The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-11-04

Governor Is COnce0ed Today.
claim election Topeka publisher by
1000 to $4,000.
Democratic state headquarters
claim election of Neeley. but admit
that Hodges is behind in governorship
fight. The election of Neeley this aft
ernOOn is claimed at his headquarters
sand.
Pluralities estimated for various
candidates in several counties report
ed Civ Curtis total pluralities of H.
557 over Neeley, with counties giving
Neeley $3.50 over Curtis. The guber-
in favor of Capper on counties report
ed; his total pluralities footing 1850
as against ALSO for Hodges.
This afternoon the election OF Ar
thur Capper was admitted at Demo-
cratic state headquarters, based on re-
turns received.
Capper Pluralities.
Estimated Capper pluralities over
Hodges for governor are Atchison
1000, Brown 900, Chase $50, Cherokee
800. Clay 800. Cloud 400, Comanche
Ford $50, Franklin 800. Graham 200,
Harvey 400. Jackson 500, jefferson
$50. .Kearney so, Labette 200. LINCOLN
s1U6, Eeavenwoffh $50, LINN 500. Ma
rion 45O, Marshall 80, Morris 500. Ne
maha 100,, Norton 100. Osborne $50.
mie $50. Pratt so. Rawlins 100. Reno
1000 Riley 900. Rocks 100. Russell.
200, Scott 20, Shawnee 4.917, Sherman
IS, Stafford 800, Wabaunsee 200.
Woodson 1875.
Hodges Few Leads.
Hodges estimated pluralities over
Capper by counties are: Anderson 100.
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johnson 1000, Lyon so, Saline $50,
Sedgwick 800. Sumner 200. Wyan-
dotte 1,4O0.
Curtis Lead.
Curtis is clearly holding lead over
Neeley on returns reported this after
noon and Republican state headQuar-
ters claim his election by plurality
only a few thousand below that of Cap
per for governor. With returns from
all or portions of nearly sixty counties
this afternoon, 1t is apparent that un-
less Curtis should lose ground that he
would win by 10000 to 1900. These
figures, however. are founded nanny
on estimates based on partial and in
complete returns.
They give Curtis pluralities by coun-
ties as follows: Atchison, 1900; Brown,
1000; Chase. $50: Chautauqua, $50:
Cherokee. $50; Clay. 800; Cloud. 500;
Cowley, 400; Crawford, 500; Dickinson,
100; DOniphan. $50; douglas, Z0O; 1rd-
ham, so; Greeley, so: Greenwood. 100;
Harvey, 100: Jackson, $50: Jefferson. 516;
Kearney, 40; Labette, 400; Linn, 800;
Marion, 1872: Marshall, 800: Morris. 25O:
Osborne. 300: Ottawa, "a; Phillips. $50;
Pottawatomie. 200: Republic, 200; Riley.
400; Rocks, IS; Russell. 200: sherman
100; Wabaunsee, 500; Woodson. 100.
Neeley's Pluralites.
Neeley pluralities over Curtis in
clude Anderson, $50; Bourbon, 500; Co
manche, 2OO;, Edwards, 300; Ellis. 400;
! Finney 100, Ford, 100; Franklin. $50;
johnson, 900: Kiowa. 175; Lane. 20;
Lincoln, 100; Lyon, 100; Mitchell, $50;
Morton, 80: Nemaha. 300; Neosho. 200;
Norton, 100: Pratt. 300; Rawlins. LOO;
Reno 500: Rice. $50; Saline, 300; Scott.
100: Sedgwick, 450; Seward, so; Smith,
200: Stafford, $50; Sumner. $50; Wyan-
dotte, 1900.
Murdock will finish third il the SEN
atorial contest.
In the race for governor. Henry J.
Allen, Progressive is third. ]. b. Bill
lard of Topeka. Independent candidate
is fourth. Allen And Murdock have
each carried their home county, Sedg-
wick. They have made a strong race
throughout the Eighth district and
may be either first or second in a num-
ber of those counties.
Apparently Billiards. only county in
which he received a clear plurality
was Leavenworth. He finished third
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