Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-04-10
RESULT Of ELECTION
CHICAGO suFFRAGIsTs FAIL TO
ELECT MEMBERS OF OWN
SEX TO COUNCIL.
SPRINGFIELD REMAINS "WET'
Non-Partisans Reflect Badlng Mayor
of Milwaukee by Majority or o'ooo
over Seidel-RePublican wins IN
New Jersey.

| New Jersey
Milwaukee. April 9.-Mayor Ger
hard A. Bading, who two years aso
was the candidate through whom q
| fusion of the old parties drove Sociar
| ism out of office in Milwaukee, was
rejected on Tuesday on non-partlsan
ticket by a majority OF 5000. llis
majority assures the election OF eno
entire non-partisan ticket.
In this landslide against Socialism
the six hold-over Socialist aldermen-at-
| large, were carried out of of1ce, anu
also the hold-over city attorney named
in the Socialist election.
Chicago, April 9.--The thousands or
newly enfranchised women who Went
to the polls on Tuesday exploded all
theories ON the woman in politics. Tney
voted on partisan lines, helping TO de-
| feat eight out of nine independent
candidates, falling to elect slngie
one of the nine candidates OF their
own sex and returning a Democratic
majority to the city council
The tremendous interest which
women had taken in the aldermanlc
campaign, failed to show single hnai
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 ,000-315,000 men and 1885,
600 women. The number Of persons
who voted on the little" ballot propo-
sition is much smaller.
The failure of women to support
women candidates was one of the
surprises of the election. Marion II.
Drake was defeated by Alderman
John j. Coughlin in the First ward by
margin of four to one.
Mayor Harrison's comprehensive
subway proposition which had firsta
place on the little ballot, met with an
overwhelming defeat. The "compre-
hensive subway scheme had been
made a campaign issue with that fac
ton, and was lost by 100000 votes.
The women in particular voted
against the proposition three to one.
The "wets" carried Springfield, the
the hottest fight The majority was
$780, 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 fcr the Anti-Saloon league. The
women's vote has been the determin-
iv,o IL
and over again the returns showed
that where a majority of the men vot-
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-
late Representative Bremner, Dem
Ocrat. His plurality over James j.
OByrne, who had the backing of the
national administration. was over five
thousand. O'Byrne ran only 1877 votes
| ahead of the Socialist candidate.
The complete returns follow: Dow
H. Drukker (Rep), 10,620; James j.
O'Byrne Dem), 5,240 Gordon Dem
rest (Soc.), 5,053; Whitehead (Prog.),
661
The total vote polled was remarka-
bly, large for a special election Out
of registration of $4,000, over TWEEN
ty-one thousand votes were cast.
Boston, April 9.-James A. GalIivan.
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.
Topeka, Kan, April 8.-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 a 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 OILY
Is polls to be heard from, indicate
that Mederic Martin, a member of the
Canadian parliament, has been elected
mayor by majority of about 5000.