The Washington times., 1915-11-04
City Of Philadelphia Provides
$1,000 Of Adverse Totals to
Women's Campaign.
OPPOSITION AMONG GERMANS
Twenty Western Counties Of
State Pile Up $4,000 in
Favor Of Amendment.

PHILADELPHIA. Nov. AS, nnors
complete returns from the election in
Pennsylvania come in. they carry with
them a big surprise In the strength
developed by the vote for. the woman
Suffrage amendment to the state con-
stitution. ., 10 .t.
The original estimate Of . majority
Of 10000 against suffrage lin the
State melted untn the adverse ma
jority stood At $1,000. The new hs-
ures make Pennsylvania the leader of
ali the States In the East that have
voted on the suffrage question.
As the count proceeds. 1t 10 probable
there will be further reduction In
the margin by which the amendment
was defeated. The vote In districts
which have made. unofficial returns
up to this time gives totals as follows.
For suffrage. 2ss.s3s; against suf-
frage, 34l.0s2.
Defeat OF suffrage is conceded by
Mrs. Frank Roessing. president of the
suffragists State organization. oy
about $4,000.
Considering the adverse influences
with which women had to contend, the
mark set by the suffragists. and, in
deed in the State as a whole. Is moth
Ing short of amazing. ~'
Allegheny In Fold.
Allegheny county. western strong
hold OF the Republican. machine and
stamping ground of the liquor poli-
ticians. was carried for the suffrage
cause by $500. Twenty western coun-
ties sent out total suffrage majority
OF more than $4,000, but II was met
ana wiped out by the. ant9Gonistic
vote OF Philadelphia and Pennsylvania
German counties in the east.
The returns as they stand indicate
Of carrying the State outside OF Pfiia-
delphta by about l$.0oo. and reductions
10 this figure are almost sure. The
Philadeiphia majority OF about 400
Penrose- -McNichol machine orders, was
the real knockout blow.
Had any one OF several powerful OPP
posing influences been removed. Penn
sylvanta would have taken Its place as
. suffrage State. The liquor interests
| worked day and night against the
amendment. fearing ~ adoption would
be another blow to their already stag
s.n. oi 1sos..S. ssc y YER
Bosses in both Republican and, Demo
| cratic parties issued orders agaAnst tho
amendment, and the machine vote d.
factor in the result. The PhilsdeIpSia
| machine set the pace. ..sa-
Returns from the counties, which have
a large Pennsylvania German popuia-
| ton are uniformly against the amend
ment. The conclusion to be drawn 10
that the Pennsylvania Germans. wher-
ever residing. went strong IN opposition
to extending the right to vote to
The state majority against equal suf-
fraee can be accounted for also By the
| negro vote. for the most part cast In
opposition .,
- Sweeps Half Of Counties.
Apparently the women's amendment
scored q majority vote in about half
/ of the sixty-seven counties OF the STATE.
It made q remarkable sweep along tne
northern tier. running ahead straight
across the State. from Wayne county IN
ford. Tioga. Potter. Mexican. and War
rem. to Erie. Eric county. where tho
liquor interests have been powerful.
furnished one of the notable surprises.
Its voice for suffrage was emphatic.
Bradford county. always progressive
and independent, probably 10 the pan-
ner suffrage county Of the State. Tho
verdict there in favor Of suffrage was
Counties along tho southern border
did not keep step with those Of the
northern strip. Lancaster county.
where Congressman w. w. Grtest 10 the
territic shot. York, Franklin, Adams.
Fulton. and Somerset all voted mo"
The prestige Of state Senator William,
f. Grow, Penrose's Republican State
ty OF Fayette gave a suffrage majori'y.
The anthracite counties turned up
with good suffrage figures. Laeks.
wanna, Luxerne. and Northumberland
ssssyS on wnsns sns the vote va. cSss "e
"Fy Following s" ~ are thrtyswo eoun,is,
which present returns place in the sur
Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver. Blair
Bradford. Butler. Cambria. Cameron
Chester. Clarion. Clinton. Crawford
Erie. Fayette, Forest. Huntington. JEFF
serne, Mexican. Mercer, Northumber
land, Potter. Susquehanna, Tiosa, Ven
! ango, Washington, Wayne, Westmore
land. and Wyoming.
Only q POstponcment.
Postponement. not defeat, is the ne
! result OF the vote on suffrage, In tn
opinion OF Mrs. Frank NJ. Roessins
president Of the Pennsylvania Woma,
Suffrage Association. At the suffrag
State headquarters in Harrisburg Mrs
of the anti vote in easily controlle
counties as the reason for defeat. de
clared the campaign for resubmission i
e 1920 already we'll under way and fore
= cast the day when women shall vote !
a this State. Mrs. Roessing said:'.
q THE woman suffrage amendment fai'
ed to be approved in Pennsylvania b
about 5000 votes. BY concentratin
a their efforts on Philadelphia, BerF..
Lebanon. Lancaster and several oths
ridden counties of the State. tn
| iuterests that sear to see the vote /
women's hands have managed to posi-
I pone that event for few years Bl
that IL all they have accomplished.
| From our standpoint. the nght Ia
been well worth while. We have show
III conclusively that there Ia not aeith
on the subject In Pennsylvania, an
that In at least twenty counties of tn
State-the twenty we carried-the ma
iority of the men believe In polite,
Justice for women. We thank thos
men for their votes, also the thousa nd
Of others who voted for MS In the couI
ties where our opponents held the ba
ance of power. We are grateful to the,
for the splendid support which the
gave to US, and We are going to rs
| than, n cnptippa this auDnnrt when m