The log cabin Democrat., 1912-09-11
MAJORITY WILL
EXCEED $4,000
ROBINSON LEADS TICKET
LEGISLATIVE AND BOND
ARE MOST POPULAR MEAS
URES VOTED UPON.

Little Rock, Sept. 11.-About tn
only certainty about the election O
} Monday is the tremendous maiorit,
that was polled for Joe T. Robinson
for governor 1t is estimated that hi.
majority will exceed $4,000, or NOR,
than cast for George w. Donaghey
IN 1910. He defeated Judge ROLAND
easily by vote of 3 to /.
The bond amendment has probably
carried in the state, but the vote is
running very close in Pulaski county
just about breaking even. The grand
father clause has been defeated in
Pulaski county, by the heavy negro
vote, and the fact that great many
Democrats also voted against it. Its
fate instate at large is matter of con
lecture as yet.
The short legislative session amend
ment appears to have been the most
popular of all the nine measures sub
mitted, and there is no doubt of its
having carried. The recall amend
ment is running well in places, but
the opinion is that it will not carry.
The vote on the other propositions
has in many instances been over
| Swallowed, and their fate is a matter
of conjecture, with the prospect that
many of them will be defeated, judy
ing from the trend toward the oppo-
sition.
Both the liquor and the prohibition
forces are claiming victory on the
statewide vote. The liquor forces are
| claiming number of new counties.
among them, Perry, Hampstead, Mil
Ter, Ouachita, Polk and Jackson.
while they will not admit defeat in
any of the counties which are now
wet. They claim also to have a fight
ing chance yet to carry Craighead,
Cross, evier and several other coun-
ties where the vote is regarded as be-
ing very close.
The prohibition forces are not con
ceding defeat, although a report to
that effect has been sent out, and
claim that the 900 majority alleged
by the liquor men is unfounded in the
returns at hand. Supt. Barrett said
this morning: Among the counties
| reported to US today as having gone
dry and for statewide are Lee. Wood
ruff, st. Francis, White, Greene and
Union. A report sent out that
Faulkner county, the home of Gov.
Donaghey, had gone wet is not true
as 1t has gone for state wide by about
500 majority. The indications are
that we stand good show to win. If
the country goes as it always has,
against liquor, and it looks like it will,
the country vote will overcome the big
majorities in the cities. So far there
have been only scattering reports
from the country"
The prohibition forces had depend
ed largely upon the anti-hcense vote,
but the result proves that this was
not a proper criterion. Some coun-
ties that have been voting against Ii
cense, as Columbia, for instance,
voted against statewide. Indications
are that several counties that have
not been wet for years, have switched
over to that side.
The indications on the various
measures for Pulaski county are as
follows:
Probably carried: Bond amend
ment, cotton factory exemption, short
Legislative session, sale of wine, road
tax, liquor license.
Probably lost Turner-J acobson
bill, grandfather clause, election act,
text book bill, and statewide prohi-
bition.
The most popular of all the meas
ures submitted, judging from the
general returns, are the TT. bill
and the recall. And yet even the T.
J. bill which has been a bone of
political contention in the state for
eighteen months, received more votes
than some of its supporters had dared
expect.
There was no election in Eagle
/ township, one of the largest country
precincts in Pulaski county. The
ballot box had disappeared Monday
morning, although the sheriff has a
receipt showing that it had been turn
ed over to l.. H. Schwartz, one of the
judges. When it was reported, it was
too late to do anything and 2l3 cleo
tors, mostly negroes, had no part in
the election. The mystery was par
TALLY solved Tuesday afternoon when
Judge W. NJ Kavanaugh, one of the
campaign committee, received the
l.