The record-union., 1895-04-19
THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE EXPERT
MENT IN OHIO.

MENT IN OHIO.
Woman suffrage had trial in Ohio on
she I'd inst. Under the new law women
may vote in Ohio at all municipal cleo
tions. The result of the experiment on
the I'd proved that a small number of
women compared with the whole num-
Der entitled to vote svailed of the privi-
,lege.
The election proved also that at the
polls as candidates the sex of women did
not benefit them very much. At Akron
on the general ticket men were elected
throughout. The women supported the
Republican ticket mostly, and it was tri-
umphant. In the ward elections one
woman, Democrat, was defeated for the
School Council. and one, Republican,
was elected: in another ward a woman
who ran as an Independent was chosen.
At Jefferson a husband and his wife
were elected on the Republican ticket
to the School Board. In Millersburg
the women were defeated throughout
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At Geneva one woman was elected to the
School Board, and received the highest
vote cast for any Office. In Wellington a
woman was elected School Director, and
the Republicans and temperance people
carried the day. A woman was elected
at Cadiz, aud at Chillicothe the first vote
was cast by the daughter of the first Gov
ernor Of Ohio. This voter Is over 80 years
Of age. In Alliance over 500 women
voted. Here the wemen opposed two
female candidates and defeated them by
large majorities, by rallying for the Re-
publican ticket as against the female
suffrage nominees.
All the women candidates at Youngs-
town were defeated. At Mansfield,
though it rained hard, the women in the
voting lines stood to their posts, and re-
fused the offers of the men to give them
their places. At Garrettsville 81 per cent.
of the School Board voters were women
At Niles, the home of Governor McKin-
ley, only thirty-four women Yentured
out to vote, though Eve times the number
were entitled, and those who came to the
polls voted for men.
At Dayton the women turned out
stronger than expected, consolidated on
the Republican ticket, and gave 1t sue
cess by 1000 plurality. At Washington
only 200 women voted out of 500 entitled.
One-half of the female voters cast their
ballots against candidates of their own
sex. At Findlay the courage of the
women failed them, and but few came to
the polls. At Warren the two women
candidates on the Democratic ticket were
showed under by an immense majority
for men. At Bellevue 800 women voted
and divided evenly between the Repub-
licans and Democrats. The women nom
inees for the School Board at Urbans
were defeated. Something over 800 was
the woman vote in that city, out of 6OC
entitled to come to the polls.
At Bellaire the women fairly took
charge of the polls and worked like old
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they defeated the Democrats. At New
Philadelphia the two women who were
candidates for the School Board were de-
feated, their sex turning against them in
favor of the Republican ticket. In Steu-
benville none of the women candidates
for the School Board were elected though
they were indorsed by the Democrats
and POpulists. At Lima one woman
. was elected by the men. few women
voting for her, but at Painesville 50(
women came to the polls and two women
were elected. At Willoughby there was
hot contest The women turned ou
en- nldSSe and elected one woman over
another to the School Board. Here the
largest vote in the history of the place
was cast. At East Liverpool one Re-
publican and one Prohibition female can
didate were elected, over 600 womer
voting for the latter.
at Wooster the Populist. Prohibition
and Independent candidate was elected
over the Republican nominee for the
School Board. The women here polleC
ZOO votes, or 400 more than the politician:
had counted upon. At Elyra only one
woman voted. At Urichsvills two women
on the Democratic ticket outran the male
nominees on the same ticket, but the Re.
publicans gainod a majority of the School
Board.
In Cleveland the men did all they could