The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-16
Good Order Such as Never Be-
fore Existed, Says N. Y.
Times Writer.
TRICKERY MINlMIzED

oIHcer AT ehcn pol1ng place is subject
: while there. 10 the direction Of the cleo
Q ton board. The demand for the arres
OF a disorderly individual by one Of tn
} election officers would suffice to que
: any disturbance.
: A second benefit has been TO reassur
intending women voters who Nigh
= shrink from going TO the polls II onl,
men were IN charge. IL was a woman
inspector who suggested upward Of 81
. as tho routine answer to the question
as to age. Section 1855 OF the election
law provides that on the register O
voters the twenty column shall
contain the electors age except tina
an e'ector 80 years rs o. age may state
II Is well known fact that the mum.
per OF women "over 30' is relatvel,
small, while ths number between 81 ant
81 Is 80 largo as TO confuse and con
iound the most skilful soclologists. This
phenomenon has been deftly disposed OF
py having those women voters who de.
sire it-and woman's expressed wishes
should always be accepted by chivalric
eIections officers as an imperious COM
mand-recorded as upward of 2l''
The O'Clock Voters.
for many years In New York IL has
peen customary for many thousand men
to. have their names voted on by
others on election day. This is not
as heinous matter as might appear
70 the unsophisticated. and while Il has
been a violation of law it has never
city. as a moral offense. The expla :
nation is this: There are many uualj-
Ned voters in New York City who duly
ana lawfully register. but are unable
90 sor attend TIE polls on election day.
leaye their homes before the polls open
| and do not return until after the polls
are closed; others are absent from the
c,ty on election day: Still others
| are incarcerated for minor offenses on
election day. ~
by tacit arrangement between the
two parties an absentee known to be
n OF one party has his name
this operates impartially (the name Of
democrat being voted on by a demo-
crat and the name of a republican
pelng votSd on by republican, there
Of the phrase II o'clock Voter" is this this:
Wnen workingman was uncertain as
70 the hour of his return he would saw:
III | am not back by l o'clock (the
% ns1 vote snfn a0yT or dinner hOG5 put
phrase Of James NJ, Cox in his speech
or acceptance: 1T went in"
WatchfuI Eyes.
IL DOESN'T make much difference Tin
the matter OF keen vision) whether a
womans eyes. are blue, black, brown,
violet or steel gray. She can distin-
SulSh and remember a face. Hence
having seen man register she is very
apt TO remember something about his
appearance nothing that a man
would not observe. When, therefore,
another man presents himself after I
O'Clock In his place to vote, she is apt
70 ASK some embarrassing questions as
which may entail his arrest.
In 1913, the year preceding the last
presidential election in New York, when
men voted and women did not, this was
now the registration and voting com
pared:
hesistration .....,...... 667, 1884
vote ...................... 63s,8l7
railing on ................ 1901
Last year (1919), with men and |
women both voting. this was the result:
Neslstrat'on ............... 1,07s,16s
'oto ''''.'''. 999,147
Failing of ......,...... 1901
IN 1915 the percentage OF registered
citizens who did not vote, or whose
names were not voted upon, was over
o peI cent. in 1913 the percentage of
whose names were not voted upon, was
over per cent. The change was NOT
wholly. due to the vigilance of wom,n
inspectors, but they contributed largely
r.I.s'.' " pe'naps'
rh. .on. ' ~ Nn'e'a's'
,ldedIv stro, .. 'oSany TO party Is de-
r,onS ,an,a,ns Unions male imam
.ea snS ' ~ e,eG.ion onlclais' For this
,suaII,, ~, INSPECTORS sought I'M
$500 p"sy advantage me women
nss ,av,,. e more CONSCIENTIOUS ana
!, ,at5 ST., ~ we Huniclpal election
ors "a "ne' mere were male inspec-
oi,tar,, ne ie VUters tnere was not
itv rS,,, 80 IA .he whole OF the great
.,vor so. ,,s,. as seatterlng' All votes
jthcr thra., s't",eous oahaiuates We're
oI,,,, INV" W.. 'h'o one OF the party
I'nnt ,,e as ei'n i,n oiank OF void
&c ~, 49, w" many women inspec-
=, r, .a1 nui''uer Oh scattering voters
- P.e.ent Oh NE BOARD OF aldermen
,r. I. neu as I'oo'.
~. WY TWO cohtests growing out
49, 80. ga eIectlol put poth were In
wv ,.'allle ulstrlcts IN when the num- :
y. vi women inspectors was smallest;
~ opportunities ior haud were pro.
,o.eu py ,h's as inc Scrunity OF the re- p.
ns III 'he supreme court showed /,
'ea'y.
WINE, Liquor and Cigars" !
Long before there was any serious
Consideration OF constitutional prohibit ,
on, 1t was violation OF the election +,
NV In this state for any one TO drink
quuor, to have liuuor in n milling placo | !