The Washington herald., 1920-07-11
BROWSING Round in Political Circles
By LABERT ST. CLAIR.

En- route to Washington. July 10
Assuming women will set tn.
vote before the November election
the question of what the 10000, ,o0C
new voters will do Is botherine
politicians nightly.
Will they go to the polls? vii
they vote as their husband do:
Win they vote wet or dry. II they
have a chance to show a prefe-.
ence?
These are the problems discussed
pro and con. wherever as many
folks as one politician and one
listener get together.
The best answer to all of these
questions is: Nobody knows.
Thinking a leading woman. who
has had practical experience In
politics and holding office. and whc
has not been identified with an,
militant organization. would be the
best person to discuss these ques.
tions, l have had an EXTENDED in.
terview with Mrs. r. Z. l.. Collier
collector Of customs for Utah.
Mrs. Collier is a thinking woman
She makes a good impression. She
dresses sensibly, talks frankly and
plainly and discharges her dutie:
well, which is as much. or'more
than can be saic for most ONCE.
holders regardless of sex.
When I met her she was dressed
simply, but not severely. In black
She has the knack of dressine
down to a point where she car
wear black without appearing I,
he a professional mourner, and al
the same time net reminding onr
of some OF the chic French girls
who took on blstk during the war
because they fCurd that as much
ZIP could be put into back as in
clothing of higher color.
Mrs. Collier is mere than forty
years old. but she does not look
tina: by about eight years. She ha
four children. the eldest a husky
boy of twenty-three GEd the young
est a high school student Of four
teen. She can bake as good a loat
of bread as any woman in Utah
Isul sue DSdT3 no InCTe DltHN
to = household drudge than william
Jennings Bryan does to Mary Pick
ford. She loves her home and keeps
4 up to tho same standard thai
she did before she went into Pub Il
nffice. and she KEEPS her Office uI
to IS high a standard as any col
lector in the United States. For al
OF which the, men felix's of Utah ad
miro aud praise her.
The question OF women in poll
ties Mrs. Collier said. is one o.
Intelligent instruction. Whether the!
will go to the polls and whether
they will vote intelligently. depend:
solely on whether they are giver
the proper instruction in the exer
else of full citizenship.
Il think majority of them viii
so to the polls, once they under
stand what the vote means. That ha'
been our experience in Utah. Their,
is no truth in the statement tina
women do not want the vote. The,
want anything that will help then
make conditions better. in this coun
try. When they come to understand
that the ballot is the instrumen
with which they can bring abou
better conditions, they will exercis,
IL.
whether they will vote as thei
husbands do. depends entirely ol
how well they are instructed in tn,
intricacies Of balloting, and in pub
lie question. The woman who doe,
not understand the meaning of tn,
ballot. and does not clearly under
stand public questions, is apt I,
vote as her husband does ff he urge
her to- II she is not urged to vote
II Is doubtful IL she will vote at all
A woman who does not take enough
interest in the ballot to ascertai,
what 1t all is about Is liable to fin,
persef too busy to cast a ballo
merely because her husband think
she should.
Ny. chief concern in the situa
tion which we are facing Is whethe
women will vote intelligently. An.
that is a problem which womel
leaders must help their sisters solve
The education Of women voters 4
distinctiy q woman.s assignment
Men can htip. Of course, but th,
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