The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-07

a republican was elected easily.
= Socialists polled 8,21l votes in the
mayorality election in Rochester, N
". in which Mayor Edgerton repub
lican was reelected. The socialists
elected two aldermen, two supervis
ors and several minor ward officials
No Socialist Mayors.
4 COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. Social
lists failed to elect mayor in Ohio
on their anti-war platform.
incomplete returns today from the
seven cities where they ran strongest
and where they made extravagant pre-
election claims, showed big increases
at some points and losses at others,
but in no city was there a showing
indicating anything near an even di-
vision on the war issue.
The presidential suffrage referen-
dunn was defeated by over 100000 but
this represented a substantial gain
for the women over the previous vote
on that issue.
Suffragists drew substantial gains
in the large cities In 2,462 precincts
207,09 votes were cast against suf-
frage and 172,034 for the measure.
| Notable gains were made by the
Cincinnati and Cleveland socialist
mayoralty candidates. The Akron So
cialist candidate for mayor slumped
| fifty per cent in his vote Hamilton
] defeated it's socialist candidate by
| 500. Toledo to ] and Lima social
| list candidate ran third in his race
with three others. In Hamilton and
Lima, socialists have been strong for
years. and these cities have had So
cialist administrations befpre there
was a war issue. The Canton social
list candidate was showed under.
But G. e. Ruthenburg. socialist
candidate in Cleveland, more than
doubled his mayoralty vote Of tive
years ago. His total, however was in
the ratio Of about / to Z to the Ameri-
canism vote cast for the republican
and democratic candidates.
THE most reassuring thing in the
election" Governor Cox said today,
lis the widespread Reputation Of So
cialist wherever the issue was rails
ed" Cox was jubilant because Day
ton socialist candidates whom he OPP
emily fought were defeated America
Is patriotic and reverent as well"
the governor said. "And the socialist
leaders who inveighed against both
God and government have had their
lesson
The government should deal Sc
verely with socialist soapbox agitators. |
This war. cannot be won by parlor
methods"
Defeat is Called Victory.
WARREN. Ohio, Nov. THE ap-
parent defeat for suffrage in Ohio is |
really splendid victory.
h Sc, fo$a of
Harriet Taylor Upton, president of |
the Ohio Woman Suffrage association.
"Our campaign for the Reynolds bill
referendum lasted less than three |
weeks" she said, because the SUI
preme court took time to- decide on
the legality Of the referendum petit
lions. Yet returns show tremendous
gains since the last suffrage campaign.
Well centen our efforts this winter
on passage OF the suffrage amend
ment. Ohio women will vote for
president in 1920"
Two socialist Mayors.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Nov $50
cialists elected two mayors in Indiana
cities yesterday, returns showed to-
day. John G. Lewis, socialist, was
elected mayor of Elwood and Frank
Leninaux, socialist, mayor of Gas 4
City.
Ora Wylie. socialist candidate for
mayor of Marion was defeated by
Elkanas Hulley. republican. The
vote:
Hulley 1871; Wylie 1867.
Luther Smyres, socialist candidate
for mayor of Terre Haute, polled
only 592 votes. Charles Hunter, re-
1
Loyalty Not an Issue.
NEW YORK, Nov. Loyalty was
not an issue in the New York mayor
atty campaign. Mayor-elect John F.
Hylan, declared today, announcing he
would continue to give hearty support
to the president and the war.
II want to make it plain to the
world that there was no issue of 10y
atty or Americanism involved" he j
said. There could be none for am
as good an American as any man, as
oval to my flag, as loyal to may coun-
,ry and as firm and determined in sup
port of every act Of the government ,
n this war as any man. :
81 ask the editors of the newspapers
n this city and In other cities to
i've prominence to this declaration
10 that there may not go abroad to !,
he peop1s of this country the slight
st intimation that the question of
he war or of war policies of Presi.
lent Wilson and the United States
government are in the slightest way y
:
Majority Of 10000.
SANTA FEE, n. M, Nov. Semi =
nio 81 vol f,rx,x, ,tx,<1 -
wenty- eight counties of the state
arly today failed to record failure of
he statewide prohibition amendment k
D carry in single county r. E.
'arley, superintendent of the anti n
aloon league reatfirmed his early pre- W
lotion of a majority Of 10000 for the
mendment.
Succeeds Gardner. 2.