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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,
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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
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