The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-05-12

business girl has no time to waste
with such men.
Yes, there has been improvement in
civic affairs in the six equal suffrage
states. Mr.. Garwood, Denver lawyer,
who was. for two years, deputy dis
trict attorney of the city and county
OF Denver, says: The women of
Colorado have demonstrated that they
are capable of exercising the privilege
Of the franchise creditably to them
selves and to the state. In the election
of 1880, Judge Ben B. Lindsey was bit
terIy opposed by both the Denocratic
and Republican machines. All the
large interests were arrayed in opposi-
ton to his reelection. The women of
Denver, placing great faith in the sue
cess of his juvenile work, undertook,
almost single handed, TO re-elect him.
Without money without an organiza-
ton, they turned out in hordes on
election day and elected Judge Lind
say with the greatest majority he ever
received.
This alone demonstrates the justice
and practicability of enfranchisement
fer women. The parliamentary
Union, who made careful study OF
children's laws in all parts Of America,
said: Colorado has the sanest, most
humane, most progressive and most
SNICHLAliC laws lC4dllIIB " SAAiANA CAA ~
be found on any statute books in the
world"
The last legislature of Utah passed
several bills that will tend to uplift
humanity. Notably the child labor
bill, the marriage law requiring
reputable physicians certificate to the
effect that the applicant is free from
transmissable disease; the delinquent
husband bill, the anti-gambling and
i-cigarette bills.
Hon. John w. Kingman, OF the
Wyoming supreme court, says: AT
our first election before women
voted we had a perfect pandemonium.
AT the next election women voted and
perfect order prevailed, and has pre-
vailed ever since. In caucus discus
sions the presence of a few ladies is
worth more than a whole squad OF
police"
Hon. Samuel T. Corn, of the Wyom-
ing supreme court, says: Equal suf-
frage has had the effect of making
our elections the most quiet and or
derby l have ever seen anywhere. Any
woman may go to the polls unattended
with the same assurance of safety. re-
spect and courtesy as If she were go
ing shopping or to prayer meeting.
If the facts were known of that
Oregon election, it is probable that the
NCAA up PSAlIANdl AtdSliilSS lllA GU q ~"
class of women to make demonstra-
items at the polls in order to defeat the
measure. However, things are differ
ent in Oregon today, as is proved by
a recent speech delivered by Gopernor
West of that state. He said in part:
L believe in equal suffrage because it
is right, because 1 have faith In
women, and because I believe women
stand for better things. Men are so
r3nnn6 in fhaiy affairs thew
do not give sufficient time to the study
OF the science of good government
But l find that the women are inter
ested in all things that go for the bet
ter. Give a woman the same chance
as man and she will do bigger
| things. There is many a man who gets
| credit for the brains that belong to kis
| stenographer."
According to Mr.. Headen, there
must be many long haired men in the
| country, as most of the states have
mems equal suffrage leagues, and re-
Gently the National Mems League for
| Woman's Suffrage has been formed in
Denver, with Mr.. Omar E. Garwood a.;
! secretary.
| Is it only the short haired women"
who vote? Then Their are fifty thou
sand Of that variety in Los Angeles,
California In San Diego, Major F. G.
Heard, a Confederate veteran from
North Carolina, was specially appoint
ed TO receive the women voters and
escort them to the polls. The major
| calamity held their handbags and
| bundles and, in several instances, their
| babies, too, while the women cast their
| votes. The reason why woman's in
| fuence has not been more apparent in
| the four original suffrage states is that
| for many years men have been in the
/ majority in those states and manY
women Of the class that men could buy
/ have helped to swell that majority.
| Now the pendulum is swinging the
| other way, as seen by recent reform
laws. Mr. Headen speaks of the girl
with starlit eyes and fluffy hair and
| sun kissed cheeks. What about the
/ mothers of men?
Some men contend that women gan
not fight, therefore she should not
vote Not every man who enlists in
the army risks his life on the field OF