The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-10-20
All the Powers For Evil Align
ed Against Female Participa-
ton in Politics
POLITICIANS OF BOTH
PARTIES COOPERATE
Saloonkeepers And Brewers
! Stand Solidly Against
Amendment Fearing House
Cleaning If Women Won

Newark. n. j., Oct. 2o.--The voter,
! OF New Jersey defeated the woman
suffrage amendment 10 the State con
! stttution at a special election yester'
day. The proposition was rejected BY
= majority estimated at midnigh, a,
more than $4,000.
The refusal of the men OF New Jer.
ssy to share with women the respon-
liability OF governmental affairs. will
Il ie believed. have a far reaching in
duence on equal suffrage campaigns
now being carried on in New York
Massachusetts and Penr sylavnia.
The woman suffragists of New Jer.
Vey. one OF the thirteen original States
who had made a valiant fight In q
campaign that attracted much atten-
ton all over the country. were greatly
disappointed over the result, as the
| promises they had received and al
cAnvasses they made yesterday led the
believers in the cause TO believe that
they would win.
The defeat was due to che fact that
many men who told the women they
were going to cast their ballots for
outrage voted the other way wheE
they got into the booths alone. and &c
the fact that the politicians OF both
Democratic and Republican parties did
not want to have the women put Their
fingers In the political pie. Therefore
they Instructed their heutenants Il
vote mo" and their orders were car
g1ed out.
"weGS'' Arc Active.
Another element was the activity
of the brewers and the saloon -ksepers
The liquor interests lined UP solidls
with the anita, fearing what might
hApPcn X the women OF New Jersey
had the vote
Hundreds OF women in cities and
Aam1etn rot their nrst insight int
pFAcficai politics by acting IA duly ap-
pcintsd watchers and challengers n
eAs polls.
Nuecns'p Followers Violate Law.
Some of the things they saw dc
not please than at all, particularly
IN the city Of Newark, where many
oouaplAints w~re made at the head.
quaFfsr1 Of the woman's political
union OF violations Of the election
laws by followers OF James r. M.
gent, leader OF the Essex Count,
democratic machine. Mr.. Nuseni
made q dead set against woman sui
frage and did all in his power to en-
compass its defeat
Many handicaps were placed in thu
IN testing the sentiment OF the msr
voters In tho first place. the Repub.
lican Legislature did not spec,ficall,
provide that the ballots should be
Numbered, which IL = castiron pro-
vision OF the laws governing genera
elections. Although Secretary oil
State Thomas F. Martin. who IL ar
antk had the power TO order th<
ballots printed with numbers. he did
- A.,m a. Hrs
an election board. providing any dis
honest ones were on duty yesterday
to put unvoted ballots In the boz
and check of a corresponding mum
Der Of names OF the registery lists
furthermore. the special election wa
held en- rsgulsr registration Day and
many men were able 70 turn from
the registry book and vote at once
without giving a chance TO anybod.
TO determine by Investigation whether
they were legal votes.
tion It s A. N. and closed at r
~. The election boards sat al a
board Of registry. from P. NJ. te
: p. n. rhs justice Of the suprem.
fCourt gave notice that the ballot
boxeo should be locked at o'clock
for ths purpose Of the count at /.
Following are maJorities by ooun.
de-: 4.
Atlantic. 5000: Bereen. rs: Bur.
lington, 1900: Camden. 5000: Cape
s. 00e; Gloucester. 500; Hudson. T.
900: .Hunterdcn. 500: Mercer. 1900;
1Eiddaesex. 1900: Monmouth. 500;
Norris. 1000; Ocean. 500: Passaic, g..
900 salem, 400: Somerset. 1000;
sussex. 500 Union, $500; Warren, i.
800. Total majority, ss.525.
President Casts Vote.
Princeton, N. J.. Oct. ls.--Presi.
liant Wilson arrived in Princeton or
hlo special car at 1919 p. M. today
la Company with DR.. r Cary Gray
SON. his physician. a Secret Service
man, and a stenographer. The Presi'
dents secretary. Joseph p. Tumuity
went on to Jersey City to cast hi
ballot.
The President was greeted by q
larger crowd than usual. but refused
10 make q speech. He went at once
10 the fire engine house in Chambers
sBili, Kunz, the college proctor. and
royal Rose, the clerk In charge OF
The voting.
1t took the President less than tive
minutes to cast his vote for woman
mirage.
The President left at 2 o'clock FOL
Washington.
Prineeton Votes "Ne.s
New York. Oct. 19.-Prfnceton
borough. in which President Wilson
past. his ballot for suffrage. must be
Entered IN the COLUMN OF noes. The
borough returned a majority Of ten
krninst suffrage. The result was in
itself -s.insignificant. but IL darkened
he hopes Of the leaders for the Presi-
Sefst'A vote was expected to swing the
Scrouyh IN favor Of suffrage.