The Green Forest tribune., 1914-04-03

that are sure to be witnessed at Pine Bluff in June will undoubtedly be reminiscent of the olden days when nominations were decided by delegates in the state convention, and not by the popular vote.
 Spirited county and district races are accountable for the delays in the reporting of the vote of several coun- ties and the fact that the county races were held in some counties several months ago is responsible for a lack of interest and a small vote in some counties. In Clay, for instance, where there were no county races, the total vote was only 8S3, of which Clarke re- ceived 363 end Kirby received 52O.
 Talk of contest before the state committee is heard on every side and the impression seems to be gen. eral that contest over the senate rial nomination will follow the an- nouncement of the result The contest talk comes from neither of the head quarters of the senatorial candidates. It seems to have sprung from the gen. eral opinion that the race is too close to be decided in the usual manner.
 Congressional Contests.
 There were Congressional contests in only three districts, T. H. Carraway of the First, Otis Wingo of the Fourth. H. M. Jacoway of the Fifth, and Sam M. Taylor of the Sixth being unoppos- ed.
 In the Second W. A. Oldfield was given safe lead over his only opponent, Tom W. Campbell, who was defeated by about five thousand majority.
 The most spirited of the contests was that in the Third District, with six candidates in the field for J. c. Floyd's place. Judge J. N. Tillman, former president of the University of Arkansas, led Claude A. Fuller, prose- cutting attorney of the Eureka Springs district, by 341 votes.
 The count gives Tillman 5,776, Full CT 5,435, Harvey 2,473, Bratton 2,072, Hudson 1,254 and Stuckey 108.
 In the Seventh District, where R. S. Warnock and Sam M. Samson were op- posing w. s. Goodwin for another term, Goodwin led Warnock by more than thousand the vote being Good win 9,096, Warnock 1897, and Samson 3,4S0.
 For State Offices.
 For the various state offices, Jesse Hart for Associate Justice, Rufus G. Mcdaniel for State Treasurer, w. l.. Moose for Attorney General, w. B. Owen for State Land Commissioner, and John H. Page for Agricultural Commissioner were unopposed. | Earle w. Hodges, for Secretary of ate, won the nomination for third term by) a majority that may exceea the 60,00O originally predicted by his friends, easily leading the opposed ticket for state officers. With more than 130,000 votes accounted for, he received 92,635 votes to 36,357 for T. H. Downing, his only opponent, who carried but four counties, Boone, Co., lumbia, Madison and Randolph.
 The contest for Auditor of State be- tween the incumbent, l.. L. Coffman, and Henry c. Mccain, his former de- putty, was very close, and on the face of returns Coffman has 69,955 and Me- Cain 60,356.
 For State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the incumbent, George B. Cook, a candidate for a fourth term. was given close race by D. T. Rogers of Jonesboro the vote being Cook 6S.- BIO, Rogers 62,911.
 For Railroad Commissioner, J. Sam Rowland of Boone county was renomi- mated for the Northwestern district without opposition.
 T. E. Wood of Marianna has a lead of 1919 over T. J. Raney of Newark for Railroad Commissioner from the Northern district, the vote being Wood 18,369, Raney 17,050, Bellamy 10,2S5
 In the Southern Railroad Commits sioner district the count gives w. F. Mcknight 20,355, J. F. Hughes 12,S12 and R. L. Montgomery 9,627.