The Cordova daily times., 1922-11-01
Voice of Alaska Press


WOMEN ARE CAUTIOUS IN THEIR AMBITIONS
 The women Alaska will have a particular reason for casting their ballots at the coming November cleo ton. They will vote the question to whether or not they wish juries If the majority is in the affirmative the next Legislature will be expected and duty bound to pass law giving them that right Throughout the country women are serving on juries and many Judges declare that they are more and fairer in their decisions than are the men, The women of Alaska in time destined to take prominent part in the political affairs of the Territory, and the knowledge that they may acquire through serving jures will tend to better qualify them in the exercise of the ballot and in the holding of public office
 Among the objections to giving the franchise and the right to hold public office in the United States urged during the campaign for woman suffrage were assertions would camor loudly and in great numbers for public places, and that un- practical and governed by illogical impulse than men, that they more prone to try to rush into offices for which they not fitted by temperament training. These declarations chiefly made by male politicians opposed suffrage may be tested by actual experience thus early in the trial of the suffrage experiment. Certainly they have not proven true in Alaska. Here but a few women have sought oce and they have had to be urged in most instances even then confning themselves to municapal affairs Illuminating facts, however, bearing on the general problem are forth in statements by Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton vicechairman of the Republican national executive committee based reports she has re- ceved from Republican primary elections throughout the country
 These reports show that the quite practi- cal; quite aware their limitations and not greatly inclined seek high office to rush in where they should The running for county and municipal places rather than state national ones. Only three Republican women have been nominated for Congress and three qualified for nomination. The whole number of Republican nominated for state legislatures will not be than forty, while the nominees for county offices will be around 200.
 As indication of the innate practcaity of women and their governing qualities in which through all time and in all places they have shown themselves quite the equals of men, Mrs. Upons re- show that the majority of Republican candidates county offices running for places for which have had training in the past for auditor, and smlar positions of clerical rather than administrative "poltcal" nature. It is safe to infer from these facts that until large numbers of have had experience in public affairs and in politics will many of them seek the so-caled higher" offices Caution, that inbom and wellnigh universal trait of woman stands back of their sense in this respect.
 It plain from the foregoing facts furnished by Mrs. Upton that not going to rush pellmel for office until they have earned the ropes and feel themselves qualified for the positions-somethng that unfortunately cannot be said of all of nearly all office-seekers.-Juneau Capital