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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10

Where there has been no determi-
nation of a contest by state authori-
ties, and there is more than one GER
tificate returned. the choice as to the
properly selected is with the two
houses of congress. If the houses dis
agree, the certificate signed by the
executive of the state concerned shall
be binding and the votes as certified
shall be counted.
The constitution provides that where
ian election is thrown into the house,
a selection must be made by ssH
fourth of March following the cleo
ton, but this apparently is intended
only to cover cases where there is a
tie and whether it applies to those
cases where there is dispute over
electors from state or states, is not
clear
Should the contests and recounts
over Tuesdays elections before state
canvassing boards and courts consume
such time that the governors would
be unable to certify the final result
by the time congress meets in Feb
ruary it was believed by legal experts
here that the final canvass would be
held open until March 4, and that Sc
ACStlOI Will NC tIlStUc NY tildL llIIle.
| Under the question of state juris-
diction over the choice Of electors
Eseveral cases have been before the
supreme court. but apparently none
directly on the question of a recount
of such electoral vote.
States Control Election Of Electors
In 1890, in Virginia case fol
prosecution for fraudulent voting fol
electors, Justice Gray said the onl.
powers of the federal government
with regard to the appointment q
vote by presidential electors "are
those which authorize congress Il
determine the time and the day OF
which they shall, give their vote, anc
which direct that certificates of th'
votes shall be lopened by the pres
dent Of the senate in the presence o
both houses and the vote be thel
counted All the electors are appoint
ed under the constitution. They ar
no more officials or agents of tn,
United States than are members 0
the state legislature when acting a
electors or federal senator's
In the Hayes Tlden contest of 1877
before a joint congressional commit
tee. ii was held that the state and no
the federal government" provides tn
means of verification of the return
on votes cast for electors"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10
KANSAS REPUBLICANS
SEEKING TECHNICALLY
Employ Lawyers to Investigate Le-
gality OF Voters BallOting on
Presidential Candidates.

Topeka Kan, Nov. 9.-Chas. Fl
Session, Republican state chairman
announced today that legal counsel
had been engaged to investigate the
constitutionality of the electoral vote
in Kansas. He would not say whe-
Their or not the vote will be contested
1T was claimed at Republican head
quarters that the voters cast their
ballots for the presidential candidate
rather than for electors.
In commenting upon the electoral
vote in Kansas, Hubert Lardner, Dem
ocratic state chairman, made the fol-
lowing announcement:
"The ticket was prepared by Secre-
tary of State Botkin under an opin-
ion of Attorney General Brewster that
by voting in the square opposite each
party name the voter would be show
ing his intention to vote for the ten
electors. The ballot is legal. The peo-
pie voted their intention, and the sec
rotary of state in Kansas has decided
that the voters intention must obtain
in such cases.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10

Apparently majority of the Ar
kansas voters approve the statewide
prohibition law. This conclusion is
based not alone upon the result of
the vote on proposed act No. 2. but
upon the seeming defeat administered
tc proposed amendment No. 49,
While Act No. 2 was determinedly
opposed by the Prohibitionists, it was
opposed also by temperance advo-
Gates and many local optionists, who
regarded it as pernic'ous measure
There is little doubt that amendment,
No. 10 was defeated because of the
belief that there was in the measure
a 'sjoker" clause that would perm
counties and cities to legislate II
favor of licensing saloons.
The result is practical ratification
of the statewide prohibition law. en-
acted by the legislature. AS Arkan
sas is Democratid this should settle
the question.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10
Official COUNT
Be NECESSARY
IN MINNESOTA

St. PAM, Minn., Nov. 9.--The re-
ceipt of unofficial returns tonight
have failed to take Minnesota from
the doubtful column, in the presl-
Dental race.
Charles e. Hughes maintained his
slight lead throughout the day. but
the standing of the contestants is so
close that politicians of both parties
said tonight that only the official
count would be able to tell the result.
When returns had been received late
tonight from $3.50 precincts of the
1924 in the state, Mr.. Hughes had
plurality of 1904. the count standing
| Hughes 176,545 and Wilson 1901.
Except for the presidency, Mime
sofa delivered it's customary big Re
publican majority, as shown IN the
vote for Gov. Burnquist and FRED
kellogg for the United States senate.
Republicans also were uniformly sue
cessful on the balance OF the state
ticket.
Hughes lead in the state was
| threatened several times today, by
returns from the northern part of the
state, but always some returns were
added from other parts of the state,
to keep him ahead. The closeness OF
the vote attracted unusual innterest
thruout the state, which normally
has questioned only the size OF the
Republican candidates majority.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10
Congress WILL
Be DEMOCRATIC
Continued from page one.)

On a basis of the revised returns
the Democrats have elected 25 mem
bers Of the house and the Republicans
211. In addition, there have been
elected one independent, one Socia,
list, one Progressive, an ! one Progress
sive-P rohibitionist.
Four districts in West Virginia, twn
of them normally Democratic, and
two Republican, and one district in
IlNew Mexico. are still undecided. If
these districts do not change, the
Democrats will have 217 and the Re-
pnblicans PA, plurality of only 8
AS there will be four members nf
other minority parties. working ma
iority for the Democrats is improb-
able. unless some of the minority
members should choose to cast theil
lot with the administrators forces.
The senate. according to the latest
| figures, will consist of "a DEMOCRATS
and AZ Republicans, majority OF ~
The Democratic majority in the pres
ent senate is 16.
! The only indefinite senatorial situa-
ton today was in New Mexico, where
it is strongly indicated that A. A
Jones, Democrat, will defeat Frank X
Hubbell The Democrats claim Mr.
Jones has a safe majority.
An unusual feature Of the result IS
the election of the first woman &c
congress, Miss jeanette Rankin, Re,
publican, apparently having beer
telected in Montana
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10
BASKETBALL TEAMS NAMED.

The following captains and mem
bers of the four teams of the seasons
basketball league at the Y. NJ. c. A
have been selected and announced.
NJ. L. Elkins Clothing company
team-Garland Samuels, captain
Neil Hart, Billy PEBBLES. Geo. Nc
Cain. Sam Bardley, o. G. ?oss. {. A.
Won Harten.
e. j. Voss company team--J. c
Renfrow, captain; G. Freeman, Julian
Cross, w. Freemen, Harlow Sanders
Carl Shelby, j. d. Ross.
Franey & Culpepper team-Louls
O'Connor, captain: H. P. Riggln
Arthur Reynolds, R. Earl McGaaghy
John Goodwin, Littleton Sallen.
Cotton Belt team-Lit Meaks, cap
tain; Joe Gartman, Marvin Matthew's
Goggans, Grey and Ozburn.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10
BULL MOOSE LEADER
GLAD over RESULT
John NJ. Parker Declares It's Protest
Against Domination Of Old
Guard Republicans.

New Orleans, Nov. 9.-John ".
Parker, who was the l.omlnee CT the
Progressive party for vice president
issued the following statement To-
night:
/ president Wilson's reelection is
the emphatic protest OF the West and
South, particularly Of the West
against the domination of the OIL
guard Republicans. 1t is q ne"
declaration of political Independence
which means much for the future
prosperity and welfare of the nation
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10
The French Statement.

Paris, Nov. 9-The French Official
announcement today reads:
con the Somme. there was great
reciprocal artillery activity. Nervous
German infantry asked for large
number of curtains OF fire. In the
evening the enemy attacked our line
at Sailly-Saillisel and was driven
back after brief hand to hand fight
ing. The night has been calm on the
remainder of the 'front.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10
THIS DATE IN HISTORY

One Hundred Years Ago.
1S16-More than 200 lives were lost
in the wreck of the British
transport "Harpooner," off the
coast of Newfoundland.
Seyenty.fiye Years Ago.
1S41-Joaquin Miller, "the poet of the
Sierras," born near Wabash,
Ind. Died at Oakland, Cal,
Feb. II, 1918.
Fifty Years Ago.
1866-Soldiers were first admitted to
the National home. for disabled
volunteers, at Togus Springs,
Maine.
Twenty-Five Years Ago.
1891-First worlds convention of the
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union opened in Boston.
One Year Ago in the War.
November 10. 1915-German cruiser
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10
TO BE PREPARED
rs TO BE INSURED,
Do Tt Now.
R. Fl. NJ. MILLS e. SONS,
S03-I Citizens Bank Bldg.

Frauenlob torpedoed by British
submarine in Baltic; Petrograd re-
ported Russian forces advancing on
Teheran; Russians broke German
defenses near Kolki and took 1000
prisoners; London reported Two
German submarines had been sunk
near Gibraltar by British cruiser;
Germans captured mountain
spurs in Serbia and Bulgarians
drove Serbs across Southern Mo-
rava.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10
WILSON REELECTED.

Tho returns from the national cleo
ton at, the time this is written do not
definitely indicate the result, there
is not doubt that President Woodrow
Wilson received sufficient votes to
give him a majority on the electori Al
college. The problem for the Demo
Gratis in some states is to see that
their votes are counted for the presi-
dent.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10
HAYS RENTS PENALTIES.

Little Rock, Nov. APPROXIMATIONS
were issued by the governor yesterday
renting penalties in the following
cases: 3. r. woodward, Sharp county,
convicted last August of aggravated
assault and fined $50 and one minute
in Jail; Ellen and Bessie Wilson, Sc
vier county, fined $25 each for assault
and battery.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10

Chicago. Ill.,, Nov. 9.-Members Of
the National Industrial Traffic league
the organization of Shippers, met in
conference iii Chicago today to out
line the position the commercial
interests will take before the New
lands committee, in the railroad in
vestigation scheduled to. begin Nov
20. The conference vii continue over
tomorrow. 80
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10

by the secretary of state. With a
plurality of less than 5000 in more
than 100000 votes, difference in each
precinct might change the whole re-
suit.
ROwell Tries to "Renig."
After making a statement to the AS
sociated Press. Chairman Rowell car
ried on conversation by wire yih
George w. Perkins, in the offices Of
the national Republican committee in
New York. Later M. Rowell made
! this statement to he Associated
Press:
while the face of the returns COM
| ing by the Associated Press show
Wilson ahead in California, so many
battling changes have occurred in the
country during the past "a hours. that
it will not be decided until the final
count.
"rhe official counts will begin Mon
day, and we will count every vote in
every county seat in the state.
estimate that there will be a differ
ence of 5000 or 1000 between the
high and low men on the electoral
ticket. and this is greater than any
possible majority in Callfornla. FMS
will mean split electoral vote"
Democrats Fully Prepared.
"The announcement that Mr.. Rowel
has conceded California to President
Wilson is not unexpected" said o. K
Cunningham, Democratic state chair
man. From the information received
from all counties in the state, we
opnfidently expect that Presiden
Wilson's majority in California vii
be not less than 5000.
'Nn order that proper count sha.
be assured, the Democratic commit
tee is Offering a reward of $4,000 TO
evidence of tampering with ballo
boxes or other irregularities"
In California electors are voted il
party groups, eaqh having 10, Whel
the ballots are canvassed the Is presi
Dental electors having the highes
number of votes are declared electe
and are certified by the secretary {
state.
The voter may dast his ballot 70
any party group as whole or he ma
vote for electors in all the parties :
long as he does not vote for NOR
5 than Is.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10
Italians CAPTURE Guns.

Rome, Nov. 9.--Italian forces in
their offensive against Austro-Hu1-
sarians on the Carso front, have cap
tured total Of twenty guns, includ
ling 10 of medium ealibre, according
to the Italian official statement today
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10
RUSSIA CLAIMS
'IEuTON REPuLSE
IN D0bRUDJA
Russia claims teuton Repulse in Dob
War Offices Make Counter
Claims as to Results of
Various Activities.

Petrograd, Nov. 9.-The Russian.
official statement today reported that
Rumanians had pushed back the Ger
mans east of the Buzeu valley, and in
the jul valley enemy attacks were re-
pulsed. The situation was reported un-
changed on the Caucasian front and
on the Dobrudja front, the statement
says, "our troops after. driving back
the enemy's advanced detachments,
progressed southwark"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10
The German Statements

Berlin, Nov. 9.-The German Of
fetal statement today says that on
the western front, British and French
attempts to attack between LIE Sars
and Bouchavesnes, we'll south of the
Somme, near Pressoire, were almost
without exception stifled by curtain
fire at their inception.
On the Rumanian front, the state
ment says, Russian attacks were re-
pulsed.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10

Now that the people of Arkansas
have ratified the action of the legis-
lature in enacting the statewide pro-
hibition law, liquor should cease to be
an issue.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10

One thing the election reports indi-
cate is that the Republicans are hest
tating at nothing in order to get con-
troll Of. the government. They'll re-
sort to trickery if they can ,''get by
with it.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10
Prince Henry Killed.

Berlin. via Sayville, Nov. 9.--Prince
Henry of Bavaria, nephew of King
Louis and commander of a battalion
of the kings own infantry, has been
killed in battle.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10

Sale of the Tennessee Central
railroad at an upset price of sl,250,OOo
will be ordered by Judge E. T. San
ford in the u. S. district court Thurs
(lay at Nashville, Tenn Bids will be
solicited for the railroad.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10

Columbia university sets record N
registration of 1916, an increase of
nearly 5000 over the registration 1T
this TING last year. the board Of trus-
tees announces.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10

The election is over, let's all get to-
gether and put Pine Buff at the top
of the progressive columns.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10
WORTH REMEMBERING.

Incidence, languid as it is,
often masters botl passions
and virtues.
--LaRocnefoucald.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10
&, 0, P. LEADER I'M
CALIFORNIA SAYS
fight NOT ENDED

Continued from page ona.l
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10

The Graphic gladly publishes free
OF charge notices for churches, socie.
ties, fraternal organizations and clubs
when the events are not intended as
money-makers. If there is attempt at
profit-taking, notices Of the events
are advertisements, and will he
charged for accordingly.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10
STATES CONTROL
IN ALL Matters
IN re. ELECTORS
Governor Chooses When House
DiSagreeS.

Continued from page onc.)
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10
VOTERS APPROVE PROHIBITION,

AZ ~. 1. a 81 !. " IL ~ ST a,# ~
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10

by the secretary of state. With a
plurality of less than 5000 in more
than 10000 votes, difference in each
precinct might change the whole re-
suit
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-11-10

One Year Ago n the War.
November 10, 1915-German cruiser
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-21
THE CLIQUE

Ever heard of the Clique? Does
one run your branch or district? If
So then listen:
What is the Clique? 'Tis body of
men
Who attend every meeting, not now
and then;
Who don't miss a meeting unless they
are sick,
These are the men whom the Crouch
calls the Clique.
Who don't make farce of the sacred
word Brother"
Who believe in the motto of "Help
one another"
Who never resort to dishonest
trick
These are the men that some call
the Clique,
The men that are seldom behind in
their dues,
And who from the meeting do not
carry the news;
Who attend to their duties and visit
These are the men the crank calls
the Clique
We all should be proud of members
like these,
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-21
Compensation Upheld

Pittsburg, Pa.-Justice Brown O
the state supreme court upholds tn,
workmen's compensation act. which
was attacked on four counts in ar
appeal in the cose of William Ander
son against the Carnegie Steel Com
pany.
The overworked claim that legisla-
ton of this character conflicts with
the fourteenth amendment of the
federal constitution was held to be
groundless by Justice Brown, who
said that while rights of property
created by the unwrtten law cannot
be taken away without due process of
law, the common law itself may be
changed by statutes
Indeed" the justice continues. "the
great office of statutes is to remedy
defects in the common law as they
are developed, and to adopt it to the
changes of the time and circum-
stances"
The second attack on the act
charged that it interfered with the
right of the individual to make his
own contract. Justice Brown answers
this as follows:
"At the time the act was passed, the
settled law of this state was that a
contract limiting or releasing dam
ages for future negligence was
against public policy. The act is but
a statutory extension of the same
principle"
With reference to the third attack,
that the act deprives the right of
trial by jury, Justice Brown says:
Nothing is to be found in the said
three sections depriving employer or
emplOye of the constitutional right of
a trial by jury, They merely permit
a waiver of the same, if both SO
agree, and neither the federal nor
state constitution precludes such
waiver"
The fourth attack on the act was
that it limited the amount to be re-
covered for injuries.
ut need only be said of this con.
tention," Justice Brown concludes,
that the amount to be recovered for
injuries to an employee is limited only
when the parties to the contract of
employment so agree"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-21
RESULT OF EUROPEAN
WAR IN ENGLAND

Manchester, England.-In an article
on the work that confronts trade
unionism, and especially trade union
executives, at the close of the present
war. the Typographical Circular, Of
fetal paper of the Typographical as
ISOLATION, says:
"The labor market has been thrown
into state of pie and all the spe-
cialzed lines have been overturned
and intermingled that one does not
know whore the skilled mechanic ends
and the unsklled laDorer begins.
'Scmi-skilled' and 'dilutiOn' have been
added to the industrial vocabulary,
collective bargaining has been sus-
pended, the defensive strike and sym
pathetic lockout forbidden, relaxation
of trade union rules enforced, factory
acts hung up, female engineers toler-
ated, government control Of work
shops accepted profits restricted and
machinery and tools scrapped as Of
no present use. Such is the tumble
hive set up to replace the old one
capsized."
The Typographical Circular is far
from being discouraged, however, at
the complete overthrow of old prac-
tees, as the following indicates:
But with a conciliatory basis of
action and a patient mood on the
part of worllmen and executives, all
will go well in the end, though grad
ual and slow must be the process. 1t
should not be forgotten that the pres
ent era of push is not a wealth-pro-
ducing one, but one set up for the
purpose of forging weapons to destroy
wealth; and when the time of wealth
producing industry returns to sup
plant the present artificial era of
wealth destruction, executives will, if
they are of tactful and conciliatory
calibre, considerably tighten the task
they will be called upon to undertake
in their endeavor to secure for the
union its former status"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-21
CENTRAL BODIES PRAISED

Vancouver, B. C.-In urging trade
unions to affiliate to the local Trades
and Labor Council, the B. c. Fedora
zionist says;
THE work performed by a central
labor body is seldom appreciated by
the average trade unionist. It's rami-
fications are such that few save the
executive board members have any
idea of the amount of work and the
varied number of questions which
have to be dealt with in the course
of a month. Frequently the unions
which pay the least heed to the value
of a central labor body, or kick be-
cause of some of it's actions, are the
very first to seek its assistance when
they get into trouble, either legisla-
lively or with employers.
"That many men outside the trade
union movement recognize the need
and function of a central labor body
is evidenced by the fact that when
some deal or question comes up
which threatens the best interests of
the community, the first organization
they think of appealing to for as
sistance or publicity is the central
labor body"
The labor journal. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1909-1976, 1916-07-21
TEACHERS PAY PENALTY

ChicagO.-Writing in the Chicago
Herald on the action of the board of
education in dismissing 6S school
teachers, including all the officers of
the teachers federation, Stoughton
Cooley says:
There is a worldwide struggle for
a reimbursement of economic condi-
tions. The most effective, and there
fore the most threatening, forces
making toward that end is doing so
through the means of taxation. The
leading spirits of the federation I'm
derstand that and have thrown thu
weight of their organization upol
that side. Fifteen years ago the
won a suit in the courts against CHI
cago traction and other corporations
that increased the tax fund over a
half million dollars a year. They are
backing a suit now pending that, if
won, will enrich the city Golfers may
millions more. If men will buy votes
to elect United States senator, and
falsify the senate journal to fdst
upon us the Baldwin commission for
the deliberate purpose of discreditng
the federation, is it unreasonable to
suppose that the business interests
that are systematically evading the
state tax laws would use the beard
of education to destroy the orgariza-
ton that is bringing them to BOOK?
"Since none of the discharged fed
Grafton members was marked nef-
ficient, and as their success in round
ing up the tax dodgers does not show
mental incompetence, it is only fair
to assume that their characterization
consists in exercising their right as
citizens joined in voluntary associa-
ton to do their part in securing the
enforcement of the laws of the state"