The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-11-03
Eyes Of All Leaders Are on
Illinois Campaign.
THE REAL PIVOTAL STATE
Illinois Women to Vote In Presidential
Contest For First Time-Parties
Working Tootl, and Nail For Victory
Thsre-Will Women Be Practical or
Sentimental?
BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.

BY ARTHUR w. DUNN.
Washington. Nov. Especial. lit
may be that the country is going to
have an object lesson in woman suf-
frage. 1t may be that the votes of
women will decide the election. Sew
eral months ago in this correspondence
l said that this might happen by rea-
son of Illinois becoming the real piv
otal state Just now it seems that
such an event is not impossible At
least the manner in which the differ
ent men In charge of the campaign are
fighting for Illinois would Indicate that
they think 1t Is mighty important
state at this juncture. And nearly ev
erybody agrees that the women voters
of Illinois are going to decide the is
sue in that state.
Illinois Suffrage Law.
For long time there was great
deal of doubt whether the Illinois suf-
frage law permitted women to vote
for presidential electors. and II may
be there Is still a legal question in
volved. But evidently the Illinois au-
thorities have agreed that the law is
o. X. In this particular, for no qnes
ton has been raised. In case Illinois
women do decide the result the man
ner in which the Illinois law was pass
ed will no doubt come in for consid-
erable notoriety The way -four WON.
en- workers corralled the Illinois leg
isature and secured the franchise for
women will prove rather romantic po-
litical reading.
Sentimental Vote.
Are women going to be practical or
sentimental? That question is being
put 90 the women who are now so
much in the lmelight. the women Of
Illinois. who seem to be holding the
balance of power in the presidential
contest Are the women going ia he
swayed by their feelingsi Are they
going to vote in sympathy or on prar
teal lines2 Well. it viii only lac II
short time before we shall see what
this experiment leads to In extending
the franchise
Looks Rosy to Hoke Smith.
Senator Smith of Georgia returned
from campaigning tour in the west.
and he did not let Hughes have n sin
gle state west of Pennsylvania. To
him Ii was the landslide which Chair
man Mccormick said 1t was going to
be and has continued to insist that II
must be Hoke claims even Iowa and
Minnesota, where, he said the presi-
dent has been gaining ground.
son the Other Hand"
The Georgia senator's optimistic
view was somewhat dampened hy the
calm and more dispassionnte view of
Timothy II. Ansberry. formerly con
gresham from Ohio, but now n judge
He said the danger to the Democrats
was "overconfidence," disease from
which they have suffered I'm times past
particularly in the Bryan and Parker
campaigns. 1t is the idea of AnsberrN
that many Democrats may go to slecr
on the job and let the hardworltine
Republicans get away with them NJ
the last moment
A Frail Reed.
The politician that leans upon the
other fellow or faction of the Other
fellows party often has frail rec(
for support. The Democrats have lean
ed on the Progressives. They cant
see how it is possible that the large
number of Republicans who left theil
party four years ago can return. par
ticularly as 1t must have been plain (,
them at that time that in voting fo
the third ticket they were aiding I'm th'
election of Democrat. why asl
these Democrats. will these 4,O00,O0i
Republicans return to the old party 2
or course that Is a rather uncertain
quantity upon which to base hopes Q
success.
But the Republicans are leaning too
They are counting upon Tammany dis
affection In New York to make tha
state certain for Hughes, so both par
ties have hopes based upon uncertain
political quantities.
Won't Be Interested.
Not for q week or two will the peo
pie be able to get up any interest II
what Carranza Is doing or whether o
not he is losing his grip In Mexico
Some way our people have not beer
able to make Mexico of much impor
tance. political or otherwise. durinI
the past few months.
A Red Hot Fight.
The rumblings Of redhot fgh
reach Washington from West Virginia
where Howard Sutherland and Senate
Chiffon are hustDing for q seat In th
United States senate. No one seem