tie farn He. stressed by
democrats in their assault on this
reek-ribbed republican territory, made
no don* in the wall. Even Wisconsin,
which was lost to the repuhltoans in
>•38 threarh the elder La F\»llett«'s
viotory, returned lo the fold.
lewa, one of the battle grounds of
the farm question, gave Us native si*
a sparkling lead.
NEIGHBORS FOR HOOVER
TAI/) ALXO—Herbert Hoover re
ceived a plurality of 30# is his own
voting precinct at Stanford university.
#
MUb^— Y~_.^*N«e*
HOOVER EXPRESSES THANKS
Herbert Hoover s first public utter
ance as president-elect was a greeting
ot a group of his fellow townsmen be- [
fore midnight Tuesday.
“I thank you for this expression and
appreciate your coming up to greet
me. 1 thank you from the bottom of
my heart." he said to a throng of sev
eral thousand townspeople and stu
dents of Stanford who marched to his
' home on the edge of the Leland-Stan
ford university campus, as word of
the victory was flashed through the
town.
Sousa's band, which led the frenzied
procession, greeted Mr. and Mrs.
Hoover with 8ousa’s own "El Capitun.”
With skyrockets bursting and Kleig
lights blazing up on the white Spanish
stucco of the Hoover home, the as
semblage sang “The Star Spangled
Banner” to the accompaniment of the
Sousa band.
^jgnsni
VICE-PRESIDENT CURTIS
DES MOINES Clay county, Iowa,
where Senator Charles Curtis, repub
lican vice-presidential nominee, made
his now noted "too damn dumb”
statement, gave the Hoover Curtis tic
ket a big lead. The republican vote
was 3,659 to 1,878 for Smith. During
a campaign speech at Spencer, Cluy
county seat, Curtis told a farmer heck
ler that he was "too damn dumb to
understand” an explanation of re
publican taxation policies.
BIG LEAD IN CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO-California swept
into the Hoover column by a tremen
dous vote. This, too, with a total bal
loting that breaks nil records in the
state. While San Francisco showed
a slight drift to the New York Dem
ocratic candidate, California will give
Hoover over 20.000 majority.
Southern California gave a vote for
Hoo\ ,’r that exceeded any balloting
ever east In that section of the state
at a presidential election.
From the outset ef the oount in the
south It was manifest that the Rep
ublican nofnluce would run away with
the oontest.
MOODY BLAMES JOHN J. RASKOB
AX16TIN, YBX.—John J. Raskob,
manager of tha Democrat!# national
campaign, waa eritfcited iu a state
ment 'by Governor Dan Moody, Dem
ocratic. which aaid that tha popular
vote given Smith waa a aaagaUleeat
personal tribute and thdt tha muMa la
still Democratic at heart.”
'‘Unfortunately for Oovarneo»*iitb
aud tlia Democrats the mahngetnent til
nlie campaign was •atruatad to Mr.
Rttfkob. a cynical aommaroiahat with
an alcoholic complex who has n* con
ception of th* attitude or ideals pre
vailing la th* south or west. Tha
statements which he persisted la (ycu
ing had a tendency to drive votes from
the Democrat!* party which all th#
regular Democrats In the south could
net overcome-.
RADIO EXPENSIVE
NIPW YORK—During th# last two
month* (he radio bureaus of the na
Lional parties have sown upon th* air
poliGcol seed that cost more thun
11,260.000.
Th# democratic national committee
announco* that it lias spent 600 thou
sand dollars for political radio broad
casting and the republican national
committee, although saying that no
figures are available, report* the
spending of "as much as the demo
crats.
IN SOUTH DAKOTA
OM AHA—Hoover was tending Subtil
by'more than 20 thousand votes when
tba half vav mark of tha estimated
!!S>0 thousand votes east “waa reached,
but th# race for governorship between
tha democratic Incumbent, W. J. Ru
low, and his republican opponent,
! Hu all T Jonot.
NEW YORK WORLD CONCEDES
HOOVERS ELECTION
—
wrw YORK—Th# New York World
is eoeaading th* election of Mr,
| Houvar said, "The result is not what
we wished R to ha- but it ia an in
I disputable re wilt. ^r. Hoover is
! elscted president of tba United Statas
by s alear agd unmistakable decision
I of s majority of the Amertoan people,
i Th# World salutes tTif winner. It
1 salutes the next president. It wishes
hint health, strength and good fortune.
Hoover, Howell, and
Weaver Lead by
a Safe Majority
Nebraska’s Representatives in
Congress Apparently
Unchanged
Nebraska Republicans Have
Scored Another Sweeping
Victory
Their candidates for president,
senator and governor carried the
state by majorities ranging from
40,000. The entire state ticket be
low governor was given big ma
jorities.
Herbert Hoover will roll up a big
majority according to returns from
more than half the state’s precincts.
He carried at least 70 of the 911
counties in the state and piled up sur
prisingly large majorities in many of
them.
In 977 precincts the vote was:
Hoover, 1,800,100; Smith 99,128.
The Hoover majority in itself was
sufficient to carry with It the Repub
lican candidates for other offices, al
though they showed much strength of
their own.
Senator R. B. Howell was re-elected
by a decisive majority.
Weaver Has Walkaway
One of the surprising results of the
election was the ease with which
Arthur J. Weaver, Republican nom
inee for governor, defeated Charles
GOVERNOR WEAVER
W. Bryan. JCveu Weaver’s most loyfll
supporter* exported that the race
woo Id be dose, but Weaver apparent
ly ha* voa by a large majority. In
addition to Senator Ho weir and Gov
ernor elect WenVcn the Bts'.ta winners,
all Repabllonn* art:
Lieutenant - Governor — George A.
WlUWnr I^uirmoiit.
Boiyfi tnry of Stntu- Frank Marsh,
Norfolk.
State Auditor —L.B. .161 nsoa, Omaha
lAnd Oottfretealoner—1> n Bvwunsoa,
Kremenf.
State 'Irensnrer W. H. Ftebbin».
I Gothenburg.
Attorney General C. A. Gorenseu.
! Lincoln.
Railway Commissioner!*— G. A. Ran
dall, Newman Grove and John Curtis*.
Lincoln.
Charles W. Pool, former secretary of
the state, put up a strong fight
against his Republican opponent, but
will lose by at least 25,000.
Sorensen Edge 40,000
C. A. Sorensen, though strongly op
posed In many sections of^the state.
Including Omaha, was safely elected.
On lhe face of partial returns front
the six congressional districts it ap
pears that the Nebraska representa
tion tu congress will remain unchang
ed.
CALLS IT VINDICATION
WASHINGTON—F. Scott McBride
general superintendent of the Anti
Saloon league, Issued a statement de
claring the result of the election a
“thorough vindication of the •’Auti
Saldon league, which was bitterly at
tacked by Governor Smith throughout
t^ie dhiApeign."
EDISONS FIRST IN PRECINCT
WEST ORANQE, N. J.—Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas A. Edison waited 15
mlaivtos- for the polls to cpei to oast
their vote at 6 o’clock. They wore at
: the head of the line and therefor east
I votes Nos. 1 and 2.
WISCONSIN REPUBLICAN
MILWAUKEE. VflK — Walter J.
Kohler was elected governor of Wis
consin by an overwhelming majority.
Returns gave him a big l»*ad ever A.
C. Schedeman. Democrat, and Otto
Hauser. Socialist. Tlhe rest of the
Republican state candidates also were
elected. „ ». „ ..
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THE O’NEILL DIVISION
WIN SILVER LOVING CUP
The O'Neill division of the Inter
state Power Company carried away
the prizes in the national Automatic
Washer campaign which closed a few
days ago. O’Neill won the prize for
the largest per cent of sales in the
thirteen districts; O’Neill won the
$25.00 offered for reaching their quota
first; O’Neill won $50.00 for making
the largest quota; J. C. Bembow,
salesman, O’Neill district won $25.00
for selling most washing machines;
Floyd Meyers, O’Neill, won the $20.00
washer for turning in the most pros
pects that were sold.
Mr. C. W. Wood, manager of the
sale in this district has just been ad
vised that the O’Neill division won the
silver Loving Cup for the most sales
in the entire country which comprises
all the towns from Cody, Nebraska, on
the west, to New Jersey on the east.
FACTS ABOUT NEBRASKA
The total revenue receipts for the
state government of Nebraska for the
year ending July 1, 1927, was $7,286,
726, or $12.44 per capita. Although
the state has no bonded indebtedness
$37,462 was paid as interest on public
debt.
On May 20, 1868, the Union Pacific
ralroad reduced passenger fare in Ne
braska from ten cents to seven and
one-half cents per mile.
The operating income of 35 Class F
telephone companies in Nebraska for
1927 \v*s $6168 with disbursements of
$62,338. They serve 4,505 stations.
The average temperature in Neb
raska since records have been kept is
48.6 degrees.
DONOHOE-SULLIVAN.
Peter W. Donohoe and Miss Mar
garet M. Sullivan, of this city, were
married at a Cathedral in Omaha
Wednesday morning.
Mrs. Donohoe is the daughter of
John Sullivan, who lives two miles
south of O’Neill. For the past year g
she has been employed in the office of
county sheriff.
Mr. Donohoe is the eldest son of
Mrs. Hanna Donohoe, living five miles
north of town.
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