The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-09-08
DUTCH CAPTURE HOLLAND
ARKANSAS FIRMLY INTBENCHED
 IN DEMOCRATIC FOLD.

Yesterdays Election Returns Meagre-
 Possibility That State Will Give Demo-
 cratic Candidates 6O,OO0 Majority-The
 Vote Last Year and a Comparison-Popu
 lists Desert Their Candidate to Vote for
 the Democratic TicI1et-The Issues Were
 Issue Being the Main Question Upon
 Which the Result is Based.
 Little Rock, Ark, Sept. 7.--Oflcial returns from the following counties to- nigta give Daniel w. Jones nlajori- ties as follows:
 Miller (Texarkana) 800; Phillips (Hel- ena) LIDO; Woodruff, 1900 out of a to- tai vote of 2,500; Franklin, 800; Lafay- ette, 800; Sharpe, 1,700.
 If these majorities are kept up throughout the state Jones and the democratic ticket will receive 60,000 majority.
 Two years ago the following vote was cast for governor:
 Clarke, dem., 74,809; Remmel, rep, 26,0S5; Barker. pop, "A, 541.
 From these figures it will be seen that the combined democratic and pop ulist vote in 1894 was 72c275 in excess of the vote boiled by the republican candidate--this in a year when the carl1- paign was waged along familiar lines.
 This year the issues are of a national character, the currency question out weighing all others. Though the popu- lists had state ticket in the field, Files, their candidate, was scratched heavily in all parts of the state, the populists rendering the democratic ticket their support.
 For this Neason, and in consequence of the meagre returns, it is impossible to state what is the percentage of gain to either party. It would seem, how ever, as if the republicans had gained instead of lost votes
 The populists scratched Files, their candidate for governor, and voted al- most solidly for Jones, as did many of the sound money democrats who voted at all. The prohibition vote through out the state shows a marked decrease. Several clashes occurred in the doubt ful counties between the democrats and populists, notably at Clinton, Van Bu- ren county. Clinton is twenty-five miles from the nearest telegraph sta tion, and it is impossible to learn full particulars.
 Little Rock, Ark. Sept. 1.-The elec- tion held in this state to-day was for all state, judicial and county officers. including tWo-thirds of the legislature, which will elect a successor to United States Senator James K. Jones, chair man of the national democratic com mittee. MT. Jones has no opposition within his party and his election is an assured fact
 As far as heard from the election throughout the state passed off quietly and an unusually large vote was poll ed. The question if licensing saloons was the principle issue in the majori- ty of counties. Here in Little Rock it was the issue of the day. The prohibit tionists or anti-license advocates were defeated by a large majority. Demo- crats and republicans had full tickets in the field, while the populists and prohihitionists nominated candidates for governor only. Republican re- turns received here up to 9 o'clock in- dicate that the vote will exceed 160,000, an increase of 24000 over 1894
 At democratic headquarters the elec- tion of Colonel Jones for governor is cclaimed by 45,000. Chairman Cooper of the republican committee disputes the claim, basing his estimates upon reports received late tonight. He says large percentage of the increased vote was polled by negroes Of the 203, 900 poll tax receipts ill this state 45, 900 are held by negroes, 15,0OO more than were paid by the negroes two years ago.