Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-03-28

 Moose 43; Pindall, 40; Rowe, 25; Oath cut, 56; Colquitt, 51; Surridge, 4o; Page, 63; Smith, 61 Graham, 45; Tay- for, 9S; Martin, 13.
 TOney Figured Some.
 The apparently ovefwheln:7G s de- feat cf Governor George w. Donaghey in his race for third term is in measure due to the determined fight which Gover13r Donaghey has made against the Arkansas Legislature and especially the members of the State Senate. Senator H. K. TCney, of this city, who was president of the last Senate and who stood his ground whide welding the gavel i'll that ed the fight against the Donagney ad- minstration and it has grown to great proportions all over the state. The people on yesterday, with their ballots, have repudiated Donaghey and have ill an emphatic way have endorsed the action of Senator Toney, who contended that the Donaghey fac ton was trying to ruin the state ill it's State Capitol scheme and he repeated ly resisted the efforts of the Governor to get contIol of the upper house.
 Governor DoIaghey has tried to ri- dicule the opposition in no slight terms and in his campaign he called Con- gressman Robinson fine looking man with long h3ir,". while he, pietur- ed himself as a "Govefsor who does things He tried to influence the. voters of this state with the state ment that RobinE on had never accom- plished anything in his lcllg seryice. in Congress, when the people of this district as well as all other Arkan- sans were familiar with the many ac- complishments of the brilliant young congressman from Lonoke Robinson's magnificent endorl ement in this coun- ty yesterday at the polls was merely an evidence of the appreciation of the people of Jefferson county, which ha9 often been benefited by his official acts.
 Jefferson county has always been conceded to Robinson by Governor Donaghey, but he made an unsuccess- f,,l off 1,,tfi in bo 1ac 1f the campaign to swing this county, with others where his efforts were equally as unsuccessful, into the Donaghey column Pages of adver- Using matter and misleading tele- grams were forwarded to Little Rock by local Donaghey supporters in an effcrt to change the sentiment over the state and i'll this election, without success.
 Great Crowd Read Returns.
 For the first time in the history of Pine Bluff the citizens of the city were kept informed every minute as to the returns in the Democratic state prim- ary by the Morning Graphic, which received the returns as they were turned in from the precincts and townships in every ca.,1er of the state and flashed them upon canvas stretched in front of the Orpheo Thea ter. The returns came in con: tantly by long distance phone and were i'm mediately transmitted from this office to the operator of the stereoptic3n machine on the balcony of the Or rheo Hotel by private phc7e, and we're then flashed upon the canvas.
 As the returns were flashe- show ing the progress of favorite candidates cheer after cheer went up from the big crowd, which was estimated at be- tween 1000 and 5000. Until long af- ter midnight the special message were transmitted to the canvas to be read by the voters of this city, thus giving them the approximate vote cast for the many candidate fer state Offices and many went home with complete Information as to the outcome of the several races, fully IS hours before the news could have been dissemin- ated u the anxious vcterl
 The efforts of the Graphic to give tne news first to the people was heartily appreciated and many con- plimentary remarks were heard on the enterprise shown by the management of this paper. Considerable credit is e.sc due Manager S. E. Wiihoit of the Ogpheo Theater, who aided the