The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1920-10-07
WOMEN MAY VOTE
To SUIT SELVES
SOME POLITICIANS SEE SIGNS
THAT THEY WILL NOT FOLLOW
LEAD OF MEN FOLK.
REGISTER AS INDEPENDENTS
headquarters of the Old Parties Learn
the People Are Rather Apathetje-
Campaign Hasn't Developed Any
oVershadowing Issue.
BY JAMES p. HoRNApAY

Overwhelming Issue.
BY JAMES P. HoRNADAY
NaShington.-With the presidential
election drawing near, politicians
would be happier If they knew how
| the women will vote, The recent pro
| mulgation of the amendment 10 the
/ federal constitution comforting the
| right to vote on all women has intro
duced factor in the campaign with
! which the politicians have not had 10
| reckon to any great extent in the past.
| Wherever registration Of voters has
| taken place since the amendment was
! promulgated, the women have shown
an eagerness to register which indi-
! Gates that the new vote will be u heavy
one. 1t Is regarded as significant that
in Il good many states the women are
| registering as independents. rather
! than as Democrats Republicans, Pro-
| hibitionists, Socialists or whatnOt. Pol
iticians generally agree that this prob
! ably means that the women have not
made up their minds what they intend
TO do on election day.
Some persons whose business it is
to keep track of things politically
have a theory that the women as a
rule will not vote as their men folk
vote. In this connection it is pointed
out that in the home circle 1t has been
the habit for a long time to chide the
prospective women voters about voting
as their husbands or brothers or
sweetheartS voted. 1t is asserted that
this Gliding has got on the nerves of Il
great many women who feel that 1t is
| incumbent on them TO display some in
| dependence when they 90 to the polls.
and the prediction is made that in
| every state there will be many thou
sands of women who will make it a
point not to vote the way the men folk
in the family voted. All this specula-
tion interests the politicians and where
it is taken seriously makes the prob
lem before them more difficult of So
luton.
People Rather Apathetic.
The reports to the headquarters of
the old political parties rs a rule in
dicate that the people are not as yet
showing any keen interest in the cleo
ton The two leading candidates for
| president have received cordial recep-
tions wherever they have travelled, hut
the common run Of spellbinders sent
| out by the speaking bureaus Of the
committee have, it Is asserted, not
faced unusual crowds. The people are
not disposed to be demonstrative at
all. Some of the politicians argue that
the voters have made up their minds,
while others set forth the view that
the people who are to do the voting
are vet to be convinced.
With the period of time For present
ing arguments to the people becoming
brief it is generally agreed that the
campaign has not developed any over
shadowing issue. The League of Ma
tons has been talked about more than
any other one thing and in some To-
calities has apparently become a real
issue, but for the country as a whole
It has not stirred things as some Of
the politicians thought 1t would. At
tempts have been made to introduce
the "wet and dry" issue into the ma
tional campaign, but thus far they have
not succeeded to any great extent. 1t
Is a real issue, however, In good
,,,,n,, o,,, ,,rasSionoI diStriotS Tha C,tp
porters Of the prohibition amendment
are seeking 10 bring about the election
of members of congress who will not
vote to weaken the law under which
prohibition is enforced. 1t is generally
agreed that the amendment itself Is in
the constitution to stay, and that the
only question is whether congress will
ever see fit to weaken the enforcing
legislation.
Alaska to Solve Paper Problem.
That the shortage of newsprint will
he overcome by new paper mills
i'm Alaska is predicted by Col
w. b. Greeley chief of the forest
service. who has just returned from a
months inspection Of timber and wa
| ter power on the Tongass national for
est. THE national forests of Alaska"
! said Colonel Greeley, contain re-
sources sufficient to produce 100000
tons of paper annually in perpetulty,
! and paper industry in the territory
| Is now assured" Colonel Greeley be-
lieves that the administration Of Alas
| ka's great resources should be put
! in the hands of men on the ground,
| but ~ opposed to the transfer Of all
federal interests to local commits
| sion.
"rhe Tongass national forest says
he, comprises 15,500000 acres. The
bulk of its woodland is along the wa
ter edge, The forest is narrow
COASTAL belt running from one to six
miles from the water. Until now Alas
ka has had no pulp mills. II boasts
of twenty sawmills up and down the
coast but they have been used prn-
cip0lly to cut lumber for local use and
Cor making cases In which fish are
packed. ! am satisfied. however, as II
result Of my recent trip, that the op-
portunitles are there for second Nor
way In the paper industry. My ambi-
ton Is to help develop the paper in
dustry in Alaska along the same lines
MS IN the Scandinavian countries.
would make 1t permanent industry.