El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-03
CAMERON is
LEADING; SO
is CAMPBELL


/ q. for governor. simms Cd 81
/ Campbell tR) ST.
one complete precinct out Of % in
I the city Of Phoenix gave Harding III
I and Cox "A.
Amendments In Doubt.
/ SIowness Of receiving returns from
/ precinct election boards was ascribed
/ TO time required for counting the
vote on the legislative propositions
No one today had more than a
I vague idea what had been the fate OF
the county division bill, the state
Z highway commission measure. the
salary increase bill and the measure
creating a civil service commission A
strong tendency had been remarked
on the part Of many voters TO regis
ter no" 20 any proposition which %
them spelled an increase in taxation.
Gov. Campbell, sitting in the Jour
nsl-1liner office at Prescott. last
night. received the returns as they
came in over the Associated Press
leased telephone wire and also re-
ceived frequent messages from the
state committee headquarters here.
keeping him apprised Of the progress
OF the election count and Of the steady
swelling OF his majority over his
Democratic opponent
Generally Democratic.
In past elections the state gen
orally had been found in the Demo-
cratic column by large maiorities.
Campbell has made great gains in
former Democratic strongholds such
as Cochise county. while Yuma county
is reported 10 have gone for him in
spite Of an overwhelming Democratic
registration and TO have elected most
Of the Republican county ticket
Democratic Counties Republican.
Clarkdale and Jerome are reported
to have given Campbell over 500 ma
jority. both having been against him
last election
All Maricopa county precincts in
show great Republican gains con-
sidered as a protest against the ma
tionaI administration and its cotton
policy and upon the attitude Of the
state democracy on landlease mat
ters-
There appears a probability that
Harding viii carry the state, the 1lrst
Republican victory in a national cam
paign in Arizona since statehood and
the first senatorial victory.
Reports from the state generally
Indicated a heavy vote under excel
lent weather conditions except for
light snow at Flagstaff
One precinct in the verde Va-ey
Of Yavapai county. with IS votes
went Democratic IN 1915 but gave
three to one vote for the Republican
ticket today. according 70 report
from Prescott In that precinct, Elsie I
Toles, Republican candidate tor su-
perintendeut Of public INSTRUCTION .
received "A votes 70 one for her Dem /
ocratc opponent A. c Peterson
Political observers at state Demo- I
cratic and Republican headquarters
commented on the heavy vote N .
county and generally I
throughout the state.
Bisbee, Ariz-. Nov. 3.-Eighteen 4
precincts outside OF Bisbee and /
Douglas give Cox 54s. Harding 552s 4
nited States senator, Smith Cd, ]
III; Cameron (R). SO; for governor.
simms Cd, 1885, Campbell (H), SIS;
county division. 90 for and $50 /
lgainst: for state highway commits
sion measure. ia: against, 543-
Republicans Leading
Prescott. Ariz-- Nov 3.-Reports
rom Jerome this morning stated
nat a two-thirds count Indicated I
hat the Republican national state
md county tickets were defeating
he Democratic tickets BY three TO
me.
-Four Prescott precincts gave Hard
nE 4ss and Cox S57s Cameron 438 and
imith f07; Campbell SIS and Simms
TE- HAYDEN $50 and Dunseath 739-
Reports from Cnconlno county in
.fcsted that Campbell and Simms
we're approximately breaking even in
hat county.
The Tucson Vote.
Tucson. Ariz. Nov AT Il
clock three precincts out OF ten IT.
tucson incomplete gave Campbell IA
nd Simms 145; smith 245 and cam
ron SAG: Hayden 2ss and Dunseath I
IS.
Two Pima county precincts outside f,
Z Tucson. complete. gave Campbell {
0 and Simms q; Smith 1s and cam s
ron %: Hayden IS and Dunseath Il ]
Amendments Defeated
Douglas Ariz-, nov. 3.-Returns I
rom I6 Cochiss county precincts
nov. comparatively heavy maiorities I
rafnst an the proposed amendments
nd initiative and referendum meas {
res. except the reclamation and irrl- ]
alton act. which was favored by sol
otes 70 26f against