Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-11
WOMEN PRAISED
FOR THEIR WORK
ON NELECTIOND DAY
Declared by George M. Denny
to Have Prevented Much
illegal Voting.

: At a meeting of the Esesx County
Suffrage Society, held in the rooms
of the Y. W. c. A, SO Washington
street, yesterday afternoon, George
Denny presiding, q resolution was
adopted expressing appreciation of
Mayor-elect Thomas L. Raymond's
promise to appoint women to several
Of the municipal boards.
George Denny, in an address before
the meeting, gave the credit to the
women challengers at the polls for
the election of Mr.. Raymond, de-
claring that they had prevented much
illegal voting. BY some process of
reasoning not explained by him, Mr..
Denny concluded that the illegal vot-
ing would have been to the advantage
of Mayor Haussling.
Mr.. Denny, who is secretary of the
James A. Banister Company, shoe
manufacturers. of 1856 Washington
street, Is also vice-chairman of the
Progressive County Committee and
has long been one of its prominent
members. He Is one of the organ
izers of the Citizens League Of the
= city of Newark and took an active
part in Mayor elect Raymond's cam
paign. He was chairman of the COM
nittee which had charge of the ar
rangements for the dinner rendered
to Mr.. Raymond last Monday night
by the Citizens League. He WAS
nominated as a candidate for Board
of Works by the Progressive party
last October, but withdrew his name
after primaries to promote the fusion
movement.
Mr.. Denny condemned the practice
of paying men to serve at the polls,
: declaring that the man who would ac-
cept SIS for such work would be one
on whom he would not care to de-
pend. He deplored the fact that the
men of the so-called better class"
are so negligent in the matter of
voting, saying that in the districts
which are made up of the working
men 80 to 95 per cent. cast ballot,
while in the other districts, If enough
energy is put forth, about so per
cent. of those registered can be in
duced to vote, while a great many
don't take the trouble even to
register.
1.-THE friendliness of the election
boards is amazing" he continued.
For years back the give and take
method has prevailed and will con-
tinue to prevail until the women put
an end to it. Very few election
boards know much about the pro-
cedure on election day aside from
the fact that they are going to be
paid for their work.
Howard Dodd, another speaker of
the afternoon, thanked the women for
their work on election day and con-
graduated them upon its efficiency.
n a IA ~
1856 real men in Newary to stay at the
polls from opening to closing time
Judge Raymond would have carried
the city by $500.
The remainder of the meeting was
devoted to the experiences of some OF
, the thirty-five We men who served as
challengers. All We're agreed in COM
mending the courteous treatment they
had received from the election boards
and the men who came into the poll
ing places to vote.
Mrs. Frank Amber Pattison, of
Colonia, spoke of the efficient work
the women had done in cleaning up
the polling places. and said that the
best answer to the antis objection
that the polls are not fit places for
women is to make them fit places
Mrs. Frank Kinsey emphasized the
fact that most of the men in the dis
trict in which she was challenger
showed plainly that they were under
the influence Of party or Of some
individuality more potent than their
own, and said that there is plenty of
room for the voter whose ballot is
= cast on a well-founded conviction.
Mrs. r. NJ. Laird pointed out the
necessity of two challengers, one to
call off the vote and the other to tally
it, and said that this will be especially
necessary in the election next Sep
tember, if the women expect to have
the suffrage amendment passed. She
declared that her experience had been
that the men at the polls felt she was
!. non bipartisan and was there to see
What everyone wac getting square
deal.
Mrs. A. de Bow Ballantine ex-
4 pressed regret that such an important
occasion as election should be so
neanly housed, and that there are not
more representative men who will
take an interest in the city. on one
day of the year. Miss Elizabeth
Blume advocated the city's renting an
entire store or partitioning the part
used as a polling place from that in
which business Is conducted. Miss
Blume, who has been indorsed as a
candidate for member OF the school
board, spoke of the policy Of the
WOmenS Foutlcal Union not W IN
dorse any candidate, and declared
izations should give their Endorsement
to women candidates.
Others who related interesting ex-
periences at the polls were Mrs. Nina
c. Van Wrinkle, president of the
Women's Political Union of New Jer-
sey; Mrs Samuel Clark, Mrs. Mary
5taehle, Mrs. Ulilla Decker, Mrs.
Margaret Reilly, Mrs. Clarence w.
Vaudeville, Mrs. Elwood s. Leary
and Mrs. Norris B. Mead
The president, Miss Emma L. Rich
ards presided