Arizona silver belt., 1900-10-18
WVM FEN TO VOTE.
A Small Factor in Determining the
 Result.

i A Small Factor in Determining the
 Result.
 The women of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming have already voted ln one presidential election. The women of Idaho will, for the first time, exercise this privilege at the the election m next November, Very few of these west ern women take much interest in peli- ties, and not more than 90 percent of the female vote of these four states will go to the polls thls year.
 In Il majority of cases the wife votes the same way as her husband, the sis ter follows the brother or father, and the maiden without other guidance de- bends upon the political judgment of her closest male friend
 In the judgment of the practical poli- ticians of these four states woman sui frage IS small factor in determining the result of an election, as the vote Is distributed proportionately to that cast by men, In 1896 voting by the women was q novelty, and nearly the full strength was brought out at the polls. There always has been m ele ment among women opposed to woman suffrage. This element Is composed of what the politicians call "homebodies" women who believe that the highest sphere for their activities IS iD the home and family, and who are content f., h. t,tr ..f t,
 NOVELTY HAS WORN OFF.
 Many women who voted iu 1896, however, will not take the trouble to go to the polls Ill 1900. They have found out all about it. The novelty has worn of. They take little or no interest Tn the outcome of the election
 If the question of woman suffrage was resubmitted to vote of the resi- dents of the four states, 1t would still prevail, for while many of the men who voted for it in the beginning would vote against 1t now for various reasons, the women would be 10th to let go privilege obtained, whether they cared to exercise 1t or not.
 Woman suffrage has brought about two things, one being order at the poll ing booth and another distinct ap- peal to deceucy in the personal qualiti- cations of the candidates nominated by all parties. On the other hand, some of the men who have paid considerable attention to tue subject say that the introduction of the womau's vote into the political situation has brought about an uncertainty and disturbance of normal political conditions which Is useless and annoying.
 Experience has shown that women vote according to sentiment and not entirely according to reason. Phc popullst party will be given credit, lt credit Is due, for securing woman suffrage As rule the democrats are opposed to it, and the republicans are about evenly divided.
 In Colorado the female vote Is cutting some figure in its opposition to the re- turn of l.. o. Wolcott to the United States senate.
 SUPPORT MORMON CHURCH.
 In Utah the women are strong sup porters of the Mormon church and will vote as directed by tue religious lead CTS, and ii IS from their support of the institution of poIygamy that the great. est difficulties m eradicatiug it have arisen
 In Idaho it may be expected that large proportion of the women will vote at the coming presidential election owing to this being the first exercise of their privilege in national election. About oue-third of the residents of Idaho are Mormous, especially in the southern portion of the state, and the same influences that prevail in Utah will control there. New York Herald.