Thursday, November 7, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Political observers at KU view the election results
Political observers on the Hill claimed they were "not surprised" by Tuesday's elections. If they agreed on nothing else, they agreed in saying the voting was "as expected."
Burt English, assistant professor of political science, said the presidential election was "a little closer" than he thought it would be.
English, chairman of the Douglas County Young Republicans, said he expected Rick Harman, rather than Gov. Robert Docking, to win the governorship by a small margin.
"I had not expected the it. governor's race to be so close," he said. "John Conard should win when the absentee ballots are counted today, though." James DeCoursey, the Democratic candidate currently holds a slight lead.
English also said he thought George Wallace's third party movement has failed.
He said he was "delighted" to see the "wheel tax" proposal fail. "I hope the city commission will take note of the voters second rejection of this tax and not propose it again," he said.
Marvin Keith, Overland Park sophomore and vice chairman of the Collegiate Young Republicans, said Gov. Docking's re-election was a "disaster" for the state.
"It will be interesting to see if he falls into the 'tax trap' he himself set for his Republican opponent," he said.
Nixon, he said, was never in trouble, since Wallace would have preferred him to Humphrey and would have.thrown his support to him in the Electoral College. The closeness of the races was the only surprise to him, he said.
A Collegiate Young Democrat (CYD) spokesman said she was "thrilled" by Docking's victory.
P-to-P plans K.C. trip
The KU People-to-People group will leave at 12:30 p.m. November 19 for a visit to the Federal Reserve Bank and the Nelson Gallery of Art in Kansas City.
Anyone wishing to attend should sign up in the People-to-People office in the Kansas Union basement. The first 33 to sign will be provided free bus space.
"It's too bad, though, that Kansas can't work under a Democratic team," she said, referring to the GOP victory in the state legislature.
"Kansas has made great strides under Docking," she said, "but he needs legislative support."
She was disappointed, but not surprised, she said, with Humphrey's loss. "no one will ever convince me there is a 'new Nixon.'" she said.
Rick Atkinson, Belleville graduate student and a member of People's Voice, said he expected a Nixon victory, but was not concerned, since he saw no difference between the two. The New Left, he said, should continue its activities.
Wallace's 15 per cent vote was significant, he said, because, except for the racial angle, Wallace talks about the same things radicals of the left do. "We also are trying to get to the disillusioned in this country." he said.
"The Wallace vote expressed the confusion of the country," he said.
Humphrey may speak at KU before Dec. 20
It is possible that Vice-President Hubert Humphrey, the defeated Democratic nominee for president will speak at KU sometime between now and the beginning of Christmas vacation, Mike Dickeson, chairman for the Young Citizens for Humphrey, said last night.
The Athechison junior said Tom Corcoran, the Democratic National Committeeman from Kansas, told him that Humphrey had planned to speak at Kansas State University after Nov. 5 regardless of the outcome of the election. Democrats in this area might ask the Vice-President to deliver a speech at KU,
He said, however, that he did not know the date that Humphrey would come to K-State. He conjectured that the Democratic presidential nominee would not make a public appearance until the Electoral College has met on Dec. 16.
If this prediction is accurate, Humphrey might speak at both K-State and KU any day between Dec. 16 and Dec. 20, which is the Friday before Christmas vacation.
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It was the bitterest of political experiences for this most human of men—his nomination by a Democratic party in agony and anger, two months of trying to outrun the defeat burning his heels at every step, a surging revival of hopes in the campaign's final days and the long, frustrating night of his defeat.
He stepped back, reached for his wife, Muriel, and kissed her. The crowd of several hundred was on its feet applauding. Women were in tears. He saw the reflection of his own ordeal and decided to step back in front of the microphone for a post script which turned out to be longer than his concession speech.
"Now, go have some fun," he implored them. "It has been a lot of hard work. I don't want
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For himself, he said he felt a "great sense of both release and relief," and he was going back to his lakeside retreat in nearby Waverly to mow the lawn.
Humphrey is 57. At the outset of his campaign, he told newsmen that if he lost, he probably would be too old to try for the presidency again in 1972 and probably would return to college teaching.
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