The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-07
[HIOSAhDS Of WOMEN
| TAKE PART IN ELECTION

Want to ride to the pollsr' smiled
Mrs. Gordon.
A frowsy haired man on the steps
grinned with amusement.
"sure," he yawned, and waved his
hand toward the crowd piling out Of
the door. Come on, guys. let's ride,
with the lady"
The frowsy haired one climbed in
Ito the seat beside Mrs. Gordon. Elev-
en- others jammed the violet-scented
interior Of the limousine and the big
car sped away.
We'll, I'll be damned commented
q worker for Bath House john
just arriving at Hogan's to round up
the vote.
The Woman's City club alone pro-
vided fifty automobiles to aid in Miss
Brakes campaign In the first. nearly
all OF them piloted by women. They
chugged their way into dark alleys
| Iill-paved streets and picked up male
and female voters without discrimin-
alton as to sex or color.
One touring car, with two women
in the front seat, stopped in front OF
"Hinky Dink" Kenna's South Clark
street barrel house. Two negroes,
waiting on the curb, accepted the In.
vitation for ride with alacrity, and
were whirled of to the polls. Circu-
lars urging votes for Miss Drake were
handed each man who entered an
automobile, but the women made no
further efforts to induce them to vote
for their candidate.
/ The first trouble in the first ward
occurred at 8 a. m. in thr eighth pre-
! c;nct. Miss Margaret Dobyne ana
! Alexander Dawson of the Drake forcs
4 charged that group OF Coughlin sup
/ porters including State Senator Brady
were attempting to rush the polls
and frighten away women voters.
Elect1on Commissioner Czarnecki
4 hurried to the polling place in an au-
4 tomopile aud found 2 crowd Of men
1 jamminE the rail leading to the voting
z place. .hooting and yelling. He sum
Imoned several policemen dispersed
4 the crowd and threatened Wholesale
4 arrests il the performance was re
peated.
i From the eighth precinct he was
driven to the southern section OF the
ward, the home OF disorderly resorts
and assigna ton houses. He found
woman inmates Of several houses uI
early and parading in front Of the poll
ing places and issued special orders
that no woman registered from house
~, S.-,o ~ diarnnrfa h1e hotol shOlI1C
be permitted to vote.
Police were called out early in the
idav to make arrests in the tenth ware
where a clash was reported. Shortl!
after the police were sent to the sec
ond precinct in the twentieth ware
where two drunken men were reported
TO be flourishing revolvers and shout
I. ing that "women should be home Will
their babies.
Forty-eight women, living at the Olt
Peoples home, the youngest is year
: of age, were driven to the polling
I places in carriages and voted for tn
. fist time. Mrs. Susan B. Woodworth
9 "a. cast a progressive ballot in tn
:. Itwenty-third ward.
Governor EDWARD Z. Duiihe wen. !.
$ his polling place in the twenty-Hft
accompanied by his wife and daugn
9 ter.
|. 'Tm voting for the democratic car
It didate." said Governor Dunno. "bu
only the Almighty knows how my VII
t and daughter are voting
g A motor car brought Mayor Harr
o son. Mrs. Harrison and maid to
l. polling place early in the day.
d Miss Drake was up early to lea
l. her forces in the nght against tn
d "Rath." After casting her ballot sh
d began an automobile tour OF the bad
precincts of the first.
n In the eighth precinct she found
= man looking over the registratio
=. books and copying down names an
), invited him to show his credentials
!, He gave a curt refusal and she tell
nhoned the office Of the election con
< mfssioners. Commissioner Czarneci
o. ordered the man out Of the poll1n
- Mace. 1t was believed he was copyin
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