The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-11-14
JUSTIFIED HER
RIGHT TO VOTE
Nobody Can Say They DO
Not Know How to
Function
JUST AS GOOD AS MEN
Party Leaders Well Pleased
Over Way Women Took
Up New Duties

NEW fOltkt NOV. u W ubi h's
comes uf IA, d"uuuclatious of tho
prospective woman voter th"
prophecies that fhu wouldn't huow
how to vote. mat she wouldn't tnko
the trouble t. stand IN line a. onst
her ballot that sho didn't car" TOR
candidate or principle or party suf-
ficiently TO stand back of thcm7
one OF the most important a..
cisiuns " our age was made In the
recent vote Lesser drciRiouH IN state
and county were made. too, ana Ia
oil ~ them woman had her "nHy'
And woman has proved:
That she wants to vote that she
will stand hours for the privilege IN
Puffy shop or on crowded sidewalks
In "A SUR gale. thnt she knows iurt
for whom she wishes to vote. aud
that she h. able TO give good rca-
sons for her decisions
That she can fight tor principle
and against a candidate. and also
that she can give up "a nght against
man to serve a principle. that she
may rebel openly against election re-
suits and predict aB fcarlcsHly nH any
man of LONG voting experience.
or that number who boliovc that
protest, though at first over
wholmod, has itH ultimate effect. igI
Miss Mary Garrett Hay, chairman ot
the New York city League OF Wum-
en- voters, who has been In opposi-
tlon to the reelection of Senator
j. w. Wadsworth, Jr, from New
York state.
Work VIII Have Results
Seen at her officou. No. 81 Wost
Thirty-ninth street, recently. she cN-
pressed satisfaction over the cleo
tion returns. and said
AN women who have worked for
years to gain the ballot Tor their |
sex are delighted over the fact that
women Ia this election have voted |
In such large numbers and have |
taken such an intense interest IN
campaign issues. The old contention |
that, when onfranchised. they would
do neither. is now Bcen to bc "A
fallaCy.
AS n republican, am pleased
with MIR. iiarding's great victory,
and, with republican gains all along
the line. ! hope that the republican
party will do "a great rcConstruCtion
work for the country. and that the
voters win never regret the conf
dence they have expressed Ia the
hulll'N VI Nnt IitHlbtIh VI lnt party
10 bring US back TO better Condl-
lions.
AS TO the fight against Senator
Wadsworth. In which I participated
because | considered him IA candf-
date unworthy the republican party.
] feel satisfied with many Of It's ro-
nults. To be sure. the senator was
not defeated. but the women and the
men who opposed him have issued
voters declaration OF indcpcn-
dence that will in years to come
bring needed reform. For they have
shown that large numbers OF the
voters rebel against having capdi-
dates forced upon them 10y bosses
and political machines that they
demand men In office who viii rep
resent their interests and believe In
dependence OF thought and action
should be- expected and respected at
the ballot box.
This movement viii not die out,
for tho people who started Il have
found many adhereuts who will con
tinuo TO preach It's doctrines. Mr..
Wadswurth had to work hard for
his election, and would have been
defeated, I believe. II the success of
his whole ticket had not helped him.
No good fight was ever fought In
vain, so that the -Whdsw orth
forces are not discouraged within