The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-10
STUBS IS SURE
He Claims 100 Out of 1856 LegiS-
1ative Districts.
Has SO on Face of Unofficial
Returns-Curtis Confident.

With majority vote in nearly 100
of the 165 legislative districts of the
state, the nomination of Govern or
| w. r. Stubbs to the United States
senate to succeed Charles Curtis, is
assured. Returns received in Topeka
give Stubbs SO districts, with 80 for
Curtis Official returns may change
these figures, but the nomination of
Stubbs with votes to spare seems GER
tain.
Late last night no changes were
made in the returns as reported by
the State Journal. Stubbs continued
to hold one of the legislative districts
in Bourbon and Curtis clung to one
district in both Wyandotte and Sedg-
wick. Ellis county went to Stubbs
and when official returns came to To-
peka from a number of counties last
night, there was no change in the
general result.
It's a great victory" declared Gov
ernor StUbbs. I'VE beat them on their
own plan and will have at least two
to one counties over Curtis. When
the law was framed Curtis and his
friends objected to the popular ma
jOrity clause, SO we met them half
way and made the nomination by leg
iSlatiVe districts. 1t was because Of
| this provision in the law that 1 did
not campaign in the populous coun-
ties, but confined my efforts to the
smaller districts. The result shows
that was the proper thing to do
Governor StubbS believes he will
have at least 20 and possibly rs of
the 1O5 counties of the state and that
he will control at least 100 of the 165
legislative districts when the returns
are checked by the state canvassing
board.
At the Curtis headquarters, the de-
feat of Senator Curtis would not be
conceded. Persons in charge the
headquarters declared they would
await the arrival of official figures
before making statement They
stated that they believed the offlc1aI
count would change the standing in
several of the close counties. OF
dozen counties which have reported
the official count on the senatorial
vote, no changes sufficient to change
the control of the district, have been
announced.
Returns received at the State Jour
nal office, give Stubbs 76 legislative
districts to 49 for Curtis. Of the A. A.
senatorial districts, each controlled ~
with the possibility of the loss by Cur
tbs of the CowIey county district.
Curtis has the popular majority. 1t
was the senator's defeat on this basis
that has brought joy to the hearts OF
the Stubbs followers. StubbS wanted
the original bill framed to give the
nomination by popular majority, but
the Republican regulars AMENDED tne
bill to cover a majority of legislative
OficiaI returns made several changes
in favor of Stubbs. He controlled all
of three districts In CONVEY TWO Oh
which had been previously conceded to
Curtis. BY a majority of one, Stubbs
gets the Cowley county senatorial dis
trict and wins both legislative dis
tricts. He says he has carried 10 out
of 1O5 counties and has 100 legislative
votes out of 16h.
Another gain was in Usage county
where the Curtis forces had been given
both the representative and senator.
Stubbs, under the official count, has a
ma jority of 81 in Usage and lands botn
the senator and representative from
that district. In Seward county, Stubbs
had a majority of 81, according to the
official count; and Greeley county gave
a majority to the Kansas governor.
United States Senator Charles Curtis
arrived in Washington last night. In a
statement made to The Associated Press
today, Senator Curtis stated that 1t
would take the official count to deter
mine the result of the senatorial con-
test in Kansas. Senator Curtis did not
indicate his plans concerning contest
in some of the close counties and it is
believed that he Will await the action
of the state canvassing board August
60, before making a further statement.