New-York tribune., 1917-01-10
FEMINIZED POLITICS
A Californian View Of the Alteration, .,
Votes by Women
To the Editor Of The Tribune.

Sir; The analysis Of Western poli,i..
G. x. A. in The Tribune Of Deeemb.r =.
"a tho main correct, and in its total H..
ing OF attention in the East. He ri,L,,-
finds the reason OF the disorders OF ~,
he treats in the feminizing Of Western nal
tics But he stops short OF the eaus, :,
that infrmity. From Kansas TO the p,,is.
Coast and northwsrd TO Colorado, w,..
ming, Idaho and Montana lies the Wes, a,
which he speaks, and IL is all, every foot a,
it, woman suffrage territory. The poll,ic,l
women there have feminized politics.
BY that is not meant that they hay. s,,.
tied and refined politics, Tor they have no,
As the political woman will take away sr.
other woman's cook or maid or husband
without conjunction, so in politics n,y
play treacheries and crimes without 70.
morse, and when detected 20 withou. pan.
ishment. OF this the evidence is in sues
cases as their stufing Of ballot-boxes N
Colorado in the Bonynge-Shsfroth case, the,
forgery OF names to initiative and recall
petitions and the ready hand they have had
in political and party treason. They hay,
everywhere diluted the force Of the ballo,
and caused the most amazing Of aberrs.
tions in its use.
Now, account, II you can, on any oths,
hypothesis for what has happened in Cali.
fornia politics. When Hiram Johnson xsi
first elected Governor Mr. Frank Jordan va,
also elected Secretary Of State. After thy
both took Office the Governor began an ssssul,
upon Jordan, denouncing him ss crook
Much Of Jordan's patronage being ststutor7.
the Legislature was brought into the fgA.
against him, 70 take his patronage sgsy
He was threatened with the grand jury and
the penitentiary. He was abused By tis
press and defended by none. II this war 0,
him b. the Governor had truthful jus.i,.
cation he should have been in stripes At
the next Gubernatorisl election both Isr.
dan and Governor johnson were reel.c.i
By the Same people, and Jordan, with ,ll
the tar upon him, got more votes than u,
Governorl The politics Of the state hl
been feminizedl
Another result Of this weakening proe.u
has appeared in the number Of registers
voters who snub the polls. At the last .l..
ton Sl5,030 registered citizens did not vos,
for President; ,13o did not vote Op Unni
States Senator; Johnson for Senator polsi
f12.O9I votes more than Hughes, and Pa.
ton, his Democratic opponent, polled lssNs
votes less than Wilson!
Study il, analyze il as you will, you ean.
not blot out Of the problem the influence
of feminized politics.
Now. mark another thing. The majority
of women in these suffrage states oppo,.
suffrage and refuse 10 use il. They are he
salt of their sex. They are content with
that high station to which their grace and
their virtues have elevated them. They 70.
fuse to abdicate II. They scorn the vonu
who do.
Looking further into the reasons vhl,s
the political, voting women give for their
Presidential votes at the last elections A
Republican gentleman here had talked muea
at home about the election Of Hughes b.
ing necessary for his business prosperity.
Appalled, when his wife voted for Wilson,
he said: "My God, why did you do that"
end she answered: because hear that Mrs
Wilson is about to be confined, and Il would
be such a pity tc beat him"
Another woman voted for Hughes beesss
he looked like her dead husband; snolc
voted against him because he looked lie
her divorced husband; a third because ,ss
did not like whiskers, and a fourth Be.
cause she knew that whiskers are unu-.
tary; a fifth because she was for pese: u
any price regardless Of the nation
honor; a sixth, although a Repubia-
voted for Wilson because she did 50 a.
mire the exquisite English he uses
Another effect Of this feminizing di,..n
of our politics was disclosed in the prT
designations under which candidates for D.
fee ran in California at the last els.tor
where We nominate by primary and ne
political women vote. For Congress Rak'i
was elected as Democrat and Socialist
Nolan as Republican and Democrat, Hsy.
ss a Republican and Democrat, and Rsnt,l
went through, spotted as coach dog
a Democrat, Republican, Progressive ,'i
Prohibitionistl
Ten members OF the state Senate, ere
fourth OF that body, and nineteen members
Of the lower house, nearly one-fourA o.
that body, were elected as the same tort "
party polygamists.
Such conditions may be ineomprehssrs'
70 the Eastern mind, but here they easn"
sstonishment and rouse no protest, % as''
oughly femtnizsd has our politics bseous
Conscience, good faith, belief IN rrt'sS
pies, have all been thrown 70 the viniA
Party tresehery Of ne blseksst eOnplsfi'a'
party dishonor and patent dishonesty %
not disquslify man or woman for poliaa
trust or prefsrmsnt
Now, one last word Of warning u,
Eastern States wish this system fsshn"
upon themj II they think II makes for ts'
perpetuity Of our civic instltuhonsi y q"
believe treaehery 10 be a yirtus quslfrrs
the traitors FOR Office, they can get II sll
adopting woman suffrage, and so inevitably
teminizing their politics.
JOHN P THlsH.
Oakland. Cal. Dec 27 1915.