Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-13
VOTES FOR WOMEN.
IX-WOMEN'S POLITICAL POWER.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

president of the Equal Suffrage Club, met
and discussed the matter.
Different members were detailed to
talk with the members Of the council
as to the wishes Of the mothers. The
saloon men Of the town had a petition
drawn up by an attorney and presented
to the mayor and council asking for
the repeal of the ordinance The Suf-
frage Club prepared a remonstrance
against it's repeal and arrangements
were made to obtain the signature of
nearly every woman voter in the city.
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the end of which the matter was de-
C d d.
Matter Decided After The petit
Crusade Of Four Weeks. the gam.
blers was worded in legal form ending
and we will ever pray 1t was signed
by a large number Of men. At the close
of it's reading the council woman handed
the clerk the remonstrance, which in clear
incisive terms demanded that the ordi-
nance be kept upon the statute books of
the city and enforced. 1t was signed by
most of the women of the city and a few
men. AS the names of quiet women,
seldom seen outside of their own door
yards, were read out, the faces of the men
grew grave in their first realization Of the
Effect of woman suffrage in the affairs OF
she city. One of the cOuncilmen arose.
and, quoting from the last clause of the
petition, repeated: ".And we will ever
pray'-when before did gamblers ever
pray and our women demand?" By unan-
imous voice the vote upon the petition
was indefinitely postponed"
Uerry piy RI
claims of the suffragist leaders, were OBJ
tanned first in Seattle and later in Taco
ma within year after the granting of
woman suffrage in the state of Wash
California towns the effect of woman
votes upon vice has been demonstrated
even in these few months.
In Wyoming many laws have been
passed which the men Of the state credit
ent rely
Wyoming Profits to the in
Through Equal Suffrage. m e n n
voters. which have greatly aided in the
social and moral welfare of the common
wealth. Among the most important are
acts providing that man and woman
teachers shall receive equal pay when
equally qualified, raising the age of pro-
lection for girls to eighteen years: max
ing child neglect, abuse or cruelty illegal:
forbidding the employment of boys I'M
der fourteen and of girls of any age in
the mines, or Of children under fourteen
in public exhibitions; making it illegal to
sell or to give cigarettes, liquor or tobacco
to persons under sixteen; establishing free
public kindergartens and forbidding the
adulteration of candies. Licensing gam
bling is illegal in Wyoming. There are ex-
cellent provisions made for the care and
custody of deserted or orphan children,
and for the children of infirm, INDECENT or
incompetent persons. AS the women OF
this state have voted since territorial
days there is no reform measure in the
state which they have not had some con-
nection with.
When it is considered that wyoming is
a sparsely settled country and that the
women have much more difficulty i'm
meeting for organization and work than
the women of most of the other states
and, also, that there is not the need for
the laws affecting child labor that there
Is in states having larger municipal
population. these results are most credit
able.
The laws obtained by the women of
Colorado fill long list and all are made
Win a CnOT-
Great Work Done ough under
ec, standing of
LII 0'dIo VI Co'oi aec' the peculiar
needs Of that state. which naturally differ
materially from the eastern states in
many particulars. There is a law for
bidding insuring the lives OF all children
under ten years. The State Home for
Dependent Children, which is acknowl-
no Of he in