Show close in blinds blands district lebanon ile nov 8 in reply to a request his evening that he would give the associated press ills ilia views on the result of 0 tuesdays election mr R P bland stated that he was waa SO 0 o overwhelmed with the unexpected nature of the returns from all parts of the country that he was not prepared to give an opinion for publication of the causes which led to t the h e landslide ile he attributed his own defeat however very largely to over con among amon his Poll political fi lends bilenda la in derill denio crable counties resulting in a dangerous falling oft off in the democratic vote lie he takes defeat philosophically anil a nd Is of the opinion the republican lean victory will prove a valuable lesson to a 1 missouri ils democrats additional returns received this evenin ing reduce dr hubbard hubbardd Hub barda s suppo supposed sedi plurality ot of GOO COO over mr air bland and to 10 a number so BO smal niall fi 1 that it will require the ofil cial vote to determine whether sir mr bland Is actually defeated |