The Nevada County picayune., 1908-09-17
ENTIRE DEMOCRATIC TICKET
Is Elected by Majority of Record
 Breaking Size.
election

George w. Donaghey, the Dem ocratic nominee for governor. and the entire Democratic state ticket, by a majority which may ex ceed that received by Governor John s. Little two years ego, an apparently even break between the prohibition ists and license advocates, the adop- tion of Amendment No. 9, and the de- feat of Amendment No. 10, are the most important results of the biennial election held in Arkansas Monday, as
 indicated by incomplete returns from most of the 75 counties in the state.
 The returns indicate that a record. breaking vote was boiled throughout the state Monday Fair weather, which prevailed throughout the state, aided by the interest which had been arous.
 ed by warm fights over the license question in many counties, and the discussion of the two constitutional
 amendments, brought out large vote
 in the cities, while the vote in the
 country did not fall off perceptibly. as
 was expected in case of fair weather.
 Interest in the election centered in
 the fate of Amendment No 10, known
 as the bond amendment, and in the result of the campaign which was wag-
 ed in many counties by the prohibition
 forces.
 The returns indicate that Amend
 ment No. 10 has been badly defeated.
 A majority against the amendment is
 reported from most of the counties
 from which returns have been receiv-
 ed. The amendment received ma
 iority in several counties in which the
 larger cities are located, but this vote
 is not sufficient to save the amend
 ment.
 Amendment No. 9, the poll tax
 amendment has apparently received
 a safe majority, although there is a bare possibility that it may not have
 received a majority of the total votes
 cast in the election, which is neces- sary to secure it's adoptin. Practical ly every county from which returns have been received reports majority for the amendment, but these returns are not sufficient to show beyond ques- tion that the proposition has received the required majority of all the votes cast It is probable that many voters ignored the amendments, and this may result in cutting down the total vote in it's favor. The indications are, how ever that the majority received IS large enough to insure the adoption of the amendment.
 The returns on the license question are not conclusive, but the indications are that neither the prohibitionists nor the license advocates have made any considerable net gain. The re- turns indicate that two counties which have been in the wet column voted against license Monday. while two oth- CT counties which have been dry voted for license. The indications are that Miller county, in which Texar- kama is located, and Poinsett coun
 have been captured by the prohibit tionists. while Crawford and Perry counties are thought to have been lost 10 the license forces. These results may be changed, however, by the com
 plete returns, especially in the case
 of Crawford and Perry counties, where
 the vote is reported to be close.
 There is a possibility that the pro hibitionists may have gained one or two other counties where the vote is close. Both sides are claiming vic tory in St Francis county, which has been wet" The same thing is true
 in Chicot county, which gave large majority for license two years ago. Craighead and Greene counties, in which hard fights were made by the l license advocates, remain in the dry column. Pulaski, Jefferson, Phillips. Lee, Jackson and Ouachita counties, in which the prohibitionists centered their fight to a large extent, remain | in the wet" column. although 1t is | thought that the majority for license | will be reduced in several of these
 counties. Polk county has probably voted for license. although the result
 is close. In Prairie county, which
 voted for license two years ago, but was later made dry" by petition the result is uncertain, and will not be
 known until the complete returns are | in.
 The indications are that the prohi bitionists have made gains in the to-
 tai majority against license in the state. The total majority against H. | cense in the state two years ago was 15,624. The reduced majoriies for li- cense in several of the wet counties,
 it is expected, will materially increase the total vote against license in the | state.
 Fifty-five counties voted against l- | cense and 20 for license in 1906. Lat CT three counties were made dry by ,,o.;t;D, Jaayinu only IT "Wpt" conn.,