The Washington herald., 1912-11-06

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The only elecssea - ~ DlSntt Of
Columbia yestsrdAy hfuught out 1i.d3
voters. OF whom 1AHlaeast thsir balIo4S
n favor of>ths right X suf1aes sfbr the
Dasersct. while amoAG ths, Prsi1dential
candidates voted tor Kooeovelt IA with
|6SH ballots, Wilspu eotting 40A TAFT
La Debs LIE, Chspln IA and Reimer =.
An estimate Of the ssparste votes on
proposed representation Of the District
IN. Congress, which have not been count
|ed 70 that . large majority fayors such
representation and prefers the Aslega4s
20 be elected rather than Be aSpointsd.
The oflcials Of the District Of Columbia
Suffrage Laague. which conducted the
stores Throughout the District. declared
last night they /were delighted with the
result. DR.. Thomas =. WILL executive
secretary 0f the League, asserted that
the contentious that the people, Of the
District do not want 70 vote have been
completely ovsrthrown. and that with
the interest caused by this election the
movement to enfrancHiss the people Of
the District win have IN early success.
THE publication Of the ballot In The
Washington Herald aroused much Of the
interest in the election" sid DR.. Will.
Both the ballots and copies Of the
story which The Washington Herald
published with the ballot were conspic-
uousiy displayed. and attention Of many
people was thus drawn to the oppor-
ttinity afforded the residents Of the Na-'
tional Capital to express themselves in
favor Of franchise"
steady 1t the Polls.
The polls were formally opened at s
o'clock yesterday morning and closed at
O'Clock last evening. and the voting
at some Of the places was steady.
Though there were not enough watchers
at the voting places. DR.. VIII said last
night there had been no repeating"
20 far ~ could b learned.
While DR.. VIII directed the move
ments of the suffrage workers from his
headquarters In the Ouray Building. the
four main divisions of. the city were In
charge Of leutenants.n J. Webb Rich
mond. W.. II. Pollock. and W. I. swanton
were at the head Of the campaigners
east; Z. J. Dakin. in Southwest; and
Roscoe Jenkins. in Northeast Law
renee VIII. q son Of Dr.. Will, was a
sort OF general. visiting the various
polling places.
The. ballots used In the election were
those printed IN The Washington Herald.
They contained the questions Of whether
or not the voter wished the right Of
suffrage to be conferred upon the Dis
tficf; and whether or not he or she
Yished the District to be, representedl
by . delegate. and II %. BY an ap-
posntive O. an elective delegate; and
ehe names OF the six preSldential can
didates-Taft, Republicans; Wilson, DEM
ocr1tic; Roosevelt. Progressive; Debs.
Socialist; Chaplin. Prohibitionist; and
Reimer, Labor Socialist. H
For suffrage. on votes were cast, and
sos were cast against suffrage. Q total Of
L. 81 votes.
Tho total vote for President was H..
de5, or 40 votes less than the vote on
the suffrage question. which the Suf-
frage League ohlcials say !. an indication
That interest In suffrage has a very real
hold upon the people OF the District.
Many OF the votes were sent by mail
which was allowed. but the ballotink at |
the booths was brisk. The league ON
cials said the voters were Of the best |
classes OF Washington, the workers of \
the government. and the residents who
take lively interest in public affairs |
Only . few Of the voters were Of the 1
colored race. II was stated.
The polling place doing the most busi- |
ness was At LIT Pennsylvania Avenue |
Northwest At booth arranged near the |
Bureau Of Engraving and Printing, only 1
about nifty votes were cast, much to the |
surprise of the league workers. The |
largest vote was in the Northwest Sec
lion, but the Navy Yard gave q large |
vote. and Southwest Washington dis 4
played a healthy interest.
The votes on the question of q delegate /
10 represent the District probably win |
be announced to-day.