The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-05
Sixty Counties Indicate NOmt-
nation Topekan.
Nee1ey Leads I'm Democratic
Fight.
hot CONGRESSIONAL FIGHTS
Calderhead May Win In Fifth
Guyer in Second.
Returns ON State Contests
Come Slowly.

ANOVSAA LAO VA NOSs~SO
Come Slowly.
Incomplete state wide primary re-
turns from so Of 105 counties Indicate
safe plurality for Charles Curtis IN He-
publican senatorial fight and a neck
and neck race between George A.
Neeley and H lgn p. Farrelly.
Complete returns and estimated
pluralities from so of 1O5 counties or
state seemingly assure defeat py
Charles Curtis of Topeka of Joseph
l.. Bristow of Salina, Republican cam
didate for denomination as Onlteu
states senator. The same returns give
Congressman George A. Neeley OF
Hutchinson a plurality over Hugh r.
Farrelly of Chanute in the Democratic
senatorial contest
In the First district ]. B. Chapman
DEMOCRAT. has probably won the con-
grcssional nomination.
CONGRESSMAN Joseph Taggart, Demo-
crat, has been nominated IN the Secono
and U. S. Guyer. Republican, mas proo-
ABLY beaten John H. Crider.
In the Third district, incomplete re-
turns indicate nomination of j. r. NC
Gipley Of Crawford county, Democrat
The Fourth district race is still IN
doubt Martindale Kretsinger ana
Carroll claiming nomination.
The Fifth district may nominate w.
A Calderhead, Republican, according
to returns from six of ten counties
Congressman Guy 7. Helvering. Demo
crat has been renominated In the
Fifth. Senator !ouett Shouse. Demo-
crat, has seemingly beaten Frank r.
Hettinger in the Seventh and w. a.
Ayers is an easy Democratic winner IN
the Eighth.
Partial returns give W. 7. Morgan
lead for lieutenant governor on Re
publican ticket. S. NJ. Brewster Is Re-
publican nominee for attorney general.
In the fight among candidates Ior
associate justice of the supreme court
on the non-partisan judiciary ballot,
the result is yet in doubt. Ed c. Lit
tie. John S. Dawson, John Marshall,
Alfred w. Benson. Henry F. Mason.
and G, H. Buchanan seem to be lead
ing, although Lizzie N. Sheldon has
pol:ed a SURPRISINGLY hSsvy vote ana
may land a place among the SIX can
didates whose names will be snbmttted.
to the voters in the November elsction.
Complete returns from counties VIII
not be received until late this evening
Tucker in Sedgwick.
Wichita, Kan. Aug. 5.-Twenty-one
out of 5S precincts in city and county
give Republican candidates for nomina-
ton for United States senator: Tucker
s7S, Bristow 27O, Curtis 219. Attorney
general Republican ticket: Bulger 41S,
Brewster 22!. Democratic United States
senatorial contest: Farrelly 256, Neeley
6S5, Congressman, Democrat: Rogers
362, Ayers, 1.4S9.
Close in jefferson.
Valley Falls, Kan, Aug. 5.-Com-
plete returns from ten of sixteen pre-
cincts give Neeley plurality over
Farrelly of IS. Curtis ran away from
Bristow in Jefferson county and has
plurality of 524 on votes counted.
Chapman. Democrat for congress in
First district leads Herold by $50.
Bristow Wins in Republic.
Belleville, Kan, Aug. 5.-Complete
returns from all precincts in Repub-
lie county give Bristow plurality Of
120 over Tucker. with Curtis third.
Kimble defeats Calderhead in Repub-
lican congressional fight by so, with
Reitzel third. Morgan, Republican
candidate for lieutenant governor,
wins two to one over Brewer, and
Brewster for attorney general has ma
jority of 400 over Bulger. Helvering
carries county in Democratic congress
sional primaries by majority of 400
over Carney. Progressives polled less
than 100 votes in county.
Dickinson for Caldcrhead.
ADllele, NALL, aug. O."OlCk1uSOu q
county gave w. A. Calderhead plur-
ality of nearly 200 over Judge Saia
Kimble in the Fifth district Eepubli-
can congressional fight. Calderhead
in 10 of 36 precincts, complete, polled
416 votes. Kimble. 234; Reitzel, 81.
Charles Curtis defeated Senator Bris-
tow, Republican. by approximately
$50. Doster is leading in the Demo-
cratic senatorial fight at noon. with
Farrelly close second. On votes
counted, Helvering polled 337, Carney
232 for Democratic congressional!
nomination.
Sapp Strong in Lyon.
Emporia, Kan, Aug. 5.-Complete
returns from "A of 80 precincts this
afternoon give Sapp 665, Doster 21S
Farrelly POI, Neeley los. In Repub-
lican senatorial contest: Curtis 534
Bristow 373, Tucker 242, Harvey As
For congress, Republican. Kretsinger
Lieutenant governor. Republican
Brewer 357. Morgan IT'S; Democrat,
Wagner SIS, Britton 592. Associate
justices supreme court: Little 827
Marshall SIG, Mason 40, Dawson sol
Benson 596, Sheldon 494.
POttawatomie for Curtis.
Westmoreland. Kan, Aug. 5-With
but three small precincts yet to report
it seems certain this afternoon that
Curtis Will carry Pottawa somie county
over Bristow in the Republican sena.
toriaI fight. His plurality will prob
ably be 100. Farrelly will win over
Neeley by about the same ..urality in
the Democi tic race. kretsinger and
Carroll are lunning even in the cor
gressional contest. with returns slightly
favoring Kretsinger.
Necley in Morris.
Council Grove, Kan, Aug. 5.-Re
turns from ten precincts out Of "a in
Democratic senatorial contest give
Neeley 1913. Sapp 101, Brown IL, Far.
reilly 20, DOster 80. Neeley will prob
ably carry county by $50.
COffey for Curtis.
Burlington, Kan, Aug. 5,-Coffey