The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1922-08-03
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Latest Returns From Missouri
Give Senator 1891 Votes
Over Long-548 Pre-
cincts Missing.
Congressman Indorsed

st. Louis, Aug. 2.-(By A. P)-As
additional scattered precincts from
rural districts drifted In Senator
James A. Reeds lead over Breeken.
ridge Long for the democratic ssna-
torial nomination was cut to 1881.
With 3,30e Of the 3,s4S precincts in
the state reported, Reed had 162, 2,2oe
against l73,277 for Long. The out.
standing precincts were In the rural
districts which Long claims favorable
TO him.
St. Louis, Aug. 2-Thirteen Mis-.
souri, congressman, IL Of them re-
publicans, and one 4 democrat, have
been rcnomNated by their parties,
while the fate of two others, one 1
republican, and the other . demo-
crat. remains in doubt. Partial re-
turns indicate they have been de-
ieatcd.
Representative w. W., Rucker,
democrat, in the Second district, Is
running nearly 1900 votes behind
Ralph F. Lozier, with returns from
all but 40 precincts in and apparent
ly has been beaten.
In the Fifteenth district, Represents
tive I. V. (Dick) Mcpherson, repub-
lican, is running nearly 1000 votes
behind Joe ]. Manlovc, with l02 out
OF 23O precincts reporting.
Republicans nominated sitting con-
grcssmen in the First, Third, Fourth,
Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth,
Tenth, Twelfth, Thirteenth and
Fourteenth districts, seven of them
without opposition. The democrats
renominated the present congress
man in the Eleventh (St. Louis) dis
trict.
Woman in Lead.
Mrs. S. Moss Of Christian college,
Columbia, Mo-, is leading a three
cornered race for the democratic
nomination in the Eighth district on
returns from 122 out of 220 precincts.
Mrs. Moss has 4,770 votes to 4,223
for Charles E. Dewey and 3.3l9 for
E. M. Sevely, wet.
Representative Theo w. Hukkiede,
who defeated the late Champ Clark
two years ago, was upopposed for the
republican nomination in the Ninth
district, Bernard P. Bogy, republican
nominee, in tn Eleventh, defeated
two women opponents. Another
woman candidate failed in the race
for the democratic nomination in the
Twelfth.
With about one-third Of the vote
tabulated, Conway Elder Of St. Louis
was leading Alroy S. Phillips, also OF
ST. Louis, BY 5000 votes for the re-
publican nomination for judge of the
state supreme court, division l. The
unofficial vote from l,332 precincts
out Of 3,848 in the state gives: Elder,
1896; Phillips, Al, i,4Sz.
r. r. Brewster of Kansas City
took the lead in the republican sena-
torial race on returns reporting at
4:4s, 1867 precincts out Of 3,848 in
the state giving Brewster 66.37o;
William Sacks Of St. Louis 62,OSl.
Outcome In Doubt.
The outcome Of the Reed-Long
race, feature event Of the primary.
probably will not be known until
virtually the complete vote has been
tabulated. Scattered precincts in
many counties are included in the
missing, along with the entire vote
of Ozark and Stone, two ISOLATED
communities in the Ozark noun
tains, far down in the southwestern
corner Of the state.
On the basis of the returns
already received Reeds lead in
Kansas City and St. Louis may not
be sufficient, if Mr.. Long maintains
his present ratio in the country dis
tricts, to win. An analysis of the
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