The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-17
SO Declares DR.. Shaw in Se-
we're Arrangement Of
Machine Politics
TRUST is AFRAID
WOMEN WILL VOTE
FOR REFORMATION
Head of Equal Ballot Move
ment Also scores Liquor In
tereSt For It's Pernicious
Activity in Elections

II IL were not Tor the trusts. 0lu
liquor men and machine p0iit1ciono.
the way Of woman suffrage woula
be smooth, according to Rev. Dr.
National American Woman's Su14rnao
Association, who viii deliver IN Sd
dress Thursday night tn the audie6
rum of the Jefferson hotel untB8sl
auspices Of the Equal Suffrage Leaguo
VI virginia. ~
THE trusts" s.su says, .!arc 60
posed to the movement for the yk11
obvious reason that they could M114@
handle w0snen In legislatures asI1
similar bodies ~ they do men WIZ
measures Of interest TO them ax0 n&s
stake. They are opposed TO anyt1 B
sasorfng VI the initiative and referee
dunn, and that Is what they win hnv
to face when women hayc their way
Fresh From Dakota.
DIR. Shaw. who arrived In I1lch~s'
mond Thursday morning, and Ii the
guest Of Miss Mary Johnston. H.
East Franklin street. Is fresh frOnA}
a campaign In South Dakota, whaf4
the question of womaES suffrne6
was one OF the issues at the polls
While the returns from that 0tntG
are not all In, the Indications pOfn45
to Its defeat, and Ii liz the belief vi
Or. Shaw that the failure % IT,
women Ii due In q large m9asufNs
to the part the liquor men played lMss
the election, and perhaps to the ma
nipuiation Of crooked politicians, who
are holding back retnrnA The hal.
lot was seven feet long. she sAye.
and in practically every instances thoss
who voted against local option Al4ps
4yotad asainat wonaan'A Suffrage, hos1A
cause the liquor voters had heen 1yx@l
structed to scratch all the amend
ments on the ballot, 50 ~ not 70 t&le
any chances.
Liquor Men Active.
In Oklahoma. where prohibit1oN
and wornan's suffrage were also ~
sues last week, she Ii positive tlees
the women failed to win becAuaa,
Of the activity Of the liquor rnen
against them, although prohibitintI
appears to have carried. In that
state, too. the returns have been hold
back. she says.
In two other States the suffragNtt05
question waz voted upon tast w6ak.
These were Washington And Oreept
and In the former state the woneaIS
won by good majority. In Oreg0a
the vote was only on the question AZ
women taxpayers voting or limtt&A
suffrage. and. In the opinion OF Dk.a
Shaw. the women lost because TIT
question was limited to tax-pay ~.
That's the third time she 49, n
that limited suffrage has been pux u
vote and lost in Oregon, and III -
opinion 1t was because full suffrnaS
was not put to a test.
Watchers Made Tcsa.
DR.. Shaw's observation has boA0s
that the ssraignt-party or dQwn-th1s 4
line man always votes against t.
women and she pins little or no fattAs II
to the declarations Of the several pnx-S|
ties as to whether they are Tor USggN
against the suffragette movaeaeE1s
This. she says. was tested IN Pert I
land. Ore. several years aso. WhSSa
polls for that purpose sa d
Women watchers. she bcljevea &c.,
the only hope OF the women at tiSHS
polls. They were allowed IN the atatS 4
or Washington ~ the recent alocsS
ton. with the result that the woyns q
polied two votes for their causo 1XI g
one against them. ss
Indifference of women to the catlrG n
Dr Shaw believes. is more to be f0aSs&|
ed than their opposition. She sayis 4
this rule applies to men In regard t3
political affairs. and caa be appifs 4
equally to women. szs
Men seeing IAghG 8ss s
Dissatisfaction OF many men VIM
political methods has caused them fnSa
lean toward womans suffrage. ~
says. because they know that WOMB 4
viii work for the best In pubic x&e&
fairs 97sss9Aa az
Women now enjoy full suffrage r u
nve Wyoming, Colorado, TIT
Idaho and Washington. In Kari i
they have full municipal suffrage.
In twenty-six States they enjoy r.
privilege OF voting on propoad w
pertaining to schools. Thirteen nv
allow them what II known III H.
sufYrage--that In. the right Iii v0ea
bond issues for public imprOx{ Tn
of one sort and another. mi
Participation OF women Ia ~
elections has been prolific OF tho
best results DR., Shaw says, sexy
as forcible illustration OF N +
ability and willingness 70 do the r.
thing, II allowed the ballot Sfs
Three Million In worth,
The suftraxtst movement. In VI
opinion. IL universal and Il ~ Xi21
a question Of time when Il WIN I3
vail. Already there are more
3.000,0 900 suffragists with fun pOu4
vote throughout the world. S
DIR. Shaw believes that the 10
Of the Sc nth will get suffrage Qp4l
that they have = better cia6s
American citizenry = w1intA
the North. she gays. the iMaS
class from European countt<
from thon1 counttt
women have no vOse aiusoat tmS
limo up against wosnsn When
to vote. 81. si II 2s
Louisiana u the only
state that has agttasod ~
titled 70 vote an bond Sss2sS
Igun9ant OpHao
To sum NJ ~. MlAa1vsa
mcro ign0Eauk ~ 831Gl
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