The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-04-11
sF|apper Vote Gives Vast Ma
jority; rs Are Running
for Parliament
STRIKING CONTRAST TO u. S.
Three Great Political Parties,
Terry, Liberal and Labor,
Enlist Ladies

London, April ll-\NEh)-Waen. VAC
voters Of Great Britain go to the
polls this spring to choose their mem.
bers in the House of Commons. ana
thereby automatically decide which
party shall form the cabinet and the
government, q quiet and bloodiess
revolution will have been accom-
plished-one Of the greatest and most
striking in al" the history Of democ-
racieS.
For with the exception Of some 81
constituents out Of total Of o0l, from
southern England up through Wales
and Scotland, the women voters Will
outnumber the men. II they turn out
to their full strength. Great Britain
will be q woman-ruled country 50 Tar
as voting goes.
The whole situation Is In striking
contrast to the one In the United
States. When America decided to
give women the vote, It gave 1t to all
Of them on the same terms as the
man. Every American citizen q years
/ OF age, regardless Of sex. had the right
to the ballot.
'FIapper Vote NeverSe0
In England, where the fight was
far longer and more bitter, only q
halfway measure was adopted. Wou-
en- had to be at least 80 before they
got the vote. They had to have Ger
tain residential and property qualifl-
cations.
l Even so, the voting list was el1orm-
ously increased. but only In four con-
stituencies did the women possess q
majority. But last year. yielding &c
enormous political pressure, Parlia-
lment passed q law giving the fran
chise to all women over q. The die
hards bitterly opposed It. Lord Roth
ermere and his powerful string OF pa
Ipers fought what they called the flap
per vote and warned the Tory party
that they were digging their OWL
Igrayes.
After the bill became law. the vot.
ing lists were prepared and revealed
Ian astonishing thing: whereas before
the women prevailed only In I out o.
SOL constituencies. they now were Y
10 majority In $50 Of them. Oddl,
enough where the men still FREEDOM
mated 1t was mainly in the industrial
regions Of northern England and II
the mining districts Of Wales a,1t
Scotland. Enormous differences hav'
lbeen made In some Of the constitu'
encies-the addition Of the younge
women has increased the female vot'
by 100 per cent or even more. A tev
districts which last year had ma
jority Of men over women to the tun
OF over $4,000, now are the exact 70
verse.
Parties Enlist Women
One Of the results Of this strang
condition OF affairs Is that womel
will take 4 far more active part u
1.-The next election than ever has beel
the case In the United States. Fac
LOT the three great political parties
Tory, Liberal and Labor-wtll hav
Especial women's committees and o.
Ranisations in every Parliamentar
constituency. Each viii have . Who'll
corps Of speakers who will aim espe
lciaily to appeal to the women voter
Mrs. Baldwin. wife Of the preser
Tory Prime Minister: Miss 1sab'
macdonald, daughter Of the first Il
Dor Premier: Mrs. Llcyd-0 George IN
IAriss Megan Lloyd George, respective
" wife and daughter q the famot
Prime Minister. win III b on T.
lstump. Lady Aston, born Nanf
lLAnehorne .of Virginia and the ltr'
woman ever to cit In Parliament. VI
~ : candidate tor reelection. La
ICynthia Noe3ey. grand daughter I