The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-08-23

evidence and accumulated signs
that while many OF the veteran
campaign conductors expected thai
4 mig!it happen, they did not e1
Tect that Il would really, in time
Tor the new vote to be cast this
year, Secretly, and Just amonS
themselves, Nv hoped and the;
prayed (there surely are some vet
eran campaign managers who
pray) that it might not happen In
time to interfere with their plans
Tor this years campaign. And
they are not beyond hoping that
the Ants will take action in the
/: courts to delay and postpone It un'
IN after November 2 next.
The managers Of both partie9;
are each claiming the majority oil
Tie new vote 'for their respective
..-ties. They regard !; as tn -
| cal and ey !; 10 do. But
Athe truth Is. and they prir,'ely ""7'
sss Il. that they have nothing SUD
'stantiai on which 10 rest thc'!
claims, and add that they wished
% high heaven that they had. The
llMomen vote, they admit, Is q total
lr unknown quantity TO them. and
NV to 20 abou: handling It. organ,
hing end lining It up, is new and
undiscovered country which they
must explore. They haven't thu
iaintest idea where they are going
and where they will bring up when
they get to going into this undis
covered bourne, but they are OF
their, way.
The women have no pride Of po
litical lineage, is the assertion c.
The male politicians which is veit
GENERALLY heard. They hayen'i
Been rz!sed up in parties nor be
longed to them, for obvious rea
sons. and with them blood is moi
thicker than water when il comes
10 q question OF political parties
They have had no political expert
ence and don't know much, II any
thing about politics. But the cam
paign managers don't count that SC
Important and so diScOuragirs q;
the fact that they haven't within
them the call Of the blood for eth
!. Ct one party or ano;ler. They are
Without partisan heritage.
There Is one bright ray in re-
sbect to this which the campaign
managers are hopefully clinging
3 Il Is that the family unit Will
sefTe as a strong Influence over
them. In purely male party orsaa'
zation the fundamental basis ha;
always been the individual family
sans its female members. That |:
q say, the precinct leader knew
that Bill Aaines and his three boy;
ware Republicans and always voted
sliie. They could always be count
Cd On to stand by the party. Ant
the Democratic precinct leader haI
Jack Smith and his -four sons dow
II his little books as always 10 be
depended upon to vote 'el
straight" In that way they coult
approximate the straight part!
vote fairly accurately in their fore
| casts. Only the independent vote
IN the precinct, comparatiVei'
mail, taxed their expertness to Il;
full capacity to line up.
But the question Of how Mrs
Bill Haines and the two Hainel
dds OF voting age, will vote. ant
low Ms. Jack Smith and Mis-!
Beatrice Smith. their beautiful am
accomplished daughter will mari
Their ballots, Is an entirely differ
ert proposition and q hard one t
work cut. BIZ: It Is hoped b. IN,
campaign managers that the female
,Hain=es will tsik II over with tn:
4 Old Man and his boys and decidt
- 80 with them in the same part;
'Hs.y, and the same thing applies {,
Mrs.. Jack Smith end her daughter
Miss Beatrice. II. the family cal
it'll be maintained as the part,
unit then, aside from an immens!
lnsrease In the total rote cast, IN:
men, politicians and Tetcran cam
natEn managers fcresee that unire.
lal outrage is not going 10 revolu
!!onize the two.party system, MOI
snake any great change In the fun
aamentals Of party politics. In tn
states that have had unlimited SUI
lreEe, there was no great reToiu
Iinnary unheaval There vas NJ
Tiolent uprooting Of politics as sht
Aplaycd." Because all states arr
u have II now, there Il no .easo.
; % expect anything different, thl
more optimistic re2 oplae.
The politicians here whose frs
political interest Is In their homI
itate-West Virginia-don't know
81 course, how votes for women 4
yctng to work this year. They are
, 100, making g lot Of claims one way
IN another. But when you ge'
f.den right down to II, and of IN ;
Z corner, they admit that they dom
NOV o thing about It. and arr
more on less scared. That the!
/, NJ Aup In the air" over It, they d
! lot have to confess. One glance a
ham, and lending them an ear 70,
:hree minutes, will convince an!
ne Of that.
The estimate OF the women en-
tiled to vote this year in West Viz
/ridla Is 1856, and the men 81.
o. A total Of 6s4,Se5. This est
uate Is based on the census O
lals.
Among the visitors recently 1,
10 city were ]. H. Babb, formerl!
4 Remington, W. Va, but now Il
10 timber business In the Car
anaS; J. N. Hoover, prosecuting
attorney Of Webster county. ant
( NJ. and Mrs. A. A. Werner, Of Cali
!. rnia former residents Of Yves
thEtnia, who have gone to thar
tt1te to visit relatives and scenes
u the old home.
! 3 Brown Zinn, private secretar!
Il Representative Wells Cody
fooutz, viii leave Tuesday To-
\ WIll,srnson, the home Of his EN-
y ,laOfr IA rny11aiy mill tho c1neI