Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-04-14
HUGE CHICAGO VOTE
SuFFRAGlSTS FAIL TO ELECT
MEMBERS OF OWN SEX TO
CITY COUNCIL.
SUBWAY PLAN is DEFEATED
$4,000 Men and $4,000 Women Cast
BaIIots-"Drys" V:ctors in Many
Illinois Cit;es-ResuIts Else
where.

TO the polls on Tuesday exploded all
theories on the woman in politics. They
voted on partisan lines, helping TO de-
feat eight out of nine independent
candidates, failing to elect a single
one of the nine candidates of their
own sex and returning Democratic
majority TO the city council
The tremendous interest which
women had taken in the aldermanic
campaign, failed to show Single final
result in which women had turned the
tide of sentiment expressed by the
vote of the men
An estimate places the total vote
cast at 500, 000-315,e coo men and 1885,
600 women. The number of persons
who voted on the little" ballot prepo
sition is much smaller
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
margin of four to one
Mayor Harrisons comprehensive
subway proposition which had first
place on the little ballot, met with an
overwhelming defeat The 'compre.
hensive subway" scheme had been
made campaign issue with that fac
ton, and was lost by 100000 votes.
The women in particular voted
against the proposition three to one.
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
Dixon, Aurora and Sterling are also
in the wet column.
The election was a sweeping vic
tory for the Anti-Saloon league. The
women's vote has been the deterlnin-
ing factor in many instances. Over
and over again the returns showed
that where majority of the men yot-
ed for saloons, the women voted
against them. Bloomington voted
dry"
All over the state the fight was
keen and bitter. Intense interest was
shown everywhere. In Aurora the
contest brought out the biggest vote
ever cast in that city, and out of to-
tai vote of 1888 1850 women cast
their ballots.
Paterson, N. j., April 9.-Dow H.
Drukker, Republican, was elected to
congress from the Seventh New Jer-
sey district on Tuesday to succeed the
late Representative Bremner, a Dem
ocrat. His plurality over James ].
| O'Byrne, who had the backing of the
national administration, was over five
thousand. OByrne ran only 1877 votes
ahead of the Socialist candidate.
The complete returns follow: Dow
Fl. Drukker (Rep), 10,620; James ].
| O'Byrne (Dem), 5,240; Gordon Dem
rest (Soc), 5053; Whitehead (Prog),
! 661
The total vote polled was remarka-
bly, large for a special election. Out
| of a registration of $4,000, over TWEEN
| ty-one thousand votes were cast
| Boston, April 9.-James A Gallivan,
Democrat, was elected to congress on
| Tuesday from the Twelfth district.
| He is opposed to the repeal of the
! free tolls clause of the Panama canal
act
Milwaukee, April 9.-Mayor Ger
| hard A. Bading, VINO two years ago
was the candidate through whom
fusion of the old parties drove Social
ism out of office in Milwaukee, was
rejected on Tuesday on non-partisan
ticket by majority of 5000 This
majority assures the election of the
entire non-partisan ticket.
! In this landslide against Socialism
the six hold-over Socialist aldermen-at-
I large, we're carried out of office, and
also the hold-over city attorney named
in the Socialist election.
Topeka, Kan, April S-Women cast
heavy vote in the election through
out Kansas. In many places women
served as election officials.
At Hutchinson, DR.. F. w. Cook was
elected mayor. Recently revival was
held in Hutchinson and more than four
thousand converts were made The
churches then became active in poll
| tics. Both Doctor Cook and Lincoln
s. Davis, his opponent, were pledged
to clean up the town
In a fight over Sunday closing of
stores at lola the open store adherents
won.
Montreal, April S.-Returns from
the 81 wards of the city, with only
| Is polls to be heard from, indicate
that Mederic Martin, member of the
Canadian parliament, has been elected
mayor by majority of about 5000