The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-10-18

If several Richmond women are to
be taken as representative Of senti-
ment among the women TO be voters,
candidates are going to have to watch
their step and each to have an eye,
not only for Is partys standards, but
his own ideals.
During the past week a reporter
questioned several prominent women
as to whether they were going to .
vote If they would vote a straight /
ticket; and what tthey thought about !
ticket; and what they thought about .
results:
"Undoumedly I shall vote for the
man and not bother about his poll /,
ties said Mrs. William Dudley
Foulke, an ardent believer in the fu
ture which lies just ahead for women
in America. Mrs. Foulke. who ridicul- !
ed the idea of rigid straight ticket Eot-
ing said:
IF we wish good government We
certainly can not stand back Of badly
quilted candidates, simply because
| they happen to be seeking office on
a particular ticket
VIII Vote Alike
Mrs. Foulke believes large number
of husbands and wives, fathers and
daughters, and brothers and sisters
may vote alike to large degree, not
; because one has cOorced the OtH"r. tu'
| because of congeniaIity and consider
| alton together.
Il hope deeply, however, that the
new voters Will not allow themselves
to become feeble mindd, follow the
leaders; but will think along with
the older voters"
Mrs Foulke added that housewives,
hers and business women will find
I a consideration of the government IN
der which they live, a splendid thing
to include in their lives, form Of
( thought which will come as a relief
from the more immediate businesses
which they pursue.
A very large majority Of the NO
men I know are going TO vote, and
vote for the man regardless OF his
politics." said Mrs. a. ". Roach, who
said She had found that women IN the
east, where she recently presided AT
the War Mothers convention. are no
more enthusia site than are the WO-
men with whom she comes in contact
in Indiana.
viii Want Offices
Women are not just wanting to
vote, either" added Mrs. Roach, but
they want to hold office whore it will
be Of benefit 10 their children and
, community to do so.
Il believe, and | find that large
| number of my friends believe. that
We should have woman on our school
boards, and on our board of county
commissioners. This does not come
: from selfish motive but from a mo-
) tive which is very near to the heart
! Of :
, that a mother wants 10 know who is
going to teach her children, and that
the community her children are going
to grow up in is governed by clean
, politics?
; Il believe you will find women es-
! sentially standing for clean fair play
! in politics. | find that the women in
= the west where they have perhaps
= been interested and observing politics
. longer, stand as a body for square
, ness" said Mrs Roach
Il voted several times in California
. and l found that my father and l often
= agreed, but there were occasions when
- our votes were not IDENTICAL" said
i Miss Francis Mitchell, daughter Of the
; Rev. Andrew F. Mitchell OF the South
t Eighth Street Friends church.
Miss Mitchell lived in California
| several years before coming TO Rich
mond. and was therefore one of The
y first women OF the United States to Sc
E cure enfranchisnment.
She laughed at the idea that voting
), takes a Womans time either from her
Il professional business o. from The bust
e ness of taking care of her home.
e Does Not Lose Time.
II 1t takes about three minutes OF
II election day, and an alert mind tho
rest of the year, she said.
e She said that she had often voted q
r, straight ticket, although if she pr"
II ferred candidate on another ticket
e she used no hesitation in scratching
for him.
n In my opinion every woman vii
II sooner or later have to ally herself
with a political! party" said Mrs. W
r VI. Gaar. She explained she did moi
IS believe it feasible to vote the Demo
cratic ticket one year and the Repub
9 lican ticket the next.
d II is the new voters duty. ! believe
e to study the American government
d and its politics and then become {
n member OF the party With he platform
most to her liking, said she,
y. believing that vacillatiOn gets No
where, l shall vote tie straight Re
publican ticket for the most part
ain INtpub lIC an, 1AI'SNt' ptNtiQN
my family has had Republican lear
ings. but also because believe in
protective tariff, and various othe
parts OF its PLATFORM
Mrs. Gaar expressed the opinio
that women will stand as 2 bod
against war. and that they will favO
the constructive elements rather tina
he destructive elements in politica
parties.
Will &c Against War.
"In my aCQuaintanCeship I find
vast number Of women greatly into'
tested in the problems of today, and a
most of these problems are gOln9 t
wrap the terminal wires in insulatin