Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1911-12-15
Says He Expected to be
Elected But Declares He
Had No Idea the Majority
Given Him Would be so
Large.
OSBORN GETS A
SMALL MAJORITY
Alfred Franklin Made a
Phenomenal Run in Gila
County Where He Dis
counts Vote Given Doe by
Five Hundred.

GLOBE. Dec elect
Hunt today gave out this signed
statement:
Having received assurances from
all parts OF the state Of my election
by such an overwhelming majority. [
am desirous of extending my grati-
tude To the people at the earliest
possible moment for the trust re-
posed in me in making me their chief
executive
This is the happiest hour of my
life. But though | expected TO win
l never expected such honor as has
come to me by the size of the ma
jority received. / realize my eiec-
ton is a great victory for the people
Of Arizona and rejoice with them in
the fact that progressive democrats
and progressive republicans alike have
won recognition and adoption Of those
principles for which they fought with
united strength To carry out these
principles viii be the essential part
Of my duty as chief executive of the
state and in that of public servant.
not as one who acts arbitrarily. but
as one who really seeks to serve the
whole people, and in fulfilling this Of
flee l shall hew straight to the line
i should be guilty of ingratitude.
indeed, if | should fail to extend
thanks for the loyal support Of the
press Of Arizona, by which the gov
ernment of Arizona was helped to
contamination on Tuesday last To
the valiant work of those newspapers
the people largely owe the victory
they gained. They placed before the
public principles for which we are
laboring; they dispelled misunder-
standings and spoke out fearlessly in
just resentment against those things
that threatened our commonwealth.
Now that the struggle and re-
grettable recriminations are over, nv
memories of all unfortunate incidents
connected Herewith shall he speedily
effaced and | shall assume office with
charity for all and malice for none.
May the people of this great state,
whatever their faith may be, become
united in the common cause of Ari-
zona's betterment, industrially and So
cially"
Interest in the result of the cleo
tion yesterday afternoon and last
night narrowed down to the contest
between Cleaveland and Osborn for |
secretary of state. In a conversation !
with a Republican representative in !
the afternoon. Mr.. Cleaveland said |
that while his advices at that hour |
said he had a slight lead over his |
opponent, he really did not believe |
he had Won. Last night Osborn |
claimed his election by a thousand. |
The latest returns at democratic |
headquarters are contained in a wire
received last night from Stafford It |
is as follows:
Stafford, Dec. 14-Following are /
the majorities in Graham county. with |
two small precincts to hear from:
Smith 20s. Ashurst 229. Hayden 2S5. |
Cunningham 22S. Franklin 311. Ross 800, |
Hunt 239, Osborn 273. Callaghan 223. /
Johnson 207, Bullard III. Case 227. |
Cole 264. Geary 3O1. Jones 232
The latest figures at headquarters
in Phoenix are as follows:
Ashurst and Mark Smith win by
between 1900 and 1000. Hunt by close
10 1000. Hayden by more than $500 /
and Osborn by 500
Hayden said yesterday he thought
his majority would be about $500.
hut the indications as published in
The Republican Wednesday morning
are that it will far exceed that. !
Alfred Franklin of this city. elected |
to the supreme court on the demo-
cratic ticket, made a remarkable run |
in Gila county, where he got 996 /
votes to SOC for Judge Doe.
At an early hour this morning def
mite information was received tend
irg to show that Osborn's majority
will closely approximate a thousand
From a number Of kilograms which
Osborn has received from all sections /
of the state. and from the count in
this county. the following seems to be
established:
The counties carried by Osborn. with
the majorities are as follows:
Greenlee. los: Cochise. 1874: Santa
Cruz. 50: Gila, 375; Yavapai. As;
Graham, 273: Yuma, 221: Navajo. Il; /
making q total of 1895
Cleaveland carried Maricopa county |
by $40. Pima by 204, Apache Cestimat-
ed) by $50. and CocOnino by 90. These |
give a total of 444 BY these figures
Osborn's majority is 95S This will be
varied slightly by the count in Apache
ard by the fact that several precincts |
in various counties have not yet re- J
ported.