The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-03-06
Desire to Uphold President
Chiefly Responsible
= for Result. +.
SOCIALIST TOTAL SMALL
Suffs Poll About 81 P. C. of
RegiStratiOn-Men
Fall Behind.
MRS. COLvIN SCORES S82
Ransom Gets 465-Result in
91st Disappoints Re-
I publicans.
MRS. COLvIN SCORES S82

Democrats were elected to the House
t Representatives In each Of the four
Congress districts in this city IN which
special elections were held yesterday.
they succeed Democrats who resigned.
IN. districts were the Seventh and
Eighth In Brooklyn, the Twenty-hrst in
Manhattan and the Twenty-seconI,
partly in Manhattan and partly in The
Bronx.
The Republicans had hoped to capture
the Twenty-hrst district. as It was be.
ieved to be normally Republican by
several thousand under a redistficting
made by the Legislature few years
ego.
The big feature Of the elections was
ne first exercise OF franchise by women
n New York State. They polled about
81 per cent. Of their registered vote,
which is an extraordinary thing in a bye
eection.
The women. it was contended by the
Republican leaders later. seemed to have
voted for the Democratic candidates on
the ground that by % doing they would
better uphold the hands Of the President
This plea also affected many men.
The Representatives elected are as
follow:
Seventh district-John J. Delaney, to
succeed John J. Fitzgerald. elected by a
plurality Of 3.1ss over John 8. Gaynor
Republican.
Eighth district-william e. Cleary. to
succeed Daniel J. Grimm. by plurality
publican.
Twenty-fr district--Jeroms r. DON
oyan. TO succeed Murray Hubert, W .
plurality Of 2.10: over John A. Bolles,
Rspublican. .....-.
Twenty-second district - Anthony J.
rrt!hn 70 succeed Henry Bruckner. by .
r.urality Of s,1iS over Richard Furlong,
Republican,.
Gives Democrats Majority.
This gives the Democrats 4 more votes
n the House, or 21l. while the Republi-
cans have ?12 and I OF them are away
il the army. There Is one vacancy in
OHIO tFr
The total vote polled by the women
vas 3i,9js out OF 4 total registration Of
"',-Vu. oHe TedBON WY uIVy CoSto ous
IN such large numbers was the organized
Effort that was made to that emu. The
Democratic women seemed to be much
better organized and more active than
the Republicans.
The men did not come out in greater
numbers than In an ordinary bye election
and in the Twenty first district only 26.240
votes were polled out of total registra-
lion Of S6.39s. The best showing was
made in the Seventh. where $4,000 out
OF a registration OF approximately $1,000
yoied. In the Eighth the vote was about
- per cent. Of the registration. and In
the Twenty-second about.32 per cent
There was no real disappointment
among the Republicans except in tn.
Iwenty-frst district. where they figured
tty should have won, although there
was an outside chance OF victory In tho
Eighth in Brooklyn. But the cry OF
Elect a Democra, to uphold the hands
o. the President" had its effect.
John J. Lyons. manager for John A.
Bolies. Republican candidate in the
Twenty first, explained the result in this
way
There is no doubt but that the women.
as well as the men. voted for the Presi-
dents man, Both candidates were run
hng on the same platform. with the
iS"uceI 1Iu uotn lbAOuBVo shchSSAN 90
10 support the President and his policies.
1T was very fair flght and a clean
light M-. Bolles conceded the election
% Mr. Donovan and congratulated him
a; ) 30 O'Clock this afternoon"
Negroes Alienated.
There is no question that the desire Of
the negroes to have the Rev. Reverdy c.
Ransom. one Of their number, nominated
~ the Republicans and the bitterness
that followed when he was turned down
and was finally prevented from RUNNING
as an independent candidate. had its ef-
tect on the Republican vote. Friends OF
Nr. Ransom responded to his appeals to
write his name in on the ballot to the
extent OF 4S5 such votes. OF that mum.
Der ?il were in the Nineteenth Assem-.
o.y district. which Is represented by .
negro ASsemb,yman. Edward 4. john
Nh, Friends OF Martin c. Ansorge. Re.
publican, Who was denied the nomina-
I'h when there vas 4 chance to win. al
,Moush he had run three times in hope.
Iess district, are said to have been luke
warm in their support Of Bolles.
Mrs Mamie Colvin. the only woman
,ahdidate, ran in the Twenty first on the
rrohlbition ticket. Although her name
appeared on the ballot. she got only $50
votes, which indicated that the women
WIZ not vote for a woman simply be-
cause she Is a woman.
Ihe Socialists polled less than 1000
votes In each district, except the Twen-
V-second. where out OF q total vote of
Msos they cast 2.3s4 for Arthur r.
D'erkmsn.
In the Twenty-sec district the
women cast $3.50 out Of a total Of 5,677
registered voters.
No Party Vote. Says K0enig.
:, samuel :. Koenig. president Of the
::s" York County Republican Commit
SAID
:, mere was no party vote cast. In
sniec districts we never had q chance.
sorlnally We should win In the Twekty-
.rs'. but this year there were two can
uoates' both pledged to stand by the
.ouhtry and the President. OF the two
me people selected the member Of the
RESIDENTS party. The good feature OF
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