Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-10-20
SUFFRAGISTS
ARE CALM IN
FACE OF DEFEAT
Women Display Tolerance in
Hearing Adverse Returns
Come In.
MRS. VAN WINKLE TRIES
TO KEEP HOPE ALIVE
Report of Suffrage Defeat in
Morris County the Final
Straw.

Tolerance with the first returns
showing a drift toward suffrage de-
feat and jubilation as an occasional
district or town voted pro, followed
by amazement and gradually by
philosophical reconcilia tion to the in
evitable, marked the attitude in which
great throng heard the returns last
night at the headquarters of the
Women's Political Union, 70 Halsey
street. 1t was with doubtful grace
that the outcome in some places was
admitted when the t1gures began ar
riving.
For instance, when Verona was re-
ported to have gone against the
amendment by an even greater ma
jority than proved correct, Mrs. Nina
C. Van Winkle, president of the
Women's Political Union Of New Jer-
sey, commented to the crowd: Let
me tell you, Verona's the only place
in the county where they turned their
backs on our speakers"
The Verona tally came almost SIM
ultaneously with counts in some other
suburban districts showing a margin
for suffrage. Verona was followed,
though, by a partial report from Mer-
Ger county showing that a majority
was being rolled up against the
amendment there.
"And that's going some" added
Mrs. Van Wrinkle, for Mercer's one
of the rottenest counties in the State.
All the brewery money, all the Roeb-
ling's money, has been spent there"
Mercer was quickly followed by a
partial report from Passaic county
giving the antis another lead of sew
eral hundred votes. That's going
some for Passaic, too, when l tell you
that the boss told one of our young
lady workers that within ten minutes
he could have every politician in the
county in his Office she said. Con-
tinuing, she declared it looked as IL
politics of the boss was not men-
toned.
Chung to Last Ray of Hope.
The tendency everywhere was be-
ginning to dawn upon the crowd,
however, but the supporters of the
cause chung to hope a while longer.
Mrs. Van Wrinkle had another en-
couraging remark for figures on q
few districts in Atlantic City, and
likewise appeared cheered that the
suffragists had been able to make a
showing despite the political organ
izations in the first Newark districts
heard from.
Some scattered but heartening fig
ures then came in and the dropping
hopes of the suffrage gathering were
refreshed. In fact, even when the
result of the election was eoncededly
in favor of the ants q report of a
suffrage majority anywhere in the
State, no matter how remote the dis
trict might be, was sure to raise a
round of applause.
1t was when Morris county partial
ly reported adversely that the convic-
ton of defeat was at last driven home
upon most of the gathering. Mrs.
Van Wrinkles side remarks about
Passaic, Mercer and Verona had kept
those present in a fairly optimistic
mood, despite the settling of ominous
feeling upon everyone in the room.
That Morris, despite the manipula-
tions of the ants and politicians, was
one county that would stand firm w9s
expected. Mrs. Van Winkle read the
Morris dispatch without comment,
county, and thereafter the leaders
made no further attempt TO hope
against their better Judgment.
Show Plenty of Patriotism.
The patriotism of the throng was
admirable though, and no gathering
ever stuck to the colors with more
faithfulness. Even after Passaic,
Mercer, Morris and Union and sew
eral districts in Newark, not to men
tion Verona, had mounted up, the
crowd continued to grow in size.
So congested became the headquar-
ters finally that Mrs. Van Wrinkle
gave orders that a commodious Str
day school room in an adjoining
church building should be engaged
at once, if possible. Arrangements
were hastily made to this effect, and
the crowd adjourned to a meeting
room large enough to accommodate
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