The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1916-11-17
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ARKANSAS RETURNS
AMENDMENT NO. ID HANGS IN
BALANCE WITH A CHANCE
OF WINNING.
ACT 2 DEFINITELY DEFEATED
Amendment No. 10 Loses From Begin
nina-School Tax Has Sufficient
Majority-4eavy Vote Polied
in All Sections.

Official returns received from so of
the IS counties and practically com
plete returns from all put few OF
the other counties still left in doubt
whether Amendment No. IA, the road
bond amendment. will be adopted.
The additional returns did not change
the status of the other amendments.
Ii is believed the returns received
represent more than three-fourths OF
the total vote cast and indicated that
the vote will be one of the heaviest
ever cast in the state. I he total vote
accounted for was 109 .667
With the returns received Act No.
l. the primary election law, and
Amendment No. II, the school amend
ment. were assured of adoption. and
ii was certain that Act No =, the
local option measure. will be defeated
by practically a two-to-one vote The
vote showed that Amendment No. Is,
the initiative and referendum, Will not
be adopted.
The total vote for governor in these
40 counties is: Brough, 64.5S2; Town
send, 21,500 Davis. 4,571; total. 90
653. Using these counties as a basis
an act or amendment 70 be adopted
would have TO have 45,377 votes in
them to be adopted In these 20 eoun-
ties Act No 1 has 1.73S for and 90
343 against; Amendment No. L has
$3.50 for and 2S.3S4 against: Amend
ment No. "A has 45,550 for and 1880
against. or on:y 173 more than ma
jority of the total vote cast for gov
ernor
These 40 counties give Wilson Sc
ST; Hughes, 23,503; Hanley. 1.195;
Benson. 1913. for president. They
give Wood 62,3S2 and Whipple %. $50
for associate justice and Kirby 81
GU and Kennel % SIS for United
States senator.
The counties not included in the of
fetal returns are Arkansas, Ashley,
Baxter. Boone. Carroll. Clark. Clay.
Crawford. Cross. Desha, Hampstead
Hot Spring. Howard. Jackson Lincoln.
Little River. Logan. Lonoke Madison.
Marion Mississippi Montgomery Per
~. Phillips, Pike. Poinsett Pope,
Prairie, Scott. Sebastian Sharp. St.
Francis. Stone. White and Woodruff
Returns from the interior OF the
state from Tuesdays election indi-
cate that the Republicans viii have
SIX or seven members in the next Leg.
islature. Il is practically settled that
five Democratic nominees were de
feated. with prospects OF Republicans
winning in two or three more coun-
ties Judge o. Il. Sumpter was de
feated by Houston Emmory, d former
Republican. who ran as an independ-
ent candidate. The last Legislature
contained only three Republicans who
occupied seats in the lower house
They all hailed from the remote noun
tain regions of North Arkansas Il
is estimated that about 150. 600 votes
were cast in the election, and DR..
Broughs majority for governor Will
be over $4,000. The Republican vote
fell off in all the larger counties in
the state The negroes in Little Rock
and the black belt of Pulaski County
refused to support the Republican
nominee for governor because the
leaders denied them admission 20 their
ward and precinct primaries or meet
ings. This condition also prevailed
In a number Of counties where the
negroes usually poil large vote