El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-17

I and against a candidate, and also that
I she can give up fight against man
I to serve principle; that she may
/ ana predict as fearlesEly as any man
{ Of long voting experience.
OF that number who believe that q
I protest, though at first overwhelmed,
I has its ultimate effect is Miss Mary
Z Garrett Hay. chairman Of the New
] York City League OF Women Voters,
/ who has been in opposition 70 the re
! election Of senator J. ". Wadsworth,
/ IT., from New York state.
Work VIII Have Results.
Seen at her office, No 81 West
! Thirty-ninth street. recently. she ex-
! pressed satisfaction over the election
returns, and said;
"All women who have worked for
I years to gain the ballot for their sex
] are delighted over the fact that
I women in this election have voted in
/ such large numbers and have taken
/ such an intense interest IN campaign
! issues. The old contention that, when,
/ enfranchised. they would do neither
l is now seen 70 be a faliacy.
LAS a Republican I am pleased with
I 3fr. Harding's great victory and
[ with Republican gains all along the
I line. I hope that the Republican party
win do a great reconstruction work
/ for the country, and that the voters
viii never regret the confidence they
have expressed in the ability Of the
members Of the party 20 bring Us
back 70 better conditions.
AS 70 the fight against senator
WadEWorth, in which participated
because considered him a candidate
unworthy the Republican party, feel
Satisfied with many OF its results. To
be sure, the senator was not defeated,
=
posed him have issued q voters decla-
ration Of Independence that viii in
years 20 come bring needed reform.
For they have shown that large num-
bers Of the voters rebel against hav-
ing candidates forced upon them by
bosses and political machines, that
they demand men IN office, who will
represent their interests, and believe
independence % thought and action
should be expected and respected at
the ballot box
This movement viii not die out.
FOR the people who started Il have
found many adherents who viii con-
tinue TO preach its doctrines. Mr..
WadsWoFth had 20 work hard for his
election. and would have been de-
featsd, believe, II the success OF his
whole ticket had not helped him. No
good fight was ever fought in vain,
so that the anti-Wa dsworth forces /
battle IN the interest OF more repre-
sentative candidates and = ticket that
IS the expression OF the voters de-
sires and not that Of a machine. Vic
tory for them is merely postponed 20
a future date"
Views OF Ofher Leaders.
Mrs. James Leeds Laidlaw agrees I
with Miss Bays statement that sena- /
tor Wadsworth was helped by tho /
Success Of his ticket Mrs. LaidIaw /
IL a. prominent suffragist and member I
o. the International Women Voters I
association
Senator Wadsworth ran behind his
ticket" says Mrs Laidlew. and this I
undoubtedly was caused by the /
women's protest The Republican
landslide brought abnormal election
results which will mean an enormous
reaction to come, and not very far
distant, either.
''Woman's vote Is more or less dis
organized now, but IN another four
years Il viii be a greater force. No
one can predict how great or how
far reaching Il will become
From Miss Helen Varick Boswell.
a well known suffragist who voted
for senator Wadsworth, comes an
other statement. intended TO refute
and confuse the Jibing men who have
said women cannot bury prejudice
7 don't believe in holding a private
Erudge against the senator for some
thing that happened two years ago"
laughed Miss Boswell. 7 don't agree
with him on some OF his views. but
he is an honorable man OF the sort
we need in public office. For the pub
lie good many thousands Of women
voted for him.
I'VE needed Wadsworth TO back
Harding in Congress. Why expect
Afr. Harding 10 function as Repub-
a
supporters at his back in the senate
and the house2
women do not vote as a group.
They have gone into various parties
with the greatest interest and under
standing OF affairs AS chairman o.
OF women in New York county,
know positively that women are not
only going TO be organized but are
organized right now.
Triumph Over Prejudice.
The fact that Wadsworth Is elected
e-ovrs that women can subdue their
prejudices to a greater cause
'sAs for women breaking up friend
ships over political CONVICTIONS tnaL
is ridiculous Women are human
beings like men Some VIII let these
things matter and some won't
have a number Of friends directly op-
rosfte 10 me on political questions
hut I can say that those are the only
points on which we differ at all
With the coming Of a new era IN
poiitics and with the enfranchised
woman in her hard-won place, former
accusations against her sex must 90
their way along with the laSt-qisap-
bearing enemies Of suffrage women
have proved they can take defeat
philosophicallys and their leaders con-
tend that they are equally competent
=, len 4hafr heads. DESPITE the IN d