The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-10-21
SUFFRAGE IS
DEFEATED IN
NEW JERSEY
AMENDMENT lost by
FROM $4,000 TO 100000
PRES. WILSON'S PRECINCT
Votes Against 1t by Two to One
State Leader Admits Defeat But
Says That the Battle Will
BE Continued.

Jersey City, N. j., Oct. 20.-New
Jersey registered at the polls Tues
day an emphatic no to woman's ap-
peal for the ballot. Indications
shortly after midnight were that the
white and yellow banners of votes
for women" had fluttered down to de-
feat in each of the states twenty
one counties and that the majority
against adoption of the constitution
al amendment to enfranchise women
was between $4,000 and 10000.
Undaunted by the overwhelming
tide against them suffrage leaders
announced tonight they would start
tomorrow with new plans intent
upon pledging candidates for the leg
islature to permit them to vote next
spring for presidential electors.
They have two weeks in which to
make their most effective campaign.
OhHuiudlcS IoI tHe ieSlSIdiuic VIII
come before the voters for election
November 2.
President Wilson's announcement
recently that he would vote for suf-
frage leaders believe, converted
thousands to their cause. His stand,
however, failed to bring victory for
the amendment. In his own voting
precinct in Princeton the vote was
more than two to one against the
amendment.
Unofficial returns from nearly two
thirds of the districts in the state
showed that in 1922 out of 1891 dis
tricts the vote was 8S,275 for the
amendment and 124,119 against it, a
majority of 1854 against suffrage.
Lost In All Big Cities.
Suffrage lost in every big city and
in nearly every town. Where it did
win the majority was small. New
ark voted overwhelmingly against it.
Jersey City with seven districts
missing gave 11,1S6 votes for the
amendment and 1885 against It.
Trenton with seven districts missing
gave a majority of 2,516 against it.
Bayonne gave the anti-suffragists a
majority of 354 votes of $3.50 cast.
In Bergen county, where thous-
ands Of New York commuters live, the
vote was close. Even Cape May.
where the suffragists had thought
they certainly would win, cast an
adverse vote.
Mrs. e. #. Feickert, president of
the New Jersey state woman suffrage
association, conceded defeat of the
amendment within an hour and half |
after the polls had closed. Later in
the night she issued a statement |
saying:
"The opponents of woman suffrage |
in New Jersey were obliged to adopt |
unfair tactics to defeat us. There
has been much colonizing in the
large cities and it was plainly evi-
dent to us months ago that it was not
the intention of the political rings to
give us a square deal. In arranging
the election law so that the ballots
would be unnumbered 1t was known
that alone would help to defeat u.s."
Jersey City. Oct. 19.-Defeat of
woman Suffrage in New Jersey was
conceded tonight by Mrs. e. l. Frick-
ert, president of the New Jersey Wo-
mans State Suffrage association. Her
admission was borne out by unofficial
early returns from throughout the
state. which indicated that the major
ity against suffrage was decisive.
Hudson and Essex counties. where
big fight centered. apparently gave
decisive majorities against the
amendment.
Passaic county apparently was
close, with the amendment defeated.
The city of Trenton and Mercer
county, early returns indicated. voted
against the amendment by big ma
jority.
President Wilson's own precinct,
the seventh election district of Prin-
ceton borough. voted against suf-
frage by majority of more than two
to one, the figures being: For 64.
against, $50.
The only county in the state which
appeared to be certain to go for suf-
frage was Cape May. Early returns
indicated that the majority for the
amendment fhara would anrarnxiraata.