The St. Louis Republic., 1902-11-13
Kansas City Democrat Declares
Contest for Vests Place Is
Not Settled.
STONES FIGURES DISPUTED.
Counties Claimed by Former Gov
ernor, His Opponent Says, Do
Not Represent Majority
of the Party Vote.

William II. Wallace of Kansas City will
go into the Democratic caucus in Jefferson
City and seek the nomination for United
States Senator. In an interview last even
ing he said that he doubted the accuracy
of former Governor Stones figures and
thought that the time had not yet come for
other aspirants to quit
He was asked If he had made any figures
regarding the probable vote in the Legisla-
ture for United States Senator. He replied
that he had not. Continuing. Mr.. Wallace
said:
1T IL with ME now as 1t always Is inn
mediatelv after 1 have taken the stump for
the ticket. As soon as the election is over
1 am rushed into the trial of cases. usually
postponed oy the courtesy of brother at
torneys,to permit me to canvass the State.
/ dropped down here from Jefferson City,
where 1 argued n case in the Supreme Court
yesterday, and have other cases set there
and in Kansas City in the next week.
have no time to spare beyond glancing over
the returns in the newspapers"
Asked II he had seen the figures published
in Tuesdays Republic. and II So. II he
conceded the former Governors claims, Mr..
Wallace said that he had a list Of in
structed counties at his office in Kansas
City. but as he had first seen the Governors
figures on the train between Jefferson City
and ST. Louis he had had no opportunity for
comparison, but, while be was sure the
Governor intended his list to be accurate, he
was confident from memory 1t was not ab-
solutely so.
DISPUTE AS TO DE KALB.
For instance" said Mr.. Wallace. 'the
1aI Jla I~alN In no Sf 81
counties instructed for him, whereas the
chairman Of the County Committee told me
a few days prior to the election that no
instructions had been given. ] think from
memory the Governor may be mistaken as
to other counties. 1 note that he only claims
sixty-seven instructions. all TOLD. twenty
one less than necessary to eject. As to a
caucus. have only to say that I shall GER
tainly urge my friends to go into II. am
making a Democratic race. I rrgsd on the
stump throughout the Stae the election Of
Representatives instructed for W. ]. Stone.
''Of one thing, however. ! am sure My
distinguished competitor has no right TO
claim yet that he has been shown to be
the choice of a majority % all Democrats
of the State AS recall the facts now frcm
memory, primaries were ksld ir about forty
counties am putting 't few over the
number recall, to be safe. AT any rate,
figured few weeks ago from my list all
the Stone votes in all the primaries and
found the number TO be less than 10000
This is so near the correct number that the
force of what am now about to say will
not be weakened II miss 1t little. Nj.
Bryan received in Missouri IN 1000 Sol 900
votes, so that Governor Stone has Only re-
ceived one vote out Of every five. He will
doubtless say that he ought 10 he given cred
it for the votes Of the other sixteen Rep
resentatives out of the ntty-s:x he claims.
Let this be done. Dividing the 1900 votes
by forty. the number Of counties In which
they were cast, and all have 1,751 votes to
Representative. Multiply this by fifty-six
and we have 5000, In rouai numbers 100 COO.
OF one In every three and a half. 1t should
be remembered, tooo that the Stone men
as splendid as any-comprise larger per-
centase of the party workers and th,y have
seen to 1t that his forces were brought out.
AT DISADVANTAGE IN PRIMARIES
1T should also be remembered that
while In the parlance OF the politicians.
intend to take my medicine. whether Bit
ter or sweet-the truth Is that whether 50
intended or not, I had a very poor chance
to make fight in the primaries 1t should
also be borne In mind that Mr.. Clark and
Mr. De Armond. being tied down by their
duties In Congress. were comI eiled to With
draw on account of early primaries. The
large vote which would have been east for
these gentlemen ought to be taken Into ac-
count.
"The primaries began March 1. and were
practically over before Congress adjourned.
So far as I was concerned my life had
been that Of lawyer. and 1 lacked acquain-
tance and needed time, and could not get
into many OF the counties at all. such wac
the rapidity with which the primaries fol-
lowed each other. The record shows that
in almost every precinct where I had q