The Farmington times., 1920-12-03
MISSOURI DEMOCRACY STILL
ACTIVE AND AGGRESSIVE

1856 over Cox, considering that the
votes of $4,000 women are included
in the grand total cast for the pres
idential aspirants, in proportion, does
not reach the big lead Wilson had ov-
er Taft in 1912, the year the Repub-
licans were as badly divided into two
hostile factions as was the Democrat
ic party on November 2, last. The
Wilson 1912 lead over Taft was 1922
925, or nearly 17.8 per cent of the to-
tai of 698,562 votes cast in Missouri
for all party presidential electors that
year. Roosevelt was the Republican
Jim Reed then.
The Harding 1920 lead over Cox
was 152,3S5, or only 11.43 per cent of
the total of 1,332,77S votes cast in
Missouri for all presidential electors
by parties this year. Reed was the
Democratic Roosevelt Of this year.
After the disastrous Hughes water
loo of 1912 the Republican faction, in
cluding Roosevelt, got together for
the campaign of 1916, with the result
that Republican normalcy was re-
established. AT the fall election of
that year Wilson defeated Hughes,
the Republican nominee, in Missouri
by 2S693, a normal Democratic plu-
rality for the State. The total pres
idential vote of the State that year
was 786,769. Roosevelt had gone
back to the "gop" party, carrying all
of his followers with him and that
year all Missouri Democrats, includ-
ing Reed, were solidly and harmo-
niously for Wilson. Equal suffrage
was then still an unsettled problem
of the future.
Women Voters Nearly Equal Men
With the 1919 total presidential
vote, 786,769, as the basis, the total
presidential vote Of 1920, 1882, IT'S,
represents gain of 546,009, or about
the total vote cast by women electors
this year. How equally divided Mis-
souri's population is between the sex
es is indicated by that in 1910, the
latest figures available for this par
ticular postmortem, there were 51.25
masculine inhabitants per one hundred !
in the state for each 1875 feminine.
For 1920 the Missouri census returns,
which have not as yet been officially |
divided as to sexes, show such a |
slight increase over that of 1910 that
the same ratio still prevails. Author
tiles on the subject agree that on
November 2, last, there ought to have
been nearly as many votes cast by
women as by men and that therefore
the total voting strength of Missou-
ri, both sexes combined, then was ap-
1,573,538, or twice the
total vote cast for presidential elect
prs of all parties in 1916. On this ba-
sis 240,s60 Missouri electors failed to
exercise the privilege of equal suf-
rage last election day.
The number Of male voters in the
state on November 2, last, can safe
v be recorded at 806, 6,438, as compar-
ID to 767,99S women, or total OF
,573,538 Missouri electors. That the
:4O,560 Missouri electors who did not
,ote on election day were Democratic
he heavy Democratic counties OF
Missouri. In these strongholds the
vote nearly doubled, IN
Iicating that the women electors of
hat party turned out in full force.
While for the Democratic portion
here is an average showing of 30 per
ent less than the Democratic vote of
9l6 doubled. The stay-at-home male
ote of 1920 is placed at 10000 and of
women who did not vote at 100000.
he failure of Democratic women in
ormally Democratic counties of Mis-
ouri to vote election day contributed
nore to the Republican landslide than
id the heavy increase in the negro
ote which easily totaled 100000, and
he desertion of the Democratic vot-
RS of Teutonic and Irish extraction,
nd of some ardent Reed followers /
nd Of other similar dissatisfied par :
ymen, combined. Reed, himself, vot
the Democratic ticket straight, ac- n
ording to authentic advice from Kan
as City.
Socialistic Loss, 1920 Under 1912. s
The Debs Socialistic party made Y
ar better showing in Missouri in 1912 O
nan it did in either 1916 or 1920. t
hat first year in his presidential as C
irations Debs was given 28,466 votes G
!, the state, as compared to 14,612 b
'hich were cast for Benson, the pres
lential candidate in 1916 and the b
O,242 votes Debs received Nov. 2, c
Lst. e
The Prohibition party about held o
s own in Missouri 1920, compared n
ith 1912, total of $3.50 being cast e
n their presidential candidate at the s
eneral election of eight years ago, il
to 5,142 month ago. The "
)12 vote was smaller, being 1884.
The new Farmer Worker party did p
ot receive the vote in Missouri a r,
onth ago that its leaders figured on,
lily 1921 electors casting Christen- p
N ballots, but, at that, the total is Il
ore than the number of votes, 2,163, tt
,nded the Socialist-Labor party can c,
date for President, also named Cox. Il
was surely an off year the country m
yer for the Cox family.
A Reunited Missouri Democracy m
With Senator Reed, DR.. John H. ST. u =,
on of st. Louis and all other anti 8
sague of Nations Democrats back in q
e party for the campaign of 1922 =,
I'd all Democratic women in the par ~
stronghelds voting, party leaders ~
sert, landslide, similar to the BIZ y;
lrtisan one of month ago, will u u
7eep Missouri and give the "only +,
liable party new lease on its po- tH' a
ical existence. 1t is predicted that -
,nuhliran normalcv and Hardinp's III