The Nevada County picayune., 1912-09-13
,sv FRANK BARRETT SAYS RE- TURNS ARE TOO INDEFINITE AND MEAGER TO JUS
 TiFY FORECAST.
MAJORITY IS PROBABLY 5000
All Acts Appear Defeated and Amend ments 12, 13 and IS Have Good Leads, Nos. ii and IA Lose.
 Negroes Cast Big Vote.
w.,tsrn Newspaper Union Newn Service.

Western Newspaper Union Sewa Service. Tittic Rock.--The statewide prohi- hilton bill, known as Act No. 2. was defeated by a substantial majority of from 15,000 to 25,000 in Mondays state election.
 Returns have been very slow and in to Wednesday morning only 5O,- mn, votes. out of probably 100000 cnss, had heen definitely accounted for, These give a majority of over 4,001 against statewide, and incomplete re- turns from every part of the state indicate the defeat of the measure by safe majority
 While the cotnt progresses the ,ionor interests are claiming victory bv from 30000 to 10000 and Rev Frank Barrett, head of the Anti saloon League. claims that after all the returns are in victory will be shown for prohibition. He does not, however. give any figures on which his caculations are based.
 Lee and Cross are two counties now wet which appear to have gone dry by defeating license.
 The following dry counties appear to have gone wet by voting license Arkansas, Miller Monroe, Saline, Gal. boun. Carroll. Ouachita, Perry, Polk, Randolph. Hampstead. Jackson and probably Seyier Official returns may change the results as to license in some of these counties. althouV not in a majority of them,
 Returns received up to Wednesday, while in most counties incomplete, in dicated majorities against state wide bill in the following counties: Alkan- sas Ashley, Carroll, Chicot, Clay. Cleveland. Cleburne. Columbia, Craig head. Crawford, Crittenden, rallas. Desha, Drew, Garland. Hampstead. Hot Spring, independence, Jackson. Jefferson. Lee. Lafayette, Lonoke, Lawrence. Lincoln. Little River, Lo- gan. Madison, Marion. Miller. Missis- sippi, Montgomery. Monroe. Nevada, Ouachita. Perry, Polk, Pope, Prairie, Pulaski. Randolph. Saline. Seyieg, Se- bastian. Union. Woodruff, Yell.
 Those which indicate majorities for are: Greene, Franklin, Ben ton. Calhoun. Clark, Conway. Cross, Faulkner Pike, Johnson, St. Francis, White, Washington.
 Thus the anti-prohis appear to have carried 47 counties safely, while l3 counties indicate majorities in favor If statewide. There are h coun. ties from which definite returns on this issue are not available: in some oi them the count indicates very close vote, and it is believed the re- suit of these counties will be a stand off between the prohis and antis.
 One of the peculiar features of the election is that in many places the vote for license exceeds the vote against statewide. In Calhoun county, Statewide and license both carried by Practically the same majority.
 The biggest majorities registered against Act No. ? appear tt be in Pu- laski and Jefferson counties, each ot which went wet by 2.5o0, Majori,ies in excess of 1 900 against the measure are claimed from Garland, Sebastian Chieot and Mississippi.
 All Acts Defeated.
 Returns received up to "Wednesday indicate the defeat of all four acts' viz: the T-J. bill, the statewide bill the election law, and the text book bill The Turncr-J Jacobson revenue bil! ap- pears 10 have been the most unpopu- lar of all the measures, and tn" ma )ority against it will possibly exceed 50,000.
 While the acts were all defeated 'hfee of the constitutional amend ments seem to have shared better iate' Amendment No. 12, which eN- empts cotton textile mills from taxa wrns Amendment No. 13, limltihS tue sessions of the legislature, has won by an overwhelming majority ana Amendment No. 15, authorizing municipal bonds, Is leading by nearly so0o votes on the 32,000 accounted for.
 shief interest seems to have cen NFed in the prohibition measure and @s Grandfaiher Clause. The negroes
 Aaed out en masse at most places to
 s's'er their votes .' inst both meas 4'ss it Is said.