Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-05
DEMOCRAT HOPES
IN IOWA BLASTED
Partial Returns Indicate
Easy Victory for the
Republican Ticket
CUMMINS' LEAD TO
REACH $4,000 MARK
Connolly and Hamilton Will
Not Concede Defeat on
First Estimates

Des Moines, Nov. 4-On incomplete
returns from three-fourths of the
counties of Iowa, the reelection of
Senator Cummins by plurality of be.
tween $4,000 and 10000 is indicated.
and the reelection of Governor Clarke
is assured by 10000 or more. They
have carried the entire republican
ticket to victory with them including
solid delegation in congress.
Less than 400 precincts out of a
total OF 2,297 in the state had reported
today. but the scattered returns re-
celved were sufficient to indicate the
vote. 1t was expected that day or
50 would lapse before anything like
definite figures on the senatorial con-
test would be available from many of
the precincts Of the state far remote
from the usual facilities Of communi-
cation.
Republican leaders claim that Cum
Minis majority would be nearer 5O, 900,
when the final count was made, and
the Senator himself shared this opin-
ion. On the other hand, the democrat
state headquarters had not conceded
the defeat of Congressman Connolly
early today. The chairman of the
committee declared that belated re-
turns, especially from the eastern and
southeastern sections of the state
would put different complexion on
the situation.
Democrats also claimed the election
OF their candidate for congress from
the second district and declared there
was yet a chance of John r. Hamilton,
their guhernatorial candidate, cutting
down Governor Clarke lead sufficient
ly to give him the election.
Return today made no change in
the state and legislative tickets, the
republicans apparently having won all
the Offices. Nothing like an estimate
could be made on the supreme court,
the candidates for which were non
partisan. In Polk county, Justices
Ladd and Weaver and Congressman
Prouty, republican, were leading their
opponents.
Lead Cut Down.
Des Moines, Nov. 4.-Returns slow
ly coming in today tended to reduce
the plurality of Senator Albert B.,
Cummins, republican, over Congress
man Maurice Connolly, democrat, and
Casper Schenk, progressive, in yester-
days election. Estimates this morn
ing varied from 10000 to 10000 plu-
rality for Cummins, but they were
based on reports from about one-third
of the total precincts in the state.
In the governship race Clarke's
plurality over Hamilton, democrat,
and White, progressive, also had a
tendency to fall the latest figures in
dicating republican plurality of from
1000 to 10000. No change appeared
in any of the other contests.
Definite Figures.
Des Moines, Nov. 4.--Returns from
752 precincts out of total of 2,297
in the state and not including Polk
county, at noon today gave Cummins
for senator, 1925; Connolly, demo-
crat, 64,145. In 666 precincts, reports
on governor Clarke, republican, re-
ceived 66,773, and Hamilton, demo-
crat, 61,935.
Woods is Satisfied.
Estherville, Nov. 4.-"Y Yesterday' s
election results were most satisfac-
tory" said Congressman Frank P.
Woods, chairman of the republican
congressional committee, here today.