The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-04-08
Out of Eight Women Candi-
dates For Office In Chicago,
Not One Was Elected.
Charge Of Buying
Votes Was Made
Women Have Sweeping Effect
In Keeping Several Counties
In Line of Dry" Strong
Fight In City Against Cor
ruptlon.

CHICAGO, April Fairly COM
plete returns from todays municipal
elections, the first in which Illinois
women ever participated, indicated
that the women divided about on the
same lines that men have divided IN
all previous campaigns. The indica-
lions are that no less than 10000
out of a registration something more
than 100000 women today availed
themselves OF their newly acquired
right to the ballot.
Of the eight women candidates for
aldermen in Chicago, out of a total OF
154, not one was elected. Each one or
the thrty-six members of the city
council chosen is a man, and from
returns available SO far the Indications
are that they will be lined up as fol-
lows:
Democrats, Is; Republicans. .:
Progressives, 2. and partisan. l.
Returns from the missing seven wards
which are to elect eight aldermen.
there being an extra vacancy IN the
Twentieth ward. indicate that the
Democrats will maintain their lead
The liquor question did not enter
into the Chicago elections, but the wo-
men got chance to express them
selves on it on the outside towns. In
dications are that while the drss
made some gains. they did not make
bv the dry leaders, and that they were
lined up on that question as in others.
about as the men voters The num-
Der of non ballots in many localities
surprised both the wet and dry forces.
The most spectacular campaign IN
Chicago was in the First ward.
where Miss Marion Drake, Progress
sive, opposed Alderman 'sBathhouse
John" coughlin. Miss Drake was
showed under The ward includes q
small part of the old tenderloin dis
trict, many lodging houses and
saloons. Although accurate ngures
probably will not he available until
tomorrow, it does not seem tnat me
women in the ward rallied very
strongly to the support of Miss Drake.
Charges were made during the day
that leaders of the old vice ring were
intimidating women into voting FOR
Coughlin, and that these leaders IN
Guided women as we'll as men, and al
legged white slavers."
C,omnfaint was also made to Elec-
ton Commissioner Czarnecki that
money was being paid out freely to
the Weary Willies" colonized in the
cheaper lodging houses to influence
votes for Coughlin. Hundreds of the
"foaters" had been stricken from the
books, when the check up by the eiec-
ton commissioners had revealed that
the precinct captains had rounded up
a large herd With the knowledge
that So a head was the usual price for
votes colonized in the lodging houses
in the nearly quarter of a century
that Bath House and "Hinky Dick
kenua have represented the first ward
in the council Judge Owens sent In
vestieators to run down the alleged
F, vote buyers. and detectives were put
on the trail also. A number OF ar
rests were made. Mrs. George Scho-
her. Democratic election judge in
the Twentieth ward. filed complaint
against Daniel j. Doty. supporter or
ex-Alderman Henry F'rick. because he
charged her with attempting TO IN
If1uence Bohemian women who came
to the polls. and telling them how TO
vote.
AS near as can be estimated the
total vote of the day was about ~ 81
600, and for a time it seemed that
there was not going TO be room enough
in the ballot boxes for all the ballots.
In the exclusive residential districts
on the north shore, the vote was a.
heavy or heavier than in some OF the
foreign sections, the fur clad women
making 1t a point to get to the polls
In their motors as early as possible
The drys gained a number of larger
towns in Illinois. The vets gained
none, but retained control of several
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