New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1922-08-02
Longs Lead in Early
Returns From Country
Districts Offset i'm St.
Louis and Kansas CITY
Alice Robertson Is
Ahead i'm Oklahoma
swanson Easy Winner in
Virginia; Sutherland i'm
Front ia West Virginia
Special Dispatch to The rrteun.


ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1.-rncomplete and
scattered returns from all parts of
Missouri in to-day's primary indicated
an extremely close race for the Demo
cratic Senatorial nomination, in which
chief interest centred between Breck-
1nrioge Long, Third Assistant Secretary
Of State under Woodrow Wilson, and
Senator James A. Reed, who sought re-
nomination.
The early reports gave Mr.. Long a
margin Of several thousand votes, esti-
mated as high as 10000, but it Is gen.
orally believed that Senator Reed has
slight advantage because of the slow
ness of the counts in Kansas City and
st. Louis, which are his recognized
strongholds.
Close Result Is Predicted
Predictions were made freely to-
night that the final returns would show
the two candidates for the Senatorial
nomination within 10000 votes of each
other, for Long has been steadily piling
up votes from the rural precincts that
oifset the heavy gains made by Reed in
the two principal cities. In smaller
cities the race has been neck and neck
Long will have a lead of more
than $4,000 in the rural areas, carly
reports indicated. But the cities gave
marked preference to Senator Reed.
Kansas City, his home town, gave him
an estimated lead gilmore than 10000
and ST. Louis gave him a margin Of at
least 10000.
Early tonight Reed followers were
claiming victory for the present in
cumbent by $4,000 votes, but the earlv
returns fail to bear out any such
hope. Long supporters argued that
despite the huge totals rolled up in
st. Louis and Kansas City for Senator
Reed, the unreported precincts in out
lying districts would result in the nom
ination of Long.
Reed Followers Celebrate
The followers of Reed were so sure
of their candidates success that thew
began holding informal celebrations
late tonight, insisting that the vote
had shown plainly a rebuke for Wood
row Wilson, who has condemned Reed
as "a marplot" and urged the nomina-
ton of Long.
Definite returns had been received
from $50 out of the 3.S48 precincts in
the state at 10 o'cock tonight. At
that hour Senator Reed was still run
ming more than 5000 votes behind
Mr.. Long and the bulk of the pre-
clncts yet to report were in rural COM
munities that have generally been
conceded to Mr.. Long.
In the six-sided race for the Repuo-
ican Senatorial nomination R. R.
Brewster, of Kansas City, who has had
the backing of Governor Hyde and the
odd Guard" element, is leading the
held by large margin. Unless this
lead is cut down by an unexpected
squirt by William Sacks, light wine and
beer candidate, Mr.. Brewster probably
will be nominated.
The race between Senator Reed and
Mr.. Long was the feature Of the prim-
airy, principally because of the lopposi-
ton of former President Wilson and
the regular Democratic machine to
Reeds candidacy. Long has been de-
teated five times in Missouri election
contests and Reed always has been
VICTORIOUS. but Longs supporters
have felt that their candidate had the
opportunity Of his lifetime to-day be-
cause of the enmity Reed had aroused
by his fights on the maternity bill, the
League of Nations, the Anti-Saloon
League and woman suffrage. Reed ad-
lost votes also to Sacks, whose
light wines and beer platform took
many ballots in the primary that or
dinarily would have gone to Reed.
Special Dispatch to The Tribune
- RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 1.-Claude A..
Swanson, United States Senator from
Virginia, will serve another term as
the result of to-days election. Piling