Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-11-05

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xfTA~4Hh women may or. may not ne
NT8N thinking on the subject Button
~ hole any intelligent man and ask
him what he thinks aud it's likely he'll talk ABOUT
like this:
u would not be surprised TO woman
candidate for the presidency before long. And
four years from now they're quite likely to De
tIemanfing--and getting--the vice presidency on
one or both of the two leading party uckets- Dy
the time the next presidential election gets AROUND
the women will have found themselves as pou-
tcians and will be in shape to make their power
felt THEY'LL certainly put In claim for 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 that the num-
her of women in the United States over twenty
one years of age Is 2S.035OO0 of whom approx
mately 26. 5O0U0O eligible to vote in the No
yember election. Estimates of the number Of
eligible male voters. based on population OF
lO5OOOOOO give approximately 31,5000O0. The
vote In the last presidential election $685.
TAB II 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 bestow. Women eligible to the
Office Of Chief Executive of the United States as
well az to all cabinet positions and any of the
minor yet Important Offices which are either cleo
tive or appointive
Tennessee's ratification of the federal suffrage
amendment has opened up an unlimited field of
power and activity to the 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 are the
political equals of men. they wanted to try their
hand at ruling the nation. They've rocked the
cradle good many years and been politely re-
ferred to as rulers Of the world. Picture them
aspirng to the actual direction of national affairs
Is there woman who would make any sort Of
showing by the side Of Senator Harding or Gov
ernor Cox or Franklin Roosevelt or Governor Cal
lin Coolidge?
Consider the feminine presidential timber who
would be the logical selection Of the 27.0000OO
women who may vote at the next election? Their
nrst opportunity to put forward woman candI-
date would be four years hence. BY 1924 lot
Of things may have happened. Many changes
will have taken place. And If the feminist Rove
menf PUSHES onward with increasing mo-
meutum as it has since 1915. there is no telling
whether 1t viii stop short Of the White House.
What If it did send numerous women to the
senate and the house Of representatives, to the
cabinet and to gubernatoriai offices7 Are there
(, women educated and trained sufficiently to fill
these important national and state offices? Time
VIII have 70 answer these questions. Meanwhile
why not canvass the possibilities?
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait says the Herald
vvr,ter might be the logical first woman president
ehe il probably right In saying that. Anyway
Mrx caft's name II probably the first that would
occur to the average well-iuformed American mar
IA woman. This y because Mrs. Gait has been