The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-11-06
SUFFRAGE BEATEN
IN ALL ELECTIONS
Amendment Lost by $4,000 in
Pennsylvania.
ZIG VOTE IN new YORK
Empire State Shows Under Votes for
Women by $4,000 and Massachu.
sets by 132,os8.

Women by $4,000 and Massachu,
sets by 132,os8.
Philadelphia, Nov. 4.-Suffrage was
deoisively defeated in Pennsylvania,
Few York and massachusetts.
A majority against the amendment
of $4,000 was returned In the Key.
stone state, 1876, 900 against it in New
York and Massachusetts defeated the
proposition by a majority of 132,08a
on a total vote of 457, 1904.
One of the greatest surprises In
Pennsylvania in the election was the
carrying of Allegheny county by the
~suffragists by about 1000. Mrs. Frank
Roessing president of the state or.
ganization, placed Allegheny and
Lackawanna in the doubtful column.
Mrs. Roessing claimed twenty-five
counties and blamed Philadelphia for
the defeat of the amendment.
Luzerne and Lackawanna, next to
Allegheny the most populous of the
Industrial counties, followed her lead
and rolled up majorities for suffrage.
The count was delayed greatly, and
In many divisions still was going on
Wednesday night. The confusion OF
the large-sized ballots accounted for
the mixups in voting, resulting in in.
creased work for the election boards.
The western counties of the state
gave the amendment support, as did
the farming counties of the north.
western tier. But the heavy anti ma.
jority in Philaaelr IA, added to Berks,
Bucks, Lancaster, ! rk and Mont.
gomery was sufficient to defeat the
measure.
The vote in 3142 out of 1904 cleo
ton districts, showed the suffrage
vote to stand as follows:
For, 161, 1888; against, 221,152; ma.
jority, 1914.
Carried Five Counties in New York
Five counties alone in New York
remained faithful to the suffrage
cause, T%ompkins, Chautauqua, Niaga-
ra, Broome and Cortland returned
small majorities favoring the amend
ment. Westchester went against the
cause by 10000, and nearly every
other county rendered large anti ma
jorities.
Of the cities of the state, Ithaca
Jamestown, Schenectady and Niagara
Falls remained faithful to the cause.
Following New York's lead, Buffalo,
Rochester, Yonkers, Auburn, Troy,
Utica and Rome rejected the amend
ment by substantial majorities.
In greater New York, Brooklyn
gave a margin of 10000 adverse votes.
Manhattan gave approximately 10000
against The Bronx 5000.
At the headquarters of the Nation
al American Woman Suffrage associ-
alton, where DR.. Anna Howard Shaw
and her l%ieutenants received the re-
turns, optimism ebbed as the vote
against suffrage grew.
"If, when the final count comes
said DR.. Shaw, 1--WE should not have
won the state, we, at least, have won
the largest number of votes that have
been cast for us in any state.
81 am not at all surprised at the
way the vote in Massachusetts went.
Massachusetts is an exceedingly con-
sentative state. l didn't expect suf-
frage to carry there. Neither am I
surprised at the Philadelphia vote. l
lived in Philadelphia and know the
city.
Whatever the result In New York,
Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, do
not let n one think we will stop,
even for a moment. This Is only one
battle and we are in a war. We in
tend to keep on fighting until we
win"