The log cabin Democrat., 1914-03-26
MARGIN WON'T BE
 MORE THAN 5000 LANDSLIDE FOR HODGES
MAUDE DUNAWAY IS CONCED- ED NOMINATION FOR PROS
 ROUTING ATTORNEY.
Special to the Log Cabin Democrat.


 Little Rock, March 26.-The indica. uons at 1 o'clock this afternoon are that there will not be more than 5,OOC votes difference in the senatorial race
 Clarke's claims have been reduced by his managers to about 5000, and he claims he has actual returns showing Q lead of 5000.
 Kirby claims he has won the nomi nation by at least 5000, and that Clarke's strength is already in, while later returns will increase Kirby's lead. Figures received at the Kirby headquarters added to those printed in this mornings Gazette give Kirby a lead of 4,000. Kirby's friends con. tinue confident.
 Clarke carried Pulaski county by 649 and had claimed it by 1,500.
 Mccain is leading Coffman for state auditor on the face of the returns by a few hundred.
 Cook is leading Rogers for superin- tendent of public instruction by about ,500.
 Earle w. Hodges for secretary of state has swept the entire state and will not lose more than two or three counties.
 Mcknight was re-nominated for railroad commissioner in his district and Mayor T. E. Wood of Marianna won the nomination in the eastern dis trict.
 Maude E. Dunaway, formerly of Faulkner county. has been nominated for prosecuting attorney of this dis trict, by majority that will be fully 800 and may reach 1000.
 Guy Fulk was renominated for cir cult judge over John w. Wade. w. C. Adamson and George F. Jones won the nominations for state senator, de- feating Earl Kidder, the third man in the race.
 The Gazette summarizes the situa- tion at o'clock this morning as fol lows:
 It's a ding-dong hard fought battle between Clarke and Kirby with the results much in doubt at o'clock this (Thursday) morning. It is anybody 1ta1 plete returns from 65 of the 75 coun- ties of the state give Clarke 32,210 Kirby 31,389. Clarkes majority, S21 Clarke carried Pulaski county by pos sibly TOO mjority. With six townships missing, his majority is 649 in this county.
 In eastern Arkansas Clarke did we'll carrying his old home county ot Phillips by about five to one. He also did we'll in northeastern and north. western Arkansas, where the vote is comparatively light in several oi the counties. Clarke's vote in Wash ington county will be increased. Ht is leading in Johnson, according tt the Gazette's correspondent, who coult give no figures.
 Kirby got big vote in southern Ar kansas and held his own in many other sections of the state. Kirby is ex pected to do we'll in the back town ships and these will be late to report but is it believed that the majority o: them will be in before tomorrow morn ing. At 5 o'clock this (Thursday) morning, the Gazette had accounted for 63, ,599 votes in the senatorial race The vote in the Brundidge-Dav race of 1912 was 134,372.
 Both senatorial candidates clain victory. R. P. Allen, for Senator Clarke, made the following statement at o'clock this morning.
 Few counties have made full re ports, and those in which Senator Clarke received the heaviest majori ties are yet to come, while the heavy vote of the opposition has already beer registered. In the heavy polling pre- cincts over the state, counting wa! discontinued late in the night, ant when the result from these boxes i! ascertained, Senator Clarke will b, found at least 10000 in the lead. "We have definite information tha