The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-04
PROHIBITION
 QUESTION IS
 GREAT ISSUE
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New Ork, NOV. 4TOnCerta1nty as | to the woman vote" had candidates l of all parties on the anX.ous seat l when the polls opened at 6 o'clock l ul1is morning for the New ork state ! elections of legislators, supreme court ] justices and lesser city officials. With i 350,OO6 women reg-s,ered New 1 ' YOrk city alone, or one-third of the l total reslst.a aJlOn, and with similarly ! heavy woman reg, s,rations reported | thrUu5nou, he state, the women i conceua,1, nela the balance of : power. flow tAey would use it could i not be forecast with any degree Of i accuracy.
 | One of the mos, interesting fights l in the s ..te Sds centered m OsWego 1 county, Were Miss Marion D cher- , man, a scAool teacher who served 1 overseas With the I. M. c. A. was attempting 10 uhseat Speaker Thad- l deus Sweet of the assembly. i In New York ely the Tammany is sue was clean cut. The Hearst. news l papers had lent their backing to the Republicans in d bitter fight to de- feat the Tammany candidates. An 1 especially strenuous campaign waged against Irwin Untermeyer. a son of Samuel Untermeyer, who was given 1 the DemocFa -ic organ. .ati0n nOmina- 1 tion for supreme court iustCe over | Justice NewDurger. a Democrat, who is running with Republican support. l Another interesting contest was that between Robert H. Moran, Democrat, and Representative F. H. LaGuard1a, ! Republican, for the presidency of the board of aldermen. MT. Moran is lhe present incumbent and is running with Tammany support, while MT. La ] IIIIa 1f, 3 a ar. ma n | air service, is the regular Republican nominee
 Boston, Nov 4-voters in excep-
 tionaI mum bers for an of year" cleo
 ton went to the polls in Massachu- l sets today to register their verdict
 on Governor Coo1idge's course in the
 recent strike of police in this city. 1 Although the League of Nations and l economic issues were given promin-
 ent places in the platforms of the two
 major parties, they assumed positions 1 relatively subordinate to the Flaw and
 order issue advanced by Republicans
 in what proved to be the hardest 1 fought state campaign in years.
 Both parties had concentrated their | efforts in the industrial centers. Rich
 ard H. Long, the Democratic opponent
 of Governor Coolidge, carried on a
 most vigorous campaign in these sec
 tions, appealing especially to the
 workers.
 Drastic police regulations were in
 effect in this city, where state guards
 men are still on duty as 9 result of
 the police strike. Gatherings of more
 than two persons were. forbidden about the polling places. Troops and
 reserve patrolmen were held ready
 for emergencies in districts known to
 contain many sympathizers of the 7 striking policemen.
 In several districts there was referendum on the question whether ! Senators and Represen tatives should be instructed to vote to permit the 1 manufacture and sale of bevera ges
 conta :n:ng not over i per cent of al
 coho1; and to define such beverages
 as ''non-intoXicating.
 < l Washington Nov. 4-With several i members of President Wilson's cabin
 ct in their home towns today to cast
 their ballots. the cabinet did not hold
 its regular Tuesday meeting. It was
 expected to assemble later in the l week, however, to discuss the coal
 strike and the appointment of a com l mission on industrial unrest,
 Cabinet officers absent included At
 torney General Palmer. who was at : his home in Stroudsbourg, Pa, and
 Secretary Glass, who was in Lynch
 burg, Va. Secretary Baker had ob- [ tained ar absentee's ballot from i Cleveland and voted by mail.
 For the first time since he has been \ in the White House, President Wilson 2 was unable to go to his home in Princeton, N. J., to cast his ballot.
 Secretary Tumulty said the presi- f dent was in fine shape" this morning : and would be permitted to receive the 1 election returns provided they are n good"
 The House was not in session, hay
 ing recessed so that members from
 states where elections were being held
 could return home. The Senate, how
 ever, continued it's discussion of the peace treaty.
 T Trenton, N. J.. Nov 4-The chief
 issue in the New Jersey elections to- ,. day at which a governor and state = legislature will be chosen was pro-
 hibition An unusually heavy vote j. was forecast.
 e State Senator Edward I. Edwards
 Democratic candi date for governor
 on his campaign speeches declared Y he favored a liberal" enforcement = of the prohibition amendment and
 that if elected he would use all the e legal machinery at his command to
 make the state wet.
 Newton A K. Rughee, state comp q l troI!er, the Republican gubernatorial f nominee. who in his speeches said the question was a federal and not a 0 state issue, was supported by the pro- 1 ht bitiOn forces.
 Another question that aroused wide interest was the woman suffrage
 amendment, the Republicans favorine submitting it to the legislature foI
 adoption or rejection; while the
 Democrats eaHed for immediate rad' ication.
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