Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-12-24

The question has been asked so
many times, do the better class OF
v omen vote in ColoradO?" and it has
been so vairably and contradictory
answered that the Tribune decided to
settle the question for its readers III
an authoritative manner, and caused
representative to visit the different
polling places in Denver to find our
as an actual fact what proportion and
what class CT women were represent
ed at the polls. Never was there
nlOre beautiful day in Denver than
that of November Sth. It was warm.
sunny and still, with sky like al
inverted bowl cf clearest turquoise,
and "a balmy air more like that Of May
than November.
Early in the morning there was an
unusual stir upon the streets of Der
yer. ad before o'clock streams OF
men and women. carriages. bicycles
and automobiles We're setting toward
the polling places AT one polling
pace in the Tenth ward. the call
&c silk stocking precinct 2SG vo es
had been cast before 10 O'Clock. q
large proportion ef them being cast
by women.
Election day in Denver is regarded
as rather gala occasion. and young
men and young women. old men and
old women, turned out to vote as #
they enjoyed it. Many men, before
going to their business for the day.
made point of accompanying their
wives to vote. and this was. perhaps,
the reason why in the early morning
hours one was obliged to stand in lire
before one could get a booth in which
to prepare a ballot.
From Capitol hill TO Market stree,
from the far outlying districts OF the
city to the densely populated pra-
cincts of the downtown part every
polling place was visited. AS usual
thing. the booths were arranged in va
cant storerooms, or new buildings.
sometimes in a suburban drug store
sometimes in the front room OF an un.
occupied residence, and in one or two
instances in unused rooms of precinct
houses
1t Was a noticeable fact that il ev-
cry instance-no matter in what part
Of the town-the polling nIac were
located in clean respectable we'll ven
tilated quarters. such as any woman
r@ght visit with impunity. and were
universally quiet. orderly and unobjec.
tionable In the Tenth ward, tifth
precinct. the polling place re&embled
the approach to the scene OF a fash
i0nable reception. Carriages and
automobiles throneed the street, and
fashiGnably dressed men and womea
came and went, stopping to jo.:e and
visit upon the pavement, sometimes
10 compare notes and discuss serious
Il the issues Of the campaign
y notable feature of the day-and
cne which was particularly striking
to a stranger in Co!orado-was tn ar
rival Of the family parties al the polls.
Il. many Instances earriaees and AIT
tomobiles drew up at the curb ana
father. mother sons dauahter-some-
times grandfather or grandmGther-
went into the polling places 10 vote
te2ether. There We're constantly ar
fivine parties on foot, husbands I'D
wives, brothers and sisters, often an
aged mothe' leaning on the arm OF
Her son In fact. as one drove about
he city and saw the people going to
End coming from the polls one might
easily imagine that it was Sunday,
and tranquil family parties We're 60
ing to or coming home from church. |
IN every polling place Of the respect
oblc residence Of Denver there were
women voting, many of them accom-
panied by their usbands-often by
heir children-some alone and some
II company with other women.
Occasionally one would come upon
4 group of women in earenSt discus.
sion. and now and then upon one
who WAS being "electioneered But
his was feature Of which tn re-
porter saw little. Almost every wo-
man who went to the polls seemed