Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 4, 1915, Page 4

RBJECT PLEA OF | ~'WOMEN TO YOTR Proposed Suffrage Amendments Aie Defeated in New York, Massa- chusetts and Pennsy. REPUBLICANS MAKE Ovérwheiming defeat of woman suf- fiage in New York, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania; election of a defhotratic governor in Maryland to| sufceed a republican, and a republi- can-governor in MassacHusetts to suc- ceed a democrat; a gain of one repub- lfean representative (from New Yor®) in congress in the filling of h.:vr vacancies; a close contest for tlre governorship in Kentucky, with the Memocratic candidate leading on fycomplete returns, and the defeat of reehibition tn Ohfo, were outstanding fintures today of the elections in ten eiates yesterday. In New York the rrgppsed new state constitution was | réfected by a majority of approxi- mately 400,000 New, York denled woman's plea for the ballot by a majority of approxi- nately 200,000, Massacuusetts’ vote epainst suffrage showed a majority ct 132,082, Pennsylvania's returns were slow in coming in, but indicated that the majority against suffrage would be less than first figures in- dicated. Estimates based on Incom- rlete returns forecast defeat of the amendment by from 60,000 to fiO,-i €00. , ! Tammany Hall triumphed in Now‘1 York City by the eloction of a dis-| et ‘attorney for the first time In| tifteen years, the sheriff of New York | county and a rhajority of the board of aldermen | The demoerats elected a governor in Maryland, an entire state Ucket.l_ lesides a majority in the state leglp- lature. " In Kentucky both parties claimed vietory'in the gubernatorial comtest. Incomplete returns give former Con- gressman Augustus O, Stanley, demo- crat, a’ substantial lead over Edwin P. Morrow, republican, Mississippi, the only other state to elect a governor, went, as usual, demoeratic, The only opposition to the democratic ticket, . headed by Theodote G. Bllbo, was made by so- clalist dates nominated by peti- tion. (ol In New York former Congressman ‘Willlam 8, Bennett was elected-in the Twenty-third district to succeed the late democratic congressman, J | GAINS | Goulden. is & republican, Republicans will succeed republicans in the Thirty-first. and. Thirty-alel e of New York and the ty-fourth’ district of ‘will succeed 1. Walsh, a democrat, a8 governor of usetts, won by a plutality of 6,000, The repub- licans ~of the Massachu- wetts legislature. W » The republicans returned to power in where their candidate, Thomas Wiy olected mayor by 70,000, ! In New 'Jprsey. the republicans guiued two state sgnators and two members of the “‘m" and will continue in con- trol of houses of the legisiature. State widé prohihition was rejected in Ohlo by & majority of mo Last year the amendment GENERAL DEMETRIEFF, former .Bulgarian minister to Russia, will probably lead the forces through Roumania to attack Bulgaria, in case Roumania joins the allies. | waveraL oamarmiers grohniven for governor, and ‘yesterday the party, so.far as Massachusetts is con- cdrned, dollapsed. Both Bird and Joseph Walker, last year's progressive nomines, supported McCall and the result Indi- oated. that they carried back into the republican camp the greater part of thefy following. “The; prohibition, on the other hand, at- tained the status of a legal party by poll- Ing more than the required 3 per cent of the total vote. New York Constitution Rejeeted. NEW YORK, Nov, 3-—-Women suf- frage was beaten by a majority of about 210,000 and the revised' state -constitution rejocted by approximately 300,000 in the ky show. legislagure will be virtuafly the Thy legtsiag ually same ‘complexion as it was thig! ww, the senale, to which'gnly T was elected YeRterddy, . unclignged. The’ y, which con- ninety-nine repililfeans this year will have ‘ninety-eight , next year. One progresaive, a soclalist and fifty demo- orats will complete the body. It has been three years since there was a soclalist in the wasembly. A majority of the mayors elected in the state were republican. Albany, Amster , Kingston, Poughkeepsie and Roch- named republicans. Troy, Utica and Mount Vernon elected democrats. Thereon Akin, a former congressman, ran as an independent in Amsterdam and way dofeated by James R. Cline. George R. Lund, former soclalist mayor of Bchnectady, was returned to that than 40,000, | office. a8 defeated | Democrats ge erally were succeasful in by 84,152, The republicans elected mayors | Greater New York. Alfred K. Smith and in Cleveland and Cinelnnatl, Charles | Edward Swann, democrats were elected Milroy, a progressive, way chosen mayor|sherift and dlstrict attorney respectively of Toledo, .|In New York county by majorities esti- The city of Teledo voted against a|mated at from 40,000 t3 60,000. In the other twenty-five year stréet car franchise and|four counties James Cropsey, distriot at- Ul weapler o lgte Toledo iways and t company. itrolled by the \torney of Kifigs, was the only republican elocted to a high county office, The A proposal that the city purchase the|board of aldermen in the city is over- local street rallways wes rejected in Re-|whelmingly democratic. troit after a bitter fight, In republican circles the defeat of the The election of members of the Virginia |constitution was taken philosophically. general assembly will send a heavy ma-]All the leaders were well pleased with Jority to the senate and house pledged |the showing the party made in the As- to the enactment of prohibition legisla- |sembly race. tion when the state goes dry by constl:| Pennaylvania Suffs Enccuraged. tutional amendment, November 1, 1916, The majority against woman suffrage {the constitutional PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 3.—Although amendment which in New York state, late returns indicated | would have granted the women of Penn- Indications were that the final count would show that more than 650,000 ballots had been cast for “yotes for women.” Returns from New York City, complete, and about 40 per cent of the upstate vote indicated today that the majority against adoption of the new state constitution would be abproximately 400,000, BOSTON, Mass., Nov. &~The repub- lcan party regained control of the leg. islative department of the astate gov- ernment yesterday after an loterlm of five years when Samuel W. McCall, a former congressman, was elected gover- mor by a plurality of 6506 over Govermor David 1. Walsh, democrat. The re- mainder of fthe republican state ticket was electéd by larger pluralities and the republicans made a net gain of seven- | teen seaty.in the legislature. The proposed pmendment to the consti- tution granting the right of sutfrage to women defeated by a majority of 182,083 sylvania the right to vote was defeated from Incomplete returns |at yesterday’'s election, the vote against My! How My Feet Hurt! Here's Relief. We are showing a shoe specially ¢ o n- structed, one size small- erin the instep and heel, two sizes wider in the sole, giving a snug fit over the instep and heel | The cof u"voq of the state for soveruor on the guffrage amend- ment s dg follows: R (hn%mud W. McCgjl, repub. Ish, dam;c at, Wd’nfl. ‘l.v oronivition, %A g m \Feslie againet, " 296,489 1 the stath tickets and plenty of room in the sole, allowing the foot to rest In the natural po- sition on the of the foot where the welght 1s . Garrled, Only the finest grade of soft kid leather is used with flexible soles es- peclally tanned and will not burn the feet, We carry this shoe in button and lace, dress and common- sense toes. R Parcel Post Paid DREXEL State wide election yesterddy, returns | it was not nearly so large as was indi- | cated by last night's meager returns. In- ‘:mmnm early today were that the plu- | rality against the amendment would be | reduced to between 50,000 and 60,000, number of counties outside of Philadel phia returned majorities for the amend- ment while late returns from others were | materfally reduced. In Philadeiphia suf (frage polled 66,59 votes, while 106,573 ballots were cast against it Thomas Smith, eandidate for mayor, and the other members of the republican organization's ticket for city and county offices were victorious by nearly 70,000 plurality over George 1. Porter, the can- didate of the fndependents. 5 Although President Wilson polled 66,808 democratic votes in this city, B. Gordon Bromley, the democratic candidate for mayor, received only 5,308 votes yesterday The complete vote for Smith was 159,8/3 and for Porter 81,821, Suffragists refused to amccept yester- day results as a @efeat and planned to celebrate their “victory” by holding a big Jubilee meeting here tonight. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the Na- tional Woman Buffrige assoclation, and other leaders In the movement were on | the program for addresses. At this | meeting plans will be Iaid to continue the | work for the entranchisement of women. | Although it will e at least three years |vefore the question can be submitted to |a vote of the people wuffragist leaders announced their Intention of beginning an immediate campaign to secure the pas- sage of another amendment by the next state legislature, which meets in 1917, and also the general assembly of 1919, Whitlock Explains His Recent Actions WINONA, Minn., Nov. 8—(Special Tel- lock, American minister to Belgium, has transmitted a lengthy report to the United Btates government reviewing in detafl the steps taken by him and the members of his legation staff in conneo- tion with the execution by the German military authorities of Miss Edith Cavell, A British nurse. The minister declares that the reports made by him on the subject constituted merely a recital of facts without expres- sion of opinlon, and that he had sub- mitted them to Ambassador Page at Lon- don for his information, but not for pub- lieation. The British forelgn office made them publie, Publication of the letters, Mr. Whit- lock says, greatly embarrassed him in Brussels with the German authorities, al- though he adds that the latter mow seein satisfied with his explanation, and there ia no indication of further difficulty. Stop That Cough—Now, When you catch cold or begin to cough take Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey. It penetrates the throat and lungs. All druggists.—Advertisement. Exchange Plan Completed. TONDON, Nav. 3-—It is understood that a committes of bankers and others working on the Ameriean. exchange problem has nearly completed a plan which, In thelr opinion, should consider- ably stabllize the exchange rate on a higher basis than that now ruling. THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, DETROIT DECLINES | 10 BUY CAR LINE Voters Reject Proposal to Acquire Street Railway Lines and Prop- erty in One-Fare Zone. {MAJORITY AGAINST PURCHASE DETROIT, Nov. 3.—Detroit voters yesterday rejected the proposiion to purchase from the Detroit United rallway the street car lines and prop- jerty within the one-fare zone. The :plan, which, to be successful, re- | quired a two-thirds majority, received |less than 50 per cent of the votes \'us(, according to figures avallable late tonight. The official count from 180 pre- |eincts was: 18,670 for, and 19,967 Stone, republican and progressive elected mayor over Wills (democrat), 9,644 BUFFALO, N, Y, Nov. 2—Arthur R. | Kreinherder, Charles M. Heald, Charles | B. Hil and John F. Malone were elected | city commissioners under the commission form of government in effect January 1, Of the four candidates, two are re- publicans and two democrats. The commissioners with Mayor Louls P. Fuhrmann, will control the affairs of the city, the mayor's continuance in office having been provided for iIn the commission charter bill. The feature of the election was the over- throw of Colonel Francls G. Ward, who has held the office of commissioner of public works for fourteen years. NEW YORK, Nov. 2.—Returns from elghteen of the larger cities in tho state show twelve republicans, five democratic and one soclalist mayor elected. George R. Lunn, former mayor of Schentotady, s the socialist. g NORFOLK, Va., Nov. 2.—~Fusion in Norfolk county, which for years has con. trolled munfeipal affairs, met defeat to- day. The democrats elected their candi- dates for state officers, and four of the six supervisors. TOLEDO, 0., Nov. 3~With but a few NOVEMBER 4, 1915. precincts yet to hear from, the twenty- five-year street car franchise of the To- ledo Rallway & Light company, con- trolled by the Doherty interests of New York, was defeated in the election here today by at least 5,000 majority. PUBBLO, Colo., Nov, 2.—Pueblo today voted to retain single tax by a com. fortable majority, according to returns from fifteen out of thirty-five precincts of the city. CINCINNATI, O. George Puchta, re- publican, was elected mayor of Cinein- nati by a plurality of about 18,000, Use The Bee's “Swapper” column. ! Ship Orders to Americans. CHRISTIANIA, Nov. 3—(Via London.) —Norweglan ship brokers are unable to take more orders and now have been forced to allow American companies to | handle all orders for new ships. 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