The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-20
DUPLICATING IN. -A'eo1r.

In the recent AAnoA0 &1untctp0l cleo
tions the women generally voted against
those Of their own EEK tho aspired 70
Office. In . total poll Of Il 100 names in
Kansas City, Kan, 3.0e5 iof which were
women. the woman's cancs dats for mayor
got twenty-five votes The women run
ming for Office in most Of tie other towns
Jared likewise. This 70 just the result that
might b expected in case women gener-
ally voted in large nambe3s: they would
only duplicate the masculine vote. The
women turned out at this Election in sx-
ceptionally large numberk just - they
did at the Boston school Election . few
years ago; they came out and voted be-
cause the men asked thens to. and they
voted ~ the men wanted q EN- TO, and 80
they duplicated their snascrs inc vote. The
Boston clergymen raised 4 howl against
the candidacy Of certain Cs2 holics tor the
board Of school commissioner. end % the
women, at the bugls elll OF their
spiritual advisers, went to q . polls; they
evidently thought that the !publio school
board was in danger Of bells Romanized,
despite the fact that the fading men Of
Boston. like Phillips BrooAs, Edward e.
Hale and Col. Higginson, p(nted out that
the cry against the Cathode candidates
had no foundation of fact otlreason behind
it. There never was such 4 woman vote
before in Boston, and thtre never has
been such vote since. although women
had had the school suffrage Tor . number
Of years. It was something sso in Kansas.
For ten years tho laws Of. Kansas have
admitted women to the fri{,chiss in mu-
nicipal elections. but until this recent
contest this right has been Exercised only
in very limited degree. lsaey voted In
exceptionally large numbel' ct this cleo
ton because the men we're 4, thoroughly
disguised at the shameless AID revolution
airy exhibitions of lavlessnets on the part
of the Populists in Kansas dfring the past
winter that they impressed Their women
folks with their deep hostility to the Pop
ulists, and. like the Bostof exceptional
impulse, the women rose Up and voted
with the men to please the fnen, just a.
the women In Boston suddenly rose mp
and voted against the Catis1lic members
Of the school board at tb.. call of the
clergy.
That 10 about the way xAmen would
vote; they would either cast an emotional
vote Of unreasoning religious. sectarian
prejudice, - they did In BostS,n under call
from bigoted spiritual adviysrs, or they
would vote just - the men I'D, and thus
duplicate the masculine votsS The prob.
ability is that II the women had not voted
ut al In Kansas there wou.e have been
little difference in the RESULT The men Of
both the Democratic and REPUBLICAN par
ties have become full OF dis6ast and DIS
trust Of the Populists; Of cotrse, the ma
jority Of the women voted; against the
Populists because the majority Of the men
did; the masculine vote vas duplicated.
It 10 human nature. except binder some
food Of childish, sentimental hmotion, for
women to try and please tfsir man or
men. father. brother. son or liver. and for
this reason il full woman Aiffrage pre-.
vailed it would only duplicatd the mascu-
line vote. good or bad. and hen IL did
not duplicate the masculine ito it would
probably DO cast for some lllrely senti-
mental legislation that would Be imprac-
ticable or pernicious.