Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-11-05
CAPPER Wins BY
10000 IN KANSAS
NeeIey Leading Murdock and
Curtis Running Third for
United States Senator.
new BALLOT, SLOW COUNTING
Vote Tabuiation Takes Twenty.four
Hours and Late Returns May
Change Balance in Many
Parts Of State.

With only little more than halt
the vote in Kansas counted Wednes
day noon, George Neeley. Democrat
apparently has been elected to the
United States Senate by plurality o1
eight thousand TO ten thousand over
Victor Murdock. Progressive: Curtis
Republican, is poor third. Arthur
Capper, Republican, has been elected
governor by around twenty thousand
plurality. with Hodges. Democrat, sec
Ond.
There are more than enough votes
still uncOunted at noon Wednesday In
the big precincts Of the state to upse,
all of the early returns, and there are
not enough definite figures available
to make absolutely certain the result
At Democratic headquarters In To
peka the election OF Neeley and four
congressman was clairled as certain
with a plurality of eighteen to twenty
thousand for Neeley. The Democrats
still were hopeful for Hodges.
At the Republican headquarters II
was said that the Republican state
ticket below United States senator had
been elected by p!uralities exceeding
twenty-five thousand. The Republi.
,ans hoped for victory for Curtis,
but admitted that the returns during
the morning were all against him.
Count is Very Slow.
Reports from all the larger towns
OF the state showed that in some pre-,
cincts less than one.third the votes
cast had been counted up to 8 o'clock
Wednesday morning. In one Topeka
precinct. where eleven hundred votes
we're cast, II was not expected to finish
the count until midnight. 1t has taken
an average of one minute and forty
seconds In all the Topeka precincts. to
.aouiff eariiA balfsa g. ,s.,s4 s.s,s.4a.,.-
The Democrats and Republicans
probably have split even on congress
meK. The Republicans won In the
Fffst- with D. r. Anthony by seven
thousand plurality, in the Third with
P. P. Campbell. with eighteen hundred
plurality in the Fifth with w. A. Cal
derhead with five hundred plurality,
and in the Sixth with J. B. Dykes with
twelve. hundred plurality. The Demo-
Gratis won In the Second with Joseph
Taggart, polling nearly two thousand
plurality, in the Fourth with Doolittle
with fifteen hundred plurality. In the
Seventh where JOuett Shouse has an
estimated plurality OF four thousand
and in the Eighth where William
Ayers has plurality Of about six
teen hundred.
State Ticket All Republican.
Earl Akers, Republican candidate
for state treasurer, and w. Il. Davis,
candidate for auditor. are running con.
siderably behind the rest Of the Re.
publican state ticket on the votes
counted, but have safe lead over the
Democrats and Progressives.
According to message from Good
land, Mrs. Eva Morley Murphy, Pro-
gressive candidate for Congress in
Sixth District, expressed disappoint-
ment that she had not polled a larger
vote than her standpat Republican Op-
pOnent. She had had no hope Of beat
Ing the Democrat, J. r. Connelley, for
reelection.
Allen May Carry Wyandotte.
Kansas City-The indications are
that Henry Allen, Progressive candi.
date for governor of Kansas, will car.
ry WyandOtte county. The complete
returns from "a precincts out Of l09
give the following totals: Allen 1898.
Billiard 766. Capper S67. Hodges 1861.
The precincts heard from are the chief
Democratic precincts.
For United States senator the re-
turns from the "a precincts gave Nee.
ley l,642, Curtis 1,00S, Murdoch 1,42S.
Minneapolfs-With all but two town
ships reporting, 1t looks like Curtis
had carried Ottawa county by 1875 and
Capper'by 27l. Helvering is leading
Calderhead by 34l.
Garden City-Finney county, one.
third OF the vote counted, shows Cap.
per for governor, Neeley for senator
and Simmons for Congress are leading.
Cottonwood Falls-Six precincts In
Chase county, incomplete, give Curtis
523. Neeley 437. Murdock 2s2, Capper
564. Hodges AS. Allen 17S.
Leon-Complete returns from this
precinct in Butler county, gives Muir.
dock 141, Neeley 62. Curtis 63. For
governor. Allen 1is, Hodges II, Cap.
per 16.