New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-05

y hole any Intelligent man ana ASK
him what he thinks and It's likely he'll tax ABOUT
like this;
Il would not be surprised to see a woman
candidate for the presidency before long. Ana
four years from nov they're quite likely to be
demanding-and getting-the vice presidency on
one or both of the two leading party tickets. by
the time the next presidential election gets around
the women will have found themselves as poll
ticlans ana will be in shape to make their power
felt. They'll certainly put in a claim for Il cabi-
net, position or two and for some of the important
elective or appointive offices. We might do worse.
There are plenty of mighty capable women In this
country, and a new broom sweeps clean you
know"
Figures compiled by the census bureau and 9th
or government departments, indicate TINT the num-
Der of women In the United States over twenty
one years of age is 2s,035,UO, Of whom approx
mately 26,5o0,OH are eligible to vote In the No
vember election. Estimates of the number Of
eligible male voters, based on a population Of
105,O0O,Oo0, give approximately 31,5OO,OOO. The
vote In the last presidential election was 1S,52S,-
7i3. 1t is seen therefore, that the voting power
of women does not suffer much, as compared with
that of the men.
. And there Is no constitutional handicap TO their
administrative progress, says Martha Conan in
the New York Herald, If the women themselves
really want To see one of their number occupying
the highest position 1t Is within the power of
this nation to bcStOW. women are eligible 10 me
office of Chief Executive of the United States as
well as to all cabinet positions and any of the
minor. yet important, offices which are either cleo
tive or appointiye.
rennessec's ratification of the federal suffrage
amendment has opened up an unlimited field Of
power and activity to the new voter. The gates
of the White House and the capitol swing wide
TO women If they care TO enter. DO they?
Suppose. now that American women are the
political equals If men, they wanted to try their
hand at ruling the nation. They've rocked the
cradle a good many years and been politely re-
fcrrcd 10 as rulers Of the world. Picture them
aspiring To the actual direction Of national affairs!
Is there u woman who would make any sort of
showing by the side Of Senator Harding or Gov
crnor COX or Franklin Roosevelt or Governor Cal
vim Coolidge?
Consider the feminine presidential timber. Who
would be- the logical selection of the 27.00OOO
women who may vote ut the next election? Their
first opportunity to put forward a woman candi-
date would be four years hence. BY 1924 a lot
of things may have happened. Many changes
will have taken place. And if the feminist move
ment rushes onward with ever increasing mo-
mentum. as it has since 1915. there is no telling
whether IT will stop short of the White House.
What if il did send numerous women to the
senate and the house Of representatives, TO the
cabinet and to gubernatorial offices? Are there
women educated and trained sufficiently to fill
these important national and state offices? Time
will have to answer these questions. Meanwhile
why not canvass the possibilltiesf
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. says the Herald
writer. might he the logical first woman president.
She is probably right in saying that. Anyway,
Mrs. Cats name is probably the first that would
occur to the average well-informed American man
and woman. This is because Mrs. Gait has been