The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-08-05

Sedgwick, 8; Shawnee, 3; Sherman, l;
Sumner. q Woodson. 1. Total. 43.
In addition the Long people con-
ceded that Bristow will control the
vote of "a Republican nominees for
the state senate, giving Bristow 81
sure votes. 1t is necessary to have SO
votes to become a party nominee.
Long will get the following represen-
tative districts sure, according to fig
ures made at his headquarters:
Allen 1, Anderson l. Atchison 2, Bar
Der l. Barton 1, Bourbon 2, Clark l,
Cherokee 2, Comanche 1, Ellis 1, Ford
l. Geary 1, Graham 1, Hamilton l, Jet-
ferson 1, Kingman /, Labette 2, Leav-
osho 1. Pawnee 1. Philips 1, Pratt l.
Reno 1, Smith 1, Washington 1, Wilson
/, Wyandotte 3. Total SO.
In addition Long claims 16 senators.
making his total sure vote 55.
From these figures there are 43 dis
tricts still in doubt and of three the
Long people think they are reasonably
sure of getting %, or five less than
enough to nominate.
Bristow, on the other hand. claims
that he will get nearly all of the 43
which are in doubt, and will have
total ovte of over 100.
Where Long Was Disappointed.
The places where Long counted on
getting votes and failed were the. fol-
Dickinson 1. Doniphan 1, Finney 1,
Johnson 1, Lane 1, Meade 1. Usage 1.
Pottawatomie I, Shawnee 1. Sumner
1. These counties therefore are re-
sponsible for leakage" of 13 votes
which Long had counted as sure.
Had these counties gone as Long ex-
pected Long would have won.
In few counties Long will gain
votes that he did not expect. but they
will not offset his losses. He gained
one in Barton and one in Graham this
morning Neither Barton or Graham
had been counted as Long counties.
From Bristow Headquarters.
The following dispatch from Bris-
tow's headquarters in Salina was re-
ceived by the State Journar:
-. L. Bristow was supremely con-
fident this morning that he had won
the fight for United States senator by
a wide margin. He gave out state
ment to the effect that he had carried
the following counties: Russell. Els
worth Clay. Dickinson. Mcpherson,
Harvey, Sedgwick. Woodson. Usage.
Linn, Shawnee, Jefferson, wabaunsee.
Ottawa, Saline, Greenwood, Montgom-
cry Cherokee. Finney, Gray, Stafford,
Harper, Sumner, Cowley.
He claims every district in the
Fourth and Eighth congressional dis
tricts, majority in the Seventh and
Second districts, not less than twenty
districts in the Sixth, all but Washing
ton and Marshall counties in the Fifth.
and a number of districts in the First
and Third.
saline county gave Mr.. Bristow a
majority of about 500. This county
gave a 450 majority for Rees. 1t is
| believed that Calderhead has carried
the Fifth district in the congressional
fight by small ma jority over Rees.
'Mr. Bristow added that he had in
formatin that led his to believe
that he had carried over 100 legisia-
tive districts in the state"
Democrats Are in the Dark.
There is very little known about the
result of the Democratic race for gov
ernor. From all parts of the state the
report comes in that the Democratic
vote was very light. In some counties
all the Democratic votes could be put
in a hat.
The reports indicate that J. D. Bot
kin has beaten w. H. Ryan and Rus
sell Harrison for governor. but there is
nothing definite about these figures.
The Democrats did not receive any
returns in Topeka, and the result of
their contest will probably not be
known until the official canvass of the
vote is made.