Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-06-25
FEEDER HAS ADVANTAGE OVER ALL
the Present ThreeComered Fight This District Which will be
Settled the August Primary.

per cent. His vote has been cut
in every county in the DISTRICT
except Rocks, where it has been
raised from 1O5 to 200. Rocks
county is very loyal to Ham, and
!, he got the county practically
solid two years ago. Scores of
votes there two years ago would
have gone to Reeder, had Ham
been out of the running. Again
Rocks has visions of Ham in 1912.
tits therefore safer to keep Mr..
Reeder in congress than to start.
a new man who would be harder
to down in two years. Another
thing in favor of Reeder this year
is the fact that the Democrats
are taking part in congress
sional scrap of their own. The
Democrats have strong hopes of
the Sixth this fall and will get
National aid The Democrats
will therefore stick closer to
their ticket. There is also quite
a sprinkling of standpatters over
the district who will line up for
Reeder this time on account of
his stand in the present session
of congress. These fellows have
always been against him hereto
fore. In the above table the
estimated slump on Reeder this
year over two years ago, has
added to that of Ham. This vote
in turn has been apportioned be-
tween White and Young. Both
men are making a hard canvass
and each will get a lot of votes in
every county. Reeder will be
very little weaker in Smith
county than two years ago, but
his vote has been REDUCED from
663 to 400. White and Young
appear to be about standoff for
the balance, with things some
what in favor of White. In o.
borne county Young has the adj
vantage over White. Reeder has
lost ground, and Young is given
the county by a plurality of $50,
and the table gives his loss at
1877. Even in his home county of
Phillips, Reeder's vote is reduc
ed 1856. Young appears to have
the advantage in Decatur and
Cheyenne. In Norton White has
been making a lot of hay. as he
has in Rocks and Graham. In
Lincoln and Ellsworth Young
shows up the stronger. In his
home county of Jewell, White is
given plurality of 718 over
Reeder, who is given 800 and
Young 49, One Jewell county
paper. the Burr Oak Herald, is
openly supporting Young. Young
is given Mitchell county by a
plurality of 44S. Reeder is al
lowed 200 there and White 100.
There is a faction in Mitchell
county that has always been OPP
posed to Young and there will be
no change this year. In his
county of Phillips Reeder is given
a plurality of 200: Young, 3OOl
and White 28O. In Phillips-co.
at least two papers are opposing
Reeder. In a large number of
the counties the vote between
White and Young has been placed
at a standoff. It will vary from
this, of course, but the total re-
suit will not be much out of the
way. AS this table has been
prepared it gives Reeder 1920
votes; White, 4,677 and Young
1890. Reeder is given plural
ity of 543. White runs but SO
votes ahead of Young. The vote
in August may reverse the stand
ing of White and Young, as their
vote is harder to get at than that
of Reeder. Then there is the
possibility that the whole table
may be reversed Some papers
predict that Reeder will run
third in the race, but the figures
analysed hardly bear out such a
statement But stranger things
have happened. In horse race
it is not much trouble for two
horses to beat one horse, but in
a political race it is another thing
for two men to beat one. Reeder
will not likely get home and into
the campaign until the middle of
July when congress adjourns.
White and Young will take ad-
vantage of the fact and both will
work like beavers. The old
Reeder organization is not as
perfect as it was in years gone
by. The fellows do not now take
off their coats and wade in as in
former campaigns. But they