The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-01
CHICAGO ELECTION
AFTER ALL THE WOMEN GENER-
ALLY VOTED FOR A WIDE
OPEN TOWN.

Chicago, Mafen women
in their analysis of the women's vote
in the primaries. were we'll pleased
with their sex. Others, though
ashamed of the feminine voters, for
gave them their election trespasses.
And still others remembered and did
not forgive.
Many reasons were advanced ex-
planning why democratic women
voted overwhelmingly for Sweitzer
and why republican women divided
their votes almost equally between
Olson and Thompson. The reasons
varied from the desire of women to
see the beautiful home of the sister
of one of the candidates, who gave a
political tea, to their desire for a
wide open town.
IT was claimed also by some repub-
lican women that the republican or
ganization did not urge the women
to get out and work for Olson. be-
lieving that the vote of the women
would come without work.
Don't talk to me about women
said Mrs. Ella Flagg Young. II al
ways knew that if women got poll
ties you never could tell what they
would do. They are worse than men.
| shall not be surprised if the $4,000
women who voted for Olson will vote
for Sweitzer in the election merely
because they think it will be the win
ming side. / lost my vote"
Mrs. Young voted for Harrison.
I'm delighted" said Mrs. George
Bass, mot only with the large vote
of the democratic women for SWEET
ger, but with the number of women
who voted in the primaries. Some OF
the men prophesied $4,000 OF $4,000
women would vote. / have maintain
ed from the start that the real test
of the use of the ballot by women
would come in the mayoralty cleo
ton. / expected a vote near the
100000 mark"
II guess the women got what they
wanted" ~mournfully asserted Mrs. K.
l.. Stillman of the state suffrage
board. They voted for a wide open
town and now l guess they will get
it. l think it is terrible"
'Im not surprised" said Mrs. Will
liam Frederick Grower. Women are
apt to do anything. Now, William
Hale Thompson got a lot of votes be-
cause Mrs. William Pelouse-thats
his sister, you know-gave a tea.
Women like to see other women's
homes, you know.
II voted for Mr.. Harrison myself,
but Mr.. Harrison made a mistake
when he wouldn't put anyone from
the Municipal Art league on the city
art commission. We asked him to,
but he sent us a very curt note-he
doesn't like women, you know-say
ing it couldn't be done. He lost a
great opportunity there.
II wrote a letter to Mrs. Harrison,
who has long been going around
making those speeches for her hus-
band, that he made a mistake. She
was saying he appointed women to
so many things-the library board
and all that-when everybody knows
there never was q woman on the IL
brary board. l didn't let her know ]
was going to vote for Mr.. Harrison
anyway. But l did, after writing a
five page letter. Lost my vote, too
Just like a woman
'sThe women simply wanted to ousi
Harrison" said Mrs. Frederick A
Dow. "In the republican party.
don't believe the women were against
Olson. The votes of many of them
were tied UP because of the progress.
sive primaries. I was myself. / spoke
for Olson, but I couldn't vote for him
"And many women would not vote
for him because they thought he was
doing such fine work in the municipal
court. and they didn't want to LOSE
him there. II he had been nominated
he would have had to resign from the
court, and then, suppose he had beer
beaten by Sweitzer. I'm glad he Il
not taken from the municipal court