New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-17
TIPS FOR POLITICIANS.
Women Take Hand IN Purifying
Colorado Politics.

Ar-rte politi-iene are contemplating sending out
their ward heelers" and 'whppers-iu" 70 Denver
10 learn the most up 10 date. minute methods or
stufsng ballot boxes and repeating from the
woman voters In that hailivfck. The feeling seems
70 he general that in view NJ the mastery manner
lu which the Denver women engineered the election
~ Mr Shafroth. the Democratic ConEressnan from
Colorado the professional male politician cannot do
better than sit a. the'r feet and learn from them
the principles Of political purity and honor
The facts Of the Shafroth case. which has served
10 draw the aduring attention of political circles TO
tho women sufraglsts % Denver are these. Colo
RADIO is one OF the States where the women enjoy
tho right 10 vote. When shafroth, who has had a
long career in the House reelected IN 1902 81
was found thar his gain in certain Denver districts
had been so phenomenal THAI in some instances his
majoriues were greater than the entire registered
vote. Mr. shafroth's defeated rival. F. ". Boryuge
claimed that the election had not been honestly
conducted. and The investigation that ensued has
proved that gigantic frauds were pe-petrated and
that The perpetrators were women. The ballot had
been given 20 Colorado women in the belief that
They would purify Colorado politics and here they
were caught in thc very act - purifying it Not
only had they padded the po lists n the interests
q The Democratic party and repeated" bur they
hao bought votes and stuffed the ballot hoxes-f-
short pe-pe-rateI about every crime known IN the
oecaiogue or the voter
me plans ~ the woman slTrariets even went so
Tar as o. Include disturbances AZ -ha r0r's So Cha.
ne republican watchers might be driven or and
oeiirr opportunity Doe given f0r stutug the ballot
boxes The records 1f .fr Investigating committee
are hlied with instances NJ trfS sort ~ F-arf --
mitted by fhe woman sse-arists os Colorado
d coursr election frauds or So larse "a scale
Eoud attract general attention u-r tower fn. can
0uons u1cer which they were committed f.r -t.a-
uei should have been committed .r the .,rars.s.7
p-Hnefs of politics has struck politicians fr -rrs
o'l a. joke of The first water AS q man --o-ri-
mem IN Tamman" Han councils rhraqa5 So '-7rs
ilns ma s' tHurr about 81 ie that the women
nave SHOWN theuFrlves such apt ruarrs al cleo
uoneerng that -hov have beaten the men at their
owl gains. = shows how much smarter women
-e '1en men, Tor The women have been in the
'--.hes2 only little while"
"llie ne anti-sufrarsts believe with Brer Rab-
- > -ayla low and sayin' muffin the hUnor o.
= $50, i not LOST upon them.
e. W lnluk We need 10 say anything" said an
T.-- vt tle state Association Opposed 10 tho fZN-
s-r.i--- zoe >u.raEe 60 Women. y think IL
men - ~ l-stI u furnishes rla greatest argu-
p--.-l----.f see there has ever been.
si--e5 ~ all-slfIagIsts al over The city de-
an co. ...se lher names used IN connection with
49, ----g.l OF t1e Affair. bur they all seemed TO
ca1isr .-...-sll ln Dr. one o. them laughlugly re-
F5lerf,.e a-airnlert ~ Colonel Thomas Wentworth
sraffe~ -Ce 'i-ei Suffrage would tbe that - would
re-',-... ~ he winds THE theory ~ the moral
Et,-tuIl't ot women.
sSei- .-..-e uelcrcuX Blake's comment upon the
thaf NO. tl.al au women are not angeIs and
cerras a. a3lt more men than women were con-
rror-i-e-. - orac1 election frauds The other
irr-r- alIlragis.s ~ the civ are all fr Wash
-'ls me suffrage convention There