New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-11-05
complete Returns Show
How Near Women Came
TO Winning Vote.
vrysTONE SHOWING
PRAISED BY LEADERS
Small Percentage of Voters Can
BRING Triumph in New York
and Massachusetts,.

& sppeared overwhelming, has
~, perceptibly in the light Of
''n,l,te returns. and appears now
' we Of victory than a defeat
pI r.-..,,lv the triumphant boast Of
80. who asserted that the ques-
~ =, esual franchise had been
w. BY tho msjOrities rolled up
'..,,., il. has been refuted BY the near
''.,oTv o. suffrage in Pennsylvania the
,,eoursging showing in New York and
go ssrmatiye vote Of ultra-con-
..rvs,ive Massachusetts,.
7, .. least two states, New York and
p.-.,,,ysnia. the task Of the adherents
- lanai franchise in their new cam
Ion for the vote is not overwhelm-
ne In the Keystone State their pros
na,,, are especially rosy Had not
.;ass, Philadelphia lain in the
a.v suffrage would have swept tri-
om,bsntly through the commonwealth
IT, nrospec.s which Pennsylvania
.n4-,g,.ts fsee are Substantially these;
TIE rursl counties Of the state are al
ready committed to suffrage by a fair
msiority. The anti vote in Phila-
5slpbja will probably decrease of its
own accord before the next appearance
Il the amendment before the electorate,
and may certainly be cut down sub
,,sbtislly by active campaigning. In
the mean time the moral effect of the
hare defea. will exert an influence for
,bs cause throughout the entire state.
vsn will think more Of the justice OF
their vote when the issue is so close as
this election has proved it TO be. Many
who refused 70 consider suffrage seri-
ously. because Of the general feeling
,hst /, was doomed to utter defeat, will
now take thought 10 themselves and
vote next time with intelligence instead
Of instinct.
Pennsylvania Almost Won.
Under the inspiration of the close
election in Pennsylvania suffrage feel
irg cannot help but grow. When in
addition it is stimulated by active cam
p,igring, the possibility o. votes for
women in the near future becomes
g NJ
Standing by themselves, the figures
registered against the amendment IN
New York appear overwhelming. Yet
tie 10000 majority rolled up by the
lr,is is not aweinspiring in face of the
FAC. that 10000 persons voted on the
question. Forty-two per cent Of the
vote cast approved Of equal franchise.
This means that a change toward SUI
ffare on the part Of per cent Of the
electorate viii bring victory. II nine
men in every hundred voters become
converted before the next referendum,
victory is certain for the cause.
Suffrage leaders have already voiced
the slogan of their new campaign,
"Gst that ninth Vote When they do
this they will cease leading and begin
voting.
Throughout the state the vote was
fairly even. Rural districts, as usual,
showed more favor 70 the women than
did most Of the large cities. Yet even
in New York, where the unvoiced but
nevertheless hostile attitude of Tam
many should have duashed the amend
ment more decidedly than elsewhere,
suffrage maintained its statewide pace
and won here ~ per cent OF the vote
cast upon the question.
OF the FIVE boroughs, Queens was the
most hostile Only SO per cent OF the
electoral voice acclaimed the amend
ment Richmond, on the other hand,
came nearest 20 declaring for the cause.
Forty-six per cent Of the voters were
for suffrage. II per cent more OF the
men, or one in every twenty, had voted
in favor OF equal franchise suffrage
would have carried Richmond
Big Show in New York.
The Bronx gave 45 per cent Of its
total vote 20 the cause, Manhattan AZ
and Brooklyn 40. OF every hundred
men in these districts, suffrage must
Win over IN The Bronx six, in Mammal
ian nine and in Brooklyn eleven.
In the state as a whole suffrage
polled a larger vote than Taft or
Roosevelt did in 1912 or Glynn in 1914.
Two weeks ago adherents OF the
Sould-be women voters were able TO
yin only one county in Jersey-Ocean
and this by q small majority. SIX
counties declared their allegiance TO
ne yellow banner of the cause in New
iork on Tuesday last. Several others
we're anti by less than a thousand
votes.
The faithful were Broome, Chautau-
qua, Chemung, Cortland, Schenectady
and Tompkins. These are. roughly,
rural counties containing few large
cites, with population grouped chiefly
10 farming towns and on farms.
FOR long time II has been a theory
" suffrage leaders that the gospel OF
votes for women works from the west
east, taking hold Of the counties near
est the sunset first and then pushing
On into the heart Of the state. Chau-
1aqus bears out this theory. Its five
&ithful companions contradict ii.
- This much is significant. however.
Tie Elk counties fayoring the amend
aent lie all in sixty mile broad
ws'h stretching clear across the state,
si,h the northern boundary of Penn
vHsnia as its lower boundary. Be-
ynnlng with Chautauqua, suffrage
Nsped several counties 10 take hold
spcn Tompkins Tompkins and its
ssghbors, Cortland, Chemung and
ss'oome, form the present citadel Of
We cause. They are in the south cen.
va part Of the state and are grouped
.oeet the boundary angle formed where
re northeast corner of Pennsylvania
ssfust shoulder into New York.
ron them the cause leaped again 10
Sheneetady and won there the most
"sriy urban Of its holdings.