Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-08

Celebration of the tenth anniversary
of the extension Of suffrage to women
under the Federal Constitution has been
accompanied by much comment. In
some instances political improvement
is discovered, which Is considered
traceable to the participation Of women
Some see no change, while others re-
cord advances in public affairs, with
prospects Of greater improvement when
increased skill has been achieved by
these voters.
Among the critics is the Newark Eve
ming News, which maintains that 1.-The
women have not come up to the ex-
nectations they created" ana ADVISES
thst "vievins the 10 years in retrospect
will be helpful If they face their record
fairly and without prejudice, and start
a new decade with a deeper realization
of the responsibility they incurred.
More specifically, the News says: some
of the women who have plunged INTO
the thick of affairs have shown them
selves of the same type as their brotner
noliticians. They have been protected
bv the chivalric instinct OF men. ms
is an unfair burden from which there
is no way of escape without losing
something civilization has always nlgn-
lv regarded. The women ought to ap-
preciate this and try not to put 700
heavy a load on male shoulders.
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The Admission Star remarks that tine
women have been voting for decade
and it seems that there is more need
for a cleanup in politics today than
at almost any previous time in recent
years." That paper also observes tnat
most Of the women vote with the party
of their fathers. just as the men have
been doing throughout the years" IL
notes growing number OF women IN
public ONCE, with the conclusion that
I'VE cannot say how long 1t will be
until their gaze shifts to the Whlte
House"
at is dificult for us to find any bene-
fits that woman suffrage has brought"
declares the Haverhin Gazette, recalling
the "utterance Of a New Hampshire leg
islator in the days when equal suffrage
was q holly debated issue. His ideas
were a bit vague" continues the Ca
zette, "but more to the point than he
realized. Said he, I believe in woman
suffrage II women want to suffer, ]
say, let them suffer- Beyond question,
1t is their right. We defend it. But
no longer do we expect from 1t any
notable public beneflts."
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Much more favorable 70 the verdict
that is voiced by the Long Beach Press
Telegram that to thoughtful men Is
well as women equal suffrage has dem
onstrated its usefulness to the Nation"
Equality between men and women also
is emphasized by that paper In the
statement: "There Is no reason to draw
the line between the sexes today in the
matter Of general intelligence or fitness
for the ballot. Sister woman has dem
onstrated that she is the equal OF BROTH
er man in graSping the significance OF
public issues, and most surely sister
woman is fully up to the standards of
brother man in all questions Affecting
morality and conscience"
Admitting that while "the things &C
compliShed by the women IN these 10
years fall short Of the hopes Of some OF
their leaders," the Youngstown Vindi-
Gator yet holds that they ARE surpris-
ing after all, and justify the view Of
men who lined up In behalf Of the SUI
frage cause" The Salt Lake Deseret
News feels that "tl1e veterans in the
equal suffrage cause, most Of whom
passed away before their victory 10
years ago was won, would have mar
veled at the great things which these
10 years have produced" The jackson
CitiZen-Patriot finds 1t interesting to
observe that. while the women have
been willing workers, yet they have been