The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-16
WOMAN SUFFRAGE INQUIRY.

Equal Suffrage; the Results OF an Inves- |
tigatlon in Colorado Made FOR the Col
lesla'e ;i EQUAL suffrage League OF New e,
y. Published by Harper Brothors.
New York City.
The author of this work explains that
her investigation ''is a serious attempt
10 dlscntangle from other political fac
tors the influence of equal suffrage upon
political and social life. 1t is not pre-
tended, of course, that such study can
affect in any way the right of women
10 the ballot 1t has been made for
the purpose Of assisting toward ra-
tional conclusion those fair minded. I'M
partial men and women who. without
possessing political theory as n touch
stone, wish 10 determine, III the light
of evidence rather than assertion,
whether equal suffrage is n sound and
helpful measure under our present po-
lItical system, She explains that her
contract with the Collegiate Equal Suf
frage League was that she should con.
duct the investigation Gin an impartial
and scientific manner and she shows
that she has done so with entire I'M
pnTtiality. and that she was not re-
stricted in any way in her investigation,
being accorded entire liberty therein,
and with no interference in arriving
at her conclusions.
special results have been established by
this investigations; but she hopes that
her work 'maY point the way 10 sane,
rational study and discussion Of the
question of the political position of
women under democratic form OF gov
ernmcut, There js no question as to
the thoroughuess with which the author
has pursued her Investigation. She pub
fishes a large number of tables, some
! of which appear TO have very little
rclevance, and to point to no particular
conclusion. However, she sums up that
Equal suffrage has brought practically
no loss and some decided gain, the latter
mainly evident In the effect OF The pos
session Of the ballot upon the women OF
| Colorado. 1t has enlarged their inter-
| csts. qUickcned rhelr civic consciousness,
and developed in many cases an ability
! OF high order which has been OF service
/ 10 the city, the county. and the state
| Closely allied TO this wider outlook and
richer opportunity. and also distinctly
| visible as at least n tendency, Is the de-
relopmcnt OF the spirit OF comradeship
| between the two sexes. IL Is still too
early TO measure adequately these fac
| tors and perhaps II will never be possi-
/ BILE to determine exactly how much equal
suffrage has contributed. But the Colo
/ rado experiment. certainly indicates that
/ equal suffrage is a step In the direction
| OF n better citizenship a more effective
use OF the ability of women as an inte-
| grail part Of the race. and closer under
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and women.
This latter, however. is probably due
10 the free and easy life of the West,
aud is equally manifest III Nevada and
California which do not have woman
suffrage with the same relation IN the
States that do.
The chapter titles of the work are.
"The Problem aud Local Conditions,
Party Machinery ''Statistlcs OF
Elections, - % Women in Public Office.
Economic Aspects of Equal Suffrage.
I"Inhuence of Equal Suffrage on Leg
islation" and effect of Equal Suf
frage on the Women Of Colorado.
There arc eleven appendices, putting
one in mind of the traditional post
scripts 10 a woman s letter. They are
entitled, "Text Of Equal Suffrage Bill
and Equal Suffrage Proclamation,
Documents = Woman 5 Republican
League of Colorado. 1900. - ''Vote and
Registration in Pueblo County, 1904
05.'' "Tables Showing Tenancy. Nat
uralization, and Conjugal Condition OF
Denver Persons Registered IN 1906, by
Wards, - proportion of Teachers tC
Persons of School Age in Seventeen
States and the United States, :" q Won
on in Office. - ''Teachers in Colorado
by Counties, Sex, and Salaries in 1906
"Wnges Of Men and Women in Man
ufacturing Industries in Denver anG
Pueblo, 1905. - " Population and Mum
Der of Retail Liquor Saloons in Den
yer and Pueblo, and in the Five Citie!
Ranging Next Above, and the Five Cit
les Ranging Next Below Each in Pop
ula1ion. 1908, - tNumbcr OF Divorces
Granted in Denver and Pueblo, the
Five Cities Ranging Next Above anc
the Five Cities Ranging Next Below
Each in Population, 1903, "Equa
Suffrage Testimonials