Ka Puuhonua o na Hawaii, Volume IV, Number 2, 12 January 1917 — WOMAN'S FINGER IN THE POLITICAL PIE. [ARTICLE]

WOMAN'S FINGER IN THE POLITICAL PIE.

• -3st e!ection raarked a J vera :a the Bctivities of the ' : ca i ?renj. Woaoan-asserted - r rigtit as a factor ia the mak- & m s laws, Kewi •n ;c Uom raany states of hei interest and activity in d'iaVoriag to wfti her cause,

aod her batt!e was v;ag:c t!r-'nc?. side e { ter br©t' , .'-i < " j a ,! 9nverit)-. T!u 3 we M.'ei, dc9e of the t\ ct'or, t'. i 1 .» "l l e Girl . f tbe Gol.'ru V,-st" who carried .thē"djā'y.'!dr 'Wi&om O f the twe!ve stif r i3^. only two, Il'iio' 1 ? ,-rd Cr , voted fur Hughes \V~,!>"ojJ Utah, Neveda, ■ Moni i i),?,. Kansds, Wy?mjng, Ci';-u Idaho, Arizona, anu C-'.io . . votedfor the - t with her wome& vct =r- , f .->a \y swinging elect,o.. for t'"e President The f*ct thct dl'> ut [2,000,000 womeo Voted m 6neifoorth oi the Umon, aod that : these voters were bemg concfentrated in īairly debsta t ble r-y w3s cf gre c t sip;n f c-»r.cv, jhowed, with ? that tbe ann v*-h <"> > 1 r cradlt cacre w, t \ ') > t ;the arm wh e ll ron<r v J t»• j eiectioo, ! But, in lookiao ov a i 1- - >~ l socne verv r jriO t. l l < - ! observed, thi<sr I In Oref?on, the rem b - jleadwas !Dcvasfd ] votes, Ic Northerc arH Sonf j G&lifor-nia, womtn t j ore for \V: sor rti - īiiinois vctea r t TTi whi!e in the <-f t!e "u e stBte, they v< ted f ' t - I'-i e-' cratic ticfet t It - e • -- that "tbe Il'mo?s wotr;ett w<:re h little more repub!ican than' tbe RepubHcans and a litt!e mnre democrats than the Democ ris. Io Kansas, Utah, and Wrsb~ {ngion, the peeeē aroymer;t hed a stong ho!d on the women. Those of Kanasas resented| the Presideot's oppo&ition to the Federal am6odment for suff -gge, būt, loving their son's too v;ei!, and, adhoring the awf jiness cf war ,they threw their lo: lor Wilson. In ealiiomia, where the Hoghes had continuaily ?net the. peaee arguq;eot -of tbe jWiison wpmeo, the suffragists |were dividedj those of Soulhern Galifo«nia favcred Hughes whiie those of the north went3tropgīy for Wi!son. [ Inspite of the intense ācl|ivity of the women, the suffrage cause gained very liuie. The 3eil'rage amendment in Virginia , was! beaten down It w &s ' probable that ihe amendberit; in Nouthern Dakota wae a!so iost:! although late returns may fjaye ! put it tbrough būt-by a -najrruw i margm. . j j Bqt of all these differehce<;. out most |cuous!y, that the wome ' ! were very active, Snov v in Utah did not prev<*r>i: 1-1-, women from to the po!.'s.: They responded to the eaii or.

neir aacy more ,tbaū many .men 3id, Many walked for mihs to :ast their WīisoQ ba!iots. : In v:ew ct the possib!c "votcs f©r women" in Hawaii, it ma|y be weli for thēiaw-makers of t|sese Isiaod to consider these resu3|ts of the mainland election before the next Session of the Legisla ,ure. Also s it may be wel! for th,-v keep in mmd othe>- vhLstood out most eonapieue : ' that eiect!on, es>pe, a'Ā # the preparatiop }or tn-' ilu thus: 1. Had women rot to v the : esu!rs woula have same. There'wouM hme'la" less cost in the election, 2« so-ea!led "Wome Party ' had faiied to reach it: objective whieh waa to ddea the Democraiic caodidate ia kh< states where womea voted. j

3 P.o!iticaJ diTlerences bei- veon the husbands and their •«-* navc: maūe sctna horr.es * • fhi! ;, sonievery bo'slerous; sonne very mueh upsst. ;■ 4. Manywomen whoeniered puoiie iie have, to a.great extent, lost their womanlyqualides; they have been men in many ' vv«ys. 5. According to Mrs. Authur M. Dodge, pres:dent of the National Association opposed to womah sufirBge, "the women in politics hav« contrib.uted nolhing to .po)itir.j but increased election costs, more expensive and ypectacular stunts more bitter partizanship and bigger bulffs than men have made. The dfginity, power, and status of in pub!:c it-īe have not bt*en eievated. Polidcs have not been purifited."