The Sentinel=record., 1918-11-06
RAND0LPH'S NAME IS
WRITTEN BY MANY
Amendments Carried in the City Pre-
cincts But This Majority viii Be
Reduced as abe Country Precincts
Make Their Complete Reports to
Commissioners.

Circuit Judge scott Wood for re-
election; John Hoshins Tor prosccat-
ing atrney; Brad O. Smith foc re
election as sheriff. and Roscoe Lam
ham. for constable. received the cen
ter OF attention in rather dull and
istle5s election yesterday in SO far
as Garland county was concerned.
The vote in the city and in some OF
the counry precincts! was exceed
ingly light The business men of the
city were conspicuous by their absence
ut the city precincts. It was rather
the eXcepion than the rule when
business man could be seen enterinz
- precincts IN some o, -. rs -
- i74ANo reason was polilic,I i,s''l,u, tnror
est within Hot Springs. particularly
after the appeals had been made SO
emphatic by the candidate amt their
friends
For the first time in the history n
sincere effort TO win an election
whose names were not printed IN
he ballet b. n Randolph for pros
ecutins attorney ana James j.. era
ham Tor circuit judge. qualified by
petition with The secretary OF state
as Independent candidates in this
election, but the secretary Of state
Tom Terrell refused to place their
names among those certified Out 10
abe commissioners of election. In
Garland county the commissioners
laced on the ticket only the names
certified ort By Terrell ana there
fore Randolph and Graham We're le@
off. In Montgomery county the com
mlssiOnens oil the election placed their
names on the ballot
Another interesting phase OF the
election is as to whether there will
ne issue raised because of the sec
rtary OF state having failed TO Ger
tiiy out the names Of two regularly
Gualiiict candidates Some attorneys
have expressed themselves as of the
belief that part OF the election. if not
in fact all Of it, is ieopardized bv the
action of the secretary Of state. 9th
ers believe that since the legal Dro-
ceedinSs requiring the secretary OF
state TO certify out the names failed.
there was no other recourse legally
and hat the election will stand as II
Is, even ii submitted to The scrutiny
ot the highest courts
Montgomery county. which also
Noted on the question OF the circg1t
Judge and prosecuting attorneysh.p.
had not been hear;a from last night
Randolphs friends believed that he
lad carried the county for prosecuting
attorney and held out a nope that
that might be by sufficient majority
TO change the general results How
over that is very unlikely unless there
WAS landslide, and il is known thf.
Hoskins had many supporters in
Montgomery county The judgeship
race would hardly be changed by any
possible figures from MONTGOMERY
county
The telephone service has been so
lacking that no particular effort was
made to get in touch with Mont /
eomery county points, and rarticu
larry since the usual rule Of yolun-
teerins assistance in this line by the !
telephone company was lacking az |
this election period.
Tht race between Brad Smith and |
Blecsoe had not sufficient figures on |
the returns last night for the Bledsoe |
side to concede defeat On the act !
ual returns Smith had 997 votes and !,
Redsoe $50 votes There were /
eleven outlying precincts not re-
ported, and It was believed by the !
Smith side that his majority would !
be around $50 votes. and chat there |
was no question but that he had won |
by very little less than this sum. lie |
actually last nieht led 10y > votes
In the constaDles race lham had |