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The Pioche Record
Pioche, Lincoln County, Nevada
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Women's suffrage amendments were defeated in Massachusetts, New York, and Pennsylvania by large majorities. Republicans gained in several states, including electing a governor in Massachusetts and retaining assembly majorities. Prohibition failed in Ohio but Virginia's legislature pledged to enact it in 1916.
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SUFFRAGE PROPOSAL DEFEATED IN MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK AND PENNSYLVANIA.
Ohio Refuses to Close Up Saloons, While Virginia Elects State Legislature Pledged to Enact Prohibition Measure.
New York.—The voters of the Empire state gave suffrage emphatic denial in the voting on Tuesday. A majority of well over 200,000 New Yorkers voted against the proposed amendment to the state constitution to this end. At the same time they defeated even more unequivocally the proposal to adopt a new state constitution. Republicans retained their majority in the assembly, naming 98 of the 150 members. They also won all of the congressional elections made necessary by deaths in three districts, the Twenty-sixth, Thirty-first and Thirty-sixth.
The voters of Massachusetts denied women the right to vote by a majority of over 100,000. Samuel W. McCall (Republican) defeated Governor David I. Walsh (Democrat) in the race for the governorship. Republicans also elected the whole of the state ticket below governor. The Republicans, furthermore, gained twelve seats in the legislature. The Progressive vote in the state was almost negligible.
Pennsylvania administered another severe defeat in the aspirations of women to exercise the suffrage. The majority against this measure was estimated at 150,000. The Republicans elected a mayor of Philadelphia, Thomas B. Smith.
Republicans made gains in four states. They added a governor in Massachusetts, made general gains in New Jersey and Kentucky and won an additional congressman in New York.
Maryland returns indicated that the Democrats had gained a governor.
Prohibition measures were voted upon in Ohio and Virginia. The returns from the first state showed the defeat of the measure by a majority of about 40,000, while Virginia elected a state legislature pledged to enact measures in 1916 prohibiting the sale of intoxicants.
In New Jersey the next house of the assembly will have 37 Republican and 23 Democratic members. The Republicans gained two state senators in Tuesday's contest and the next senate will be Republicans, 13; Democrats, 8.
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New York
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On Tuesday
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suffrage defeated in ny (over 200,000 majority), ma (over 100,000), pa (150,000); republicans gained governor in ma, assembly seats, congressional seats in ny; prohibition defeated in oh (40,000 majority), va legislature pledged for 1916; democrats gained governor in md; nj assembly 37r-23d, senate 13r-8d.
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Voters in New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania rejected women's suffrage amendments by large margins. Republicans secured victories in gubernatorial, legislative, and congressional races across multiple states including NY, MA, NJ, KY. Prohibition measure failed in Ohio, but Virginia elected a legislature committed to enacting it in 1916. Democrats gained in Maryland.