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Show WOMEN WIN THEIR POINT IN WASHINGTON Seattle, Nov. 9 The Republicans of Washington won a sweeping victory lu yesterday's election, choosing flvo supreme judges by a plurality of about 50,000 aud electing all throe congressmen, TTllllam E. Humphrey, Stanton Warburton and Wm. L. La- Follette. The Republican majority in the legislature will be more than 100, insuring the election of Miles Poin-dexter Poin-dexter as United States senator. A woman suffrage amendment to the state constitution seems to hae carried by a majority of 2 to 1. This ratio being maintained In Seattle, Ta-rma, Ta-rma, Spokane and various eastern and western Washington counties. An unexpected result of the election elec-tion was the success of the "dry" faction fac-tion in local option elections In all parts of the state. The saloons were voted to death in Everett and Belling-hsm. Belling-hsm. cities of more than 20,000 inhabitants in-habitants and in many other Important Import-ant municipalities. |