The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-03

70 DO tue WCIk
GERS terms from two to four years. by
$50, 600.
Amendment exemption municipal
bonds from state taxation by from s.,
900 to 10000.
Republican congressional gerryman-
der, by 10000.
Measure to substitute local for state
control of liquor business by 10000.
Majority Of 10000.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3.-Woman
suffrage was overwhelmingly defeated
in Pennsylvania by a majority esti-
mated today at 10000, according to
the latest returns.
Returns from 925 election districts
gu. OF 1904 in the state early today
gave 34,522 votes for suffrage and 65,-
651 against.
Philadelphia alone voted eight to
one against the amendment, returning
a majority estimated at $4,000.
Incomplete returns from Allegheny
county defeat suffrage by 10000 and it
is estimated the central counties have
turned down the amendment by at
least thirty thousand.
The republican organization in Phil
adelphia defeated the independents
by landslide. Returns complete with
the exception of one or two divisions,
give Thomas B. Smith. republican can
didate for mayor $4,000 majority over
George D. Porter, independent candi-
date. The entire republican ticket
was elected.
Republican Mayor.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. Nov. 3.-Harry
l.. Davis, republican, was elected may
or over Peter Witt, democratic or
ganization candidate by 2,S31 plurala-
ity, complete official returns showed
today. Davis received 47,771 first
second and third choice votes, Witt
1880. Davis is the fourth republi
can to be elected mayor of Clevelan:
in twenty years.
Bull Moose Disappearance.
LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. 3.-Re
turns from more than 100 out of 12a
counties in Kentucky, some incom-
plete, today showed that the demo-
cratic ticket carried Kentucky and
that A. o. Stanley was elected COVER
nor by majority apparently not more
i than ten thousand.
| The republicans refuse to concede
| the election. however and still claim
Edwin P. Morrow will be shown a
winner on the complete returns.
! The republicans are banking their
homes on returns fro mountain coun-
ties. The republicans cut McCreary'A
81 900 majority in 1911 materially.
The bull moose practically disap-
| peared in yesterdays election In Ken
lucky.
| The democrats have carried the
! legislature overwhelmingly.
! Former State Treasurer George w.
Long, speaking for the republicans,
said: I'VE have won the fight, but we
| are not giving out any figures. There
| have been extensive frauds, especial
F.! " in Kenton. Campbell and Brecken-
ridge counties"
/ S. w. Hager, democrati campaign
manager, said: THE returns we have
show $500 for Stanley His victory is
sure" ~
Suffrage Victory Hoped for.
| PITTSBURGH, Pa, Nov. 3.-Alle
gheny county, Of which Pittsburgh is
the county seat, may be the largest
county in any of the three eastern
states that voted yesterday to give a
ma Jority for suffrage. With 597 out OF
nc districts reported this afternoon
the vote was: For suffrage, 39,131 :
against. 39.497. Suffrage leaders said
districts yet to report will give then,
/ majority in the county.
| A Close Race.
BALTIMORE, Md, Nov. 3.-Emer
| son c Harrison, democrat, was lead
ing for governor of Maryland by more
than 5000 with the returns very in.
complete today. Friends of o. z. Wei
! Ter. republican, would not concede his
! defeat.
Elect ArmIess Judge.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Nov. 3.-An
arTnless Judge will sit on the bench in
Cleveland, returns made certain to.
day David Moylan. just elevated to
municipal judgeship, lost both arms
eleven years ago when run down by a
switch engine that had no headlight
He was switchman. After he left
the hospital he learned to write with
his teeth and studied Blackstone by
turning the leaves with his tongue
Seven years ago he passed the state
bar examination, ranking in the first
ten in a class Of 2O5.
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