The Washington times., 1920-08-28


the present suffrage leader. Mrs. Car
rie Chapman Gait.
Woman is therefore accused of be-
ing a senseless migrate. . silly pur-
chaser of playthings. a person who.
though she may be trusted to bring
children into the world. and care for
them until they can care for them
selves. to help and advise the family
circle. to teach and to nurse and to
compete with men In business. will
not take sufficient interest In laws
governing herself. her home and her
children's future to vote second or
third time.
On the day OF the celebration In this
city of the suffrage victory. II does
net seem out of place to OFFER the
comments OF a prominent member OF
the National American Woman Suf-
frage Association. Miss Mary Ogden p
White, a member of the stan of the
Woman Citizen, a suffrage weekly.
denies the charge that women will
tire OF the vote after short period
MISS WHITES OPINION.
The entire history of the suffrage
movement ought to answer that
charge without any words from u.s."
she said.
.Tn the FIRST place women have in
creasingly demanded the vote. In
1869 there was but one commonwealth
in the world where women voted on
full terms with men. and that was
Wyoming in the United States. At
the present time women are voting
on full equality with men In all the
new republics Of continental Europe,
in Great Britain, now in the whole
United States and have been voting
for many years in New Zealand and
Australia.
actual statistics. gathered with
care, prove that women continue TO
vote in about the same proportion as
men in all the States of the Union:
that the figures of the last election in
New Zealand, after women had voted
twenty-seven years. show item for
item. county by county, that women
voted eqnally with men. The very
first year that New York State women
voted 40 per cent of the vote cast In
New York State was cast by women.
''It always pays to have women
vote. The statistics Of financial sta
bility are good. This can be proved
by referring to the World Almanac
of 1920. The highest per capita per-
sonal property valuation in the
United States is in Kansas, where
women have voted for many years"
SITUATION IN NEW ZEALAND.
Here follows statement from
Hugh Lusk, ex-member Of the New
Zealand Parliament, who says that
social conditions are good where
women vote:
1--WE find that equal suffrage is the
greatest family bond and tie. the
greatest strengthener Of family life.
New Zealand stands today in the
position of the most prosperous ana
progressive country in the world. In
the year 1893 New Zealand exported
produce valued at less than $4,000
600. or $75 head Of the people. In
1909 she exported produce of her peo-
ple's industry valued at nearly $685.
900, 900. or close on $40 for every in
habitant."
Statistics gathered by the associa-
ton show that in the States where
women have had the vote for some
time they have not been Indifferent
tc their responsibility. In Montana.
where women form "a per cent OF the
population, their vote was 43 per cent
Of the total vote cast. Idaho reports
the woman's vote as so per cent OF
the whole number of ballots counted
Oregon. with women making up two
thirds of the States census. Is able
to count upon each woman's vote. In
interest in the vote. and California
announces a "full vote" of her fair
citizens In Los Angeles county,
where there are $4,000 more men
than women, more women vote than
men.
WOMEN OF SEVENTY VOTE.
In Saginaw, Mich, at a recent cleo.
ton, ~ per cent of the registered
women voted, and but 50 per cent o.
the registered men,. Women Of sew
enty, residents of the Old Ladies'
Home in Milwaukee, came out to vote
at a recent school election. and some
wore badges with the words 1 am
an American citizen. l vote when I
can"
Man. more often known as Mere
Man." loves to rail at the vagaries
of women. When she disappoints him
by not displaying any or these, ne
reeds must make a virtue OF necee-
sity and turn her good points into
faults.
Man Is notorious for not voting. Tor
neglecting his civic duties, for leav-
ing that sort Of thing" for other
people. Then when things go mani
testify wrong in his city or ward, ne
rails at rotten politics.
"How like a woman" has been mans
immemorial jibe at the enterprises OF
his feminine partner or acquaintance.
He has not wanted her to improve too
much, or to get too much In the way
of privilege and power, for then he
cannot shine in contrast, and air his
great wisdom.
But now that her misguided ef-
forts.- as some reactionaries havo
considered the suffrage movement,
have been successful, and mans at
tempts to hold her back have proved
futile, the so called stronger sex must
look for a new excuse for saying:
How like a womanW
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