New Britain herald., 1916-11-10
WOMEN REFUSE ID
 FOLLOW THE LEADER
Vote Independently and Decline to
 Be Led to the Polls

New York, Nov 1O.-Leaders of the
 cause of woman suffrage in this city
 believed yesterday that the votes of
 women in the west had reelected
 President Wilson, although the con-
 clusion forced the admission, as Alice
 Chittenden Hill, president of the New
 York State Asso sociation Opposed to Woman Suffrage, charged that the womenS vote could not be delivered by it's leaders. Miss Hill last night is- sued this statement.
 'In all the uncertainty which sur rounds the final outcome of the pres identfal election one point stands out clearly, which is, that woman suf- frage, indorsed by the two large po- litical parties in their national plat forms, merely on the ground of polit- ical expediency, did not prove to be an issue in the campaign
 "The republican leaders who made a special effort to capture the woman vote must be greatly chagrined at their failure to swing the woman suffrage States to their candidate. The repub- lican candidate for president made the highest possible bid for the support of the women voters through his per- sonal Endorsement of the federal amendm ent-and lost it.
 Illinois, where the women voted for president for the first time, is a normal republican state, which swung to Wilson in 1912, but is now back in the republican column. The state would have gone for MT. Hughes without the women's votes.
 "Montana, which went for Roose- welt in 1904, and Taft in 1908, gave itS for Wilson jT 1i1 not swing back to the republican col umn through the woman vote.
 Nevada, which voted for Roosevelt in 1904 is usually found in the demo- cratic column, and still remains there.
 Utah, the great Mormon woman suffrage state, is unexpectedly found in the democratic column this year, since it is usually regarded as a re- publican stronghold.
 "Wyoming, in the republican col umn in 1904 and 1908, turned to Will son in 1912 and also gave it's electoral votes to him on Tuesday.
 Washington, republican in 1904 and 1908 and progressive in 1912, now swings to Wilson.
 Colorado, Arizona and Idaho are all democratic, as they were four years ago, while California still hangs In the balance.
 Let us hope that as a result of this election, future candidates for any political office will not be terrorizeo oy the threat that the woman vote ,an be delivered" against them un- ess they indorse woman suffrage"
 T Hughes Drive Fails.
 The effort to turn the woman vote | o Charles F. Hughes resulted from lis indorsement of a Federal suffrage m endme ent to which President Will l on declined to pledge himself. The l union adopted resolu- l ions pledging itself to work for the | lefeat of all democratic candidates. | The organization has it's greatest | strength in the western states, and 1t conducted a vigorous campaign for Hughes, but, apparently was able to hold the women in line only in Ore- gon.
 Inability to count the women's vote separately prevented suffrage leaders from determining with f1nality wheth- er or not Hughes might have carried other of the suffrage states had 1t 1ot been for the woman vote, but as matters stood last night Wilson l seemed to have garnered A of the 31 electoral votes of suffrage states, and Hughes 34, with California's Is votes still in doubt.
 The vote in Chicago, the only place where women vote separately and are counted separately, seemed to par out the anti-suffragist theory that l ,he woman vote merely duplicates ! hat of the men. Hughes carried l both the man vote and the woman | vote in Chicago by slight pluralities.