The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-12-09

t tdgnt OF the franchise should 10
taken away from them. Tho dor, NC
cratic and republican worl,or ~0i l1--
getting from SIS to SIS = da,- [ "a.
nobody is getting a cent fon out
InIS WORK for Judge Lindsey Va
we could have five times as NAM
ISIS at the polls if We needed
WINE Jnls conversation was being
carried on another side to the niotrro
developed. A high power tonrinr
car was driven up to the nolline
place and a lieutenant of one of +bo
Denver political bosses leaned oT+
or the machine and beckonod +,,la
young women who wore party badges
and who had been stationed at fbo
polls to work in behalf of the in
terests." VIC III
reaching under the seat Of the
auto, the lieutenant brought ont sew
eral boxes of candy neatly tied with
Sold cord. These he placed in tha
arms OF the young women, and then
after some consultation he leaned in
the machine and was driven to anoth-
er polling place.
Those are workers for So-and-So "
remarked the Lindsey worker eur-
veying the young women. who were
retreating in triumph with their arms
full OF candy boxes. q wonder how
many votes they'll be able to in
t1uence with their candy? A woman
who will sell her vote for a few
chocolates is d trife worse than =
, man who sells his vote for 2 dollar
now, isn't she?"
A study of political conditions in
Colorado does not bring to light
many changes wrought by the women
since the franchise was granted
This is due to the fact that the wo-
men have identified themselves with
the dominant parties, save in some
peculiar instance like Judge Lind
sey's case where occasion demanded
independent thinking and voting,
Ten years ago the women of Colo
RADIO had two women members of
the state legislature. Several laws
framed by women in the interest of
the sex have been passed, but as a
whole the cause of suffrage in Colo
RADIO has been passive rather than
aggressive. Attempts have been
made to stampede" the woman vote
by raising false moral issues" but
these have fallen fat.
Regarding the exercise of the fran
chise the women have proved in
different only in proportion to the
importance of the elections. 1t can
not be said that they are more in
different than the men or that there
is a larger stay at home" vote
among them. AS a rule it will be
found that the enfranchised women
of the west echo the sentiments of
Miss Ellis Meredith, a leading suffra-
gist of Colorado, who in a recent
magazine article declared that the
greatest satisfaction comes not from
voting, but from the knowledge that
the right to vote is hers.
As Practical Politicians.
Instances are known Of women
taking to the game of politics like
ducks to water" One young woman
during the campaign just closed Wis
tied every town in Wyoming and or
ganized fifty Bryan clubs, as she eX-
pressed it, Just for the Joy of the
work"
1t is surprising to the visitor to a
suffrage state to find women en-
gagged in the practical work at the
polling places. After the stranger
has run the gamut of the workers -
outside the polling place he finds that
fully half the clerks and watchers
are women. These clerical workers
are recruited from all ranks of life,
and most of them welcome the OPP
portunity of earning a little pin
money" at this kind of employment.
They are lynx-eyed when it comes to
detection of fraud, and, unlike men,
they do not hesitate to speak up
whenever a suspicious circumstance
arises.
In Colorado, which may be said
to be representative of the suffrage
states of the west, conditions are
summed up by a local suffrage lead
er as follows:
1T may be that women suffrage
has not done much good as far as
accomplishing sweeping reforms IS
concerned, but no one can get twelve
reputable men in Colorado to sign
statement to the effect that equal
suffrage has done any harm.
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