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VOLUME XXXI, No. 310
G. 0. P. Not Assured of Working Majority
Uncertainty As
to Republicans
Ruling Congress
NEW YORK. Uncer
tainty continued early Wed
nesday whether the republi
cans, profiting by the Cool
idge-Dawes sweep in the
east, middle west and some
sections of the west, had
gained sufficient strength in
the house of representatives
and senate to command a
v/orking majority in the
next congress.
With returns in two thirds
of the house seats, the re
publicans had made a net
gain of about a dozen. Elec
tion of nine democratic and
nine republican senatorial
candidates was definitely
known, with republican
ncminess leading their dem
ocratic opponents in several
other states.
SEVERAL DEOCRATIC
SENATORS RE-ELECTED
Democratic senators re-elected
included Heflin, Alabama; Robin
son, Arkansas, the minority leader
in the senate; Harris. Georgia;
Ransdell, Louisiana; Harrison. Mis
sissippi; Simmons, North Carolina;
Sheppard, Texas, and Glass, Vir
ginia, while Cole Blease, a former
democratic governor was chosen to
fill the seat from South Carolina,
now held by Senator Dial.
In addition to Fernald, who was
returned-so the senate in the Maine
election in September. Capper,
Kansas; Keyes. New Hampshire;
Kdge, New Jersey and McNary,
Oregon, all republican, were re
elected. Charles S. Deneen, a re
publican, was the senatorial winner
in Illinois, and DuPont, also a re
publican. the victor in Delaware
Selection of Seantors Borah,
Idaho, and Norris, Nebraska, re
publicans, had been conceded by
their opponents, hut Brookhart, re
publican, lowa, was trailing his
democratic opponent, and Magnus
Johnson, Minnesota’s farmer-labor
senator, was behind Representative
Schall, republican, although both
Brookhart and Johnson Insisted
they would turn up winners when
the farmer vote was in.
GILLETT LEADING
IN MASSACHUSETTS
In Massachusetts, Speaker Gil
lett had a lead over Senator David
t. J Walsh, democrat. In Oklahoma.
W. B. Pine, republican was ahead of
J C Walton, democratic senatorial
nominee and avowed foe of the Ku
Klux Klan. In Rhode Island J. M.
Metcalfe, republican, led Governor
Flvnn democrat, for the seat made
vacant by the death of Leßaron
C "incomplete returns also showed
y> Tvfion, dertiocrat, lefininsr in
the Tennessee senatorial race; fcen
ator Couzens, republican, ahead in
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MRS. FERGUSON IS
ELECTED GOVERNOR
STATE OF TEXAS
DALLAS, Texas. —For the first
time in the history of the country,
Texas elected a woman, Mrs.
Miriam A. Ferguson. governor
Tuesday. Distinction of having a
woman chief executive officer may
be shared with Wyoming, however,
where Mrs. Nellie Ross was a can
didate for governor. Both are dem
ocrats and the husbands of both
had been governors of their res
pective states.
Mrs. Ferguson generally was
called “Ma” by reason of her
Initials. Her opponent was Dr.
George C. Butte, republican.
Mrs. Ferguson went through
three bitter campaigns, not from a
desire to hold office, but In an ef
fort to vindicate the Ferguson
famllv name. Her husband, James
E. Ferguson, wns impeached when
governor and was unable to get
his own name on the ballot as a
candidate. She had to survive two
primaries and the final election to
The opponents charged that if
Mrs. Ferguson was elected her
husband actually would be gover
nor. The charge was denied vig
orously by both.
During the most of the cam
paigns Mrs. Ferguson remained In
Temple, caring for her home and
doing her accusromcd household
work. She Is the mother of two
daughters, one of whom is mar
ried and lives in Austin. She hag
one grand-son. Her neighbors wild
ly acclaimed her election last night,
escorting her from a newspaper
office to her home.
DAILY, sc; SUNDAY, sc.
GOOUDGE WINNER
SMITH WINS IN
NEW YORK BY
113,000 KITES
NEW YORK. —Coolidge and Dawes
swept the Empire State in the elec
tion Tuesday on the basis of incom
plete returns by a plurality of ap
proximately 820,000 but Governor Al
fred Smith, democrat, demonstrated
his personal popularity by winning
Ihe gubernatorial nomination over
Theodore Roosevelt, republican, by a
plurality of approximately 113,000.
President Coolidge's total vote with
401 districts out of 7,503 missing, was
1,750,281 as compared with 030,459
for John W. Davis and 446,730 for
Senator LaFollette.
Governor Smith’s total vote with 504
districts out of 7, r /.3 missing was 1,-
548,606 as compared with 1,435,423 for
Roosevelt.
The vote outside of New York city
with 354 districts missing, was Smith
670,984; Roosevelt, 1,032,313.
The vote in New York city, the gov
ernor's home town, was:
Smith 877,622: Roosevelt 403,110,
with 150 districts missing.
Both branches of the legislature will
be controlled by the republicans.
Governor Smith is the only man of
any political party ever to run four
consecutive times for governor and,
with one exception is the only man
elected for a third term in this state.
William L. Marcy, of Troy, served for
three consecutive terms beginning
1832.
OKLAHOMA BACK
IN SOLID SOUTH,
BUT WALTON LOSES
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.—The
return of Oklahoma to the ranks of
the solid south and the extent to
which voters scratched J. C. Wal
ton, democratic nominee for the
senate, was emphasized in addi
tional returns received here Wed
nesday. Returns from 1,697 pre
cincts out of 3,184 gave Davis 125.-
073 and Coolidge 105,134 , while
tabulations covering 2,4 a« precincts
for the state showed Pine, repub
lican, leading Walton, democrat.
219,053 to 122,024.
TENNESSEE STAYS
IN DEMOCRAT LIST
MEMPHlS—Democratic majori
ties ranging from 17,000 to approx
imately 35,000 were in dicated in
tabulations early Wednesday of the
vote cast in Tuesday’s election with
democratic candidates holding the
advantage in returns from 1,453 of
the 2,139 voting precincts in Ten
nessee.
John W. Davis was let King in the
presidential contest with a ma
majority of more than 10,000 over
the total vote thus far reported for
President Coolidge and Senator La-
Follotte.
The senatorial contest latest tab
ulations gave General Tyson, dem
ocrat, 88,151 and H. B. Lindsay, re
publican, 61,932 and in the guber
natorial race Governor Austin Peay
had a total of 97,857 and his re
publican opponent, T. F. Peck, 69,-
364.
Vote on Constitutional Amendments in Richmond County
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Peach County—
For 374 215 296 412 400 493 3 21 40 8 22 34 20 29 2277
Against 155 112 98 74 92 387 72 5 7 1 8 21 6 6 1044
Bisnnial Session— i
For 272 143 123 305 165 DB7“ / 4 23 30. 4 21 49 6 22 1757
Against 64 37 34 27 148 137 16 1 18 4 4 10 20 6 a 25
Brunswick Bonds—
For 235 118 95 315 171 603 6 21 32 8 19 42 20 20 1705
Against 45 42 35 30 143 88 18 1 11 0 8 10 « 6 443
Manufacturers' Exemption—
For 201 138 101 411 164 076 2 20 39 0 21 25 20 18 1736
Against 67 40 40 23 150 147 72 3 0 8 8 34 6 9 612
Consolidation Tax
Receiver and Collector—
For 147 64 67 65 121 297 6 10 17 0 21 19 20 11 865
Against 315 251 261 403 495 61# 18 12 35 8 12 46 6 24 2505
Consolidation City and •
County Govt/
for 146 112 98 322 134 518 5 6 19 0 22 33 20 13 1448
Against 103 45 40 40 176 170 17 16 30 S 7 22 6 21 698
Coastal Paving—
For 176 143 109 375 152 624 6 20 40 4 26 46 6 22 1749
Against 46 20 28 33 147 65 18 4 4 0 2 4 20 3 394
Bavannah Bond*—
For 173 130 91 257 151 697 6 21 37 7 21 46 20 23 1385
Against 27 31 34 124 151 79 18 3 6 1 9 4 6 2 495
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
LEASED WIRE SERVICE.
Political History Made
Here When Republicans
Carry Three Precincts
Richmond County Goes For Davis, But G. 0. P. Polls
Biggest Vote Since Reconstruction Days—Fourth and
Fifth Wards and 119th Districts In Coolidge Column
Political history was made in Richmond county Tues
day.
For the first time since the days of reconstruction
immediately following the Civil War, a voting precinct
in this county went for a Republican candidate for pres
ident. In all, three boxes gave Calvin Coolidge a lead
over John W. Davis and Robert M. LaFollette, Democratic
and Progressive candidates. The first in the Coolidge
column to report was the 119th District, which gave
Coolidge 32, Davis 30, and LaFollette 18. The Fourth
and Fifth Wards in the city also gave the Republican nom
inee substantial majorities.
COUNTY REMAINS IN
DEMOCRATIC COLUMN
John W. Davis, the Democratic
standard bearer, carried the coun
ty, however, by a safe majority and
Richmond county thus remains a
Democratic county along with
Georgia and all the states of the
"Solid South.”
Coolidge received a very flatter
ing vote throughout the state, es
pecially in the larger towns, while
LaFollette’s vote was scattered and
inconsequential, and Davis really
swept the state.
Governor Walker got practically
the full,vote over this county and
throughout the state, as did all the
state and county nominees of the
Democratic party.
The eighi constitutional amend
ments to be voted on received va
ried suport In Richmond county,
the Peach county project carrying
by a huge majority, as did also the
proposition providing for biennial
sessions of the legislature and those
for the coastal highway bonds and
bonds for the cities of Brunswick
and Savannah. The amendment
proposing the consolidation of city
and county governments in coun
ties in which a city of 52.900 po
ulation is located met strong op
position in this county, but final
tabulations gave a fair lead to the
amendment. The amendment pro
posing the consolidation of the of
fices of tax receiver and tax col
lector In the several counties of
the state received a rebuff at the
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CHARLESTON, W. Va. Nearly
half of West Virginia’s precincts
showed that President Coolidge was
25,764 votes ahead of John W. Davis,
native son in returns tabulated early
Wednesday. LaFollette ran third.
An even greater margin was held by
Howard M. Gore, acting secretary of
agriculture in his contest for the gov
ernorship with Judge Jake Fisher,
democrat. In the United State* sen
ate the race was closer, Guy I). Goff,
former assistant to former Attorney
General Daugherty, leading hls op
ponent, former Senator William R.
Chilton, by less than 20,000. Results
In the six congressional districts were
still in doubt early Wednesday morn
ing.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES.
An official count of the ballots cast in Richmond County in the
general election Tuesday, as checked by H. A. Morrell, clerk Count
Commissioners, at the courthouse Tuesday noon, gave as totals to
the presidential candidates: John W. Davis, democrat, 2169; Calvin
Coolidge, republican, 1268; Robert M. LaFollette, progressive, 339.
Richmond gave Davis a majority of 873 over President Coolidge, his
strongest contender. The republican vote was the largest cast here
in many years.
The constitutional amendments as provided for at the last ses
sion of the state legislature were voted as follows: For Peach
county, 2277; against, 1044.. For-the biennial session 1767, against
525. For Brunswick bonds 1705, against 443. For manufacturers’
exemption 1736, against 612. For consolidation of tax receiver and
tax collector 854, against 2505. For consolidation of city and county
governments 1448, against 698. For costal paving 1749, against 394.
For Savannah bonds 1585, against 495.
DAVIS LOSES IN
HOME STATE
AUGUSTA GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 5, 1924
Georgia Gives
Davis-Bryan
Big Majority
Approves Eight Amendments
to Constitution
ENTIRE STATE TICKET
IS SWEPT INTO OFFICE
Biennial Sessions Measure Is
Adopted
ATLANTA, Ga.—Georgia rolled
up an old time democratic majority
for John W. Davis in the general
election Tuesday and also approved
eight amendments to the state con
stitution.
Governor Clifford M. Walker and
the entire state ticket were elected
as was United States Senator Wm.
J. Harris. Twelve democrats were
elected to congress, ten without op
position.
In the ninth district, Representa
tive Thomas M. Bell had a majority
over his republican opponent, while
in the first, Charles G. Edwards
overwhelmed the two aspirants for
bis seat, Herbert O. Aaron, repub
lican, and Don H. Clark, independ
ent republican. John M. Johnson,
republican, ran against Representa
tive Bell.
BIG VICTORY
FOR DAVIS.
Davis got more than four times
as many votes as President Cool
idge and more than three times as
many bnllots ns La Follette and
Coolidge combined when returns
from 799 precincts of approximately
1,735 in the state. These figures in
cluded reports from all but 13 of
the 160 counties. They were:
Davis, 68,313.
Coolidge, 15,341.
La Follette, 6,380.
Nations, 63.
Faris, 52.
Four years ago Georgia gave
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SECOND
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JOHN W. DAVIS
THIRD
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ROBERT M. LaFOLLETTE
HARRY WOODRUFF,
GA. FOOTBALL STAR,
DIES OF INJURIES
ATHENS, Ga. —Harry Woodruff,
prominent insurance man of Colum
bus, Ga., and one of Georgia Uni
versity’s greatest footbalk players,
died here Wednesday morning fol
lowing an automobile accident Inst
Friday night Mr. Woodruff In com
pany with Ills brother, Jim, Alfred
Young and Jim Kelly all of Colum
bus, were driving to Athens from
Columbus for the "annual homo
coming” football game and when
about 12 miles from this city the
ear turned over rounding a sharp
curve and Mr. Woodruff, who was
driving, sustained a broken spine.
The other occupants were not se
riously Injured. The victims were
rushed to a local hospital but the
former football star never showed
any improvement until the end
came.
Harry Woodruff was known ns
♦ho original "Kid" Woodruff, of
Georgia football fame, having play
ed on the Georgia teams from 1902
to 1905, making a run against Au
burn for 105 yards In Atlanta that
made him famous, Te was 39 years
old and in 1912 married Miss Fran
ces Henley, of Athens, who sur
vives him. He Is also sur
vived by two brother, Jim and
George, the latter being head coach
of football at the University, one
sister, Mrs. Clifford/Rwlft. of Co
lumbus, hls mother, Mrs, Henry L.
Woodruff, of Columbus nnd n num
ber of other more distant relatives,
Ineluding several In Atlanta.
He wns a member of the Kappa
Alpha fraternity rfnd the Presby
terian church. Hls bodv will be
shipped to Columbus Wednesday
afternoon, reaching there about 8
o’clock Wednesday night. Funeral
arrangements will be made there. .
(ASSOCIATED PRESS.)
Wednesday’s Returns
Swell the Victory of
Republican Candidate
NEW YORK.—As returns from the st ates continued to roll in Wednesday they
served only to swell the tide upon which C alvin Coolidge is riding to an apparent and
overwhelming victory over his two opponents in the 1924 presidential contest.
In eight states, all of them in the west, the result still was in doubt at midday,
but the president had a lead in seven of th em, including Minnesota, North Dakota,
and South Dakota, which followers of Sen ator Robert M. LaFollette had ’expected
would give the independent candidates th eir electoral votes.
Returns in the congressional contests were slow and at noon they still were insuf
ficient to show whether Mr. Coolidge will have a real working majority of his party
in either the house or senate. The republicans had made a net gain of 12 in the
house and apparently of three or four in t he senate.
Representative Nicholas Longworth of Ohio, the republican leader in the house,
has been re-elected as has Representative F | n is J. Garrett, of Tenessee, the democratic
house leader. •
DAVIS TENDERS
BEST WISHES
TO COOLIDGE
WASHINGTON. John W.
Davis Wednesday congratulat
ed President Coolidge on his
election to the presidency.
t “Permit me to corigrutulato
you,” Mr. Davis telegraphed,
"on your sweeping victory and
to express hope that your ad
ministration may by Its success
insure to the welfare of the
country.”
President Coolidge sent this
reply,:
"Please accept my thanks for
your message and my apprecia
tion of the patriotic sentiments
you exress.”
NEW YORK. John W. Davis,
democratic nominee for the presi
dency in a public statement issued
Wednesday accepted the outcome
of the election "without any vain
regret or bltterpess” and said. It
was his honest hope that the "ad
ministration of President Coolidge
may prove successful and benefi
cial to the country."
The statement wns Issued by Mr.
Davis at ttie residence of Frank L.
Polk, former under secretary of
state at whose homo Mr.| Davis re
ceived the election returns. When
he had written the statement and
addressed a telegram of congratu
latlon to President Coolidge, Mr.
Davis left for his home In Locust.
Valley.
The text of the statement fol
lows:
“The results of the election speak
for themselves and the decisive
character renders comment or ex
plantaton unnecessary. I accept
the outcome without any vain re
gret or bitterness, and It Is my ear
nest hope that the administration
of I’resident Coolidge may prove
prove successful and beneficial to
the country.
"Ho far as I am peraonally con
cerned, I am unshaken In my faith
In the principles and Ideals pro
fessed by the democratic party.
They will never lack defenders. To
those who supported me so loyally
throughout the campaign, I am
more grateful than I can say, and
I am glad to march on with them
as a comrade In the ranks, toward
the Inevitable triumph of the prin
ciples In which we believe. Greater
than any transient success Is the
welfare of our common country,
and to this Is the duty and pri
vilege of every citizen to contri
bute whether In office or out of It.”
Mr. Davis sent the following tele
gram to hls running mate, Governor
Bryan of Nebraska:
'ln this hour of defeat, let me
thank you again for your assistance
and support. We have made a
clean open fight and can accept the
result without bitterness.”
Richmond County’s Vote For President
For For For
Davia Coolidge LaFollette
Fir»t Ward 431 102 72
Second Ward 240 91 30
Third Ward 213 125 31
Fourth Ward ...175 287 56
Fifth Ward 154 411 79
Sixth and Seventh Wards ..719 217 54
119th District 30 32 18 *
121st District 6 6 15
123rd District 33 16 7
124th District 9 1 O
1269th District 25 7 7
1434th District 68 1 3
1660th District 20 0 6
1760th District 48 0 1
TOTALS 2169 1296 379
494 majority seer Davis.
18 CENTS A WEEK.
WFATHFR Augusta and vicinity; Fair tonight;
” 111 n Thursday partly cloudy.
VICTORY TAKES FORM OF
TREMENDOUS LANDSLIDE ... .
NEW YORK.— With return* from many states still Incomplete,
President Coolidge appears to havo been elected over hie two opponents
by a rolling tide of ballots mounting up toward the Harding landslide
of 1920.
But the returns still were insufficient early Wednesday to show
whether he will have a working majority of republicans in congress.
Little mors than half the senate and house results had been finally re
ported with the results so far showing a net republican gain of a dozen
representatives and probably three or four senators.
The bugaboo of throwing the presidential election to congress was
chased a way by the rapidity with w hlch the large blocks of electoral
votes either fell into the Coolidge column or gave seemingly unmistak
able evidences of going there as the returns continued to come in.
John W. Davis, succeded in capturing certainly only states gen
erally reckoned as irrevocably democratic. Even at that he lost Ken
tucky, on the face of incomplete returns, although Cox had carried It
against Harding In 1920. The same returns Indicated he had brought
back Into the democratic fold two of the states taken away by Harding
—Oklahoma and Tennessee.
Senator LaFollette, although polling a popular vote of about 4,000,-
000 which approximates Roosevelt's total when he led a third party
movement In 1912, was assured the electoral vote of only one state, hls
own, Wisconsin. Roosevelt captured 88 •lectorn! voUn in 1912—enough
to defeat hls republican opupnent—Taft, and elect hls democratic ad
versary, Wilson.
It was estimated that Coolidge polled 18,000,000 popular votes —two
million more than were given to Harding. Davis, it was estimated had
8,000,000 us against 9,000,000 for Cox.
More voters trooped to the polls and dropped their ballots Tuesday
than over before In the history at the nation.
HOW BALLOT STOOD
EARLY WEDNESDAY
As the returns stood early Wednesday, the votes in the electoral col
lege either by definite count, concession by rival managers, or Indicated
trend wero classified this way for the three principal contenders:
‘SIMPLE THAIS’
EXPRESSED BY
COOLIDGE
WASHINGTON—President Cool
idge, having received a vote of con
fidence from the American voters,
Wednesday expressed hls "simple
thanks" as one of his first acts
after his election was assured.
"It does not seem possible to me.”
r. Coolidge said In a statement
which he read to the newspaper
men, "to make on adequate ex
pression concerning the presidency
of the United States. No other
honor equals It, no other respon
sibility approaches It. When it Is
conferred by an overwhelming
choice of the American people and
vote of the electoral colleges these
are made ail the greatr.
"I can only express my simple
thanks to all those who have con
tributed to this result and plainly
acknowledge that It has been
brought, to pass through the work
of a divine providence, of which I
am but one instrument. Such pow
ers as I have I dedicate to the serv
ices of all my country and to all
of my countrymen.
"In the performance of the du
ties of my office I cannot ask for
anything more than the sympathe
tic consideration which my fellow
Americans have always bestowed
upon me. I have no appeal except to
the common sense of till the peo
ple. I have no pledge except to
serve them. I have no object except
to promote their welfare.”
HOME
EDITION
Doubt*
Bt>t< Coolldga Davla LaFollott* • tut
Alabama l2
Arizona 9 8
Arkansas .... 9 _
California ... 13
Colorado .... 6
Connecticut ..7
Delwaro 3
Florida ...... 6
Georgia ...... l4
Idaho
Illinois 29
Indiana 15
lowa 13
Kansas 10
Kentucky .... 13
Louisiana .... lO
Maine 6
Maryland .... 8
Mass 18
Michigan .... 15
Minnesota ...
Misslsslpl .... lO
Missouri 18
Montana
Nebraska .... 8
Nevada
,New Ilamp, ..4
Now Jersey ..14
New Mexico .
New York ... 45
North Carolina— 12
North Dakota
Ohio 24
Oklahoma ... lO
Oregon 5
Penn 38
Rhode Island . 6
Sou. Car 9
South Dakota
Tennessee ... l2 —f
Texas 2O
Utah 4 _ _
Vermont .... 4
Virginia l2
Washington .7
West Virginia 8
Wisconsin ...
Wyoming ... 13
Total \ 343 136 13 35
COOLIDGE LEADS
IN DOUBTFUL STATES
The number necessary to a
choice.ls 266. Among the states In
which the returns were not suffi
ciently comprehensive to permit of
definite classification In the col
umns of any of the three candidates,
Coolidge was leading in Arizona
with Davis second; in Idaho with
LaFollette second; in Minnesota
with LaFollette second: in Mon
tana with LaFollette second; in Ne
vsdn with LaFollette second; In
North Dakota with LaFollette sec
ond; In South Kakota with LaFol
lette second.
Should the Coolidge leads In these
states be sustained by the final
count, it would add 36 electoral
votes to hls total and he would
have 379. Harding, in had
404.
In only one of the states remain
ing In the doubtful column did Da
vis maintain a lead. There wns
New Mexico, the addition of whose
electoral vote would give him 139.
Cox had 127.
In many of the states carried by
Coolidge hls majority over both of
hls adversaries was overwhelming.
In New York state, where the. re
publican national ticket made a
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