The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-10

as have the courts of other countries.
Our women have but temporarily lived
| In Washington and so ephemeral has
| been their experience that they have
| returned to their homes to make no
| permanent impression. politically. on
| their own social surroundings. Indeed,
| In many instances the intense and ig-
| norant partisanship they found in
! their home cities discouraged them to
| discuss anything beyond the servant
| question or the children's cute ways.
But suddenly "a change is apparent.
More women this year had an lintell-
gent conception why their chosen
candidate should be elected, lust as
! more men made II tremendous effort
and tore themselves loose from the
hereditary instinct to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket because their father voted
II. More women know something
about the great questions of the times
and can give independent opinions on
the condition of American politics.
The fact is that what for years has
been known as politics has swiftly
developed into something wider, deep
er. more significant America is no
more an isolated continent but a part
of the world and he" 'ro''tire" is now
the policy OF nations which it be-
hoovcs even Il mere woman to en-
deavCr To understand.
1t is just beginning to he
realized that We are making his
tory in this country and that
our future is so indissolubly linked
with the welfare of other ma
tions that instead of politics it is
craftsmanship which now demands our
attention. Fine ladies in their car,
riagcs and at their elegant luncheons
are just discovering that IL is not
only the proper thing but the only
thing to know something about the
platforms iof the great pa ties; TO
SNOW what Imperialism means and
what the party they choose really
means to do. They are watching
more closely the career Of men Whose
names are frequently on the public
tongue. and are losing no opportunity
to gain information. The woman of
the future will be in politics but not
as u voter, for II is now realized that
no intelligent person can afford to he
ignorant concerning the great events
of our times in which America is TAX
ing such prominence. All this change |
has not come about through the suf- |
frage associations or the women's
clubs. but through the honest, earnest
desire of the clever. bright American
woman to know what it is all about.
it meaning the r,olicy land fore
shadowed destiny of this republic.
Women have been more or less
prominent in the present campaign
but in a different way than that usu-
ally asserted to be theirs.
For instance: in Il report from Idaho
the other morning the kilograms bore
in black headlines the information:
Idaho women vote and the returns
come in very SLOW"
Now. whether Idaho's women are
deliberate in making their
ballots or singularly conscientious in
their selections is not thoroughly
demonstrated in that telegram. 1t
might he inferred that their tradition
ii habits of tardincsS had delayed the
game. AT any rate they must have
made an impression at the polls to re-
:eive so much recognition. Another
significant fact is that Idaho went all
wrong. although really the few women
ut there shouldn't be blamed for
hat.
In New York and many other cities
women We're plentifully distributed in
ne throngS of men who stayed out un-
IL later to read the election bulletins.
[hey were eager and enthusiastic. but
is a notable fact that stree. disturb-
lnces We're almost unknown on cie1-
ion night in New York. ana that in
'eneral II better degree OF orlrr pre-
;llled than at any previou; occasion of
he KIND in the memory of the nation.
ms is attributed to the innovation OF
1en taking their wives, sisters and |
WeetheartS out to see the returns, AMI
5. course, indirectly the result Of
tereopticon Improvements since the
lea of throwing bulletins or screen ;
where the throngs could easily read {
vas never before in general use at {
election.
The intense partisan feeling which {
iomen are rather certain to develop l
;as never more thoroughly eXempi-
ed than on this occasion. and the fact
hat If actively engaged in it they
'ould probably take politics too much {
. heart unrelieved by the saving !
ense of humor which relaXes the ten 5
ion and enables men to continue the !
truggle year after year. was sgni-
cantly eXemplifled S
There would be q vast difference in ]
,ethOds employed by men and women )
the latter took up politics as pro-
'ssiOn or We're given the franchise. a c
lan whether directing a. campaign in c
art or working in a minor capacity I
~ his partyS interest gives his in
.ructions to his lieutenantS. Then he Il
oes about his own duties and doesn't n
orry concerning the responsibility n
1T with the others. II he did he II
ould be a gibberins Idiot at the end l
"a single campaign. BUT the woman p
lesn't live who would believe things o
ere going all right unless she We're v
)ing them all herself. She would
acefully appoint committees, giving
lie consideration to relatives and close
lends just as she would in making
1t the list of helpers at her recep- II
Dns, and then she would endeavor to Il
anage the entire affair just as If 81
me of the Others had been appointed l
relieve her of the care. She never >,
ould believe that the other women n
ere entirely capable OF doing what ~
ey We're told. Consequently, after "
ection her husband would probably
gin looking for II second Wife.
One womans anxiety to know how ID
action was going has been the cause