Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-11-08

the land, believed as do all tair-mnded
men that Mr.. Mitchel's assumption of a
monopoly of patriotism for the false issue
was designed to distract attention from
the short comings of the present admin
tration
After all is said and done, it is re-
freshng to all Of us to know that in the
candidacy Of MIR. Mitchell. Mr.. Hylan and
Mr.. Bennett every voter had the pleasant
opportunity Of voting for a loyal Ameri-
can citizen"
SOCIALIST VOTE, FEATURE.
The tremendous socialist vote was the
feature Of the election. The total polled
by that party in the last mayoralty cleo
tion was only 32, 133. This year Hill
quit ran a close third to Mayor Mitchell
side, in parts of Harlem and the Bronx,
he polled more votes than Mitchell. Hill
quit ran on straight out peace plat
form. He declared victory for him
would be a mandate to the government
! to negotiate an immediate peace.
Hylan carried all five boroughs of
Greater New York. His best showing was
| in Brooklyn, where Bennett polled a large
part Of the primary vote which won him
the republican nomination after a re-
count 1t was conceded by the managers
of all parties that many of the votes
! cast for Bennett would have gone to
Mitchell If he had been the republican
nominee, but Benefits total for more
than half the city added to Mitchel's
would not have been enough to defeat
Hylan.
Had the election been close the result
might have hinged on the votes Of the
$1,000 soldiers and sailors from this city
who now are in government service. but
| If all of them voted for Mitchell 1t could
| not change the result. The ballots Of the
men in France. in camps and on board
ships will all be counted at the same time
at Albany seven weeks hence. The New
York city drafted men at Camp Upton,
the cantonment to which New York's con-
| tingent in the national army has been sent
voted to-day. 1t was estimated that about
$1,000 cast their ballots there.
| Hylan's plurality may equal that by
which Mayor Mitchell was elected over
Mccall, the Tammany candidate.
VOTES FOR WOMEN"
The possibility that "Votes for women
had become a reality in the Empire State
was the outstanding feature of to-day s
State election
These returns showed an average plu-
rality of eight votes for suffrage in each
of the districts reporting. If this proper
ton should be maintained by the dis
tricts unreported, woman suffrage would
be carried by a plurality of over 10000
Returns in hand at nine o'clock indicated
an even greater majority. but the vote OF
New York city apparently was RESPONSE
BILE for the reduction. AS only $50, out o.
the 2,06S election districts in the greater
city had been heard from, It was impos
sible definitely to forecast the result
These districts gave 53,96S for suffrag,
and 1866 opposed
ATTORNEY GENERALSHIP.
The election of Merton L. Lewis. repub
lican candidate for attorney-general
seemed assured on the basis Of the return
from 3,671 election districts In all section
of the State, which showed that Mr.. Levi
had polled 49,, ,506 votes, compared witt
3S2, ,871 for his democratic opponent. Devo
. p. Hodson. and 1929 for s. Joh
: Block. the candidate of the socialists
Lewis's average plurality in each distric
was IA. and II this ratio should continu
; until all returns are In the Lewis pluralit
, would approximate SO,0OO
Hodsons strength developed prin
cipally in New York city, where, wit
, all but 100 districts reporting. the vot
was: Lewis 192.597: Hodson. 265,01'
Block. 111.671.
Upstate returns showed no chang
c in the complexion Of the Legislatur
, At that hour. however. the count on tn
! Assembly vote had just been begun
New York city, and any departul
q from the 1917 lineup of 90 republican
D 40 democrats and two socialists woul
= have to be made in this city.
n A republican, ]. 8. Fowler, was elec
= ed to the Senate from the b1st distriC
= comprising Chautauqua and Cattara'
Q gus counties to succeed the late Geort
I T.. Spring. Two other senatorial col
tests, to fill vacancies caused by resii
n nations, were held in New York city.
y Reports from the cities of the Sta
s holding municipal elections showed th
r 22 had chosen republican mayors.
had elected democrats, with eight sti
i to be heard from. Cornelius F. Burn
IS president of the State conference
IF mayors. a democrat was elected to
n fourth term as mayor of Troy. In Sa
amanca and Olean the contests were
It close that the result will not be know
l. definitely until the soldier vote is ca
n vassed