Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-11-04
100000 MAJORITY
AGAINST REV|SED D
N.'Y.CON57|TUT|0A
Pennsylvania Majority against
Suffrage Drops to 10000
Massachusetts Progressives
Eliminated as Political Party.

New York Nov. 3.-The dropping of the
ma iorty against woman suffrage In Penn
sylvania to approximately 5000 and the
failure of the proEressives to poll enough
votes in the Massachusetts gubernatoria'
race to maintain their legal standing as
political PARTY are the outstanding fee-
tures of the latest returns from yester-
days state elections in the East.
Throughout to-day the majority against
suffrage in PENNSYLVANIA estimated at
times as high as 100000 decreased. This
with the additional ews that out Of q
counties in the State had carried for suf-
frare gave its supporters great encour-
agcment
Philadelphia cast $1,000 majority
against suffrage. A feature of the
voting was that Allegheny county.
which includes Pittsburg. was carried
for the suffrage cause by a small ma
jority. The result in Allegheny
county and the fact that about % of
the 67 counties were also found in the
suffrage column gave great encourage
ment to the suffraEsts and for time
day they believed they had "A chance
phia's big anti ti-suffrage vote.
The plurality of Thomas r. Smith,
republican candidate for mayor of
Philadelphia, who defeated George d.
Porter, Independent, is more than 75,
900. The entire republican ticket was
elected.
The Massachusetts progressives polled
only a few more than 1000 votes, about
,i,J lo inn tote
In 1918 Charles Sumner Bird, who this
year supported the victorious republi-
can candidate, Samuel l.. Mccall, polled
more than 127,oOO progressive votes in a
race for governor. McCall's majority
over his democratic opponent, David l..
Walsh, was G,606.
Maryland returns continued to indicate
that Emerson C. Harrington, democrat,
had de1cated Ovington A. Weller, repub-
llcan. Harrngton's majority probably
will be between 5000 and $500.
Suffrage was beaten in New York
State by more than 1,5,1oo and the re-
vised constitution rejected by more
| than $50, 600. The defeat of the constitu-
| ton was severe blow to the republican
leaders who had stood behind Elihu
! Root president of the convention, In
| supporting the instrument
| The personnel of the New York State
| Assembly appears to be definitely settled.
There will be 9s republicans Z" democrats,
one progressive democrat and one
socialist This will be a loss of one each
| for the republicans and the progressiVes
| and gain of one each for the demo
| Gratis and the socialists.
No candidate running on straight
| democratic ticket won in any of the New
York supreme court races 1t appeared
for a time to-day that Representative
John J. Fitzgerald of Brooklyn had wor
In the second district but last return'
gave the victory to stephen Callaghan
a republican. Fitzgerald will return Il
Congress, from which body he did no
resign to make the race. All the large
parties indorsed the first and third dis
trict candidates and republicans won II
the others. The district attorneyship II
Brooklyn remained republican, James c
Cropsey being reelected.
1t is reasonably certain that no definit
results will be had on the $HOO. 600 cana
bond proposal until late in the week
Every indication, however, is that
carried
Tammany again intrenched itself ir
New York county, after several leai
years, eecting Judge Edward Swan dis
trict attorney, Alfred Il. Smith sheriff an
n majority Of the New York city board o
, aldermen.
Republicans found soace In the elec
tion Of William S. Bennett, n republican
to Congress from a democratic district
the 23rd He made a general attack ol
1.-The national administration, his campaig,
issue Republicans aIso elected 9S of tn
100 state assemblymen.
General legislative gains were recorde
in New Jersey by the republicans,
Unofficial tabulation of the vote In Obi
yesterday made few changes tonight 4
estimates which were based on early re
turns. Statewide prohibition was defeat
ed by majority of between 10000 and 49,
900 and 1ve other proposals including tw
measures passed at the last session of tn
, Legislature, We're voted down.