Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-11-05

him what he thinks and it's likely he'll talk about
like this:
81 would not be surprised, to see woman
candidate for the presidency before long. And
four years from now they're quite likely to be
demanding-and getting-the vice presidency on
one or both of the two leading party tickets. BY
the time the next presidential election gets around
the women will have found themselves as poll
ticians and will be in shape to make their power
felt They'll certainly put in claim for cabi-
net position or two and for some of the important
elective appontive offices. We might do worse.
There are plenty of mighty capable wemen in this
country, and a new broom sweeps clean,' you
know
Figures compiled by the census bureau and 9TH
er government departments, indicate that the num-
Der of women in the United States over twenty
one years of age is 2s,035,00O, of whom approx
mately 26,500O00 are eligible to vote in the No
vember election. Estimates of the number of
eligible male voters based a population of
105OO0,0O0, give approximately 31500,0O0. The
vote in the last presidential election was 1S,52S-
743 It is seen therefore, that the voting power
of women does not suffer much as compared with
that of the men.
And there is no constitutional handicap to their
administrative progress says Martha Conan in
the New York Herald, if the women themselves
really want to see one of their number occupying
the highest position it is within the power of
this nation to bestow. Women are eligible to the
Office Of Chief Executive of the United States as
well as to all cabinet positions and any of the
minor yet important Offices which are either cleo
tive or appointive.
Tennessees ratification Of the federal suffrage
amendment has opened up an unlimited field of
power and activity to the new voter. The gates
of the White House and the capitol swing wide
to women If they care to enter. Do they?
Suppose now that American women are the
political equals Of men, they wanted to try their
hand at ruling the nation They've rocked the
cradle a good many years and been politely re-
ferred to as rulers Of the world. Picture them
aspiring to the actual direction of national affairs
Is there woman who would make any sort of
showing by the side of Senator Harding or Gov
ernor Cox or Franklin Roosevelt or Governor Cal
vim Coolidge?
Consider the feminine presidential timber Who
would be the logical selection Of the $1,000 900
women who may vote at the next election? Their
first opportunity to put forward woman candi-
date would be four years hence By 1924 lot
of things may have happened. Many changes
will have taken place. And if the feminist move
ment rushes onward with ever increasing mo-
| mentum as it has since 1915 there is no telling
| whether it will stop short of the White House.
What If it did send numerous women to the
| senate and the house. of representatives, to the
| cabinet and to gubernatorial Offices? Are there
women educated and trained sufficiently to fill
these important national and state offices? Time
will have to answer these questions Meanwhile
why not canvass the possibilities?
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, says the Herald
writer might be the logical first woman president
| She is probably right in saying that. Anyway,
| Mrs. Cats name is probably the first that would
| occur to the average well-informed American man
and woman This is because Mrs. Gait has been