The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-10
len Voters Fully Alive to Using the Franchise

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Except on questions such as prohibition,
which first carried in 1914, the first year
women participated in the election and
other issues involving moral questions there
has been no apparent change in political
results in Arizona dis a result of woman
Suffrage. However, women have seen to it
that members of their own sex have been
elected to membership in the Legislature.
Arizona has had woman State Senator,
and as many as four women have been
members of the House of Representatives
at one session of the Legislature. Women
hold the positions of County Recorder,
County School Superintendent and other
county offices in several counties in the
State.
There are in the State 1851 men to each
100 women. This would give a proportion
OF 80 per cent of women there, yet the four
counties where some record was kept show
that 40 per cent of the registration was by
women and even higher In Cochise county
the second county in the State in point of
population, out of 1866 voters registered
prior to the primary election held September
Z, 1920, 475S were women and 7,11S men.
Colorado Women on the Job.
In Colorado, only fourteen of the sixty
three counties reported exact registration
figures Where this exact vote is given, tn
figures show that in every county as mann
or more registered women voted as did men.
Tie registration of women in these fourteen
counties amounted to about Al per cent,
which is a fraction less than the proper pro-
portion in State where there 1877 men
- each 100 women.
Few Indifferent in Montana.
Ten out of forty-one Montana counties
reported both registration and vote The
total registration for these ten counties
42,443 men and 22,413 women. OF the regis
tered men, 30,7S5 voted; of the registered
women, 14,719 voted The figures show that
II per cent of the total vote cast was by
women In State where they make up "a
per cent. of the Notwithstanding a small
percentage of Indifferent women voters.
The woman vote in Kansas in 1916 for all
parties is approximately quoted by the sew
oral State chairmen at 265, 600. Just how
this vote was divided between the parties
cannot be given, but large percentage of
it was cast for President Wilson on the plea
that "he kept us out of war" That is shown
by tie fact that the normal Republican ma
jority for the Republican State ticket was
right around $4,000, whereas Wilson and
Marshall carried the electoral vote by $4,000.
he activity of the Republican women in
Kansas this year is commented on by county
,ha,men, who report to State Chairman FL.
II. Motter. These reports indicate that the
percentage of women who will vote in No
vember will exceed the 1916 record by 20 to
e5 per cent. and that practically all Repub-
lcan women will vote for Harding and Coz
lidge. AS one prominent Republican woman
worker said to Chairman Motter
1.-The women of Kansas are trying to live
down their folly of 1916, and will help put
the State into the Republican column by
more than 1907 900 majority"
State charmen believe that the woman
vote in Kansas for President will be in the
ratio of three women to every block Of five
men.
Illinois Figures Vague.
In Illinois no registration figures for the
whole State are available However, the
total State vote in the last Presidential cleo
ton showed 1,316,007 men and S7,70O women
voting In Chicago, the total male regis
tration was 504676 men, and of this number
965 per cent. or 4S7,21o voted. The female
was 30S,SO1, of which almost
the same proportion, 952 per cent, or
2S9 444, voted
The registration of women voters in Chi
cago for 1914 was 217,614. The registration
OF women voters in Chicago for the recent
primary was 1922, 1872, setting a new record.
Figures show that in Illinois there are Ill
men to each 100 women. Thus 4S per cent
of the total vote is all that could possibly be
expected If all eligible men and women
voted. The actual percentage is 40. which is
not as large as in other suffrage States. but
large enough to dsprove any theory that
women will shun the polls
The conclusion that may be drawn with
reason from the foregoing reports and their
figures is that women of the older suffrage
States are more fully alive to the value of
the franchise than are the men. Not only
that, but where the issue is well defined they
take care to go to the polls. the actual vot-
ing figures. compared with the registration
nearly always showing a larger percentage
than is the case with men.
There can be no question that the majority
of women not only wanted the vote, but now
that they have il they use 1t. What the
millions of newly enfranchised Presidential
voters will do this year promises an even
more interesting story.