The Washington herald., 1915-03-07

| women's vote. but was actually required
to fee from kissing bee" Ia Hero
Hobson. when his feminine friends
Learned of his success. Then. too. "Al
Russell. the saloonkeeper who was select
ed by the aid of want adj in prefer
ence to a banker. a physician. clergy
man. a mac hinist. and a teamster, as
preferred "womans candidate triumphed
in the nominal ton along with the other
'wide-open town candidates
Not an Indictment.
The facts about the Chicago election
do not constitute an Indictment against
womanhood. but nnpr-Ssiv"ly demon
strate the failure Of woman suffrage
This is better understood with the aid
of few facts and figures. Based on
the census figures of 1910. and the 81
per cent increase wear in adult popula-
ton for the last ten years. Chicago had,
on January !. 1915. $4,000 men. and rs,
90 women over p: which. Of course. r"p-
resents the maximum possible vote. For
the recent primaries. 49, 40 men regis
tered, and 3l2.nn0 men voted. At the same
time. 21s,12 women registered. and $4,000
voted. These figures are the nearest oh
/ tainahle. and the recounts will not alter
! them enough to change the percentage
hey ond decinlals
From these figures by the way.
We believe that this is the first time all
! of them have been assembled for com
parison-we find that Of the persons who
registered. the same proportion. Il per
cent. Of both the men and the women
voted. This is a coincidence of little
value. however. But. compared with the
total electorate. tho men cast - per cent
| of their possible vote. while tho women
cast hut II" per cent of what their
ma Ximum might have heen under ideal
! citizenship. Again though the census
tells lis that there are hut Ill men to
every 1no women IN Chicago. Just go men
to every 100 women voted. OF course, the
women could not have polled an equal
vote At hest. hut. had they been as in
tercsted in politics as the men. they
would haN" had registration of $4,000.
and a vote Of $1,000. instead Of what
they got As II was. We see that OF the
total adult population. about four men
in every ton. aud ono woman in every
five actually cast ballots hut that even
had the same proportion of women voted.
they would still have br"n outnumhered.
only not much.
The Significant Lesson.
At once. YOU will note the loophole
through which the apOloCiSts for the
cause" will attempt 10 climh-th" cleo
ton WAS beyond their control because
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an" IN" h''f'S'S 81 I''r sex any '"ter.
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ESCAPE responsibility Tor IN" way in [
when 'hlcas" women voted. or course. !
We VIII hear now or some C"in"ident civi" !
Improvement IN thl"a-o that will be |
aS'rih"d I" votes for women as /
hiind I" avoid answering the antis' on |
inns grave fundamental question: Has !
not 'hlcaSo proved woman suffrage /
failure:
year aSo-and garbage was |
war cry with the sufra EiStS. whenever
No" Questioned chicago. 1t was re-
moved as soon as women got the vote.
they said II Was-h"Cause the city was
forced I" take action by the expiration Of
a contract ana IN" h0ard OF h"alth-not |
votes Tor women DECIDED the purchase
81 munl"lnai plant. according TO the
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