The Portland daily press., 1900-11-07
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| them the franchise These VIII Ds u o
wcmsn who wanted to vole. he Demo
era 10 party is not likely to b neflt much
| from their suffrage, te3ause that Parry
| 81 orally has opposed giving the tran-
ehlse to women The Republican party
| IN most OF the Western states Is egenly
divided on the question 1t escapes tue
resentment If the women on that gccount
account and the prosperity issue will turn
the scale heavily In Its favor.
This will certainly be the case in Wye
ming, the electoral vote of which is ex-
pected to swell the Republican column
on the prosperity issue alone. Wyoming
keenly teit the hard times unuer uhe
Cleveland administration and as kae ly
remembers them The state has expert
enced very different conditions. in the last
four years ana the women are tire first to
appreciate this. They will vote ana their
husbands will vote, toe, for Mckinley
ana prosperity and Col bryan calamity
crying will have little effect. Incidental
ly, 1t may be said that Wyoming, like
other Western states, Is enthusiastically
expar 81 MIST and has no syn pLGly at !
W t \ Ag lInaldo and his frie cLs
- III vote as the leaders or the Mormon
church indicate. lie sympathies OF he
Norm 0n leaders, snow usually az the last
moment. Sometimes they ara not visible
until this vote of the state has been count
ed In this campaign , however, as has
been said, 1t is generally believed that
they have experienced a change OF heart
| Prosperity has touched Utah as 1t has
overspread the rest or the country and
there is little doubt that the leaders OF
the church Will throw their influence on
tine Republican side.
1t is IN Colorado that woman sntfra"e
has its warmest advocatfs and women are
most active in public life 1ne luusG &C.
| tive woman's political club is in Denver
and it's influences Will be felt considerably
| in the woman vote throughout the state
Throughout all OF the woman sufl age
states the women ara organized into
clubs Eas far as possible, but the organ
izers complain hitteriy of the apathy of
| their sex to political arguments and take
| little or no interest in the result OF the
election, though the state committees OF
all OF the parties are seeing to 1t that the
| officers receive every possible assistance
| In getitng out the female vose.
What has been thu result SO far OF wom-
an suffrage In the Westf Its advocates
assert tnHt 10 has accomplished Two
| things. The polling they say, Is distinct
| Nv more orderly than 1t was before wom-
/ en- CA 81 LnbiF pbAlObb Nlth Abo"s A. e-hD
econd place is Is oontended that out OF
| consideration for the women voters and
from fear of woman's vengeance at the
pol should an unworthy candidate be
offered for their suffrage, more attention
10 now paia to the personal character OF
| the nominees There is little doubt that
the latter consideration cuts more i'm
! portaDt figure in the support the candt-
date receives from the women WHOSE
| suffrage he seeks than the platform ON
(which he stands. The complaint OF the
male politiei ian is that the Introduction
| Of the female voter has introduced an
element of uncertainty into political con-
tests. and this seems to pe borne out by
| the facts
| Whatever the complaint OF the men,
| however, there is little doubt In the
woman suffrage. states that female
suffrage Is there to stay. Should the
question of woman right to vots be re-
subnittedl to 4 he electors there now
| there is no doubt as TO the outcome
However little woman may care TO exer-
else the privilege of the franchise, having
obtained fl she will keep It, whether she
cares to exercise 1t or not, and the IeIna's
/ vote would b. cast IS a unit against any
proposal to deprive her of the right she
mas obtained by free gift OF man