The Green Forest tribune., 1912-09-13
Secretary Hutton Says Entire Ticket Is Handsomely Vic torious, Although by Reduced Major
 tiles.
NEGRO VOTE AFFECTS LEAD
Pulaski County Goes for Robinson Ap- parentIy by to 1-Count Is Slow.
 Never Before Has Such Con-
 fusion Been Reported.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
 Little Rock.-Joe T. Robinson and the entiAe Democratic state ticket were elected in Mondays state cleo. ton. The majorities are in doubt, but it is believed from early returns that they will be slightly reduced The vote on the grandfather clause" ap- majorities, as it brought out very large number of negro voters who are usually not in evidence.
 One precinct in Lonoke county, the home of Congressman Robinson, re- turned Republican majorities in every case except that of MT. Robinson and the chief justice, who was unopposed. This unusual condition was reported from Keo.
 The Democratic majority will be re- duced. it is believed, because the Dem ocrats in counties where the negro population is small apparently were apathetic, and the "black belt" the Republican vote was sWelled largely by the negroes.
 w. G. Hutton secretary of the Demo- cratic State Central Committee, said Tuesday that the Democratic ticket will receive a large majority. The returns give no reason to fear that any Democratic candidate is in the slightest danger but they do indicate reduced majorities.
 Rarely has such a condition as to the count of the ballots existed in Arkansas. The long ballot was fur ther burdened by the initiative acts and the proposed amendments to the constitution and where the vote was moderately large it was impossible to complete the count even though the judges worked during the entire night.
 White county will go for prohibit ton.
 Crawford county will go against Acts Nos. l and and Amendment No. IA, and for Acts Nos. and 1 and Amendments II, 12, 13 and 15.
 In Pulaski County.
 Never in the history of Pulaski county has an election resulted in such utter confusion. The heavy vote boiled, the long list of officers and amendments to be voted upon and the mutilation of ballots by hundreds of ignorant negro voters so complicated matters that a rapid count was impos- sible
 In all save one ward of Little Rock, the judges were still toiling away at 2:30 Tuesday morning, but had made no great headway. In Argenta not a single figure had been given cut at the same hour, although reporters were hanging about the doors of the counting places begging for informa- tion.
 Partial returns had been received from five of the 21 country townships.
 The only thing that can be said with absolute certainty of the Pulas- Xxi county vote is that all the Demo- cratic candidates for state offices had carried the county by overwhelming majorities; that the county will go against statewide prohibition, prob ably by 1000 majority.
 The best figures available Tuesday noon follow:
 Seven of the eight wards in Little Rock and five townships give the fol- lowing vote for governor: Robinson, Democrat, 4,595; Roland, Republican, BIO; Mikel, Socialist, 110.
 On statewide prohibition the vote in five of the eight wards in Little Rock were as follows: For, 1,216: against, 2,5O9
 The election of w. A. Jones as con stable of Big Rock township was in- dicated by the vote of the First, Sec ond, Sixth and Seventh wards
 The vote on other acts and amend ments was as follows:
 No 1. Two wards in Little Rock and four townships. For, 543; against, SIP.
 No. 3. One ward in Little Rock and four twonships give: For, 3S5; against 2S5.
 4NO T. olC W cll u III lItlIlC IlOtb dDu three townships give: For, 327; against, 346
 No. II. Two wards in Little Rock and three townships give: For, 552; against, 513.
 No. 12. One ward in Little Rock and three townships give: For, 428; against, 146.
 No. 13. One ward in Little Rock and three townships give: For, 456; against, PIT.
 No. IA. One ward in Little Rock and three townships give: For, 326; against, 322.
 No 15. Two wards in Little Rock and three townships give: For, 973; against, 294.
 MILLER COUNTY.
 Texarkana. - Incomplete returns hA t.i< de. rrixr