The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-08-30
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WOMEN WITH BALLOTS.
The Appearance of the Female Voters IN
Washington Territory.

Seattle Letter in n. Y. TELEGRAM
This morning | walked down after
breakfast with two ladies to the polling
place of the Second Ward, aud acted rs a
sort of impfomptu sidewalk committee for
halt All hour, greeted many friends and
acuuaintances, and finally took place
with some of them in the line and passed
along with them in order to the entire
performance, although not yet qualified
rs voter my self.
Away up the street stretched the long
double line OF men and women--,he latter
in the ma jvrity ---Siowly making their way
down to the engine house, through the
open window Of which the ballots were
passed in to the inspector AMI judges, IL
was cool morning, and great deal OF
pleasant chat whied away the time, the
crowd being much better.natured one
than lines of men and women whom
have often seen waiting " get INTO some
place of ainus-inent, Curra eos are seen
flying briskiy about the city to bring ont
the voters VINO live at iii stance, aud a
committee of women was present at each
polling place.
Nor were they the "short-haired" who
were voting this morning. so far from
that, it is actually the fashion, and with 50
/ few exceptions that they could he num-
! cred on my fingers, all the ladies' "i
| Seattle who are "r, ceived in soc ETY." duly
/ registered Themselves and are CuSunE
| their ballot to-day Tor city officers. II
| has been very entertaining uiy for n
| Few weeks past to 90 through the lists ol
registered voters as they alp AIRED in tn"
morning papers and note the names Of the
new citz II has reached the pass OF
late that, instead of speaking with sur
| prise OF those WHO have registered, eye
brows have h en- lifted whenever "any body
who is anybody" has not done SO, and the
remark has been promptly made that
something WAS the matter in That family
While, AS for the young ladies, she who
hesitated for fear Of what John might say
made a mistake, for what Joan did say
was that the girl didn't want t. a"knowi
ed2e that she WAS twenty-one years Old
and he and the other young fellow
laughed at hor mos. heartily.
have literally had politics Tor break
fast, dinner and supper and evening en-
tertainment, until am thoroughly weary
OF the whole subj 'ct. have attended pc
litical meetings of all kinds ana on al
sides. tBy the way, never went 10 on
in my life before coming he,e.) II two %
three ladies or persons OF both sexes, wer
seen standing on the street corner IN brle
conversation, II was sure % he about til
coming election. Ministers have preached
It at church. the Congresat lonalist minis
ter, a young man recently from Yale, hav
ing devoted his entire Sunday morning
sermon not long ago to impress ,lng on tn
..,l. "A. ,,.f,.
registering and voting All the minister
but one and both the Judges have beer
earnest workers in the Law and orde
party.
Party feeling has run so high that hav
begun TO wonder lately whether Their
wouldn't be some domestic ruptures, a
has so often been predicted. But it lock
otherwise. A few ladies who would hay
a, liked to register have RETAINED from dom
so because their husbands disapproyed &
it, But the funny part Of that is, ihi
, during the last two days in winch reel
-. tration was possible, large number
e., such names tardily appeared, at the soil
itation u the husbaLd's themselves.
lew ladies who did register, aud who al
greatly interested, have failed 10 vote, 10
, cause they could not conscientiously 70
: with their usbands and ere not win
, to vote against them. But more than ol
man downtown to-day has laughlugly d
. clared that his vote wouldn't do the par
!, any good, because his wife WAS going
vote the other ticket. Some women,
the other hand, are voting ticket in +
gard 10 which they have strong doubts, b
. cause they care more 10 please their hu
bands than for anything else. Just
many men before toe ay-an perhap, |
" day, too--have voted to please their wiyt
p. Somehow human nature doesn't seem
y bs changed much by woman suffrage,