New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-09-14
Women Voters
Active in Fight
On Tan11nanv
The Determination 10 End
Murphy's Rule Brings Out
a Heavy Feminine Vote
ill the Republican Poll
Work Hard for Curran
Many Serve as Captains
i'll Districts to Get Sis
ters to Use the Ballot

republican women took part in the
primary election yesterday with the
zeal OF those engaged in moral cru
sade. The determination to rid the
city OF Tammany rule was behind the
women's vote and they cast their bal
lots for Henry H. Curran and the conli-
tlon ticket as the first step in the cam
paign to defeat the Hylan- Tammany
forces in November.
Eight independent organizations Of
Republican women, in addition to the
district clubs of the regular Republic
can organization, worked to get out the
vote for the coalition ticket. tele-
phone and telegram campaign called
from their homes any women who
might otherwise have neglected The
primaries, and members OF tie organ
lzations, with automobiles, visited
tardy voters in their homes before the
polls closed last night.
Go to Polls With Babies
The total enrolment of Republican
women in the five boroughs is 1888,
only slightly less than half Of the total
enrolment of SAG, $50. 1t was estimated
last night that far larger proportion
of the 254,638 women voted than of the
men, "a fact explained by the strong
anti-Tammany feeling among the
women.
Women outnumbered the men in the
polling places in the afternoon, bring
ing their babies in baby carriages The
embroidery bag and market basket
sisterhood occupied the polling places
until o'clock. when their places were
taken by the blue-suited working
women on their way home from bust
ness. Evening saw husbands and wives
visiting the polling places together.
Prominent women Republicans were
busy at the polling places throughout:
the voting hours, serving as captains
of their districts. Mrs. Edward S. Van
lille, chairman of the Women's Anti
Tammany Coalition Committee, worked
all evening at the polling place at a.
Union Square. and Miss Laura Skinner,
chairman of the Women's Curran Com
mittee, was in charge of the Repub-
lican workers at the polling place at So
West Thirty-ninth Street.
Politics Good for Reducing
"Talk about politics making women
less womanly!" she laughed 'I'v.
held two babies in my arms this after
noon while their mothers voted. The
only thing politics does to women is
to mike them less fat. I've had moth
nothing until l get home FOR break
fast. after the last vote is counted.
Some one promised to bring me a
bowl Of hot soup when the polls close
I hope she doesn't forget, but | shall
not leave here for anything so unm-
portant as food.
"Seriously, | believe the way the
women have turned out for this pri-
mary election is an index to the feel
ing that will run high in the city be-
fore November. Women feel the dis
grace to the city of Tammany rule
more keenly than men, l believe, and
are more determined to wipe it out.
Over and over again they have said to
me that they value the opportunity to
vote against Tammany far more than
any other single opportunity which
has come to them with the winning Of
the suffrage. They seem to feel about
it even more keenly than they did
about the national elections last year"
1t was pointed out that the primary
procedure necessarily eliminated a
have been glad to vote in the Repub-
lican primaries but had enrolled last
year as Democrats for the national
campaign.
Many women who are Democratic in
national politics are opposed to Tam
many Hall. The full strength of these
voters cannot be measured until No
vember.
Another large element among the
women who made no showing at the
polls yesterday were the school teach
ers, who are incensed against the Hy-
Ian regime. Many teachers were Of
Democratic leaning four years ago, and
a strong effort has been made by their
leaders to hold them to the party, but
it has been in vain.
Democratic women who enlisted in
the anti-Tammany crusade within their
own party, led by James J. Hines in
hts campaign for Borough President as
opposed to Murphy's candidate, made
their appearance at the polls on the
upper West Side in large numbers. This
is the district of the clubwomen and
other independent groups of women.
Automobiles with Hines posters moved