Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1912-10-02
TEST CASE ON NEW AMENDMENTS Amndments Which Carried At Last Election May Be Taken To Su-
 prene Court. COMPLETE RETURNS Comparison Of Vote In 1912 With That of 1910 Shows Interesting Faets-Socialist Gain Is f5
 Per Cent,
COMPLETE RETURNS
{ tBY- CLIO HARPER)

after the election was held the con- ple!e returns are available. Five counties' Pulaski, St. Francis. Ora E. head, Arkansas and Po,nsett,. were held up unt l the last week before the .aturns were filed with the sec reta.'f of State Now that all inc re- turns have been tabulatea it is in- teres;ing to make some comparisons In 1912 the total vote cast for gov efnor Was 169,610, as compared with a total of 150,61S in 1910, an increase of a 1 tie more than II per cent Two years ago the vote for governor was distributed as follows: Donayhev tDemocratl 101 SIP; Roland( Repub- licaa Ss,s1o; Hogan fsoc alisD 9.196. In sha recent election it was distrib- uted s,s follows: Robinson tDemo- cratl 109,S26; Roland Republican, a6,4o9;. Mikel (Socialiso 13.3S4. The Republicans rega ned and slightly passed tleir vote Of 1909, when Judge Worthingten. received 43,439 votes. The actual Democratic gain in the two years was S,214, a gain of nearly per cent. The Republicans gained 6.530. Or 16 per cent The Socialist gain amounted to HISS, CT 45 per cent
 Thn total vote on the acts and amendments is as follows:
 Act No. 1 tTurner-lacobson bilD
 For ..-...............3 36S06
 Aga nst ............. 7S,230
 Majority against 21,414 Act No. ? (State-w de Prohibition)
 Fer ..... 61,993
 -ASalnS; ........-... S3,701
 Majority against 15,10G Act No. , lElection law
 HOT ob,o6l
 Against .............. n ,532
 Majority against 15,171 Act No. Uniformity text books)
 l'of .-............. 63,1S2
 Aga nst ........... 72.333
 Majority against S,75l Ameld No. il (Grand-father clausel t'oi ...--.5... oU. of
 Against .............. 74.550
 Majority against 23,966
 Majority short 34.02l Amend. No. ? Gotten factories)
 Fer ............... 66,119
 ASdlHSt .b ...... ol,-oJ
 Majority for 15,450
 Majority short 1S,oS6 Amend No. Is (60-day session.
 foi ................. 103.242
 Against .............. 34 ,193
 Majority for 69,049
 Majority over half 1S,437 Amend. No. 14 (RecalD
 TOT ............. 'l,946
 ASdIllSl oS,t2l
 Majority for 13,225
 Majority shert 12,S59 Amend No. 15 (Municipal bonds)
 For ............... 76.239
 Against .............. 54 JOS
 Majority for 22,131
 Majority short S,s66 All the acts were defeated by easy majorlties. Of the amendments No. l3 is the only one about which there is ID doubt. as it received almost as many votes as the Democratc c nomi- nee for Governor. The grandfather clause limiting the franchise of the negro was clearly defeated. The other three amendments, for the ex- empticn of cotton factories from tax atior for the recall of elective of ficers, ard for municipal bond issues received major ties Cf the votes cast on those subjects, but fell short of majority of the total votes cast in the election. as indicated by the total vote cast for governor
 Attorney General Norwood has con tendel, before and since the election that Under the con restitution no; more than three amendments can be sub mlttad at one time, and to pass they mus, receive q majority of the total number Of votes cast at the election Ths was decided several years ago < by the Supreme Collt when on test case .seFela amendments that had bee n force for years were declared Invalid because they had received oniy majority of the votes cast op 1hat subject when there are thousands 'pat do not vote on tue subjects at all Not to vote at all under this construction, has the effect of nega-