The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-11-13

Say That Next Time Voters Have OPP
portunity of Expressing Their Opin-
ion They Will Certainly Win-Demo-
Gratis Not Downcast Over Results In
the Several States They Lost.
Although overwhelmed In every east
ern state that had the opportunity of
voting Oh the question, the women suf-
fragists have gone to work with re-
newed vim and confidently predict that
the next time men have the chance to
vote Oh the issue the result will be in
their favor. New York state voted
against the amendment by about 200,-
600 majority, Pennsylvania by about
125, 900 and Massachusetts by practi-
cally the same majority.
The leaders in the cause are at work
ION the mex campaign" They showed
themselves excellent losers and bore
the disappointment caused by the ad-
verse returns bravely.
1t was asserted by DIR. Anna Howard
Shaw that in reality a victory for the
cause had been achieved, because OF
no occasion in history had such a huge
vote been cast for the enfranchisement
of women.
I'VE have lost nothing" said DR..
Shaw. 1T is our opponents who have
lost. They had the whole state before;
they haven't now"
Call Result a Victory.
DR.. Shaw was of the opinion that if
only the suffrage amendment was IN
der consideration it would have been
successful. Thousands of voters, ac-
cording to her theory, who voted
against the amendment did sc in the
belief that they were following the or
ders to kill the constitution proposed
for New York.
So far as the result of Massachusetts
is concerned DR.. Shaw said she was
not surprised, as Massachusetts could
not be regarded as a progressive state.
Massachusetts has rejected the amend
ment by a majority of 125, 900. And in
Pennsylvania, where the hostile ma
jority is about the same as in the Bay
State. DIR. Shaw smilingly announced
that the woman suffrage leaders are to
start anew there at onc
Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, presi-
dent of the Woman's Political union,
announced that the women had made
their last appeal to the individual vot-
ers. Hereafter, Mrs. Blatch says, wom-
en- will address their demands for po-
tlical equality to legislative bodies Of
men.
Miss Alice Hill Chittenden, president
of the New York State Association OPP
posed to Woman Suffrage. said:
"The women have won! The anti
suffragists have always said they stood
for the majority of women, and that
their confidence that men would prop
erly represent them at the polls was
not misplaced has been amply demon.
strated."
White House is Blue.
That the feeling In White House cir
cles was one of deep disappointment
over the result of the elections through
out the country is manifest, the loss
of Massachusetts to the Republicans
and the close vote in Maryland being
the main factors. Consolation was OBJ
tanned in the election by the Demo
Gratis of Augustus Staley as governor
Of Kentucky, and it is understood that
the defeat of the new constitution in
New York was not regarded with dis
favor.
The association of Elihu Root with
this instrument and the possibility of
a presidential boom being based upon
the success of the measure at the polls
had been studied with great interest in
Washington.
1t is foreseen that the rejection of
woman suffrage by four great states in
the east will result in greatly increased
pressure upon congress by the leaders
of the party in the fight for equal fran
chise.
The defeat of Governor Walsh in
Massachusetts, whose election slogan
was "a vote for Walsh is a vote for
Wilson, Is also a cause of disappoint-
ment.
Administration leaders insist that,
while the elections indicate that the
Democratic organization is not as
strong as they believed, they are still
of the opinion that Mr.. Wilson is
stronger than his party and that he
cannot be beaten in 1916.
Republican leaders who are in Wash
ington assert that if the president and
his administration are as strong as has
been represented the Democrats
should have gained smashing victories
In all the states in which elections
were held.
In the case of Governor Walsh of
Massachusetts and in the Twenty
third district of New York, where Will
liam S. Bennett. the Republican candi-
date for congress made the tariff the
issue, the administration was said to
be on trial. In Massachusetts and
in the Twenty-third New York district
there was a substantial slump in the
Dopnocra ffo vote oa rs with the