Omaha daily bee., 1915-11-01
NEWTON ON BAY STATE VOTE
Lincoln Man Figures Out that
Massachusetts, Will Certainly
Go for Suffrage.
soC1AL1sTIC VOTE WILL COUNT
(From a staff Correspondent

NfFOm = HlAII Correspondent
LINCOLN, oct d.-(special) THE
question OF who is the greatest prophet
In Lincoln John @. Maher or Felix New
ton. vii be settled next Tuesday when
the state OF Massachusetts votes on the
proposition OF woman suffrage. Last week
Colonel Maher issued statement de-
clarinE that suffrage would be defeated In
that state. Today Judge Newton Issues
n statement declaring that the Bay
state will declare for suffrage The Judge
gives some interesting figures as fol-
lows:
Women beside the cradle, over the
cook stove, at the club, whist parties and
the churches and men on the benches
IN the front Of the city hall and in the
cigar stores are earnestly discussing
woman suffrage. But suffragists and
Rnts eagerly await the result OF the
next Tuesday election in the eastern
states
Some claim that Pennsylvania, Massa-
chusetts and New York will vote against
suffrage because New Jersey did. Others
say. that New York Is a liberal state and
will surely do Its own thinking. So
there are many philosophical theories Rd-
Vanced by these Bages and philosophers
who are always concerning themselves
about future airy problems.
Personally / am thoroughly I'm sym
pathy with the great French writer,
Anatole France. who I'm his personal adj
dress TO women writes IF l were you,
wish TO make you the equal of men. They
are degrading you. fine vocation for
you, 70 be equal of lawyer or chem
istl Take heed; already they have de-
prlyed you OF some OF your mystery
and your charm. But ali Is not yet lost
men stu fight for you. commit suicide
for you, ruin themselves for you, al
though they have ceased 10 give up their
seats 70 you In omnibusscs." We sec
here the fine perception OF AnatolC
France In accord with the intuition OF
Ex-Governor Buehtel OF Colorado wher
the latter gave his famous toast shortly
after the victory OF the suffraglsts IN
Colorado; To the ladiesi Formerly ouI
superiorsl Now our equalsl"
but eome statistics OF these states
population may be interesting to your
readers to base my proof that Massa.
chusetts Will go for woman suffrage
The area, OF New Jersey Is SPA square
miles and OF Massachusetts S.gG6 square
miles or practically tho same. New Jer.
sey went anti because the majority OF
the foreign population are Germans New
Jerseys estimated population Ii 2,Si5, 663
and It's foreign population is $50 as, OF
whom 1922 $50 are Germans; lib446 ital.
iansi &.I5S Irish and 5000 English and
5l.b per cent OF the population Is Roman
Catholic in faith. The Italians and the
Russians OF New Jersey are mostly an
archists who do not believe IN voting
though they were In sympathy with the
Furthermore. New Jersey has only one
university, 1. q. Princeton and two col.
legea with "A total OF 2, 400 students Mas
ERohuhetts estimated population n
S,oo5,6a and its foreign population il
l,OOl,OO, OF whom 222, $50 are Irish; i9L69
are Canadian-French; III, 260 Russians
| 92tdS Engllah; 5000 Italians; ,30654 Ger,
mans; SAL Scotch; 25,i45 Portuguese
and 80 per cent OF the population 4
Roman Catholic In faith. Resides, ther,
are within the state seventeen college,
and universities OF which fourteen ar,
non-Hectarion and three are sectariat
| 1.-TWO Catholic and one MethodisD o
these seventeen institutions five are ex
elusively for women with total OF 500
students, and doducting the 5000 wonef
students from the total number. n SO
there still remain 49, 500 men students
most OF whom will vote and boost fol
suffrage. There are also ten norma
| schoola, with a total enrolment OF 10
/ students who are mostly Masaachusetts
products and will surely help boost 10
/ woman suffrage.
Another point must not be forgottei
! that Massachusetts r. very socialist ic. I'll,
| foreign population OF MassachusettH Il
| the most socialistic and does not fail [,
| vote; The Russians, Italians, French an,
| kngiah are the agitators OF socialism
and naturally are strong supporters fo
woman suffrage. The students OF Har
| ward university are OF rich parents anS
will support suffrage with money AM
with votes. The German population 4
very small In comparison with the otheI
nationBlities.
For the above reasons I cannot hei,
but believe that woman suffrage wifi
carry In Massachusetts.