Evening star., 1946-11-06

against, while 1902 voted for ma
tional suffrage and 6,748 against.
The turnout yesterday was in
terpreted as showing increased pub
Lie interest, based on the relative
populations in 1888 and 1946. and
the percentage of the population
which voted.
The population used for the pleb-
iscite in 1888 was the Census Bureau
estimate of $1,000, while the latest
Census Bureau estimates, as OF July
l, 1945, are 938, 8,458.
If the same percentage OF the
population had turned out yester-
day as voted in 1888, statiSticians
figured, the total registration yes
terday would have been only 131,-
713. But it far exceeded that-run-
ming up to 169,654.
The victory for national repre-
sentation in the presbiscite was
more pronounced than for Local
suffrage, though both captured over
whelming majorities in the total
vote.
All of the $50 ballot boxes counted
so far out of the 152 in SO pre-
cincts gave majorities for national
representation.
Defeated in II Precincts.
On the other hand there were
IT polling places where local suf-
frage lost to the mo" votes.
No negative votes on either local
or national suffrage were cast at
three of the $50 polls counted.
These three and their votes were
Cardozo High School, Ninth street
and Rhode Island avenue NV: 10
cal suffrage, 2,793; national, 2,793.
Merritt School, Fiftieth and Hayes
streets NE; local suffrage, 6s7; ma
tional suffrage, 697.
Smothers School (precinct ~
Forty-fourth street and Washington
place NE; local suffrage, 934; ma
tional. 934.
Two other precincts also voting
at Smothers school returned almost
unanimous results for suffrage.
IlGy WtIc.
Precinct 41-Local suffrage, yes,
1850; no, 2. National suffrage, yes,
1,644; no, none.
Precinct 42-Local suffrage, yes,
319; no. l. National suffrage, yes,
319; no, l.
Where mo- Votes Won.
The IT polling places where local
suffrage lost to the mo" vote were:
Buchanan School, E street between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets
Sc; Taft School, Eighteenth and
Perry streets NE; Burroughs School,
and Monroe streets NE;
Langdon School, Twentieth and
Franklin streets NE; Woodbridge
School, Carlton and Central avenues
NE; Dox Pharmacy, 2537 Bladens-
burg road NE; Riverview Terrace
Church Hall. AS Thirty y-fourth street
NE; Davis School, Forty-fourth
place and H street Sc; Anacostia
High School, Sixteenth and r streets
Sc: Ketcham School, Fifteenth and
U streets Sc; Highland Dwellings
Community House, 676 Yuma street
Sc: Bunker Hill School, Fourteenth
street and Michigan avenue NE;
Luther Rice Memorial Church Hall,
5315 North Capitol street; Petworth
Methodist Church basement, New
Hampshire avenue and Grant Cir
Gle NV; Peabody School, Fifth and
c streets NE; Stuart School, Fourth
and E streets NE: Lutheran Church
of Atonement, North Capitol street
and Rhode Island avenue.
Plebiscite headquarters at the Dis
trict Building last night was busy
and picturesque place, with real
election night atmosphere.
Few reports came in during the
last few hours before 8 pm, when
the polls closed throughout the city.
But it was not long before the place
began to hum again. From then on,
reports poured in by telephone as
figured were broken down.
Plebiscite officials and clerks
charted results on big blackboards
around two sides of the big board
room. In an anteroom, officials
began to count ballots in one Of the
precincts, which brought in ballot
box without counting the vote.
Before long the procession OF
chairman judges began. They came
out of the elevator in groups, filed