New Britain herald., 1917-11-07
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
 WON IN ELECTION
New York Women Given the
 Right to Cast Their Ballots
OTHER ELECTION RESULTS

Merritt Chosen by Fourth Congress sional District to Succeed E. J. Hill Mccall Elected Governor of Mas New York, Nov. 7.-The women citizens of New York state were given unlimited suffrage in yesterdays elec- tion by a majority which is expected to reach 1000 when all election dis tricts have completed their tabula- tions. Early today, with 1,348 out of 5,772 election districts missing, the vote stood 533.519 for the amend ment and 446,791 against. In the Greater city, which reversed it's stand of 1915, the suffrage leaders pre- dicted that the missing 272 election districts would greatly increase the already large majority The incom- plete vote for the city was 289, ,724 for suffrage as against 209,127 opposed.
 In the long fight for the ballot in the state of almost seventy years the women long since learned to expect defeat, but their fears were early turned to hope and. as the big vote began to pile up, to jubilation that knew no bounds. At both the city and state suffrage headquarters scenes approaching hysteria were enacted as the women showered embraces, kisses and congratulations upon one another Then, as if sobered by the realization that other states still withheld the vote from their women, the leaders immediately set about pushing the campaign for the federal amendment On the sweeping character of yes- terday's victory in this state the lead- CTS predicted that congress would be influenced to act favorably upon con- stitutional amendment enfranchising women citizens of the nation. But a victory without a jubilee could not be overlooked and before the crowds of jubtlant women began leaving tho two headquarters, it was announced that celebration by New York city women would be held tonight at Cooper Union.
 Upstate counties where suffrage was rejected in 1915 reversed their majority in more than equal propor- tlons, while others, notably Albany, Monroe, Niagara, Orleans, Rensselaer, and St. Lawrence again voted against the amendment
 While interest in the election in the state centered on the suffrage question, the contest between Merton l.. Lewis, republican and Devoe P. Hodson democrat, for the attorney generalship brought out a heavy vote. Lewis brought to the city a plurality l large enough to overcome Hodson's heavy lead and with 833 election dis tricts missing early today he had a 1 majority over Hodson of more than 90,000. John Block, socialist, ran a poor third.
 In addition to Attorney Gen. Lewis the republicans elected 95 of the 15O members of the 1918 assembly. The democrats elected AS members and the socialists 2. In 1917 the assembly was made up of 99 republicans. 49, democrats and socialists.
 Municipal elections in 42 cities up- l state resulted in the election of 25 republican mayors, IA democrats and 1 two, Buffalo and Saratoga Springs, where no political designation ap- ] peared on the ballots, the republican candidates were successful.
 i Tammany Hall returned to power as the result of yesterdays mayoralty election. Not only was Judge John E. Hylan swept into office by the largest
 plurality ever given to a mayoralty
 candidate in the city, but there was
 elected with him the entire demo-
 cratic ticket giving the new admin
 istration additional all of the 16 votes
 in the board of estimate, which con-
 trols all city expenditures. Those elect-
 ed with Judge Hylan were Charles L.. Craig, controller; Alfred L. Smith,
 president of the board of aldermen,
 and the presidents of the five bor-
 oughs of the city.
 | Judge Hylan's plurality was 148,-
 17S. Mayor Mitcheps plurality four
 years ago was 121.2O9.
 The vote for, mayor stood: John
 F. Hylan, democratic, 297,2S2. John
 P. Mitchell, fusion, 149,3O7. Morris
 Hillquit, socialists, 142,178. William
 M. Bennett, republican, 53,67S.
 Aside from the overwhelming Tam
 many victory, the outstanding feature
 of the mayoralty vote was the great
 increase in the socialist vote. In 1918
 Charles Edward Russell, the socialist
 candidate, boiled but 3D. 100 votes. Ali
 the presidential election last year, Al Ian L. Benson, socialist candidate fol president received 31,788 votes. The socialists while disappointed because their vote was short of ex pectations, got some comfort out O. the IaCC LnaL they CdII1eu IWeANe 1o sembly districts, three of which are 1 expected to send socialists to the as
 sembly at Albany.
 The result of the vote of 50,OOO ol 7 more soldiers and sailors now in mil } itary service at home and abroad will 5 not be known for at least a month $ Tammany campaign managers as ) i serted that these votes would onl. 7 serve to increase the pluralities 0 5 their candidates.
 e The last Tammany mayor was tn t late Mayor Gaynor, who was elected 6 in 1910 but who later broke with tn 9 organization
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