The Penn's Grove record., 1915-11-05
WOMAN SUFFRAGE Defeated IN
THE THREE CAMPAIGN STATES
BY Overwhelming MAJOR|TIES

pared with a plurality in 1914 of U.s.
900.
Everywhere the vote for Nelson B..
Clark, Progressive nominee, showed a
big falling off. He failed to receive
even the 8 per cent. of the total vote
for Governor necessary for the party
to retain its place on the ballot anoth-
er year.
Democrats in Massachusetts say
that the German element in Boston
turned against Walsh because of
President Wilson's attitude toward
Germany. This is alleged to have
caused the slump in the expected
Democratic vote in that city.
The RepubI'"nnN made a big gain in
Cincinnati, electing George Puchta
Mayor by about Is, Cincinnati is
a strong German city.
The Republicans swept New Jer-
sey, President Wilson's State, increas-
ing their strength in the Legislature.
They have gained two State Senators,
and the next Senate will stand thir-
teen Republicans to eight Democrats.
They have elected at least thirty-seven
of sixty Assemblymen.
The Maryland returns were slow in
coming in because of the length of
the ballot, which was the longest in the
history of the State. The Demo
cratic candidate, Harrington, won by
a majority of 5000 over the Rebuilt
can, Weller. The Democrats retain
control of the Legislature.
The feature of the election which
surprised politicians was the heavy
vote cast everywhere, despite the fact
that it was an off year. When it be-
came evident that this would be the
cast in New York City, the politicians
endeavored to account for it by local
conditions; but the same thing is true
throughout the entire State, and al
so in other States. For some reason
the whole country has taken the deep
est interest in this off year election.
Mississippi is an exception. The
vote there was light, but this was be-
cause the only ticket in the field, aside
from a Socialist ticket, was the regu-
lar Democratic one, headed by Theo-
dore G. Bilbo. He, of course, was ell
ected Governor.
Aside from women suffrage, Consti-
tutional questions were voted OF in
New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, and
Maryland. In New York the revised
Constitution was rejected by a MAORI
ty of 375, 200.
The woman suffrage defeat in New
York means that the question cannot
come before the voters again until
1919, even under the most favorable
conditions. of the other three States
it will be five years before the ques-
ton can again be brought up in either
Pennsylvania or New Jersey, and two
years in Massachusetts.
Ohio Stays Wet.
Prohibition was again defeated in
Ohio. Although a record vote was
polled it was estimated that last years
wet majority against the measure of
84,152 would be reduced to about 49,
600. The big cities-Cleveland, Gin
c~innati, Columbus and Toledo-gave
exceptionally big vote, but the wet
appear to have decreased.
Bowling Green reported that the
Prohibition measure carried the city
by 1000, but that all the other
amendments lost. Here the wet dis
tricts gave substantial dry majorities.
Fayette, Madison, Crawford and War
rem counties also favored the measure.
Congressional Elections.
Five members of the House of Rep
r~esentatives were elected to fill vacan-
cies. The Republicans won all these
seats except one in South Carolina.
In the Twenty-third New York Dis
trict, a vacancy caused by the death
of Congressman Goulden, Democrat, is
filled by the election of ex-Congress-
William S. Bennett, Republican.
In the T%hirty-first New York, Nor
J. Gould, Republican, fills the
place of Congressman Merritt, de-
ceased. In the Thirty-sixth New York,
Bertrand F. Smell, Republican, sue
ceeds the late Serene Payne. Neither
election makes any change in the po-
litical complexion of the House.
In the Fourth South Carolina, Sam
ueI J. Nichols, Democrat, succeeds
Congressman Johnson, also a Demo
Henry w. Temple of the Twenty
fourth Pennsylvania, succeeds him
self, yet it makes a political change.
Temple, who was formerly a minister
and afterward a college professor, was
as a Progressive. When he
decided to return to the Republican
Party he resigned and ran as a Re
publican to fill the vacancy made by
resignation.