Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-09-27
ONLY THIRTEEN
 WET COUNTIES
License Lost Heavily in Recent Elec- tion, and if Statewide Prohibition Had Been Voted On, Would Prob
 ably Have Carried.

Little Rock, Sept. 26.-Had the people of Arkansas been voting Sep tember 12 on the question of state wide prohibition of saloon license the proposition would have carried by a majority of 22,76S, the vote being 32,253 against license and 59,4So for license There are now siXty-tWo counties in the state where liquor cannot be sold as compared with fifty-six under the election of 1905. The lineup is as follows:
 The Dry Counties.
 No License "Dry''-Arkansas, Ash ley, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll, Clark, Clay, Gle burne, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway, Craighead, Crawford, Crittenden, Dal- las, Drew, Faulkner, Franklin, Grant, Green, Hampstead, Hot Springs, Howard, Independence, Izard, Jack son, Johnson, Lafayette, Lawrence, Little River, Logan, Lonoke, Madison, Marion, Mississippi, Monroe, Mont. gomery, Nevada, Newton, Ouachita, Perry, Pike, Polk, Randolph, Saline, Scott, Searey, Sevier, Sharp, St. Frar. cis, Stone, Union, Van ,Buren, Wash ington, White, Woodruff, Yell-62 License "Wet'-Chicot, Cross, De- sha., Fulton, Garland, Jefferson, Lee Lincoln, Phillips, Poinsett, Prairie, Pulaski, Sebastian-13.
 Two Years Ago.
 Two years ago the following coun- ties were wet; Western District of Carroll, Chicot, Cross, Desha, Fulton, Garland, Hampstead, Jackson, Jeffer- son, Lee, Lincoln, Miller, Ouachita, Phillips, Poinsett, Polk, Prairie, Flu laski and Sebastian. The "drys gained Carroll, Hampstead, Jackson, Miller Ouachita and Polk.
 Amendment No. 10 Carried.
 Amendment No 10, providing fo" the initiative and referendum, car ried by a constitutional majority of 17020, accepting the vote cast for governor as the basis, while Amend ment No. II, exempting cotton mills from taxation, was lost by consti- tutional majority of 1879.
 The total vote cast in the State has not yet been learned officially, many of the counties not yet having re- ported that item. The total votr cast for governor was 150,620, and upon this basis the amendments must have received more than ma. jority of that vote. or 74,311. The vote on the amendments was as fol- lows: No. 10, or 92,621, against 39,- 267, actual majority of those voting on the question 53,064; No. II, for 73,432, against 45,70O, the actual ma jorities being 27,732.
 The only counties which gave &C., tual majorities against Amendment No. 10 were Crittenden, Drew, Jef- ferson, Lafayette, Lee, Lincoln, Qua chita, the amendment having carried in all of the remaining siXty-eight counties.
 The only counties which gave ac- tual majorities against Amendment No. Il were Bradley, Calhoun, Dal- las. Drew, Madison, Marion, Mont gomery, Newton, Ouachita, Perry. Phillips, Randolph, Scott, Searcy, St. Francis, Stone and Union, total of seventeen.
 Voting Was Light.
 The total vote shows decrease in the number cast for the candidate of each party, there being decrease of 11,954 in the total vote cast for the office of Governor. Below is a statement of the vote for Governor in recent elections:
 1910.
 George w. Donaghey, Dem.,.-., 101 ,549 Andrew I. Roland, Rep.,.,......... 39,S50 Dan Hogan, Soc. ...,.......-...-........ 9,22l
 1908.
 Geo. w. Donaghey, Dem.....-.10S,S7S J. Sam Jones, Soc....-......,-........ 6,2S7 J. I. Wbrthington, Rep..-..-..-.. 45,409
 1906.
 J. S. Little, Dem...--.-.............1O5. .5S3 J. I. Warrington. Rep......... 4o.7S4 John G. Adams. Pro....-,..... 3,2S3 Dan Hogan, Soc..--...................... 2,7So
 1904.