The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-04-10
WESTMINSTER, md.
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 10, 1914
ELECTIONS lin MASSACHUSETTS,
AND ELSEWHERE.

On Tuesday Of this week, special
elections were held in Massachusetts,
New Jersey and Illinois. The new
tariff law Just passed By Congress
was made an issue In the Massa-
chusetts election in the Twelfth Con-
gressional district and Gallivan,
Democrat, was elected to succeed
CurIey, Democrat, now Mayor OF
Boston. The result is very gratifying
W the adherents on the Wilson ADMIN
istration. In New Jersey a special
election was also held to fill the
vacancy in the Seventh Congressional
district caused by the death Of MT.
Bremner, who, it will be remembered,
died recently i'm Baltimore Of an ar
lection Of cancer. This district is the
"hot-bed" Of Republican high-pro-
tective tariff ideas and the silk mills in
Patterson and elsewhere i'm Passaic
county, which county constitutes the
Seventh Congressional district, in the
disappointment was made largely Re-
publican and the election Of Bremner
in 1912 was possible only because of
his peculiarly lovable disposition and
wide circle Of friends among all par
ties and more to the fact that the
Progressive party polled sufficient
votes to enable a Democrat to win,
whereas on Tuesday the Democratic
candidate polled large vote and the
Progressive candidate almost none at
all, the Republican vote being much
smaller than normal.
The Republican newspapers are
taking to themselves what comfort
and encouragement they can from the
result in New Jersey. They are en-
titled to some cheer during these sad
days-Ead days for Republication
the Democrats are most cheerful over
the result. When President Wilson
was a candidate for Governor of New
Jersey in 1909, he lost the Seventh
district, Passaic county, ~ 1890 and
i'm 1913, Governor Fielder, Democrat,
present governor of New Jersey, lost
the district by 5000 and on Tuesday
last the Republican plurality was but
$3.50 Let our Republican friends re-
joice at gaining one congressman for
there il scant cheer i'm the result for
them. Both in Massachusetts and in
New Jersey the people are standing
with President Wilson in his efforts
to be of help to all the people OF the
country.
In Illinois the women voted for the
first time on Tuesday and in Chicago,
where the result has been made
known most accurately, a larger
percentage of the registered vote was
polled by the women than by the men.
A number of women were candidates
for offices but none of them were
elected, the female vote being divided
among the men candidates. In Chicago
the total male vote was 324,75G and
the female vote l64,026. The ques-
ton of voting in favor of or against
the saloons was an issue throughout
the State and eleven large cities
voted dry" whereas Springfield, the
capital, voted wet" The result of
the election i'm Illinois will close HOO
saloons in that State. 1t has been
reported that seventy per cent of the
women voted dry" and that sixty
per cent Of the men voted wet"
Chicago will remain wet" until an
other election and perhaps for a
longer time. There was no disorder
at the polls AMI the women We're
courteously treated by the men voters
and workers at the polls.