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Show SUFFRAGE WIMSlT NEWjrORK STATE BACKED BY PRESIDENT WILSON THE SUFFRAGISTS MAKE SUCCESSFUL FIGHT. Mayor Mitchell Meets Defeat in Hotly Contested Election Prohibitionists Win in New Mexico, While Wets Lead in Buckeye State. New York. The great Empire state on Tuesday joined the ranks of its sister stales in the far west and granted grant-ed her women the vote. Alter years of campaigning the New York women came into their own. Backed by President Wilson and many members of his cabinet, the sul-fragists sul-fragists made a gallant light this year. Their efforts were crowned with success. suc-cess. But 'the forecasts were greatly upset. In many counties upstate where the women were exjiecetd to have overwhelming majorities the vote went against them. In the cities, where the vote was expected to be close and, if anything, against the women, the poll showed that suffrage had carried. For sixty-nine years the women have made the Empire state the battle ground for suffrage. Susan B. Anthony An-thony made her first appearance at Albany Al-bany in behalf of women's rights in 1S53. Many conventions have been held. Time and again the state legislature legis-lature has defeated the equal suffrage amendment. Mayor Mitchel Loses. Judge John F. Hylan and the entire Democratic city ticket was swept into office Tuesday in an avalanche of votes. The candidate for mayor will receive a plurality of more than 140,-000 140,-000 over the Incumbent, Mayor John Purroy Mitchel, who ran on the fusion ticket. Morris Hillquit, the Socialist candidate, is running closely behind Mitchel, with William M. Bennett, the Republican candidate, a bad fourth. Charles L. Craig was elected comptroller comp-troller over William A. Prendergast, the fusion candidate, while Alfred E. Smith was elected president of the board of aldermen over Robert Adam-son, Adam-son, at present fire commissioner, who ran on a fusion ticket. Edward Swauu, Democrat, was re-elected district attorney attor-ney of New York county. New Mexico Will Go Dry. New Mexico has entered the dry column col-umn as a result of Tuesday's election. Prohibition headquarters at Albuquerque Albuquer-que claimed that New Mexico had joined the prohibition ranks by a majority ma-jority of 20,000. Ohio Still Wet. The state of Ohio was the battleground battle-ground on Tuesday between the "wet" and "dry" forces. Those who favored the continuation of the saloon appear to have been iu the majority, although the prohibition forces are hoping for a victory upon the final count. The entire Republican state ticket, headed by Governor Samuel W. Mc-Call, Mc-Call, won an overwhelming victory in Massachusetts, while the Democratic state ticket, headed by Westmoreland Davis for governor, was successful in Virginia. The bi-partisan judicial ticket in Chicago Chi-cago defeated by a plurality estimated at 80,000 Socialist candidates standing on an anti-war platform. William A. Magee, former mayor of Pittsburg, was defeated by E. V. Bab-cock, Bab-cock, a wealthy business man. Both are Republicans. Harry L. Davis, Republican, was re-elected mayor of Cleveland. Charles W. Jewett, Republican, Repub-lican, was chosen mayor of Indianapolis. Indianap-olis. By electing George W. Smith mayor of Louisville, the Republican party in that city scored its first victory vic-tory in ten years. John Galvin, Republican, Re-publican, was chosen mayor of Cincinnati. Cincin-nati. George F. Buck defeated Louis P. Fuhrmann, the incumbent, for 'mayor of Buffalo. Buck is a Republican. Hiram Hi-ram H. Edgerton, Republican, was elected mayor of Rochester, and Walter Wal-ter R. Stone, also Republican, mayor of Syracuse. Schuyler Merritt, Republican, was elected to congress from Connecticut to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Ebenezor J. Hill, Republican. , Merton E. Louis, Republican, was re-elected attorney general of New-York New-York state. Making loyalty their plea for support, sup-port, the fusion ticket, Democrats and Republicans, swept their candidates for judgeships to victory by a majority of 80,000 in Chicago and Cook county. The Socialist candidates were overwhelmed. |