The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-02
WOMEN VOTED IN OHIO.
Some Were Successful Candidates for
Office-ReauIt of the BnllOtinE.


Offce-Result of the BallOtinE.
CINCINNATI, April Women voted for
the first time in Ohio to-day. In Hamilton
county Mrs Capt w. w. Peabody, of Madi-
sonville, was elected to the Board of Edu-
cation, and she had a woman as competitor.
At Harrison, this county, three women
were defeated. At Carthage, one woman was
elected. At Norwood, the women were de-
feated. Dispatches report the women de-
fested at Camden; also, that women voted
elsewhere In Ohio as follows: AT Van Vert,
so voted; at Ripley, 60; at Martins Ferry,
40, out of vote of 1900. At Mansfield and
at Morrow they turned out in the rain and
refused offers of precedence by men.
Commercial-Gazette specials report re-
suits of municipal elections in following
places:
Alliance-Republicans carried entire tick
ct Majority very large. The women pole
GIL for one Populist and two independent
women running against two straight Repub-
licans. for Board of Education. TFey We're
beaten by nearly 700 majority. The Popuhst
woman polled 323 votes.
Elyria-Vote light. Republicans made a
Bucyrus-Democrats elected everything
but two Councilmen, leaving tie in Coun-
ell. Eight hundred women voted.
Cadiz-Republican elected councilmen by
reduced majorities on account of temper
ance issue. seventy-five women voted.
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Board of Education were women.
Lbndon--Four hundred and eighty-three
SCISSOR, one councilman, two members of
School Board; Republicans elected all 9TH
ers Two women were elected members of
the School Board by large. majorities.
Warren-Republicans elected everything
but one councilman Women were de-
feated for Board of Education. Two hum
and sixty-three women voted.
members Of School board All rest Re.
publican ticket was elected. One hundred
and sixty-three wonsen voted.
Oxford--A woman, Mrs. Sarah r. Porter,
was elected member of the School
Board.
Washington c. H.-Three Republicans
and two Democrats elected to Council. Two
hundred women Toted but half. Of ii, them n
mixed.
xenia-One woman was elected member
of the Board of Education.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES elected their en-
tire ticket except one councilman.
Bellaire-Women cast f43O votes. No
women were candidates.
Delaware-Democrats and Republicans
elected three councilmen each making the
Council tie. with a Democratic Mayor to
Williams was defeated for the Board of
Education by 2sS majority. Both members
of the School Board are Democrats.
Although the weather was generally in
clement there wes much interest taken in
the municipal elections, especially by the
women in suburban places and smaller
cities In proportion to their number of
candidates it is estimated that more wom-
en- were elected members of boards of edu-
cation than men. The women did not OPP
pose each other. They defeated men,
Mrs. Peabody, wife of Vice President and
General Manager Peabody, of the Balti-
more & Ohio Southwestern railway, was
elected in the suburban village of Madison
vile. There was no election in this city
but in its suburbs the women did WELL
At Akron two women we're elected and a
majority of the places elected one. With
the exception of two or three larger cities
the Republicans were successful. Although
only local issues were at stake, they
seemed to turn out better than their oppo-
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