Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-09-11
WHERE THE WOMAN VOTE
WILL GO.

Next Wednesday all the ladies OF
Illinois bless eIn-will be allowed 10
vote They VIII, heaven and the
strong arm gentry Of Ottawa permit.
ting, also cast a ballot on tue Hfst
TUESDAY in November in the presl-
Dental pleasantly scheduled tor that
date,
And with the appearance OF the
women in the state and national po-
litical arena there is much specula-
ton as to the effect their advent VIII
have on the outcome Of the battle
Such speculation is unnecessary
The odds are ten to one that the fem
mine voters will not influence the
election either way. There are many
persons who believe otherwise. they
will insist that women III politics VIII
revolutioniZe the system. Perhaps
she win In time but meanwhile 1t Is
well to remember that woman has
been woman for hundreds and nun
dreds of years and the nineteenth
amendment is only few weeks ola
And because woman is woman
it is unlikely that she will pose as an
important nSti = III ioittitA7. tNN''
approximately the woman voter is dl'
vided into two general classes the
housewife vote and the organized
vote The organized vote is the club
and civic society vote. The house
wife vote needs no explanation.
A candidate who has the majority
of the male votes with him will now
as in the past have his name appear
on the front page among the winners.
The organized female vote goes to
the polls to east its ballot for an
idea. The housewife vote throws its
support to a personality.
When Mr. Hughes made his race
against Mr. Wilson in 1916 one of the
greatest of many mistakes made by
the former Supreme Court justice was
sending a special train across the
country filled with female boosters
for his candidacy.
The ladies were either writer's,
Eastern society women or club lead
ers. They were we'll informed,
staunch Republicans and applied
themselves diligently in behalf OF Mr..
Hughes, but they were too perfectly
groomed.
In the states where women We're
permitted to vote the special train
was met by bands of women who
worked either in offices, shops or
their homes. II was rather a grim re-
ceptiOn. The ladies on the special
might have known something of ma
tional questions. but that had nothing
20 Il mil a., I,,r
made their mistake was in being too
well dressed and conscious of their
sartorial superiority to the women
they appealed to for votes.
Members OF the special campaign
ing party could wear better clothes
than their hearers. but they couldn't
tell thoIu how to vote.
All that of course is ancient his
tory, but it serves to illustrate the
way of women in politics. The suf-
fraee leaders will deny this. The
club women will deny this The civic
society leaders will deny this 1t is
to be expected that they would.
They will talk of ideals" "prin.
ciples" new politics and the new
era but it is all Just SO much pro
fessional suffrage talk The house
wife vote is antagonistic toward the
organized vote and always will be |
The women who does not belong to |
clubs and organizations either be- |
cause She can't or because she is not |
inclined that way has a natural re
sentiment against the woman who
READS papers on housing problems
and are always interested in move
ments." And there is where the vote
will split
Suffrage leaders declare that there
viii be no division among the women.
that they Will vote as q unit But as
y mas been stated previously women
nave beon women for hundreds of
years and equal suffrage was born but
yesterday.