Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-11-21
Medley Leading Murdoch and
Curtis Running Third for
United States Senator.
NEW BALLOT, SLOW COUNTING
Vote Tabulation Takes Twenty-four
Hours and Late Returns May
Change Balance in Many
Parts of State.

With only a little more than half
the vote in Kansas counted Wednes-
day noon, George Medley, Democrat,
apparently has been elected to the
United States Senate by a. plurality of
eight thousand to ten thousand over
Victor Murdoch, Progressive; Curtis,
Republican, is a 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 upset
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 claimed as certain
with plurality of eighteen to twenty
thousand for NNeeley. The Democrats
still were hopeful for Hodges.
At the Republican headquarters it
was said that the Republican state
ticket below United States senator had
been elected by pluralities exceeding
twenty-five thousand. The Republi-
cans hoped for a victory for Curtis,
but admitted that the returns during
the morning were al 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 o'clock
Wednesday morning. IN enc Topeka
precinct, where eleven hundred votes
- - 6,-i- J,
the count until midnight. 1t has taken
an average of one minute and forty
seconds in all the Topeka precincts to
count each ballot.
The Democrats and Republicans
probably have split even on congress
men. The Republicans won in the
First 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 a plurality of about six
teen hundred.
State Ticket All Republican.
Earl Akers, Republican candidate
for state treasurer, and w. E. Davis,
candidate for auditor, are running con-
siderably behind the rest of the Re
publican state ticket on the votes
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Democrats and Progressives.
According to a 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 OPP
ponent She had had no hope of beat
ing the Democrat, ], R. ConneIley, for
reelection.
Alien May Carry Wyandotte.
Kansas City-The indications are
that Henry Allen, Progressive candi-
date for governor of Kansas, will car
~ Wyandotte county. The complete
returns from "a precincts cut of 100
give the following totals: Allen 1923,
Billiard 76G, Capper SGT, Hodges 1851.
The precincts heard from are the chief
Democratic precincts.
For United States senator the re-
turns from the "a precincts gave Nee
ley 1,642, Curtis ZOOS, Murdoch LAPS.
Minneapolis-With all but two town
ships reporting, it looks like Curtis
had carried Ottawa county by 125 and
Capper by 271. Helvering is leading
Calderhead by 341.
Garden City-Finney county, one
third of the vote counted. shows Cap
per for governor, Medley for senator
and Simmons for Congress are leading.
Cottonwood Falls-Six precincts in
Chase county, incomplete, give Curtis
523, Neeley 437, Murdoch 292, Capper
564, Hodges AIS, Allen 49,
Leon-Complete returns from this
precinct in Butler county, gives Muir
dock 141, Neeley 60, Curtis 63 For
governor, Allen lis, Hodges Il, Cap
per 76.
Ashland-Late incomplete returns