Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1920-09-08

The Maricopa county returns did not
begin to come in until after 10 o'clock.
and no indication of the tide OF fortune
IN this county could be noticed until
long after midnight The chief reason
for this was given as the length of the
ballot. Returns from the state were
even slower. In q. few counties it was
impossible to obtain even an inlSling
OF the way the contests were going.
The counting OF votes In the city pre-
cincts in such towns as Tucson. Doug
las, Nogales, Bisbee and Prescott was
very slow, and accompanying this was
an almost total silence from the out
lying districts.
Simns Takes Early Lead
AS the returns started to come in
I il appeared Immediately that Sims was
piling Up a safe lead. When the count
became greater, however. IL was Ger
tain that sNinsor was a close second,
so that with incomplete county re-
turns at 3 o'clock in the morning. con
ceding Winsor a vote of ], 500 in Yuma
county out OF a possible 1000, the two
candidates were neck and neck with
approximately 1900 apiece. Sims how
ever, had a lead of 523 in Maricopa
county.
: Where the Republican ballots were
counted-and in many places they
were simply laid aside until the Demo
cratic votes had been tabulated-there
was a steady race between Clark and
especial yalong the border, where his
strength was readily apparent. At 3
o'clock this morning, however. Clark
was leading Cameron in Maricopa
county by 81 votes, while Maddox had
317 votes less than the leader. Clark
then had 167 votes in other counties
while Cameron had 1873. The total vote
for these in Maricopa county in 80 pre-
cincts was: Clark. 62o; Cameron, 533;
and Maddox. 3o6
Concede PinaI to Clark
An unconfirmed report from Pinal
county conceded that county TO Clark.
The return in Florence was 2s for
Clark and % for Cameron, with Casa
Grande going for Cameron by a large
majority. Returns, however, were
very incomplete. Clark ran four TO
one in Yavapai county, and late tele-
phone messages gave him lead in
several precincts in Maricopa county
from which definite returns could not
be obtained.
In the Democratic contest for the
nomination to the United States sen
atorship. A. a. Worsley was running a
poor third. even Tucson giving Smith
a safe lead over him.
Judge a. G.. McAlister was ahead in
the race for the nomination to the Su-
preme bench candidacy, despite the
fact that Judge Samuel L. Pattee Of
Pima county had a very large majority
in Tucson. It. w. Nealon piled up a
good vote in Maricopa county and ap-
parently run Pattee a close race for
second honors throughout the state.
This vote stood early this morning for
Maricopa county and Phoenix, incom-
plete: Nealon, 7o6; McAlister. 6S5; and
Pattee, 312
Wheeler Yeads Early
Charles De Sales Wheeler seemed
to take first place in the race for the
nomination for candidate for secre-
taryship of state early in the counting
Z ~, L. H.
precincts in Maricopa and Is Phoenix
precincts he had 750. Ross had SIS,
and Hayward had 337.
The closest contest of the election
was seemingly that between l.. c.
Hardy, Wiley j.. Jones and J.. 5. Whit
ney for the nomination on the Demo
cratic ticket to the candidacy for at
torney general In the Is precincts
named in the foregoing paragraphs
Whitney had 63J Hardy had SO and
Jones $40. Struggling reports from
the rest of the state caves Jones 9l4
Whitney $50 and Hardy Az.
r. r. Earhart won SIS votes jim Mar
copa county, while Webb had 922. In
In the state he had 9S9 and his oppo-
nent had $50. 7. G. +. Adams ot Co
chse county was leading tho field for
corporation commission. with Vaughn
and T. D. Cashel fighting hard to over
take him.
I'd Massey, also Of Cochise county.
had a definitely safe lead over all OPP
ponents for the nomination as state
inspector of mines
Sheriff Contest Warm One
The contest for the nomination of
sheriff OF Maricopa county. which had
attracted chief interest i'm Fhoeui&.
was a close one. with tho leader atlll
very much i'm the dark. JerrE Sullivan
Was leading with 1S7. Henry George
had 1858. WilkN was third with Ja4;
Wcacc followed with 14l and George