The log cabin Democrat., 1914-03-31

today in the Poinsett county situa- ton, At kirby's headquarters this afternoon t was stated that assur- ances had been given over the tele- phone from several Clarke supporters m that county, that the official re- turns as printed in the Gazette were correct and would not be changed.
 The Gazette's summary of the final fgures today is as follows:
 With the official vote from 72 counties and the complete but un- offlclal vote of the remaining three counties in, Kirby leads Clarke this morning by 184 votes, with 135.688 accounted for. But if the vote from Poinsett county is certified to the State Central Committee. as the chairman of the Poinsett County Dem- ocratlc convention says it will be cer- tined, Clarke has lead this morn- ing of 392. The Gazette's correspond ent at Harrisburg gave the official vote as canvassed by the County Gen. tral Committee of Poinsett county as Clarke l ,286 and Kirby 615. This morning former Senator Clyde Going. who acted as chairman of the Poin- sett county Democratic convention telephoned the Gazette that the official figures on Poinsett coun- ty were Clarke 1,621, Kirby 45O. The matter was then taken up again with the Gazette's correspondent, who stated that his figures were taken from totals made by the County Cen tral Committee to the convention as 
 Of the counties given as complete, but not official, in the Gazette's table this morning, it is not thought there will be change of 50 votes. It is be- lieved the Baxter county figures are official. It is claimed by the Clarke headquarters that Cleveland and Lin coin will, on the official vote, show a few in Clarke's favor over the un- official figures carried in the Gazette's table this morning.
 When the official figures are in then will come the contest, as it seems cer- tain that the loser, on the face of the returns, will contest the election, all though the contest talk does not come from the candidates, but comes from politicians who are partisans of one or the other of the candidates.
 Eliminating the possibility of a change in the vote of Poinsett county, as indicated in the foregoing, the fig ures in the Gazette's table this morn ing are not wrong 50 votes No such election has ever been held before in Arkansas and it is doubtful whether any such election has ever been held in any other state in the Union. Dur ing most of the time since election day the candidates have been less than half thousand votes apart, and during much of the time, the receipt of the returns from a single back woods township would change the complexion of the returns and the name of the leader. It is a race that will go down in the political history of the state, but all the history about this race has not been made as yet.
 From the official vote of the coun- ties received yesterday and last night, the nomination of Earle w. Hodges for secretary of state, L. L. Coffman for state auditor and George B. Cook for superintendent of public instruc- ton seems to be no longer in doubt Out of about 130,000 votes accounted for, the totals is as follows:
 Earle w Hodges 92,635, T. Henry Downing 36,357.
 H. C. Mccain 60,356, L. L. Coffman 69,995.
 Geroge 3. Cook 68,81o, D. T. Rogers 62,9l1.
 This makes the lead as follows: Earle w Hodges 56,278 L. l.. Cof- man 9,599, George B. Cook 5,399.
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