The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-04
Pennsylvania Gives Majority of 50,000Against Suffrage With 9 Per Cent of the Districts to Report
DECISIVE DEFEAT
 FOR SUFFRAGEIN
 OLD BAY STATE
Majority in Massachusetts Against Suffrage Esti- mated at 132,083-Repub- licans Retain Control


 woman suffrage in Pennsylvania to ap- proximately 50,000 and the failure of the progressives to poll enough voteb in the Massachusetts gubernatorial raf to maintain their legal standing at y political party are the outstanding lures of the latest returns from Tues days state elections
 Throughout yesterday the majority against suffrage in Pennsylvania, esti- creased. This, with the additional news that 25 out of 67 counties in the state had carried for suffrage, gave it's sup porters great encouragement.
 Although suffrage was defeated in New York, more than 5OO,O00 votes were cast for it. The majority against was about 175,000
 In Massachusetts woman's suffrage was defeated by majority of 132,0ss. the vote being 16S,4Os for and 2s5, ,4ss against.
 In Ohio statewide prohibition was de- feated by majority estimated on al- most complete returns from 30,O00 to 10000.
 Other results of the state elections were:
 Massac achusetts-Samuel w. Mccall trepublican), defeated David I. Walsh (democrat) for governor by plurality of 6so6. Republicans gained one in the senate and 16' in the house, both of which they control.
 Maryland-Emerson c. Harrington (democrat) defeated Ovington E. Weller (republican), for governor, by plural ity of 9504. Democrats retained con trol of both houses of state assembly.
 Kentucky-Nearly complete returns gave A. o. Stanley (democrat) ma jority of 7769 over Edwin r. Morrow (republican) in the race for governor
 New York-Republica elected will liam s, Bennett to Congress from a democratic district, the Twenty third, ;a.A also elected 9Ssof tire 15e assembly, men.
 New Jersey--Republicans recorded general legislative gains, which will give them control of the state assembly on joint ballot
 Virginia-Fusionism in Norfolk coun- ty was defeated by straightout demo- crats and republicans three or four representatives to the house from the only republican district of the state.
 Philadelphia, November 3.-Woman suffrage in Pennsylvania was defeated by more than 50,000 at Tuesdays elec- tiOn, according to returns received late today. About 20 per cent of the cleo tion districts are yet to report. 1t is believed that more than 300,000 men favored the proposed suffrage amend ment to the state constitution, figures thus far received showing a total vote of 26O 577 for and 316,523 against.
 Philadelphia gave 41,000 majority against suffrage. A feature of the vot- ing was that AlIegheney county, which includes Pittsburg, was carried for the suffrage cause by a small majority The result in Allegheney county and the fact that about 25 of the 67 counties also were found in the suffrage column gave great encouragement to the suf- fragists and for time today they be- lieved they had chance to carry the state against Philadelphia's big anti suffrage vote. Tonight, however, when more complete figures were at hand, the suffragist leaders conceded defeat by 45,000.
 Suffragist Vote
 TWO DIE counties, LuZern ana Lack wanna, which include the cities of Wilkesbarre and Scranton, were car- ried by the suffragists, according to the latest figures. Berks. Lebanon and Lehigh counties where there is a large population of Pennsylvania Germans, boiled large vote against the amend ment. Many of the purely agricultural counties voted for the amendment.
 Some of the populous counties in west ern Pennsylvania also gave suffrage a big vote.
 The plurality of Thomas B. Smith. re- publican candidate for mayor of Phila- delphia, who defeated George D. Por- ter independent, is more than 75,0O0. The entire republican ticket also was elected.
 Proposed amendments to the constitu- tion empowering the legislature to enact Ia compulsory workmen's compensation lew, giving Philadelphia the right to increase it's borrowing capacity for the purpose of raising funds for permanent Improvements and authorizing the state or counties to guarantee land titles were also ratified. according to returns so far 7 7eceived.