Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31

the prohibition side 10y a majority OF 80
votes. Maine was the first state 10 adopt
prohibition. the law becoming effective
in 1851 and finally being incorporated Ina
the constitution.
On the other side OF the continent In
California, tho friends Of woman SUI
frage were making a hot campaign for
an amendment To the state constitu-
tion comforting on women the right 10
vote. The state was thoroughly can
NasSed bv both parties and every effort
was made to get out "A fun vote on
election day, October lo. The result
was SO close that for time II was be
licved to be as indecisiIc a was tho
Maine election. The returns. from san
Francisco and other cities were strong
ly against the amendment. but when
the results from the country districts
came in 1T was found to nave carried
by substantial plurality. Nearly a
quarter of a million male voters were
sufficiently interested in the matter To
cast their votes Thus California be-
came the sixth state in the Union To
adopt woman suffrage. At this cleo
ton the majorities for the initiative
and referendum and for the recall OF
officials. including judges. were over
whelming.
Features of Election.
Although the outcome of the Novem-
| Der elections was tame in comparison
with the political landslide Of the pre-
vious year. it had it's interesting fea-
| lures. Both New York and New Jer-
| sey. which last year elected democratic
governors and legislatures, changed the
political complexion of their lower
| houses Maryland swung to the re-
publicans. preferring Phillips Lee
Goldsborough as governor over Arthur
| Pue German, son of the late Senator
German, for many years the absolute
democratic boss of Maryland.
became
electing a governor of that political faith.
Massachusetts, reelected GOV Eugene ~,
Foss. the democratic candidate, by los
| plurality, but no other candidate OF that
| party on the ticket was successful In
Cincinnati. Cleveland. Columbus ana
many of the other Ohio cities demo-
cratic mayors were chosen, the result IN
Cincinnati being especially interesting IN
view of the fact that President Taft
| came out in support of the repupncan
ticket, backed by the same machine
! which he had repudated Few years
before. In Philadelphia the reform move.
ment at last triumphed in the election
as mayor of Rudolph Blankenburg, the
| old wheel horse of Quaker city reform.
| He defeated the candidate of the regular
| republican organization by supstanuat
majority. In Greater New York Tam
| many elected its judges and county om-
/ GERS in Manhattan the old city or New
York;, but lost control of the board OF
aldermen. Elsewhere within the greater
wholly to the fusionists, their campaign
being helped greatly by a judicial IN
auiry into the allegation that one or the
| candidates for supreme court judge on
4 the democratic ticket in the second Ju-
dicial district, which includes that part
| of New York city on Long lslano' hdo
i Maid $4,000 to secure the nomination
Strength of Socialists.
! Perhaps the most striking feature Cd
the elections was the strength shown
by the socialists. In Chicago and COOK
county 10 per cent of the entire vote cast
by all parties combined was polled by the
socialists Ten cities of Ohio passed into
socialist control and throughout the
state there were perceptible gains me
| gain in the socialist vote or New fori y
city amounted to about 30 per cent de-
spite the bitter fusion contest agalnso
| Tammany Hall, and the Rev. DR.. George
r. Lunn was chosen mayor OF scheneo
| tady, NJ Y, and for the first time
| socialist was elected to the New fori;
1 legislature In Mississippi the SOCIALISM
| candidate for lieutenant governor. James
| r. Lester, barely failed OF election. Read>
ing and Newcastle, in Pennsylvania, were
! added to the list Of cities having soclaiis&
4 government. and Pittsburgh showed q
| gain of 100 per cent.
| In April Carter III. Harrison was los
the fifth time elected mayor of Chicago
1, over his republican opponent Prof,
| Charles r.. Merriam Of the University oe
! Chicago. Harrison plurality was abouo
| IL 900 Mr.. Harrison's father was also
| elected TO the same Office five times.