Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-18
RESULTS IN STATES
WHERE WOMEN VOTED
Review of Recent Elections as Made
by Advocates of Equal
Suffrage.
Association Committee Says Ballot Is
Used for Betterment of Living
and Working Conditions.

Review of the recent elections, particu-
larry in those states where women have
for the first time had an opportunity TO
use the ballot, has been made by the
congressional committee of the National
American Woman Suffrage Association.
This committee finds from a study OF
tho official returns that women are will
ing to use the franchise when they have
it, and that they are using it for the
betterment of living and working condi-
tons \ summary of the committees
survey. as preuared by Mrs. Laura PUT
fer Morgan. follows
.'California the largest ant most I'M
portant state where women vote. polled
III. heaviest vote of its history. accord
ing To the returns. ont of Il registration
of l2I9:;45 a total vote of 961,G4. or ~
per cent, was poiled. Not only dld THIS
number break all records, but the news
IaDers now claim that it has more voters
than any state west of the Mississippi
IN Palo Alto, i'll that state, all records
We're broken, even that of the men 5
vote alone, yet there was "a majority ol
woman voters. Men registered to the
number of 1.033, women registered 70
the number of ,109. majority OF 40
At the November election 50 per cent
Of the registered vote was polled whlch
:
than "A presidential election. The eX-
perience of California since the equal
suffrage amendment was passed tenus TO
show that more men register altel
previous year.
In Illinois and Kansas.
"In Chicago the women point With
pride to the number who registered and
voted in the November elections, even
though they have no voice in the most
important offices to be filled. Out OF
1862, women registered, 1883 voted,
which is rs per cent of the registration.
In April when they voted for all tne
important measures, the Vote cast was
over 10000. The men in the NoVein-
Der elections, who had the uhliia an
ballot. polled ,741 votes out OF 394,-
015 registered, 90 per cent OF the reg
istration.
"Kansas shows a big increase IN the
returns. About 10000 more Votes were
cast at the election last month .na VI
at the 1912 election. The increase Is
laid to women's votes, and 1t may Wen
he that more than that NUMBER OF
women voted, since l9l2 was Presi-
Dental year and would be nkely TO
draw a larger mems vote. The total
Vote this wear was 52S,206; in 1912 the
vote of men alone was 359,6l2. IN Nan
sas, as in the other western states, tne
number of adult men is greater imam
the number of adult women
California Results Summarized.
The results in California show not
only that women used their vote, but
how thew used it. 1t is accredited TO
their efforts that the red light and IN
junction and abatement amendment
carried at the polls.
..rhis measure is said to be the most
effective means of Kidding cities Of COM
p,ercialized vice Other measures OF
nublic welfare carried by the women's
vote and influence were the anti-prize
fight measure, the Torrens land law,
which will end the title guarantee mo-
nopoly and relieve the people of the state
from the extortion of title companies,
and the blue-sky law which puts out
of business dishonest investment COM
panies''
Miss Margaret Whittemore OF Detroit,
who was in charge of the Congressional
Unions recent campaign in Washington
state, has Joined the working force of
the Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage, which is going to campaign
for the Rristow- Mondell suffrage amend
ment
Miss Whittemore and Miss Anne Mar
tin. president of the Nevada State Suf
fraee Association, will be the speakers
at the suffrage tea to be held Sunday at
Congressional Union headquarters. 1920
+ street northwest.