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University Daily Kansan Wednesday, Nov. 3. 1954.
Hall Triumphs To Lead GOP Victory in State
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(Continued from page one) tion for a sixth term over Democrat Fred L. Hedges, Galena.
Seeking fifth consecutive terms, State Treasurer Richard T. Fadely and Insurance Commissioner Frank Sullivan were leading their Democrat opponents.
The vote trend also favored State Superintendent of Public Instruction A. F. Throckmorton over Jack Broadhurst, West Mineral school administrator, and Secretary of State Paul R. Shanahan over Floyd Helley, Chanute Hotel Man.
Besides the feature races, there were a number of bond elections and three constitutional amendment proposals voted on.
John McCuish, Newton Republican, had a substantial lead over George J. Hart, Wichita Democrat, in the Lieutenant governor race.
Late trends indicated that the two provisions of the first constitutional amendment to lift the two-term limitation on county sheriffs and treasurers were defeated, while the second and third proposed constitutional amendments seemed to be approved by voters. They provide for the inauguration of annual budget-making sessions of the State Legislature and for permitting the Legislature to provide certain urban areas of heavily populated counties with restricted home rule to bypass obtaining special laws from each legislative session.
The governor's race drew the most attention in the state campaign.
Both Mr. Hall and Mr. Docking called for a change in the statehouse. Mr. Hall for a reshuffling of GOP policy and occupants of top appointive jobs; Mr. Docking for a switch to what he termed "a business administration" of the state by
Douglas County Totals
Douglas County Totals
Governor
Docking 5,123
Hall 5,121
Senator
Schoeppel 6,519
McGill 3,496
Second District Representative
Scrivner 6,631
George 3,387
Lieutenant Governor
McCush 5,430
Hart 4,030
State Senator
Don Hults 6,494
Arthur P. Langdon 3,162
Eleventh District Representative
Sperry 3,530
McMichael 1,908
County Clerk
Mathia 6,278
Williams 3,477
County Treasurer
Norman 5,894
Barnard 3,876
County Attorney
Allphin 6,569
Lemesany 3,316
Probate Judge
Rankin 6,191
Borst 3,645
Sheriff
Hodson 7,338
Crumet 2,552
Surprise! The Staff Survived
My RON GRANDON
A Kansan staffer had to go out after cigarettes about 3 a.m. Only the "veterans" of one or two other elections had remembered to provide for the extra hours.
By the time the Lawrence precinct count had been wrapped up, and the Reporting I students-had gone home, the staff's nerves had started the disintegration which follows a national election.
An election is a wearying experience for the million or so news writers and editors who cover it. The first one is fun—others are wearying, but still fun. It's an ever-time thrill.
a successful executive in private life.
The two major party nominees conducted their campaigns around issues. They did not attack each other, although Mr. Docking asserted that Mr. Hall would not bring a change but was only representing a new faction of the Republican party. Mr. Hall countered that Mr. Docking was inexperienced in the affairs of government and derivively termed him a follower of the Stevenson-Truman ideology of the Democratic party.
Kansans voted in nippy but sunny weather after pre-dawn temperatures had plunged to the coldest levels of the fall. There was nothing in the weather picture to keep anyone from the polls.
Then, too, the "ad side" paid for the coffee and sandwiches. They could afford the magnanimous gesture. Their work was finished by 5 p.m. yesterday.
Candidates prolonged the night's work by refusing to concede.
Typewriter congestion put additional strain on reporters.
And, since the sun moves from east to west, there was a two-hour wait for West Coast results. The two hours were well filled.
At 3 a.m. the UP "day" wire came on but UDK staffers found the November sunrise is slow. They viewed it wearily after a suspense-filled night—an anticlimax.
Republican Wins California Senate
Republican Senator Thomas Kuchel, appointed by Earl Warren to fill the Senate vacancy left by Vice President Nixon, won his bid in the California Senate race over Democrat Samuel Yorty with a 611,300 to 541,700 vote.
Sen. Kuchel is known as a conservative who supports most of the Eisenhower policies. Mr. Yorty is an new-spaperman, state legislator, and two term congressman.
In 1888 New York City boasted about 10,000 telephones; today it has 3,695,000.
Docking Headquarters Reflects Regret, Thanks
BY AUDREY HOLMES
George Doeking conceded the gubernatorial election to Fred Hall, the Republican candidate at 12:55 a.m. today.
The announcement was made to the waiting crowd at Democratic headquarters in Lawrence by Mr. Docking's son, Robert Docking, who read the telegram of concession which the Democratic candidate sent to his opponent.
Docking Concedes In Wire to Hall
At 12:55 a.m. today George Docking, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, sent this telegram of concession to Fred Hall:
Fred Hall.
—George Docking.
Apparently the people have chosen you as our chief executive for the next two years. I assure you that I shall join with them in helping to make that two-year period a great success for all Kansans.
Demos Lead House Contro
In the fight for control of the House the Democrats appeared to be rolling up a substantial majority. Early this morning they had elected 191 candidates and were leading in 37 other races. The Republicans had elected 133 House members and were leading in 60 other contests.
If the current leads hold, the lineup in the new House would be 228 Democrats, 193 Republicans. However, the Republicans were holding up a little better than expected in the South.
This possible makeup of the new House comes as no surprise. The "out" party normally picks up seats in off-year elections, and the House race in general seemed to be shaping up as most people expected and pollsters predicted.
The atmosphere up until that time was one of optimism even as the results began to appear less and less hopeful. Backers of Mr. Docking had faith in their candidate, who they felt, was the man who could best do the job. They found, however, that their faith was not enough to buck the strong Republican force in Kansas.
In an earlier statement Mr. Docking expressed his thanks to the people of Douglas county who gave him a vote of confidence when this area, which previously had been entirely Republican, voted strongly for a Democratic candidate. When the results were still inconclusive Mr. Docking expressed the opinion that percentage-wise the voting was running ahead of that of 1950, but that the Democrats had still lost.
Addressing the throng, Robert Docking thanked them all for the help that they had given both the party and the family during the campaign. He cited Fred McDonald, Douglas county Democratic chairman, and Mary Wortham tor their efforts.
Mary Morthan, vice chairman of the Democratic Central committee of Douglas county, said in a speech to the defeated Democratic candidates of the county that she would rather be there in the seat of the vanquished with this group of people than in the victor's seat with their opponents.
The Docking family worked hard in this election. Both sons, Robert and Richard, were on the docking every minute and Mrs. Docking was on hand to give her husband help and support.
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