The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-08-05
Action of Tennessee Legislature May Enfran~
chise Four Thousand Women in Kenosha
County before End of the Month.
FISHER SEES NOT ANY BARRIERS
District Attorney Declares Women Will Vote if the
amendment Gains Ratification as Is Elk
pected-Brings Anxiety to Many

the minute Tennessee acts to give
them franchise.
~Sure They VIII Vote"-Fisher
"Sure the women will vote at the
primary if the suffrage amendment to
the constitution is proclaimed previ-
Gus to the holding of the Wisconsin
primaries" declared District Attorney
Peter Fisher. Then he qualified the
statement, 81 haven't looked the matter
up in the law books but / am just US
ing my common sense and if the Ten
nessee ratification Of the amendment
comes in before the Wisconsin prim-
airy | can see nothing in the law which
would bar every woman in the county
who has voting qualifications from
voting at the primary. 1t might como
a little sudden like but it would be
legal for them to vote and undoubtedly
lot of them would insist on exer-
cising their right of franchise. So far
as know the Wisconsin law contains
nothing which would interfere with
women voting and can not see-off
tand-how any state law could inter
fere with constitutional amendment
isle - eis] FszisissF has bee
made to meet the possif1e voting o.
the women in Kenosha county a suf-
icient number of ballots has probably
been ordered to take care of them
unless all of them insisted on voting
the same party ticket.
One Candidate is Hopeful.
If the ballot is given to the women
been declared willing to live up to the
law asserted today that he would well
come the vote of women at the prim-
aries. He declared that he had always
been an advocate of woman's suffrage
and that he was not a bit afraid to
submit his candidacy to the new vot-
ers and that he hoped that Tennessee
would come thru with the ratification
in time to give Kenosha county and
Wisconsin women the chance to be
the first women of the nation to vote
under the new statute.
No Registration Necessary.
If he ballot is given to the women
of Kenosha county by the amendment
the federal constitution no registra-
ton will be necessary among the wo-
may register by voting at the primary
and it is certain that this word will be
rushed to the women voters. Most Of
them will want to get their names on
the list of voters for the presidential
election and it is certain that this de-
sire will prove brig stimulant TO
them to get out and vote at the priIn-
airy election If women are granted
the full right of franchise if will not
be necessary to provide additional bal
lot boxes for the reception of their
vote and it is not expected that there
will be any demand for new equipment
for the voting booths. In some of the
large wards of the city it is going TO
be a mighty hard problem to handle
the vote as the coming Of the women
will double the voting strength Of the
wards. Leaders among the women be-
lieve that with full suffrage granted to
them there will be a very large vote
cast by the women some of them de-
claring that no less than fifty per
cent, of the women entitled to vote
will register their choice Of candidates
at the primary election.
No Lack Of Organization.
There is no lack Of organization to
make a hurried battle for the woman
vote of the state. Both the Republi-
can and Democratic parties have com
mitttees organized now IN practically
every county Of the state and the work
of the organization is now going for
ward very rapidly in this county.
IL
men who have been active in the battle
for the ballot have been prominently
identified with the work Of the pro-
posed third party up to the time the
convention was held in Chicago, but
these leaders among the women ara
now declared to be ready to come back
and work in the ranks Of the old par
ties.