Arizona republican., 1918-11-06

The election in this county yesterday morning opened with a prospect of tameness beyond anything within the history of local elections. Many of the precincts in the city were not manned until long after the hour for opening the polls. Voters drifted in slowly and many of them, especially women, did not come at all, fearing lurking germs of influenza
 At.noon much less than half the reg istered vote was cast in most of the precincts. The democrats at once set up a claim of the certain election of Colter, predicting that the majority of Campbell would be held down to some thing less than 800. Some, indeed be- lieved it would be less than nothing.
 There was apparently less work about the polls; there did not seem to be such a rushing of automobiles about the streets gathering in reluc- tant voters. but the machines were busy though they did not bear the usual emblazoned banners which had 1 distinguished them in the past
 The republicans suffered from a lack of experienced checkers at most of the polling places, but the count showed that they had brought out practically all recognized republican voters. That was true of the city precincts.
 There seemed to be some depression of the republican workers throughout the day, though word was brought in from the coutry precincts that the country was going heavily for Camp bell, Montgomery for sheriff and the republican legislative ticket.
 In the afternoon voting was liveler in the city precincts, but when the polls closed it was found that in all of | them there was discrepancy between the ballots and the registration.
 The count from the first showed Campbell and Montgomery to be lead ing in precincts that had hitherto been reliably democratic and that WiIkin- son and Green for the senate wera running ahead. and Judge Phillips and c. W. Barrows had long leads over the foremost democratic candidates for the house. Az
 At three o'clock this morning it ap- peared that all the other democratic candidates woHd be elected though some of the state candidates, notably ! Matthews for superintendent of public instruction and Compton for the cor poration commission. were leading their democratic opponents.
 It was still impossible to give any figures that might not be overturned by the returns from the larger pre- cincts in which the count would not be finished before sometime today The chances were though, that the republi : can figures would be increased espec tally by the returns from the large south side precincts where it was un derstood a heavy vote had been cast for Campbell and the members of the legislature. The republican state com mittee was claiming a majority fol Campbell in the county in excess of :, 900. The majority of Montgomery fol sheriff had already reached 400 and was increasing.
 With vote in Maricopa county tha
 will total about that of two years az when Hunt received 5,0S9 and Campbel S,549. the loss of the natural increas is accounted for by the absence of tn } men called to the colors.
 Every effort was made to get out tn full vote yesterday. Motoc cars wer 3 in readiness to go to any part of the cir . at almost any minute. The effort wa } to get out an early vote. and in thi = tath parties were successful. At f o'clock it was estimated by those wh were in a position to speak that two
 thirds of the ballots were then in in boxes, although there was a steady bu