Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-09-18
DELAWARE WOMEN
NAY BRING ABOUT
BETTER CONDITIONS
California Women Did This for
Their State by Good Sense
in Voting.



Special Dispatch From Every Evenings
Washington Correspondent.
Washington, Sept. iS.-"The women
OF Delaware. irrespective Of political
alignment or party afiiiiation, have IT
In their minds to force n higher stand
ard OF public service in both the state
and the nation than has heretofore
prevailed" snid an independent Della
ware Republican to Every Evenings
Washington correspondent. The
tendency among the women Is to
move away from the sordid methods
that have obtained in the past in the
selection OF public officials. and base
this determination. on merit. rather,
and not on the power OF machine con-
troll or influence OF money.
The traffic in civic virtue Is alb
horrent To the women OF Delaware
Jus, rs II II ahhorrent to the good
women OF all other sections OF the
country. Nothing In more offensive
10 them than to see public office bar
tered away as common COM
modify. and II is my belief that the
time has como when they Will vote To
purge their state OF those iniquitoas
practices which have brought the
commonwealth into disrepute and
made Il subject TO censure Throughout,
the land"
People who have observed the trend
OF public affairs i'm recent years avow
that the women are not as easily con-
troled by their respective party or
eanizations as the men. and are
much more liable to revolt than the
male members OF their party; thai
they are not as smenable Ms the meT
60 the gross influences oftimes en-
rloyed by political manipulators e
put into places OF honor and trus
men whose only claim to prefermen
Is their wealth, and IL may be de
pended upon that the Women OF Della
ware have as keen conception abou
these matters as other women have
they have their aspirations and thei
ideals, their lofty standards for publ
service, pure sentiments for civic vir
tue, and all the adornmcnt with whicl
our women everywhere are clothed
and who will say that these wome
will longer suffer public Office In thei
tNANt 10 I've HtuultN away III llle pO
ntical marts Of their party.
What is the cause of the dissatis
faction and unrest among the Re
publican men and women OF Delawar
which threatens defeat and disaster ,
the dominant party Of the State
Surely these good people can not /
I'm error In the Judgment they n,
about 10 pass upon the public me
who have been IN control in that stat
Surely there are good and sufficier
reasons for them entering upon
heroic censing process which wi
stand as a warning TO future ofYens
crs.
When the women OF California We,
mrs, given the privilege CT suffrage, the
cleaned house in that State. Mar
Of the municipalities were corrur
Thugs and boodlers were in powe
and many OF the towns and cities we
wide open" in their tolerance OF 8
kinds OF vice. The women, equal
the emergency. swept the bad m,
from power, and established COVER
merts that reflected their views
Orderly. decent and lawful control. T
action of the women in this respe
electrified the country. and It cau.
corrupt men to ST; up and take mott,
They had raised the standard CT pu
lie service in their section OF I
country, and at the same time point
the way for better service in 9th
sections.
II the women of Delaware and tho
Of the men who are In sympathy WI
them have a mind TO do IL, they ha
tho power TO put men in Office in III
state who will reflect their views in
the channels Of the public eeYvi
They have the power TO cast an u
smirched ballot that Will put in off
people Of the highest character W
viii be an honor and a blessing TO I
State and it's people.