New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-20
Mrs. Feickert Says Fraud
Caused Essex RepulSe

The dcfest Of the woman suffrage
amendment .u New Jersey was charged
up 70 tho election frauds OF the polti-
ca, rings by Mrs. L. f. Fe.ckert. pres
iaent Of the New Jersey State Woman
Suffrage Association. in an interview
last night in suffrage headquarters iu
Jersey City.
Mrs. Teickert said that she would
present proof Of colo1!zing in Newark,
whore Jim" Nugent is the Democratic
boss. and Of other colonization and
other election frauds 90 the proper
authorities looking toward a criminal
prosecution Of the guilty ones, II by
doing so last nights result could be
changed
4. was not until shortly before mid
night that Mrs. Feickert would concode
defeat. She hoped as late as lO;l5
that the returns when completed would
turn Che tide. But the figures as they
continued TO come in made certain the
defeat that was evident earlier 10 I'm
partial Observers.
But Mrs Feickerf already has plans
for o. new suffrage campaign, which
will begin to-day. Its first purpose Will
he to bring about the passage Of q law
bv the New Jersey Legislature
next sprug giving women the right to
vote for Pres Dental and Nice-Prcsi-
Dental electors, and its second, the
lending q hand to the national move
mcnt to have the Federal Constitution
amended.
''At this time # looks as II We failed
90 carry the state said Mrs. Feickert
although there are still some coun-
tics unheard from which will decrease
the present majority against us. In
any event, We have polled a tremendous
vote.
"Our opponents have resorted 20 the
worst conceivable tactics 20 defeat the
amendment. There has been consid-
cradle colonizing in many Of the large
cities, especially Newark. Il was
plainly evident TO us months ago that
DC was not the intention Of the political
rings 20 give us square deal
zone man, interested In the passage
Of tho Rath0un bin which amended the
special election law so that the ballots
might be unuumbered, remarked on the
day that this bin passed that If moth
ing else defeated US, this might be re-
lied upon 10 do II.
Governor Fielder told rs he consid-
cred that many defects in tho special
election law were planned 20 bring
about our defeat
As for our intentions for the future,
while defeated, we are IN stronger
position than before. We viii start ia
tomorrow on new suffrage campaign.
We have no intention OF waiting FOR five
years 10 take our case again before the
voters. We viii start right in 20 get
Presidential suffrage from the State
Legislature. The Constitution of the
United States declares that the Legis-
lature OF each state shall determine
who shall vote in that state for Presl-
Dental and \ce-Ires.dent al electors.
With the strong organization that We
have and The many thousands OF voters
who took their stand on our side. there
is no question but that such a bill viii
pass next spring.
when we have accomplished that we
VIII then fight for full acknowledgement
hy Federal amendment
eve have had the satisfaction OF
losing in the very best company. as
practically all the men Of the highest
standing ln the state are on our side.
Miss Margaret VI. NcNalghtOu,
president of the De Hart Equal SUI
frago League. when the vote began 20
show Moutclair and other fashionable
centres going against the amendment,
said:
81 think that a great deal can be
aecribcd 20 fashionable inertia or,
should rather say, the inertia OF the
fashionable
The suffrage headquarters az Jersey
City had all the earmarks Of any po-
litical campaign headquarters on cleo
tion night Tabulators sitting ~ tables
kept tally Of the count as the results
were brought 90 b. district workers
almost without exception women. Here
and there a man appeared,
b The women learned for the first time
I Of ringers Several were discovered
s IN Jersey City and reported 70 Andrew
J. Steelman. head Of the legal bureau
OF the local branch. In every case the
4 ringer was q man. These men had
posed as sufragists and obtained desig-
nations rs suffrage watchers, only 10
be found Al the day wore on 70 be
working against suffrage.
Nr. Steelmau said that the Demo-
cratic and Republican machines worked
against the amendment IN Jersey City.
The saloon men were also out strong
against the amendment. I'm one dis
trici brewery collector suddenly took