The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-11-06

-X thinking on the subject. Button
g. ~ hole any intelligent man ana ASK
nor Nhal he thinks and It's likely he'll tax ABOUT
hike tEIs: ,ar
II wUuad not be surprised to see woman
...ra1.Ia,e for the presidency before long. Ana
F.<ur wears from now they're quite hkely 10 DC
sk,nusn.iImx-and getting-the vice presidency on
unR or both OF the two leading party ucAeUs' Dy
fs- time the next presidential election gets arouu
TN. women will have found themselves AS po"
tSefnnS and will be in shape to make their power
fkza Theyn certainly put In claim TOT eaD'-
r..s wnsItion or two end for some OF the Important
ess~fRue ar appolntive Offices We might DO worse
Tneze are plenty Of mighty capable women IN TINS
ssr.unrry and a new broom sweeps ciean' you
Ruaw-~
WTx1ares compiled by the census bureau and 9TH
er government departments indicate that the num-
h<w az women I'm the United States over twenty
enc wears OF age is 2Sc35,OO0, Of whom approx
EmAfrly 265OOO00 eligible to vote In the No
v;enaher election. Estimates of the number OF
~:HgIble male voters. based on population OF
T0d0G0OOO. give approximately 3l,5OOOOO. The
vuee In the last presidential election was 1929
x81 n Ia seen therefore, that the voting power
az women does not suffer much, as compared with
rEhnf Of the men,
And there is no constitutional handicap to their
administrative progress, says Martha Conan In
xh.s New York Herald. If the women themselves
ueaHy want TO one Of their number occupying
9hR highest position 1t Is within the power Of
rhss nation fc bestow. Women eligible to the
sasce Of Chief Executive Of the United States as
yell a. to all cabinet positions and any Of the
zssnsr yet important. offices which either cleo
1--WE or sPpointive.
renneGsee's ratification of the federal suffrage
assortment has opened up an unlimited field Of
uaurer and activity to the new voter. The gates
ag the White House and the capitol swing wide
10 ~Omen II they care to enter. Do they?
Suppose now that American women are the
.ssfitical equals of men, they wanted to try their
nand at ruling the nation. They've rocked the
cradle good many years and been politely re-
Merxed to as rulers of the world. Picture them
susvErng to the actual direction Of national afalrsl
Es there a woman who would make any sort of
,snsywing by the side Of Senator Harding or Gov
.rnor Cox or Franklin Roosevelt or Governor Cal
<zn Ceogidgei
Consider the feminine presidential timber Who
wUuld be the logical selection of the 100000
Sxaxnen who may vote at the next electioH? Their
arsx opportunity to put forward a woman candi-
exre would he four years hence. by 1924 lot
=. things may have happened Many changes
vW have taken place. And If the feminist move
uAenf rIishes onward with ever increasing mo-
msensun rs 1t has since 1915, there is no telling
srherher IL will stop short OF the White House.
wIar e IL did send numerous women TO the
senaie and the house of representatives. to the
cabinet and TO gubernatorial offices? Are there
xuupen educated and trained sufficiently TO an
fhese important national and state offices? Pine
win have TO answer these questions. Meanwhile
svhv nof canvass the possibflIties7
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait says the Herald
~rxfrer might he the logical first woman president
she II probably right In saying that. Anyway.
Mrs Cats name Is probably the first that would
nerwr 10 the average weil-informed american man
nnfa woman This Is because Mrs. Gait has been