The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-04-09
SUFFRAGISTS FAIL
TO ELECT OWN SEX
Subway System Is Defeated by
Chicago Women.
G. 0. P. MAN WINS IN JERSEY
Voters Elect Republican to Congress
Over Wilson Man-Democrat Vic
ter in Boston-NeW York for
Constitutional Convention.

of newly enfranchised women who
went to the polls exploded all theo-
ries on the woman in politics. They
voted on partisan lines, helping to de-
feat eight out of nine Independent
candidates, failing to elect single
one of the nine candidates of their
own sex and returning Democratic
majority to the city council.
An estimate places the total vote
cast at 00,000-315,000 men and 1885,
900 women The number of persons
who voted on the little" ballot propo-
sitiOns is much smaller
EARLY returns indicated the tre-
mendous interest which women had
taken in the aldermanic campaign,
failed to show a single final result in
which women had turned the tide Of
sentiment expressed by the vote Of
the men.
The failure of women to support
women candidates was one of the
surprises of the election Marion H
Drake was defeated by Alderman
John j Coughlin in the First ward by
a margin OF four 10 one,
Early returns On the questions on
the little ballot indicate that the com
prehensive subway plan is defeated.
The women in particular voted
against the proposition three to one.
The colors Of the anti-liquor army
were swung high in Illinois and, with
the aid Of women's votes, the "drys"
made substantial gains. Out of total
of 1852 saloons involved in the wet"
and dry" clash, 1,100, as nearly as
could be estimated, had been blotted
out by men and women voters.
The extent of the anti-saloon vic
tory may be better understood when
1t is stated that 19 more Illinois coun-
ties went into the "dry" column.
There had been 80 counties free of
the saloon previous to the voting, and
now the total is 40 out of 1872 coun-
Ties in the commonwealth.
Springfield Stays "Wet"
The vets" carried Springfield, the
capital of the state, which furnished
the hottest fight. The majority was
$500, and in this instance both men
and women voted the "wet" ticket.
G. o. p. Man Wins in Jersey.
Paterson, N j., April S.-Republi-
cans gained and Democrats lost a seat
in the house Of representatives as the
result of a special election in the
Seventh New Jersey district. Dow H.
Drukker, a contractor of Passaic was
elected representative in congress to
succeed the late Robert L. Bremner, by
more than five thousand plurality over
James J. O'Byrne, a Democrat person
ally indorsed by President Wilson.
Figures compiled by the Republican
county campaign committee gave the
total vote, with two out of 112 districts
missing, as follows:
Drukker (Rep.) 10,460
O'Byrne (Dem.) .............. SLAB
Demarest (Soc.) ........ 5,11S
Whitehead (Pro8) estimated. 600
Drukker made his fight on plat
form opposed to the legislation
wrought by the Wilson administration.
particularly on the tariff, while
O'Byrne called on voters to send him
to congress as token of their ap-
proval of the presidents policies.
Leading Democrats, however, re-
fused to accept the result of the cleo
ton as reputation of Wilson's poll
cies
MIR. Drukker said he had not an
ncunced his position on the canal tolls
repeal question. His district is one of
the centers of silk and wooden spin
ming.
Democrat Wins at Boston.
Boston, April S.-James A. Gallivan,
Democrat, was elected to congress in
the Twelfth district to fill the unex-
pired term of Mayor James M. Curley.
resigned. He received a majority in
triangular contest The vote was:
Galliyan, SOS; Frank l.. Brier Re-
publican, 1913; James d. Connolly,
Progressive, 1892
For Constitutional Convention.
New York, April S--Delegates to
state constitutional convention will be
elected next fall and the convention
will convene in April, 1915. The voters
Of the state SO decided at the polls.
The vote in New York city deter
mined the result AS a result of the
activity of Tammany in Manhattan
and its allies in the four other bor-
oughs the city rolled up an affirmative
majority Of 55,916, nearly half of which
came from Manhattan. 1t is thought
there was an adverse vote Of $4,000
upstate
Democrats generally were elated at
the result of the total vote.
Democrats Win Kansas CITY.
Kansas City. Mo, April 8.-Henry L.
Jost, Democrat, was reelected mayor
of Kansas City over four other candi-
I dates by a majority estimated to ex-
ceed nine thousand votes. The Demo
cratic candidates for comptroller.
treasurer and police Judge also were
successful. Mayor Jost carried thir-
teen Of the sixteen wards.
The Nonpartisan ticket, pledged to
establish commission government and
headed by Clarence A. Burton, was sec