The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-16

South. Out OF total OF nearly 5000
ballots cast, 5000 were fraudulent In
women voters held their own gallant
~. 1t was found that bogus ballot
had been placed In the boxes, and III
many man. cases that six or eight or ten OF
gether In such way that they could
not have been voted separately or
legally. The. handwriting experts ties,
been filled in by four persons, one Of
them woman; that this woman had
numbered hundreds OF these bogus
ballots. and had them placed in the
port. 1T will be noted that the polling
list contained 422 names. and was in
ths handwriting Of woman clerk OF
the pou: On page "a 1t was shown
and she also wrote in the party desig-
nation for many Of the ballots. On
the same page 1t is shown that another
woman signed the certificate in two
places. purporting to have been signed
by, two other clerks. Certificates IN a
poll book, purporting to be signed by
each of the. judges, were founds to be
In nsr the ha ts q a.. woman II
stated that although the names Of
seventytive women appear on a poll
list the committee found but two bal
top appears 70 be IN the handwriting
of women. This. gives a slight idea
of the corrupt methods prevailing
among the women voters OF COLORADO.
Mr.. Shafroth did what has never be-
fore been done in the history OF a
contested election case in the Congress
Of the United States. He rose and
been given him upon the prima facle
evidence Of the certificate of election.
Colorado has but three congressional
districts. and in the First District ms as
state of affairs prevailing in the First
Congressional District may be reason.
ably taken as representing one-thlrd
OF the electorate Of Colorado, and that.
Third. No wonder that Judge Moses
Hailett, for twenty-seven years United
States district Judge for Colorado, and
previously chief Justice of Colorado
as Territory. said in an interview
in the Denver Republican. on April
6. 1902:
A Suffrage Reaction.
There is a growing tendency on the
part of most of the better and moro
Intelligent OF the female voters of
Colorado to cease exercising the ballot.
II it We're to be done oyer again, the
man suffrage by an overwhelming
, majority"
AS to the alleged purifying. effect Of
women voters on politics, 1t IS NOT
indicated by the following Associated
l.
1910:
THAT Denver has gone wet, seems
S o'clock tonight Betting on wet
1 atty is , tw9 to IN 0 gish YIN very Ut
This comes from the oldest and most
civilized centre of woman suffrage
From Utah. the only state in which
came came" on the 10th Of June. 1910 the
following Associated Press dispatch
from one of the principals in pro-
posed prize fight, which had been pro
hihited in California by Governor Gill
salt Lake City can handle the fight.
and 1t can be put on July 4th"-prize-
hghting not being illegal in Utah as
The injection of woman suffrage into
| politics in the last two or three years.
| has made difficulties. Men, being the
arbiters have naturally ana No s. wisely
It has been mainly carried on by wo-
men, who must, of course, settle It
among themselves. for it has been
proved that men are willing to grant
proved that.a majority OF women want
it-and so far. long before this is
| proved. Whenever 1t has come to a
| ment between the suffragists and the
anti -sufragists. the latter have se-
| cured an cary and overwhelming VIC
/ tOIN. In 1899 SlEOuS eHOFC WAS
made by the suffragists in New, York
| state to have tho Constitutional Con-
vention of that year ADOPT woman
suffrage amendment l The an ,tt;S 1sa
gists were not are ar9usf "a h hn' nerta he
Qua Of a. majority Of votes. Then a rapid
campaign was organized. delegation
| Of womsn went to Albany, and by
having an amendment tackled on to the
| bill. making voting compulsory. In
a few weeks the anti-suffragists de-
feated the result Of twenty-iiye years
In Massachusetts the anti -suffraglsts
We're brilliantly successful in the mat
| ter Of the so-called referendum OF
1895. The Massachnses.ts Leg1 ha ,a
voters, and to tho women voters en-
| titled to vote on school committees,
| the question whether municipal suf-
frage be granted to women The
and appealed 10 the Governor to veto
the bill after it had passed. Both
! sides among women went actively into
the campaign. ;, The anti7,suffragists
main away from the polls, while exert
| ing all their influence against the pro-
posed measure. The votes of the men
and the women were kept separate. The
result was a majority of men opposed
toe'the bill Of 1s6,976. Out of an esti-
mated number of $4,000 women of
| voting age, only 23,2V4 VOteO IN tIaVOr
of the bill. In forty-seven towns, not
i ono Womnn's vote was recorded In
| favor Of 1t, and in 1888 towns the suf-
| fra gists secured in each fifteen votes
| or less; S64 votes were cast against
| it. This illustrates fact very i'm
portant for legislators to recognize
| the insignificant number OF sutfra-
gists in the whole body of women.
! At the National Woman's Suffrage
| Convention in April, 1910, a petition
bearing the names OF 100000 women
| asking for suffrage, was presented to
the Congress of the United States.
!, When it is recalled that there are 90
100000 women of voting age in this
| country who have not asked for a
| change, 1t will be seen that the COM
motion made by the suffraglsts bears
| n very small relation to their import
ance, The idea of forcing suffrage.
with all it's attendant complications.
and the sacrifice of the property priv
| ileges. and changing the whole status
| Of 45OOO,O00 women and girls and girl
children at the bidding OF 100000 is
| in itself monstrous proposition. II
] the suffraglsts believe that suffrage
would be advantageous to women, they
| are justified in urging women to ask
| for 1t. But to demand OF men that
| the status of 95 per cent. of the wo-
men of the country be wholly changed
at the solicitation of 8 per cent certain
| ~ shows an admirable hardwood.
Would Change Status.
The suffraglsts have said repeatedly