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Show ARIZONA ELECTION RETURNURE SLOW PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 12. Returns from today's election the first in this new state aro coming In ao slowly that there is little prospect that ovon an approximate Idea of results will be obtained before tomorrow Under tho enabling act, the returns are sent direct di-rect to a commission Instead of, being canva8sod by the county boards of 'supervisors. 8nap tallies were kept tonight in the larger cities by rival . .campaign, managers, but they are far from affording a safo basis for loro-casts. loro-casts. Tho entlro voto is believed to have approximated 20,000 about tho same as that of 190S Seventy-five per cent of the ballots were scrntchod. In Phoenix 531 straight Hojuiblican bnl-lots bnl-lots wore cast and 507 straight Democratic. Demo-cratic. The total .voto' in tho principal cities was as follows: Phoonix, 2,235; Tucson, 1,739: Globo, lr194; Bi3bce, 1,053; Prescott, 391; Douglas, SG0. |