Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-10-21
WOMEN surrnAelsrs.
They Are Taking "a Lively Interest In
Registration ut Chicago.

1NlsNkpt Qeks les-lne women OF Nnl-
cago and the relghboring suburbs
showed concluslVely that they were
alive to the duty OF the hour yester-
day, and hundreds OF them turned out
to the polling places and registered
themselves ua legal voters for univera-
ity trustees. They came on foot and in
carriages, and were intent on the prop
er performance OF their privilege to
stand on AN equality with man at last
IL only in Il slight degree. In the FASH
onnble residence districts, taking in
portions OF the Twelfth. Twenty fourth.
Thirty-sccund and Lake View wards,
the women were many who took ad-
vantage OF their opportunity. but the
workingwuman was not prominent In
any OF tho thlclSly settled wards. She
WIS not alive TO the Importance or the
necessity OF registering, and hence the
great majority OF those whose names
are on the lists are women Of standing
In the social world, or are connected
with clubs for the advancement OF wo-
men,
The days work shows a good in
crease in the total registration, and
the Republicans were particularly Won
registered. only In chose wards where
the Democratic heeler aud slugser got
In his usual election dirty work was
there Democratic increase over what
was expected The tables presented
heftWAih SNOW tntI.1AAAa III ttNA wa Va
and comparisons Nth those OF 1892.
AZ Evanston.
where ls the polling placer
is this where / rcglster%'
I'm what ward do / live2' We're sam
pies OF the questions submitted to the
election judges In Evanston all day
yesterday by the daughters Of the clas-
sic little city,
EvanBtons female registration sur
N .aed even those who have been fore
l most in stirring up the women TO come
/ out aud do their duty at the pools like
little men" Taking It all around II was
/ not half so bad ns the men anticipated,
/ that il to say. those OF them who had
| been opposed TO the innovation Of
women's voting, and the remainder OF
masculine Evanston could not. OF
{ course, but look on with approval. Some
I of the fair prospective voters came
| to register with their husbands, some
I were accompanied by friends, and still
/ others came In groups OF several until
/ the men who entered their names be-
gan to wonder who We're taking the
/ greatest interest In the coming election,
/ the male citizens, or their wives and
| daughters.
| Among tho carly callers at the First
ward polling place was Mrs. Emily
/ Huntington Miller, dean OF the woman's
vcrsity The name Of I.odilla Ambrose,
/ assistant librarian OF the Northwestern
! University is among those well-known
/ which appear upon the registry list OF
( the Seventh ward. and Mrs. ID, III, Lam
herson put In the FIRST application for
registeratlon of all the women In the
I Third ward The Seventh ward seems
To have been exceptionally prolific OF
woman voters, Up TO o'clock the reg
. istrv llst showed the names OF nifty
{ women,
Tho voting craze would appear not to
have penetrated the Northwestern uni
versity walls SO far as the students are
[ concerned Inquiries at the various
places OF registration elected the infor-
nation that few " any had registered.
Apart from that of the women,
'hcaVS" was the word which chorac-
terized the registration throughout the
entire city. George II. Qulnan, the
town collector, said yesterday afternoon
that never before had there been 10
much interest manifested In Evanston
on regintoration day In connection with
similar elections "rhe Republican,
especially" said he, are registering
freely"
So far MS the women are concerned
the fight for university trustees will
be an equal one between the Prohibit
ton candidates and those on the Re-
publican ticket Aside from the wo'
mems vote II Ia generally conceded that
Evanston Will 10 Republican.