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NEW YORK 467 hattan; Mrs. Dreier, Brooklyn; Mrs. Daniel Appleton Palmer, Bronx; Mrs. David B. Rodger, Queens; Mrs. Wilcox, Richmond. On the evening of November 6, election day, the City Part) headquarters were crowded with people waiting for the returns. Mrs. Catt, Miss Hay, Mrs. Laidlaw and other leaders were present. Mr. Laidlaw and Judge Wadhams were * 'keeping the count." Walter Damrosch and other prominent men came in. From the beginning the returns were encouraging and as the evening wore on and victory was assured, the room rang with cheers and applause and there were many jubilant speeches. The election brought a great surprise, for the big city, whose adverse vote suffragists had always predicted would have to be outbalanced by upstate districts, won the victory, the latter not helping but actually pulling down its splendid majority. The final vote in Greater New York read : Majority Yes No in Favor New York County 129,412 89,124 40,288 Kings (Brooklyn) 129,601 9 2 >3 X 5 37 2 86 Bronx 5 2 66o 36,346 16,314 Richmond 7,868 5,224 2,644 Queens 34,125 26,794 7,331 Total 353>666 249,803 103,863 Upstate districts, 349463 ayes; 350,973 noes, lost by 1,510. Majority in the State as a whole, 102,353. Immediately opponents made the charge that suffrage won in the City because of the pro-German, pacifist and Socialist vote. An analysis showed that in many districts where the Germans and Socialists predominated there was not as great a suffrage majority as in Republican or Democratic districts; that some of the con- servative residential sections were more favorable than radical districts and that the soldiers in the field had voted for suffrage in the ratio of two to one. Those who were best informed attributed the victory to many causes to the support of voters in all the parties ; to the help of the labor unions ; to recognition of women's war work ; to the example set by Kuropcan countries in enfranchising their women : to the endorsement of prominent men and strong organizations. t of all, however, it was due to the originality, the daunt less energy, the thorough organization methods and the ceaseless