The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-11-03
New York. Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts Vote Heavily
Against Change
NEW JERSEY SWINGS
BACK INTO G. @. P.
LINE BY BIG VOTE
Republican Recapture Massa
chusetts C overnorship---New
York Defeats New Constitu-
ton Overwhelmingly


frago was decidvely defeated today
IN al thEHc Of the States where the
proposition was submitted TO the
voters-Now York, Massachusetts and
Pennsylvania.
In this State the figures At mid
night indicated that the sufYrage
an,cndment had been beaten by at
least roc, zoe votes, with the five
borougfls OF New York City and the
upstate counties about equally strong
In supporting the Overwhelmingly ad.
verse verdict
In Massachusetts the majority
against was more than 100, 900. VII
lagos. towns and great cities return
the SUFFRAGE proposition Boston.
Philadelphia and P1ttaburg and New
York voted heavily against the gal
lxntly aspiring women
In Pennsylvania, where suffrage re-
cedved Considerable support in the
rural counties. the Republican Orgnnf-
xation, swinging State and hig cities.
~mothercd the suffrngfsta. Tho count
OF votes was 80 slow that no accurate
estimates could he supplied. hut the
opinion was that Pennsylvania had
voted down suffrage by at least fso.-
900.
Everywhere the vote on Suffrage
seemed TO be cast quite irrcepesiyely
Of party lines or Affiliations.
Jersey GOES Republican.
New Jersey, President Wilson's
horne state. repeated IT. performances
OF year age by going Republican in
An "of year election today. Six
State Senators ara An entire House
Of Assembly were elected, and the
early returns indicated that the Re
publican majority nj seventeen on q
Joint ballot In the 1915 Legislature
will be Increased in the 1915 LegislA-
ture. This means that the Repuhli-
cans will name a State treasurer to
succeed Edward e. Gro.scup, chair
man Of the Democratic State Com
n,ittee.
The chief interest In the election
from tho viewpoint OF the politicians
IN the relation that the returns may
have In throwing light upon what may
happen In next years presidential cam
raign.
In isi: when President Wilson was
elected the Democrats swept that state
and had . majority OF forty six on
Joint ballot in the Legislature that or
ganiYed In January. 1919. The majority
on Joint ballot was cut to fourteen In
the 1914 Lesislautre-~
The Progressive vote which cut
much ice in New Jersey when Colonel
Roosevelt poiled a total Of 1919 in
1912, running second TO Mr.. Wilson.
was prscticSiiy nil today. There were
Proere ssiye candidates for members OF
the assembly today IN only six OF tas
twenty-one counties
Elections In Eight states.
Elections were hold In eight Statea
in the Union. -he states were Ken
Mia.
issippi, Esw Jersey. New York. Ohio
and Pennsylvania Kentucky voted for
q governor. all other State officers, ono
half the State Senate and the entire
assembly. Maryland voted for a gov
ernor. comptroller Of the state treas.
ury. attorney gen eral. . full House OF
Delegates and half the state Senate.
IN addition four constitutionaIist
amendments were voted on. ono Of
which had to do with homo rule IN
Baltimore and In the county. Other
constitutional amendments were tor
the referendum. new taxation scheme
and indeterminats sentences for GRIM
snals with the privilege OF parole.
In Massachusetts, they voted for .
governor, lieutenant govsrhor and
other State officere and on the Ques-
ton Of woman suffrage. Massachu-
sets voters were also asked to vote
on the proposition to give tho Legis-
laturc authority to impose a tax on
incomes and similar authority for tho
taking over OF land In country dis
tricts for the purpose OF esta bli.hirR
homesteads for those who do not wish
10 live in the congested centers OF
population. In Mississippi full set
Of state, county and district officers
were voted for. In New Jersey. they
elected three Democratic senator's, and
the Republican senators making the
Senate stand thirteen Republicans and
eight Democrats. For the Assembly
they elected forty Republicans and
twenty Democrats.
The New York Fight.
In New York the two questions
exciting the most interest were those
that had to do with the adoption of
the new constitution and womans suf-
frage. congressman In three districts
were voted for. a new lower house OF
the state Legislature and for county
and Judiciary candidates. In Ohio
Statewide prohibition was the main
issue. In addition to that the 20.
called Sprague redistricting measure
was up for referendum ana there was
/ hot mayoralty fight In Cincinnati In
Pennsylvania no State of1icers were
voted for except for three candidates.
to all vacancies on the Superior Court
bench. One congressman was voted
for to Ill vacancy In the. Twenty
fourth District. But they did vote on
suffrage In Pennsylvania, and Phila.
delpilta elected new mayor.
. In New York the returns at mid.
night indicated that only three coun.
ties In the entire State voted FOR tho
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