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Show DRUKKER DEFEATS J A M E SJJTONE Republican Elected in Seventh New Jersey Congressional District by Big Plurality. NEW TARIFF IS ISSUED Democratic Leaders Refuse to Accept Result as Repudiation Repudia-tion of. Administration. Paterson, N. J., April 8. Almost complete returns from the election in the Seventh New Jersev congres-slonal congres-slonal district today showed that Dow H. Drukker, Republican, defeat-ed defeat-ed James O'Byrne, Democrat, by a plurality of more than 5000 votes. O'Byrne had beon strongly backed by President Wilson. Drukker making his campaign against the new tariff law. Drukker received 10,620 voteB and O'Byrne 5240 while Demarest, Socialist, Social-ist, was a close third with 5053. Whitehead, Progressive, received only 611 votes. In 1912 Rooeevelt carred the district by 891 votes. Democratic leaders today refused to accept the result as a repudiation of the administration.' They assert-od assert-od that tho reapportionment of 11912, which divorced Passaic from Bergen Ber-gen and Sussex counties and maoe it a district by Itself, left a normaURe-publican normaURe-publican plurality. Thoy said jthe election of the congressman, Robert G. Bremner, a Democrat, in this hew district, was a personal success land accounted for Drukker's victory Ton the same ground. I Washington, April 8. Representa. tive Woods of Iowa, chairman of tje national Republican congressional committee, issued this statement tip-day: tip-day: "For the second time in fourteen years, a Republican has been elected I to succeed a Democrat in congres3 H from the Sevonth district of New Jersey. By his letter endorsing the Democratic candidate, the president H asked the people of the New Jersey district to 'pass judgment on the present administration.' "The people have done bo in no H uncertain terras, rebuking the un- H American policy of the Democrats party by a vote of 2 to 1. Tho Bniall vote cast for the Bull Moose candl- date evidences again that the Repub- llcans are united and presages the H election of a Republican congress H next November." 1 Secretary Tumulty said such a re. S suit was expected. Wheu Mr Wilson H ran for governor, Mr. Tumulty Bald, H Passaic county, which extends over S u. sIame Sr0lind fls the congressional 9 district, was lost, and Governor Field-i er, in the last election,- likewise lost 9 the county. Local Elections. Omaha, Neb.. April 8. Local oW fl tion elections over Nebraska, accord ing to reports received last, nltrht- rd. L ing to reports received last night; reV k suited in seventeen changes from J ?H wot to dry and nine changes from ffl dry to wet In 14.0 towns reporting. The wets made tho gain of Ord, M Greeley Center, Comstock, Republl-can Republl-can City, Alma, Wilcox, St Paul, Al-bion Al-bion and Roca. The drys gained Arapahoe. Ban-croft. Ban-croft. RuBhville, Callaway, Emerson. Fall City, Humboldt, Hickman. Ew. H Ing, Lexington, Ogallala. Red Cloud. -H Superior, Silver Creek, Thurston. , Wolbach and Wahoo. Sunday baseball scored a notable victory. Fifteen towns voted in ita favor and five against. jM Women Effective in Cook County 'M Chicago. ApriJ 8. Presonce of wo-men wo-men voters had an uplifting effect at the polls at yesterday's aldermanlo tH election In Chicago, according to a IH statement made today by Anthony IH Czarnecki, member of the board of ;HH election commissioners. iM "As an influence for good politics, , 1 Chicago women are to be congratu-lated," congratu-lated," said Czarnecki. "Their pres-ence pres-ence was like oil upon the turbulent waters In every precinct of every ward in which there were bitter . , faH clashes. In no precinct did the pres-, ! IH ence and activity in tlje political con-- jjHj test of women make them mannish,! tif- ' tr-'1H "The women demeaned themselves F H- as becomes tljem, and, with fowox-a lHi ceptions, thft men active in poljtics respected and treated the women in ? IHi a courteous manner." 'H The township of Proviso, one of the Cook county townships outside of tha'-; 'r1 city of Chicago which was reported . L' last' night to have been voted dry?v Bi was shown by the complete n iH turns to have been votod wet by n" Ml majority ot 883. -J- iE There are 77 saloons in the town-. --Hl ship, a number of summer garden! :F and roadhouses in which liquor Ju L' dispensed. f |
