The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-12-02
woMeNs VOTES WILL WIN
Strenuous City Campaign Being Wag-
ed in Los Angeles

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Los Angeles Cal, Dec. O. The
most strenuous and most interesting
municipal campaign ever known in
the history of Los Angeles is rapidly
drawing to a close. Only few days
more of hard campaign work and the
deciding battle will be fought at the
polls next Friday. What the result
will be, nobody can tell; but what
ever the decision may be, 1t Will be
made by the vote of women.
For years the women have been
working assiduously to gain polltical
recognition and the right to vote IN
this state. AT last, at state election
a little more than month ago their
urgent wish was fulfilled and the
franchise was granted them by an
amendment to the state constitution
That the women have now actually
entered the arena in this. state and
are a power to be reckoned with IN
the future is no longer a deDataole
question.
The campaign in this city, now
drawing to its close, is an argument
which cannot fail to convince even
those scoffers who belittled the I'm.
portance of the votes for women
movement a few months ago. This
campaign, which will go down in his
tory as the first positive MANIFESTO
ton of womens political power IN
California. was battle royal fought
by women.
II was granted TO the women OIL
Los Angeles to undergo the first test
of their political fitness in cam
paign of unparalleled ferceness and
on December 5, the day OF election,
they will be the first among the WON
en- of California not only to use their
newly granted franchise but to de-
eide the result of the election There
is not the slightest doubt that the
women Of Los Angeles hold the bal
ance of power and that the outcome
of the election depends entirely up
on the vote OF the women, OF whom
more than $4,000 have registered.
At the recent primaries an exceed
ingly small vote was cast. job har
rIman. the Socialist candidate for
mayor. who Is associated with the
defense Of the McNamaras defeated
George Alexander, the present may
or, who is running on the good gov
eminent ticket, by more than SOOV
votes, but his plurality fell short Of
majority by more than 1000 go.es
and for this reason II was left FOL
the coming election to make the n
nal decision.
In the meantime, however, the
right to vote was granted to womer
and the women of Los Angeles. fully
aware OF their power we're not SLOW
in availing themselves OF their rights
by registering for the coming munlci
pal election. After the fizzle of III,
primaries the male voters Of the city
too realized that they would have L
best for themselves and the result wal
that since the primaries more thai
gl goo voters have been registered.
Job Hartman, who has a sironl
following among the laboring classes
received financial support from So,
iallsts In all parts Of the country an,
carried on an energetic campaign
Mayor Alexander. realizing how crit
ical the situation was and that thu
decision rested with the women, az
pealed to the latter. especially thos'
OF the wealthy classes and they res
pended bravely.
Travelling In automobiles scores o
society women made thorough eau
, vass among the laborlng women, nrg
ing them to use their votes and inhu
ence against Socialist candidates
The Hartman party also had womel
electioneerlng among the women o
the poorer classes and only the cleo
ton will show which side was NOR
successful In its efforts.
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