The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-12-05
women TO DECIDE
BITTER CAMPAIGN
Their Vote at Los Angeles
Election Tuesday, Most
Important of All.
National News Association

National News Association)
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5.-Today
the women of this city will decide a
bitterly contested municipal fight be-
tween the Socialists and the Good Gov
eminent forces at the polls. Party lines
have been swept aside. Both the Good
Government and Socialist parties look
to the women voters for election and
both admit that the women hold the
balance of the power. Job Hartman
leads the Socialist ticket and George
Alexander. the present mayor, leads
the Good Government forces The total
male registration is 1O7, 900. The suf-
fragette registration Ia $4,000. The
male vote Is conceded by both par
ties to be about evenly divided. but
what the women's sentiments are Is
mattsr OF conjecture.
At the Hartman headquarters 1t
was stated today that the Socialist CO.
horts will sail into Office with safe
majority of 10000. They base their
calculations on the large registration
and the fact that the October prima-
ries showed a polled majority in the
Socialist favor.
Are Also Confident.
The Good Government supporters
are equally sure of victory and claim
the election of their ticket by 10000.
basing their predictions on the past
performances of the party supporters
and the bitter campaign made against
Socialism by their speakers and that
portion OF the press devoted to their
party.
Mere man" has been wedged to the
wall by the importance of the suffrage
vote. The Socialists were the first to
take advantage of the amendment CIV
ing women the ballot. They started
campaign urging registration among
the wives Of their supporters that
brought the registration up by leaps
and bounds. The Good Government
forces were not far behind and every
kind of a spectacular scheme was en-
ployed to interest the women and Sc
cure their enrolment
Special election officers were ap-
pointed. with power to secure the
registration OF the women at their
homes. Schools were inaugurated by
both parties to teach the women how
to mark and fold the ballots incidental
ly intoxicating the precepts of the par
ty they favored.
The women entered into the spirit
of the contest and many prominent So
ciety leaders as we'll as women from
the poorer quarters of the city took
the stump in advocation of their can
didates. Fire works and cigars were
supplanted by light refreshments. and
the male electorate was almost forgot
ten in the scramble to secure the wo-
mems vote. 1t Is believed that seven
ty-five percent Of the registered elec-
torate will go to the polls and the
campaign predictions of both parties
are based entirely on the probable
vote Of the women. The Socialist
fight has been against the Goo Coos"
or Good Government party principles.
They claim that antagonists have
evolved a party that Is similar in some
respects to the Abe Reuf regime in
San Francisco, and have made their
fight along these lines, with an at
tempt to draw a "class distinction"
between capital" and labor
Fight the Socialists.
The good government forces have
waged a bitter war on Socialist prin-
ciples and their papers have been
full Of glazing headlines stating: "The
triumph of Socialism means business
stagnation and idleness!" Their propa-
ganda has been direct appeal to the
prosperity of the community.
Both parties carry full ticket to
the polls. The respective candidates
have been Endorsed BY the partisans
aligned against each other. On the
Socialist council ticket a negro Ia run.
ming and two women have been in
dcrsed by the Hartman supporters
fer the board of education.
The Socialist campaign began sew
eral months ago, shortly after the ar
rest OF the two Mcnamara brothers,
who are charged with dynamiting the
Times building here. Alexander Irv-
ing was the first organizer sent here.
and through him the city precincts
were organized.
The Good Government supporters.
rallied behind Mayor Alexander, COM
prise some Of the most influential
citizens In Los Angeles and have made
the Times episode . prominent feature