Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-01
Where Suffrage Has Been Tried.
Colorado

Judge Lindsay on Suffrage:
The results Of woman suffrage in Colorado ever
since its establishment have been so satisfactory that it
is hard to understand how it encounters opposition IN
other states. l have never observed one evil as the result.
l have never heard a criticism directed against woman
suffrage that ever worked out in practice, or, if it did,
was not equally applicable to male suffrage. g&.
1t used to be said that the women could no.. vote
that they were not intelligent. l believe, in proportion
to population, nearly as many, if not more, women voted
at the lastscity election as men. Inn important election
has less than forty per cent OF the entire vote been cast
by women, and considering that there are more men
than women in this western city, it is no more than fair
to say that the women are equally interested in the at
fairs of government and vote as inteligently and as in
dependently as the men.
We have in Colorado the most advanced laws OF
any state in the. Union for the care and protection OF
the home and the children, the very foundation Of the
Republic. These laws, in my opinion, would not exist
at this time if it were not for the powerful. influence OF
the women, which, at all times, has been back Of them
and those who have conscienti0usly and faithfully al.
ministered them. aa &A
We believe we have the best juvenile court, law, the
best %childlabor law, the best compulsory education law,
the best laws for the prevention, Of cruelty to; children
and the enforcement OF, the obligations Of fathers TO sup.
port. wife and child, and the best administration of these
laws when once upon the statute books, of any city in
the Union. believe l only voice the general impression
Of the Des' informed as to- such matters when say that
we owe this condition MOTE to woman suffrage in Col
orado than. to. any other, cause #.% N@"@
The Public: % 5Ma s.a es d
Catch an active adversary of woman suffrage in Col
orado, and you've caught a prostitute OF Privilege.
Woman Suffrage in Colorado is. condemned by the
very. interests. and for the very reasons that ought to
commend H. TO- every. true democrat IN the land. Inc
facts alleged against it are. false; the interests that orig
mate them are predatory and socially, vicious; the period
icals and individuals that circulate them are OF the de.
PRAYED, the reactionary, or the dupe. class. From every
point of criticism I'M SUFFRAGE IN COLORADO
HAS BEEN A GREAT CIVIC SUCCESS.
Hon John E. shafroth,. Governor Of Colorado;
I'm Colorado the! principle of seqpalssrights for women
is irrevocably determined. Submit the question to those
who have tried it, and scarce a %corporals guard will be
found 10 vote against it, s E ..s
Judge Louis w. Cunningham, Of Colorado City:
in Colorado City from 1883 to 1893, there were six
mayors, who were saloonkeepers: During two Or three
years there were thre saloonkeGpers in the council and
for, a year. we. had a mayor and three cOuncilmen. who
lived on the woes of others. Since 1894. when women,
came to their own, there has never been a saloonkeeper
lected to any Office in Colorado City" FN +
Mrs. Helen =. Grenten, State Superintendent Of, Public In.
struction:
rs Instead of thinking less of their homes, women be-
gan to consider them more carefully. The interest. in
the old-fashioned womanly arts has increased. Our CON-
tence anywhere. There is no, difference made in teach
rs salaries on account of sex, l have seen more party
politics in school matters in one block in Albany, Buffalo
or Philadelphia than in the 1O3,925 square miles of Col.
orado. fh+ .H
Idaho aa% 5|
James A. inny, Mayor Of Boise City
Woman suffrage has proven an, entire. benefit not
only TO the community, but to the women in giving them
a clearer and more accurate understanding of municipal
Women generally avail themselves, Of the privilege. At
a recent municipal election tforty-ive4 per cent Of the
erIire vote was cast by women. The polls are in comfort
able rooms and entirely orderly. Women receive no more.
i'll effects than from going to pay their taxes or visiting
a public school room. "A man OF bad character would be
active part in all branches Of suffrage, attending caucnses,
serving as elections officers and going as delegates IN con.