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TWENTY-SECOND YEAR
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PHOENIX? ARIZONA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1911.
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VOL. XXII. NO. 207.
CRATIC
LANDSLIDE
NSURGENT DEMOCRACY IS
Marcus Smith and Ashurst for Senators, Hayden for
Representative, and Hunt for Governor Have Won
According to all the Indications This Morn
ing by a Vote That Approaches the Pro
portions of a Landslide.
WILL HAVE PROBABLY
FOUR . THOUSAND WHEN
George V. P. Hunt, Who Will Be First Governor of
New State of Arizona, Issues a Statement to the
Republican in Which He Says His Banner
Vote in the State Has Been Given in
His Home County of Gila.
At two-thirty o'clock this morning
the following statement was made to
The Rejuibliean by George V. P.
Hunt, democratic governor-elect:
"Partia! returns from five precincts
in Gila county show that I have a
majority of ISO over Judge Wells.
The fragmentary reiwrts that I have
nwHved from over parts of the terri
tory are most encouraging and from
all information received 1 feel con
fident of carrying the territory by a
good margin. It looks as if my ban
ner vote will be received in Gila coun
ty. The state democratic ticket wiil
carry Gi!a county by S.'ift.
"GEORGE W. I. HUNT."
At three o'clock this morning thirty-five
precincts in various parts of
the state, including partial returns j
from Maricopa. Gila, Mohave, Apache, I
Yuma. Cochisle. Pinal, Pima, Green-
lee, Grabum, Navajo, and Coconino j
counties show the following votes fori
tit federal ticket:
Ashurst 221 j
Marcus A. Smith 2267
Cameron 20S
Hoval Smith 1995
Hayden 2301
AVHl.mns 1561
Hunt 2199
Wells 1C70
Later returns including parts of
precincts in some instances and the
complete votes in several small towns
account for 4000 votes, or slightly
more than one-sixth of the total. As
in these returns the same ratio lias
been maintained, and as the vote is
distributed throughout the entire state
it is believed they indicate that about
the same relative strength of the can
didates will be carried out.
Tho vote in the state will be about
26,000, which is higher than the es
timated figures given out yesterday
by committeemonand others.
The maintenance of this ratio will
give Ashurst a lead over Cameron,
his nearest comoetitior, of 10S0. By
this ration also Marctis A. Smith will
get the advisory vote for one of Ari
zona's senators by 1422. The figures
also indicate a majority of 4440 for
Carl Hayden for representative. Hunt
looks like a winner by 3174.
All the rest of the democratic state
ticket is probably elected, although at
jepublican headquarters there is a
claim that Fred Cleaveland has been
chosen secretary of state. The returns
received up to four o'clock, however,
indicate that Osborn has won by a
small majority, having been carried
through on the landslide, although
losing his own city and county.
Chairman Birdno of the democratic
state central committee at 1 o'clock
this morning said that ho still insisted
that his claims of a majority of 3,500
to 4,000 was about right though lie
admitted he hud no figures to bear it
out. "We did not carry Maricopa by
as heavy a majority as we predicted
but the fight against us was centered
in Maricopa and our loss here is not
to be wondered at and will be more
than made up In other counties.
"The republicans insisted that the
constitution was not an Issue but
the great mass of the voters evi
dently did not agree with them. The
constitution was and is the issue and
the people have decided that it could
best be carried out by its friends. I
believe they liave chosen wisely and
that we will see Arizona redeemed by
the men today chosen by the people
to lead them out of the house of
bondage in which they have spent
their unduly prolonged territorial ex
istence." P. H. Hayes, secretary republican
state central committee at midnight
said: "Returns are very slow and I
am loath to make prediction on tho
figures at hand. At this time though
I am willing to concede that the in
dications are that the democrats have
a slight lead. They may carry the
state by 500 though returns from"
olitlying precincts may cut that esti
mate down. Cleavoland for secretary
of state is leading his ticket and will
be elected I am sure though I look
IPHiT IN ARIZONA
OF
ARE ALL
to see Cameron and Hoval Smith
break even at least.
"The Democrats will probably carry
Cochise by 200. Maricopa county will
give Hunt for governor 100 and prob
ably 500 for Hayden but I think
Cameron and Hoval Smith will break
even with their democratic opponents
for the United States senatorship.
Gila will be democratic by 200, Yuma
by 100, Graham by 250, Greenlee by
100 and Santa Cruz by a shade. Pima
will give 300 republican majority.
Apache, 150; Coconino, 50; Mohave,
50, and Yavapai, 100 for Wells though
Ashurst may get a majority for the
L'nited States sonate.
"So far as the republicans are con
cerned they have no excuses to offer.
They have fought the good fight:
they have kept the faith, and are in
better shape now than thev have ever
been. They have redeemed the nor
mal democratic majority and have
made gains all along the line which
will result in the redemption of the
state next fall. The people evidently
wanted the first state government
placed in the hands of the men who
framed the constitution regardless of
al? other considerations and they ex
pressed their will at the jwlls. W
believe they will find they have mad.
a mistake but we are content. The
mistake will be rectified next fall.
In the meantime we will perfect an
c i ganization and be in a position to
renew our battle to the end that
piosperity may be restored to Ari
zona and tlie work of developing her
vast natural resources be put under
way.
have no apologies to offer for
.ur course during the campaign and
nothing to regret except that our vic
tory was not more decisive than is
indicated by the mere cutting of the
democratic majority."
From a republican standpoint, it
was a cataclysm of disaster. From a
democratic standpoint it was a 'glori
ous landslide. And it is a landslide,
though opinions may differ as to
whether it is glorious or the reverse.
At an early hour this morning scat
tering returns from every county in
the state, with only one or two of
them complete, however, show that
the entire democratic ticket has prob
ably been elected. At republican
headquarters they were claiming the
probable election of Fred Cleaveland
to the office of secretary of state over
Sidney Osborn, though as a matter
of fact there seems to be doubt as to
the ground for this claim. Cleave
land made a remarkable run in this
city and in some sections of the
county. But outside, where neither
man had the advantage of personal
acquaintance, Osborn ran well up
with. Ids ticket: and the indications
are that he has been swept into of
fice by the pronounced democratic
drift which has been evidence since
early in the night.
Ashurst is certain to lead the dem
ocratic senatorial ticket, but shortly
after the first reports, which indi
cated that he had a heavy lead over
Smith, tile latter has been coming
strong, and the chances are at an
early hour this morning that there
will not be a wide gap between them.
This fact is particularly gratifying
to the friends of Smith, who have
been working hard foe him in this
city and elsewhere throughout tlte
state.
It soon became evident that the
hopes' which tiie democrats and re
publicans had built on the whirlwind
campaign conducted by Ralph Cam
eron and his splendid service for
Arizona had been founded on the
sand of uncertainty. Cameron got
many democratic votes a great many
of them. But he lost also a great
many more republican votes among
those who had been deceived by the
specious ploa that he was an enemy
to statehood. And to this fact was
added tho other, that the old sores
over the constitutional fight had not
yet healed, gave the democrats an
advantage that could not be over
come. Cameron made a splendid fight
against great odds and he accom
plished wonderful results. But the"
democratic drift was too strong for
any man to have overcome. He went
down to defeat with the rest of the
ticket after one of the gamest fights
ever put up by any man anywhere.
And much of the same may be said
for Hoval Smith. He made a mag
nificent fight, and though defeated ;
he is still strong with the people,
who believe that after all a repub
lican reverse can never be more than
temporary. Smith and Cameron are
both looking resplendent rutures in j
the face and they will yet be heard
from in the broader affairs of the
new state.
And, incidentally, we are now as
sured of statehood, although, of course.
there was never any doubt about that
matter. The constitutional amend-1
ment providing for the elimination of'
the judiciary recall has been adopted
by probably a nine-tenths .vote. The
last thing that Arizona has to do to
rte admitted into me union nas neon
done and now we await only the
work of the executive to get the full
measure of the blessings of home
government.
Personal popularity, a wide ac
quaintance, and a proclivity for poli
tics that is second nature have placed
Carl Hayden, democratic congressman -elect,
at the head of his ticket. In
the election of Hayden there is abso
lutely no bitterness for republicans
of Maricopa county. They supported
Williams loyally, and they believed
and still believe he should have been
elected. They feel now, and have
always felt, that he was the better
qualified man of the two and that
he represented principles that should
have triumphed. But there cannoU
help being something of home pride
in a fight of this kind and if a dem
ocrat was to be elected there is no
man probably in Maricopa county the
republicans would rather see get the
plum than Congressman Carl Hay
den. Early In the evening there was a
strong hope that Wells, candidate for
governor, might win. But as the
later more complete returns began to
filter in over the telegraph and long
distance telephone wires it became
evident that Hunt would certainly be
olectedr
Wclls got a heavy vote from the
business men and farmers but through
out the state every socialist and ev
ery man with socialistic tendencies
eted for Hunt. Then there was the
prestige that came to the democratic
.candidate from the fact that he was
a "president of the constitutional con
vention. This fact gave Mr. Hunt a
kind of acquaintance that nothing else
could have given him. And the fact
that the constitution was in a large
sense made an issue throughout the
campaign militated very largely in his
favor.
What did it? very many people arc
asking this morning. And there are
some hundreds of the wise ones with
one theory and another. But after
all it is very simple. There was ab
solutely no organization among the
republicans. And this is not said with
the ipurpose of reflecting in any way
upon the men in charge of the repub
lican campaign. They did the best
they could Jo, probably they did the
best that any man could have -done
under the circumstances by which
they were confronted. But the truth
is that from the start there was not
the unity of effort that wins ictories.
The last few weeks of the campaign
were effective, as far as they could
be made effective: but there was
nothing to build on from the begin
ning. For the past twelve months th
republicans in Maricopa county and
in the state at large have been con
tent to let things drift, and then they
attempted to effect an organization at
the last moment.
Again, there was the constitutional
matter. Whatever one may think of
the merits of that affair the circum
stances were such as to give the vlem
ocrats an immense advantage. They
can claim little credit for winning the
fight. They could hardly have lost
it. They played little better politics
than did the ropublieans but it was of
those cases where "things came their
way." Under these circumstances the
man or the parly that could not win
would be an anomaly.
There was a time when, according
te the votes received, and if the same
ratio had been maintained throughout
the state, the -democratic majority
would have been anywhere from 5,000
to 7,500. But later returns changed
the aspect somewhat and after a time
it became evident that while it was
bad enough in" all conscience, from
the republican standpoint, it was not
quite tho political end of the worH.
And when one considers what was
done by various of the candidates in
many sections of the state, and the
wonderful manner in which the party
has been rejuvenated in the past year,
it becomes evident that this is only a
temporary reverse and that behind tin
clouds of political disaster the -sun of
victory still Is shining.
The rays of hope that nccomnanlel
the disaster are due to the election of
Judge Phillips in the county and tlr?
magnificent run made by Fred. Cleave
land, republican candidate for secre
tary of state. The fact that Cleave
land carried the city where both he
and his opponent both live by the
phenomenal majority of 425 is some-
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CONVENTION OF
1912 SETTLED
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Republicans Will Meet m
Chicago, Tuesday, June
18th Next to Name Next
President of the United
States.
NATIONAL COMMITTEE
j HOLDS A MEETING
Presidential Primary Plan
is Given Scant Considera
tion Taft Men in Abso
lute Control Hitchcock
Resigns Chairmanship.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. With lit
tletle trace of friction the republican
national committee met with open
doors here today and fohmulated pre
liminary plans for the campaign of
1512. A program was agreed upon
and carried out at two short sessions.
Chicago was chosen as the national
convention city and a ell was issued
I assembling the delegates Tuesday
June IS.
Acting chairman John F. Hill was
unanimously elected chairman of the
committee after the acceptance of the
resignation of Postmaster General
Hitchcock which was effective April
1, 1903.
The committee adhered to conven
tion call of 1D0S and the primary ques
tion was left as four years ago. The
champions of presidential preference
primaries and state-wide primaries for
the selection of delegates in states
where primary laws are not oprative
were defeated. The fight wav led by
Senator Borah of Idaho, who con
tented himself with a minority report
of the sub-committee on call of which
he was chairman and with a brief
speech to the committee.
The meeting was pro-Taft and the
president's advisers controlled the sit
uation. Early in the day it became
apparent that Secretarv Hilles ami
Arthur Vorhis national committeeman
fiom Ohio were in control. Thos
Ohioans and New Yorkers who had
given publicity to Roosevelt papaga
gr.nda contended themselves with
progress made.
A committee of three was appointed
to advise rules and regulations for a
national committee which will be re
ported at the 1912 convention. Osten
sibly it was interested to devise rules
by which the treasurer and secretary
o" the committe shall be given place
i. the convention and be entitled to
votes. The long heralded row over
the primary plan proved to be a flash
in the pan. After Senator Borah re
plied to various criticisms of his pri
mary provision his report was defeat
ed 42 to 7, and the majority report
adopted.
Messrs Ward, Kellog and Capers
signed the majority report which em
powered the states with .primary laws
to select delegates by primary if the
committee so decided. Mr. Rosewater
signed it with a reservation that he
favored the primary idea. There was
practically no contest in determining
the convention city. The invitation
from Chicago carried with it all ex
penses of the convention.
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OFFICIALS ENTER DENIALS.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 12. Emphatic
disclaimers were made today by the
state, war and navy departments of
possession of any information confir
matory of the statements of former
consul A. C. Bryce that he was warn
ed of the approaching destruction of
the Maine, two days n advance, by
Cuban sympathizers at Matanzas.
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FALLS 200 FEET.
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CHICAGO. III.. Dec. 12. J. F.
Greek, a machinist of Ei Paso
divested himself of ail his cloth-
! ing while on the nineteenth floor
I of the Masonic Temple today
j walked out upon an iron beam,
j puffed nonchalantly at a cigar-
i ctte for a few minutes and then
1 hurled his nude body to death
! on the stone floor of the rotun-
i da 270 feet below. He fell on
I the cigar case smashing It to
piece.). One leg struck Harry
Evans of Bay City, Mich- who
! was purchasing cigars and broke
I the latter's arm. and knocked
! him to the floor. He suffered
I Internal Injuries and will prob-
ably die. Greek's bo'dy was
! smashed to a jelly and pieces of
glass and wood were imbedded in
his flesh.
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FEDERAL GRAND JURY
CONTINUES TO PROBE
Seeks to Connect Conspirators With
McNamaras in Shipments of
Explosive's.
LOS ANGEL.ES, Cal.. Dec. 12. The
federal grand jury continued to hear
testimony today in the alleged con
spiracy to transport dynamite and oth
er explosives unlawfully. A score of
witnesses were examined most of
whom it is said established 'the iden
tity of "J. B. Bryce" as James B. Mc
Namara, hotel clerks, bellboys and
waiters as well as employes of the
Giant Powder company of San Fran
cisco, where the dynamite was pur
chased by J. I!. MeNamara were on
hand to give individual link? in the
chain the government hopes to draw
rbout the alleged conspirators who,
with the McNamaras had guilty
knowledge of the explosions. ,
Much interest was manifested in the j
apjwarance oi ,j. jv,. jiunsey oi .sail
I.ke City business agent of the Inter
national Association of Bridge and
Structural Iron workers and his wife
who too, is under subpoena. Both ar
rived early today. Mtinsey it is al
leged hid J. B. MeNamara in his horn?
subsequent to the Los Angeles Times
explosion, but It is said he Is wanted
to tell what lie knows about shipments
of explosives.
J. It. Hutton, presiding Judge of the
superior court returned today for Chi
cago and announced be would empanel
a new jury tomorrow. The last jury
was discharged two months ago after
having served a year during which It
indicted the McNamaras.
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BRITISH STEAMER IS
FIRED UPON BY ITALIAN
While Passing Through Red Sea Has
Her Bow Carried Away Cap
tain Apologizes.
MARSEILLES. FraiiO. Dec.- 12.
The British steamer Baron Polworth,
which sailed from Manila Novemler
S for this port, arrived today, and
reported she hod been fired upon by
an Italian cruiser while passing
through tile Red Sea November 30.
Her bows were badly damaged when
she came into prt. The captain says
.he commander of the Italian cruiser
apologized for the occurrence.
WHO HANDLED THE .
EXPLOSIVE STUFF?
That is the Important Question to
be Solved at Present by the
Government.
INDIANAPOLIS. Dec. 12. Who be
side John J. and James B. MeNa
mara handled or had knowledge of
the interstate shipment of a ton or
more of dynamite and nitroglycerin
used in blowing up the iron and steel
structures erected by firms employing
i.on-union men during the last five
years? Tills question was inquired
into by government officials" today
preparatory to a resumption on hurs
day by the federal grand jury of an
investigation into the alleged nation
wide dynamiting conspiracy. The
clerks who wrote the letters tp th
baggage men. shippers and all those
su posed to have even the remotest
knowledge of the movement of the
explosives or how or where they were
stored and included in the list sever
hundred witnesses who have been
Mimmoned to testify before the grand
ury.
Instances of the finding of the ex
plosive about which special inquiry
was made today follow: About 1,490
pounds of dynamite, found in a pad
locked box in the rear of . the home
of Ortie E. McManigal's father, al
Tiffin Ohio. April 25, 1911. Ninety
pounds of dynamite sticks found in
the basement of the buildlug in Ind
inapo'.is in which are situated the of
fices of the International Association
of Bridge and Structural Iron Work
ers, April 22, 1911. a few hours after
the arrest of John J. MeNamara?
Twenty-five iounds of nitroglycerin
and dynamite found in a piano box
on the western outskirts of Indian
apolis a few days later. Thirty-eight
quarts of nitroglycerin found buritd
in a shed near Rochester, Pa., (,(,(
The points of enlightenment sought
in connection with these instances
ucrc:
Who wrote the correspondence rel
ative to the purchase and shipment
of these explosives? Who paid the
bills, and kept the expense accounts-Jit
By what means were explosives trans
ported? Every witness who can furnish any
information however slight is to be
summoned.
To all appearances headquarters of
the Internationa! Association of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers
were closed to day. The blinds were
drawn, the door locked, and the where
nbouts of Acting Secretary Herbert
S. Hocking is a mystery.
PHILLIPS IS SAVED FROM
TIE POLITICAL DISASTER
Democratic Landslide That Swept Over the Entire State
of Arizona Hit This County With Stunning Force
Yesterday and Nearly All the Republican
Ticket Has Gone Down to Defeat Un- , .
der Cyclone of Ballots.
REPUBLICANS HAVE HELD THIS CITY BUT
DEMOCRATS SWAMP THEM IN THE COUNTRY'
Magnificent Run is Made by Fred Cleaveland, Repub
lican Candidate for Secretary of State Who Car
ries His Home Town and County By a Mag
nificent Majority and Stands Chance
of Winning in State.
Within Phoenix the election was
one of the hardest fought ever known
and the "ote was unexpectedly large,
despite elimination of much of the
"floater" class by the provision that
ballots must be accepted only from
; those whose names happily were upon
I the great register of 190S. That reg
! Ister had been stuffed, it was felt,
j though possibly only through the mis
I guided enthusiasm of registration of
1 f Ic-ers who sought only their fee and
not the enlargement of their parties.
! Every automobile in the city was
j active and many a patriot leaned
DUCK On CUSIUMIIS in a I1U.Z W.IK'J"
for the first time of his life. The u returns avauaow al various cours
dav was or the clearest, and likewise' -' am added thereto such bulletins
was cold enough to chill the pedal ' they could receive applicable to their
extremities of the less sanguine of (cases, and by watching the count in
the opposing partisans. There seemed , tKe unfinished wards of Phoenix, havo
to he a general disposition early to.nn advanced line on their votes. Buc
concede the citv to the republicans complete figures at press time this
by 200 majoritv. a pleasant admission momlngr. were available on only eight
assumed to mean the election of n of the thirty-nine precincts in th.i
much of the county republican ticket. ' county. In some instances there were
The ballot bothered jnuch. for it musing fibres even in those,
had thirty-four names In a column These eighteen precincts represented
and there were four full columns. not u voting otrength of approximately one
to mention the prohibition ticket on thousand probably not one quarter of
the edge. Most of the voters lui . the total vote rast In the wunt-. It
their own ideas about scratching ami," therefore be seen that there is
the percentage of straights was a bit' opportunity for much change n the
lower than normal. Voters laborious- i face of things yet. though it the Vlemo
ly toiled within the booths for even a at.c trend is main alned- there can
quarter of an hour each, blocking be c that w, be comforting
,., .in ti, itir nnn of the to republicans.
P 1 '
day.
But most of the vote came
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a light clean-up In the final raking
for eleventh-hour voters.
Yes i.
Xi 56
f ... ftff!
ror uoumy winces.
Total votes have come in from the
following precincts. Phoenix No. 4.
..... ri,...i a-.
lington. Vulture. C'reighton. Johnstone.
Riverside. Peoria. Scottsdale. Wilson, ;
Morristown and Meridian, thus:
For State Senator.
Davis
Wood
Hildreth
Latham
For State Representative.
Babbitt
Cocke
Irvine -
(No report from Phoenix No. 4)
Jacobs
Johnson
(No report from Isaac)
Jones, D. P
465
ISO
'. 127
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504
.....
4 SO
470 ,
.4S3
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Cook
(without Osborn)
Dorman
Morris
Mullen
(without Isaac)
Nelson
Walters
sfi
,,o
.40::
For Judge of the Superior Court
or
Langston
Phillips .
.540
r.if
Clerk of Court
Thomas
Curtis. . .
Adams
Hill ...
no i
40S
For Sheriff
.519
.402
For Register of Deeds
Vaughn 607
Willis 310
County Treasurer
McDonald.. ...503
Ilosey I OS
For Superintendent
Riggins 4SS
Davis 430
District Attorney
Lyman 530
Marks 41'!
For Assessor
Bone 127
COME AND SEE Ol'R BEAUTIFl'L DISPLAY OF DIAMONDS and
how they sparkle. Every article is marked at a Special Reduction in
plain figures.
N. FRIEDMAN
Manufacturer of Jewelry and Watch Repairing.
33 W. Washington street. Phone Overland 8493
Morford 405
Road Superintendent
Acuff 462
Roberts 469
For Surveyor
Thompson 501
Jones 391
For Supervisors
Luke 484
Mower 493
Orme
Ensign '.
Green
Steward
..520
..3SS
..414
..412
Only Partial Returns.
Individual candidates have taken the
I Tl, V.. I
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ine miesi oeiore pi ess nine u-
the completing of the count In the
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' Third ward, the second of the four
Phoenix wards to be finished. Adding
the totals in that ward .to those of thw
, bunched precincts given in the tables
,,elow. the following is secured as the
.
i . . n . , . . . .
tnuve. governor ana secretary:
Ashurst . . .
1152
1080
1039
9
1271
8S0
1116
661
iMark Smith
Cameron
; H. A. Smith
t Hayden
i Williams . . .
I Hunt
i Wns
Osborn
cieaveiana . m
1 to tne aboVe.may be added the fol-
I lowinf hnllotin -from th SAPOnd wanl
Phoenix, count to 3 A. M., as to tne
groups named:
Ashurst .'. ... 93
Mark Smith S4
p ameron 97
j Hoval Smith , 90
; Osborn 42
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(Cleaveland 140
I Wells 110
Hunt 79
Recall Amendment.
.401 1 The .amendment eliminating the re---:
call from the constitution ha3 carried
j by so great a majority that early in
' the evening the figures concerning it
t lost interest and it was but little re-
j fcrred to in the later returns.
! For Senator.
In eighteen precincts. Phoenix No.
i 1. Phoenix No. 4, Osborn, Murphy.
! Isaac, Glendale. Arlington. Vulture.
i Lreignton. jonnsione, iioeriy. raio
Verde. Riverside. Peoria. Scottsdale,
Wilson. Morriston. Meridan, the total
vote is as follows:
Total.
Ashurst 915
Smith. M. A S63
Cameron S23
Smith. H. A 786
For Representative.
For representative In the same pre
cincts the vote was:
Hayden 1024
Williams 68.'.
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