The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-12


sale of liquor in Colorado. The most
notable thing about Colorado IL the
large percentage who take advantage
OF their voting privilege, OF the 1884,
900 mt who are registered I'm the
State fully 80 per cent. go to the
polls regularly.
Its Legislature in 1899. six years
after equal suffrage. almost unani-
mously passed "A resolution declaring
that during the time that equal suf-
frage had been in operation women
had used the vote AS generally as
men, with the result that better can
didates had been selected for office.
I election methods mad been purified.
the character OF legislation improved,
civic intelligence increased and WON
anhood developed, and recommending
the adoption OF the measure by all
the States and Territories I'm the
Union. BY a majority OF $4,000 equal
suffrage. which had come To Colorado
az "A legislative measure. was carried
as a constitutional amendment.
Colorado women have contented
themselves with electing i'm sixteen
years about "A dozen Legislative repre-
scntatives. twO-thirds of the county
superintendents of schools. represent
tatives on various charitable and in
, spection boards and the State super
i%ntendent Of education. OF this last
group Mrs. Grcnfel Of Denver during
her three consecutive terms became
one of the six leading educational Of
ticials of America.
That the survival Of the ffttest
shall make the others more fit has
its proof in the 1850 good laws spon-
sored by Colorado women during the
past twenty years. Colorado's benef-
cent laws during this time could not
have been adopted without equal suf-
frage. The Industrial School for
Girls. the Humane Society adopted as
a State institution, the best juvenile
court and truancy laws in the world.
used as models by other nations: the
extreme age OF consent. free employ
ment bureaus in cities of $4,000 popu-
lation. supported by the State; making
It a criminal offence to contribute to
Juvenile delinquency or FOR a man or
woman u receive partnership or
tr.hute money from immura, women,
~ iult l''l Ia b''lV VI 4lSDtNl4DT.
State prohibition as to the sale OF
liquor: these are some " the most i'm
portant results.
The cmanC!pated omc Of Colorado
in one year with the ballot ~leralized
their Joint rights To their own chill
drcn (which took Massachusetts nifty
siN years To- attain and have cstab-
lished the only state home for depend
ent children In America. The dele
gates ~ the lutcrpar,iamentary
Union. who some time ago visited the
different parts Of the United States
t. study American institutions. de-
Clared concerning Colorado's group Of
laws relating To child life that they
are the stnoSt. most humane. most
progressive. most scientific laws relat-
ing to the child to be found on any
statute books In the word" Alto
gether twenty-seven hcnefcent stat
utcs In S!Xccn years are due directly
t. m all looking to the better
ment Of conditions for mon, women
ana children.
No had law has ever been proposed
by a Colorado woman, and the mo-
mrnt a bad nan or "A bad law becomes
an issue the votes OF women are an
absolutely certain balance of power
against that man or law. one some
times hears that Colorado politics is
corrupt. When the gang has won
it has been by stealing the votes.
but the gang" did not wear skirts.
This same gang" has forced bad"
women 10 vote for them. but these
bad mn cast only onc-third OF
one per cent, Of the Denver vote. and
they exert a hundredfold more inhu-