St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-05
WOMEN TAKE A HAND
Kansas Females Give the
Sternep Sex Pointers on
Voting.
They Cast the Largest Per-
centage Of the Regis
tered Vote.
Republicans Make Great Gains
in the Cities Of Kan
SaS.
st. Louis Puts Republicans in
the Place Of DEM
oeratS.

and diSheveled Kansas, whose elections
always prove interesting on account of
the number of diversified interests dis
played Oh such day, lack ed nothing
today in making it drawing card. In
fact, she took from all past elections
the honor of enthusiasm. The adOp-
ton of a resolution at the last
session of the legislature to sub
nit the granting OF full suffrage
to women gave new impetus to
the movement and the women, who
already enjoy municipal suffrage, today
made an effort to bring out big vote in
the hope of making good start in the
campaign that will last until the fall
elections. On the showing then of the
vote today depended for them the all
important question of whether or not
they would be allowed the full power
at the polls that is given their
fathers, sons, etc. In most cases
they showed themselves worthy of
that trust by their ability to perform
all the duties necessary to carry can
didate through. and they caused the
sterner sex to feel their power and,
where lacking, in election tinesSe, the
male voters we're given pointers by
their new co-laborers. Several candi-
dates were up for office. In this city,
Mrs. Anna Potter, the wife of prom
inent business man, was
Running for Mayor.
and on the same ticket were Mrs. Sarah
Reinhart, who aspired to be a member
of the city council. and Mrs. Josephine
Green. who desired to be member of
the board of education. The women
hired bands, rode around to the different
polling precincts and engaged in prose-
lyting with zeal which made the men
contemplate. The female voters among
the cOlOred people were just as entnus-
iastic apparently as their white 'fellow
citizens" and could be seen in interest
ing groups at all of the polls. The eff
feet of women being at the polls was
that the election was the quietest and
most orderly ever held in the state.
Today's election as well gave an in
dication of which party the people hold
responsible for the proceedings which
did not add honor to the lastlegiSlature.
For the first time in the history of city
elections in the state, party lines were
strictly drawn. In almost every city
the Republicans ran straight tickets,
and this where they had heretofore not
even made an attempt to win at a
city election. The result gives
some indication of which party will
hold political supremacy IN the state in
time to come, and by some is considered
the turning point in Kansas politics.
The weather was universally favorable,
and all parties made an extra effort to
carry the day. The vote Dolled was the
heaviest for some years, and i'll the
larger cities very nearly 30 per cent of
the ballots cast
Were by Women.
The opinion of Attorney General Lit
tie. holding that the hiring of convey
ances to bring voters. to the polls Is ille-
gal, was generally respected, though in
Kansas City it counted very little, for
conveyances were quite as freely used
as heretofore.
The result of the election was the
most sweeping victory ever secured in
the city by Republicans, Barnes, the
candidate for mayor, receiving ma
jority of nearly a thousand Yotes,~and
the ticket being elected by the large
margins. The Republicans also elected
FIVE of the six councimen. The
women turned out EN- masse to cast
their ballots, but strange as it may
seem they did not cast them for Mrs.
Potter. Mrs. Potter received only
about fifty votes all told. and of these
not more than hve/were cast by women.
1t is estimated that 5000 women, or So
per cent of those registered, cast their
flnVr n lqrnnr
centage of their registered vote than did
the men.
Returns from many cities and towns
throughout Kansas show that the Re-,
publicanS have swept everything where
Party Lines Were Drawn,
which was the case in most of the prin-
cipal towns. In Topeka there were
four tickets in the field. and the straight
Republican ticket had majority over
all others. In LeavenwOrth the Repub-
licans elected Samuel Dodsworth mayor
and a majority of the council. This is
the first Republican mayor in Leaven-
worth in thirteen years. Wichita
was carried by Republicans, after hot
fifht over the fusion Democratic and
PopulIst ticket. Reports from En-
poria. Ottawa. Fort Scott. Council
Grove, FIedonia, Russell. Atchison,
Wellington, Winfield, Arkansas City
say that in all those cities the straight
Republican ticket was chosen by large
majorities. At Wichita the issue was
clearly cut for and a-ainst the PopuliSt
state administration, and the
course of the POpulist legislature at
Topeka this winter, and the result sig
nal victory for the Republican party.
l.. NJ. Cox, Republican candidate for
mayor, is elected by fully 1,2OO majority.
this being double the majority secured
by any Republican candidate last fall.
This Deing Gov. Lewelling'S place of
residence, the election has awakened
widespread interest throughout the
country. Every men on the Republican
ticket has been elected.