The Yale expositor., 1919-03-13
WOMEN OUTVOTE
men AT PRIMARY
SUFFRAGISTS BALLOTS IN mi
TIAL TEST oUTNUMeER MEN
IN MANY PRECINCTS.
LIGHT VOTE IN ALL COUNTIES
Few Successful Suffrasist Candi
dates-own Sex Ignore Women
Running For Office.

running FoT OUICc.
Detroit.-Women cast $4,000 out OF
$1,000 votes in Detroit at the primary
signalling their entry into politics by
voting in larger numbers proportion
ately than the men.
The women failed to manifest any
radical tendencies, voting for the most
part as did the men.
Judge John II. Con was nominated
to succeed himself for the Circuit
bench, defeating Charles H. Jasnowski,
prosecuting attorney, and Walter Bar
low, assistant corporation counsel. 1t
appears that James A. Murtha failed
to obtain the $500 votes necessary to
make him the Democratic nominee,
and that Judge Golf will go on the
April ballot unopposed
Two women were nominated. Mrs.
Lucia V. Grimes and Mrs. Cora A.
Maybee will oppose DR.. Andrew p.
Biddle and Edward ID. Devine for
school inspector in April.
Milliner Defeated For Mayor.
Flint.-Henry G. Diamant, a MILL
merry merchant, was defeated here for
the Republican nomination for mayor
at primary, by a majority of more
than 1000 in a total of $500 votes, at
least half of which were cast by wo.
men. Mayor George c. Kellar was
Diamant's opponent.
Coupled with the overwhelming
majority of Mayor Kellar, was an in
dorsement of his program for ex-
penditure of thousands of dollars in
park and playground improvements,
| through approval by three to one
vote of an amendment to the city
charter, which will permit the city to
submit bond issues for parks.
Traverse City Vote Light.
Traverse City.-Traverse City wo.
men voted like men when they helped
nominate two candidates for the school
board They voted like men for sew.
eral reasons First because the streets
were covered with ice, and bitter
March wind was blowing in from
Grand Traverse bay, most Of them
didn't vote. Second, because two life
long Republicans ran on the Republi.
can ticket, they got the majority of
votes, while two former Democrats,
running also on the Republican ticket,
lost out.
Lansing Women outvote Mon.
Lansing.-In nearly every case
where contests of any seat were held
in the state primaries women outvoted
men nearly two to one.
AS rule the candidate who had
the support of women voters was re-
turned a winner.
Not all the female votes were cast
in support Of their own sex. In Calu-
ment and Howell where several wo-
men candidates were running for
nomination, the men In the race were
nearly all successful.
HiiisdaIe Vote Heavy.
Hillsdale.-Women played an i'm
portant part in the primary election
in Hillsdale county.
| In the 10 rural precincts a total OF
1,541 votes were cast, 478 by women
and 1,063 by men.
In the four city precincts the per-
| centage of women was even greater
Fifteen of the first So voters in one
precinct were women: 20 of the first
80 in another precinct.
Women Cast Large Vote.
Ann Arbor-More votes were cast
by women than by men in the cleo
tons held here. 1t was a fair-sized
vote, considering the fact that there
was no contest in the city and but one
contest for county office.
Every ward showed larger wo-
mans vote than was registered by the
men. One thing was noticeable-it
took the average woman no longer to
vote than 1t took the average man.
Women Vote Heavy At Muskeeon.
Muskegon.-Nearly two votes to one
were polled by women over the men
here. The commission form Of gov
eminent project and a contest OF four
men for the Republican mayoralty
nomination were the features of cleo.
ton.
jackson Women Stay Indoors.
Jackson.-Few men voted at the
primary here, and fewer women took
the trouble to cast a ballot. Be-
tween 300 and 400 votes were cast IN
the entire city.