The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-03-31

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lation at the same time. What course
was taken by the VETS and those
seeking the water franchise, to con-
troll the vote of the male part of the
population? A city official is quoted
as saying that women's votes could
be bought, but that they could not
buy the male electorate, and thereby
the franchise was beaten by a COM
Portable majority. This statement
of the case leaves all the corruption
Of vote selling upon the women, and
question the correctness of 1t and
the fairness of the spirit of the writ
Ter.
1t has been stated that the woman
electorate would vote down the IL
quor business, and Mr.. Barry very
aptly refutes this by showing that
while the women if they had voted
solidly on the question in Denver,
could have controlled for temperance
and did. not, he reasons that since
the "wets" were successful two to
one, the women as a class must have
voted wet" He cites no evidence
of such condition, nor anything to
show that men and women were not
divided alike on the question, a ma
jority of each voting wet" He shows
that the manager for the ''wets" sent
women into DRY" ward to act
the insane part and prevent people
from casting their ballots, but does
not indicate that anybody similarly
INSTRUCTED the voting in the wet"
wards.
1t is not to be expected that the
better type of voters of either sex
would stoop to such methods, but in
Idaho we anticipate the possibility
of degraded women going to the polls
and behaving in such way that 9TH
ers would not care to be there, ana
by statutory provision anybody of
the fallen class, either male or female
who offers to vote or to register for
voting is liable to fine of $500 and
six months Imprisonment. The rights
of the registrar to question applicants
as to their vocations and their person.
al habits, how they make living,
whether they frequent the restri ted
districts or houses, are upheld by
statute by making the applicant liza
BILE to $500 fine and six months inn
prisonment for answering such ques-
tions falsely Our elections are con-
Quoted in a quiet and orderly manner
and it is a violation of the law for
"a person to do any electioneering
within one hundred feet of the poll
ing place, however quietly it may
be done.
The statement by Mr.. Barry that
there is no home finding society for
the relief of orphans or destitute
children in any of the four states
where women vote may be true of
the other states, but Idaho has such
a society, and while he was in this
state conducting his investigation
the society was doing business in it's
home in Boise and large new build
ing was being erected on one of the
principal streets and car lines within
five minutes ride of the capitol build
ing and principal hotels. The fund
to pay for it was created by popular
subscription and by legislative ap-
preparation, and so many prominent
people and the fraternal orders so
generally became interested or active
in the work that investigation such
as Mr.. Barry purports to have made
could hardly have missed finding it.
Both the new and the old building
are now in use and the work is under
direction of Rev. o. P. Christian, SUI
perintendent, and Rev. M. A. Camp,
financial agent.
Incidents are cited of women in
Producing bills in the legislature OF
Colorado and of their being lost,
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