The Winslow mail., 1925-10-02
LABOR LAW IS
CARRIED BY A
BIG MAJORITY
IN ALL PARTS

The special election Tuesday re-
suited in an overwhelming triumph
for the compensation law which
had been passed by the two houses
of the state legislature during the
last session
Navajo county and Winslow gave
the bill tremendous support, the
three local precincts voting as fol-
lows: No. 1, 56 for, 4 against; No.
2, II for, against; No. 3, 7S for,
against.
The total vote in Winslow was
205 for and 16 against. A number
of precincts in the county have not
yet been heard from, and in a few
precincts no vote was cast. Hol-
brook reports, however, a great ma
jority for the bill in the county
Maricopa county voted against
the measure, but in no decisive
fashion, and the pluralities in the
mining and industrial counties will
pile up a huge vote in favor of the
bill.
Two hundred and forty precincts
complete out of total of 4S1 state
precincts give the proposal to
amend the constitution majority
of 2261 votes. The report shows
9647 votes in favor of the act and
1885 votes against it.
Maricopa county returned ma
jority of 1874 votes against the act
with II out of total of 92 pre-
cincts. Twenty-six Phoenix pre-
cincts complete gave 824 votes in
favor of the act and 1892 votes
against it, majority of $50 votes
against it. Maricopa county voted
1907 votes in favor of the act and
1881 against it. The 20 precincts
not supporting will increase Mari
copa county's majority in favor of
the act.
Six precincts are missing in Gila
county and reports from the min
ing center stated that elias major
ity in favor of the act will reach
$50 votes. The total vote in Gila
gives the act a majority of 26 votes
Three farming counties, Mari
copa, Yuma and Graham, returned
majorities against the act while
the other IL counties returned ma
jorities for the act. Yavapai county
gave the largest majority, 1477
votes, in favor of the act, the re-
suit from the northern county
showing 1880 votes for the 2O3 votes
against the act. The vote in
Apache, Navajo and Mohave coun-
les are practically complete with a
light vote reported. Cochise, Green
lee, Pima and Pinal are expected
to give substantial increases in IA
vor of the measure.
The railroad men and miners
polled majorities in favor of the
measure as shown by the vote in
Pima, Navajo, Mohave, Gila, Apache
Pinal, Greenlee, Yavapai and Coco
nino counties. The only adverse
vote came from the farming coun-
ties.
The amendment of the constitu-
tion was the only question voted
upon at the election held yesterday.
Many of the precincts that have
not reported are located in isolat-
ed districts of the state and the
majority of them have but a few
votes. All of the larger precincts
of the state are included in the
totals.
Yavapai county polled up the
largest maporities in favor of the
amendment and in some precincts
the vote was 10 to l. Prescott,
Jerome and Clarkdale rolled up
big majorities in favor.
In Mohave, Coconino, Apache
and Navajo counties the proposal
was given large majority although
in most cases the vote was light
Other precincts in the two coun-
ties probably will not be heard
from for several days as they are
located far from ordinary means
of communication.
In Cochise county the vote was
the closest and with 48 precincts
reporting out of the 81 in the coun-
ty the vote stood 1.712 yes and LILO
no. The remaining precincts to be
heard from in that county are
small. The vote throughout the
county was light and was much
below expectations.
Tucson complete is included in
the Pima county figures and the
remaining precincts to be heard
from are small. Pima county gave
the amendment large majority.
the vote in 19 of the 33 precincts
being 933 yes and 296 no.
Yuma county voted against the
measure and 19 of the precincts in
cluding Yuma reported 219 yes and
376 no.
In Coconino county there was lit
tie interest manifested in the spec
ial election and the vote was es-
timated to be about a fifth of the
normal vote cast. Six precincts
gave a vote of 1872 yes and "a no
In Greenlee county there was p
heavy vote for the measure and
six of the nine precincts reported
vote of 556 yes and II no. In
Graham countv the vote was clos
er and five of the II precincts gave
slight majority against the