The state herald., 1916-11-17

The senate remains unchanged. "a
Democrats to ~ Republicans; q Demo
cratic majority Of II.
In addition to the hope Of electing
a congressman ut large from New
Mexico. the Democrats had one grain
Of comfort. It was that IN oflicial
count may disclose that Thomas J.
Scully has been reelected from the
third New Jersey district.
An unusual feature Of the result Is
the election of the first woman to con-
gress. Miss Jeanette Rankin. Repub-
lIcan. apparently having been elected
In Montana.
Six States Go Dry.
Prohibitionists are jubilant over the
results Of the election where prohibi-
tion was an issue. From Washington
the legislative committee Of the Anti.
Saloon league issued q statement, say.
ing:
Prohibition has tnken another
great leap forward. Michigan hns
voted for stnte-wide prohibition by
5000 majority, Nebraska " 5000.
Montana by 10000 and South Dakota
by 25.000. Idaho has adopted pro-
hibItion constitutional amendment by
a majority of 8 to l. Utah has prob
ably elected a legislature pledged to
enact statewide prohibition. Wash
ington, Iowa, Colorado, Arizona and
Arkansas have defeated attempts of
the liquor people to secure the adop-
tion of proposals which would nulllfy
their prohibitory laws.
"Thus "a states out Of 4S-one-half
Of the states Of the Union-have now
declared for state-wide prohibition,
and over 90 per cent Of the population
and s. per cent Of the nrea Of the
country is now under prohIbitory law"
Women Vote 40 Do Men.
From the general result It is clear
that rs the men voted In the suffrage
states, so did the women.
In Illinois men and women seemed
about equally divided as to prefer
ence. The state went for Hughes by
n big plurality.
In Kansas, Colorado. Montana,
Washington. Oregon and California.
where women also vote. Wilson was
successful. but his pluralities were not
sufficiently large to Indicate that the
woman voters supported him as a unit.
Farm Vote the Factor.
There are several great outstanding
facts concerning the result Of the elec.
tIon. one Of which Is that labor. In all
the big Industrial states except Ohio.
declined to give its undivided support
to President Wilson despite his claim
to It on the score Of having persuaded
congress to pass the Adams0n eight
hour" bill. New York. Pennsylvania,
Illinois, Massachusetts. Michigan. In
diana, all gave the Republican candi-
date pluralitIes. and Ohio's vote In fa-
vor Of Wilson is not certainly to Be at
tributed to the labor vote.
Another interesting development was
the Independence Of the West, which is
asserting that II elected a president
without the aid Of New York apd R1n-
sylvanIa and other big western Ind
central states. When It was found,
early In the evening Of election day.
that the empire state had gone for
Hughes. the newspapers Of the metr0p-
oils, even those that had supported
Wilson, conceded the victory to the
Republicans. without waiting to hear
from the middle West. When the re-
turns came In from these regions. It
was found that the farmer and stock
ralser had decided the election.
Yet another fact that calls for com
ment is that Governor johnson Of CAL
ifornia. running on the Republican and
Progressive tickets. has been elected to
the United States senate BY something
like 300. 600 plurality. and yet the state
went Democratic on the presidency.