Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-03
Registration Easy,
5000 Women Find

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registered and 10 per cent of the women
assessed in Cameron county went to
the polling places yesterday.
Mrs. Hubbs stated today her or
ganization had not even considered
giving a copy Of its membership lists
10 the Republican women's state COM
mittec The request for copies was
made recently by the women's state
organization.
I'VE could not give list of our
organization members to any other or
ganization. the executive secretary
stated. ut would be morally wrong.
People did not enroll with us, a non
partisan organization. for the purpose
of having their names turned over to a
partisan organization.
Election officials predict that the
total registration this autumn will ex
cced by at least 5000 the high water
mark of 100000 made prior to the
maYorolty primary last year. Between
15O. 900. and 100000 women still are
to be registered on the two remaining
registration days--September IA anil
October .. Registration Commissioner
George G. Pieric said the women would
set precedent by furnishing heavier
registration on the last days than on
the first.
The Republican Alliance and the Re-
publican city committee expect to reach
a fairly accurate total of the registra-
tion figures by this afternoon. 1t will be
based on reports from division workers.
Assessment figures for the forty
eight wards will not be ready until all
the assessment books have been received
by the county commissioners. Up to
noon 1900 books out IF total Of 1886
had been returned.
For the men as well as for the
women the equal suffrage registration.
of course, was new venture. The
mon, according to general reports, be-
haved themselves creditabiy in the new
conditions. Courtesy was the order of
the day. The brethren often gave up
their places in line to the women. Ci-
gars, cigarettes and pipes were cheer
fully discarded and nobody went too
near or gloated over the victims when
the moment Of supreme agony, that OF
stating that terrible "cxact age" ar
rived.
Men registered in greater numbers
than women. This is apparent from
early reports which show that the ratio
Of men registrants to women Is approx
mately TO 3.
A conservative estimate i. that the
total registration for the first day was
about 175,000. John A. Voorhees,. sec :
retary of the Republican Alliance.
placed it as low As 165 900. If his
I be considerably below the record break
ing first day registration last year when
1ST .l24 men registered in order TO ex
press their preference between J. Hamp-
ton Moore and = ,hn NJ. Patterson.
Politicians believe many women un-
accustomed to TIE election machinery
and rather afraid to chance q contact
with it yesterday, will come out In
larger numbers on September IA and
October 2, the other registration days.
In spite Of woman's enthusiasm over
her cnfranchisement, she was rather
timid when 1t came time to march to
the polls for the first time and give a
/ demonstration.
Women presented fewer problems for
the registrars than were anticipated.
Complexities that did arise were mostly
Of n humorous nature and not In the
least serious. For instance,
One young woman, Miss Dorothy
Dexter. of 635S Sherwood road, Over
brook, asked the registrar at 1901 North
Sixty third street II she could vote In
November as she was registering as O
Miss, but that she would be Mrs. be
fore then and her name would not be
the same. The registrar has referred the
question to the board Of registration
commissioners.
Facetious registrars warned womer
voters they had better not resort L
bobbing their hair or tinting it will
henna between now and election da!
or they might have difficulties, sine,
their descriptions would not then agre'
with those taken yesterday.