The log cabin Democrat., 1916-11-24
AMENDMENT IFS
 MAJORITY 56,OOO MOST POPULAR MEASURE
Campaign for School Amendment was Led by Prof. J. G. Cubage,
 Conway Educator.

Amendment No. 12, the measure
 which will raise the limit of district
 school taxes from seven to l2 mills.
 proved the most popular of all the
 acts and amendments submitted at the
 November election, according to a tab
 ulatlon of the official returns complet
 ed yesterday by Secretary of State
 Earle w. Hodges. The amendment
 received l0o, ,l73 votes for it to 52,175 agalnst 1t, majority of 55 ,998, and
 ratio of little better than two to one.
 It IS required, however, that it re-
 ceive majority of the highest num-
 Der of votes cast for any office, and
 on this basis the amendment received i2O,305 votes more than a majority of
 those cast for governor, which totaled i ll5,134. Only three counties of the l5, Lincoln, Stone and Van Buren, re-
 turned maJorities against the amend.
 ment.
 The big majority is regarded by his
 friends here as victory largely due
 to the efforts of Prof. J. c. Cubage,
 of the department of Latin in the Ar
 kansas State Normal School. Ap-
 pointed by the State Teachers Asso-
 citation and afterwards by the Arkan-
 sas School Directors Association to
 manage the campaign, Prof. Cubage
 worked untiringly and unceasingly ifrom early in the summer until elec- , tion day. Every county in the state was systematically organized, by the appointment of county managers and district leaders. Great quantities of literature were distributed and a vast amount of favorable publicity was se- cured through the medium of the newspapers. Funds to pay the ex- pense of the campaign were raised through personal donations and a popular button campaign put on in nearly all of the larger public schools of the state.
 The final returns show that the amendment received greater vote for it than any other measure voted upon and is without doubt adopted by a larger majority than any other amendment to the constitution ever submitted. It will prove the saliva tion of the public system in scores of districts which have become so deep ly involved in debt as to make it i'm possible to get out without an addi- tional source of revenue. Among such districts is the one at Conway, where the directors declare it would have been necessary if the amend
 ment had failed of adoption to have
 discontinued school for at least one year. It goes without saying that | the maximum amount of tax will be voted at the annual election next May, as has always been the case in the Conway district.
 The total vote cast for governor was 175,734, the highest vote cast in the election The official counts did not change the status of any of the acts or amendments. Amendment Mo-
 II, the only one whose fate was in doubt, failed to receive a majority of the highest vote cast by approximate | ly 5000.
 Act No. ?, the proposed liquor meas ure, was defeated by 5l,633 votes. The Brundidge primary measure re- ceived majority of 47,O00. Amend ment No. 14 the proposed road meas ure, while it received a majority ot l15,OOO votes of the number cast for or against it, did not receive vote equal to a majority of the highest cast, which was necessary for its adoption.
 The official vote follows: For Governor-Brough, 122,O4l; Townsend, 43,963; Davis, 9,73O
 For United States Senator-Kirby, 110,293; Remmel, 4S,922
 For Supreme Judge-Wood, 122,- | 229; Whipple, 4S,924. The official count in the uncontested races and on the acts and amendments | follow:
 For secretary of State-Terral, 165,SSS.
 For State Treasurer Mcdaniel, 166,422.
 | For State Auditor-Oliver, 166,01l. For Attorney General-Arbuckle, | 166,467.
 For State Highway Commissioner Owen, 166,9SS.
 For Superintendent of Education
 Bond, 166,823.
 For Railroad Commission (three were to be cted)-Wilson, 123,5lY
 Wood, 22,346; Brasher, 119,7S9. Act No. For, 93,790; against, 46,696.
 Act No. 2-For, 5S,O64; against, 109,697.
 Amendment No. l2-For, l08,l73; against, 52,l75.
 ArnanApnnnt No l2-Eor R4217.