Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-04
Women Overwhelmed BY
Avalanche of "Noes" in
Eastern Elections
OHIO REMAINS IN
THE "WET" COLUMN
Majority Of Victors Is Only
Half That Accorded in
the Last Campaign

New York, Nov. 3.-Eastern states
registered their aversion to woman
suffrage yesterday by emphatically de-
feating the proposition at the polls
in three states where the matter was
brought before the voters. Ten states
held elections yesterday but the suf-
frage question was an issue only at
tho three largest-New York, Pennsyl-
vania and Massachusetts,. These three
great Atlantic seaboard states have
Joined New jersey In Withholding from
women the suffrage they enjoy in
many of the western states.
An Indicated majority against a
woman suffrage amendment to the
constitution in New York, based on re-
turns from more than two-thirds of the
state is 100000
Massachusetts defeated the PROPOSE
tion by majority of 132,602 on total
vote of 457,3O4
Reports from about one-quarter of
the state indicated that the vote in
Pennsylvania was against suffrage by
a majority of 10000.
New Jersey refused the vote to
women on October 19 by majority
of $4,000
The largest majorities against the
amendment in proportion to popula-
tion were rolled up In the cities Of
New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
yrhe proposition received its strongest
support in the western portions of
New York and Pennsylvania. -
Under the law ave years must
elapse before a suffrage amendment
can be put to popular vote again in
Pennsylvania and New Jersey, four
years in New York and two in Massa-
fchusetts.
South Still Democratic.
The democrats, apparently, elected
q governor in Maryland and an entire
|state ticket besides majority in the
istate legislature.
In Kentucky, both parties claim
victory in the gubernatorial contest,
gbut incomplete returns from III of
tho 12O counties gave former Con-
gressmaE Augustus 0. Stanley, demo
crat, lead of 9,O29 over Edwin p.
Morrow; his republican opponent.
Mississippi, the only other state to
elect governor, went, as usual, demo-
cratic. The only opposition to the
democratic ticket headed by Theodore
G. 3ilbo, was made by socialist candi-
dates nominated by petition.
In New York, former Congressman
William s. Bennett was elected in the
twcnty-third district to succeed the
late Congressman Jacob Goulden. Ben
nett is republican. Republicans will
succeed republicans in the thirty-first
and thirty-sixth congressional dirtricts
Of New York and the twenty-fourth
district of Pennsylvania.
In New York the republicans re-
tanned their control of the lower mouse
of the legislature although they lost
one assemblyman. They also elected
a majority Of the mayors chosen in
cities of the state.
In addition to defeating the suffrage
amendment by about 210 900 votes, the
people of New York repudiated the
new state constitution drafted by a
convention of which Eluhu Root was
president and for which Mr.. Root had
conducted a vigorous speaking cam
paign.
Mccall Defeats Walsh.
Samuel w. Mccall, the republican
who will succeed David l. Walsh,
democrat, as governor Of Massachu-
setts, won by plurality of 6,663. The
republicans retained control OF the
Massachusetts, legislature.
The republicans returned to power
in Philadelphia, where their candidate,
Thomas B. Smith, was elected mayor
by $4,000.
In New Jersey the republicans gain
ed two state senators and two mem
bers of the assembly and will continue
in control of both houses of the legis-
lature.
Ohio Still Wet.
State wide prohibition was rejected
in Ohio by majority of from $4,000
to 100000. Last year the amendment
was defeated by 84,152. The repub-
iicans elected mayors in Cleveland and
Cincinnati Charles Milroy, progress
sive was chosen mayor Of Toledo.
The city of Toledo voted against a
twenty-five year street car franchise
snd will take over all lines controlled
by the Toledo Railways and light Co.
' A proposal that the city purchase
the local street railways was rejected
In Detroit after bitter fight.
The election Of members Of the Vir-
ginia general assembly will send q
heavy majority to the senate and
house pledged to the enactment of pro
hibition legislature when the state
goes dry by constitutional amendment
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