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Show ISEfJTEElOTE I NOW FACTOR IN ; f MISSOURI RACE . , Senator Reed Leads by 6887 : in Primary Count With "t 219 Scattered Precincts . to Be Heard From LONG PINS HOPE TO OFFICIAL CANVASS : Wilson Candidate Belieye " Final Result Will Not Be More Than 1000; Accuses Activity of Republicans' BT. LOUIS, Mo.. Aug. 4 (By A. P.) ". With United States Hens tor James A. Reed leading by 4RS7 votes, Rrecken-. Rrecken-. ridge Long, hie opponent for the Dem-: Dem-: ocratlo senatorial nomination, based . his hope on the official count being - made today to overcome the senator's plurality. In I2 precincts out of SI4I In the state, the vote stood: Reed. 1.121. Long. 12.414.' Experienced ohservsrs of Missouri ' politics agreed It was virtually Impns- with the limited number of precincts yet to be heard from. R. R. Rreweter, Republican nominee for United fltates senator, will poll a plurality of approximately 10,000 over hla flva opponents, A factor that haa coma to tha fora " In tha Democratic conteat, owing to Ita rloacneae, la tha alee of tha absentee ab-sentee vote, which I allowabla under Missouri statutes. About 1600 nation- . al guard amen, away from horn a on trike duty at various railroad centers of tha state, may play a prominent part In tha absentea ballot. TOTAL NOT KNOWN. There Is no way of ascertaining the exact number of nbsentea votes, how-aver, how-aver, until the official count Is made. With 219 scattered precincts In thirty-four counties unheard from, Mr. ' Long would have to poll mora than thirty-one votes more than Reed per . . . precinct to overcome tha latter'a lead. . If tha unheard from precincts, ftgur- In the county aa a unit, poll a re a- , i tlvely larre vote, as the precincts al-I ready heard from In the country, there atm to be rounted. It Is believed, .however, that theee rural precinct a will not poll aa heavy the precincts already heard. from In these countries, owing to their ! Isolated location. Mr. Long continued optlmlstls over the outcome, however, aiivlng the vole would be "about 1000 either way." "I expect the official count to add considerably to my vote." Mr. Long eald, "but I do not expect any aeslst-ance aeslst-ance from the Republican nor German element. Any addltiona the official from ballots of regular Democrata, who were the only onee who should have voted In a Democratic primary." |