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Show Tan editorial by florence davies ; 1 WOVEN VI "HE POLLS Not only the candidates, but the ladies la-dies will occupy B place of Importance at Iho polls tomorrow. The old line politicians are polng to watch them oaretully and then form their own con-clutdons. con-clutdons. lfl some ways llit.-t is the most Important Im-portant election In which women have figured. This is true, notwithstanding thp fact that women have once voted for a president But that was two yea is ago when the use of the voting privilege by women wo-men was too now to be significant. At ihat time it could not be said that women had made even a fair start In the world of politics. But in the two years which have lapsed enough women nave cnterco. the lists themselves to make tomorrow's tomor-row's election significant. it has already been demonstrated that "women are people," and want .to vote as people, rather than as a j class by themselves. That is. they have ! turned thumbs down at every suggestion sugges-tion that they shall herd themselves .together, politically speaking and voto en masse, except on some few isbues Which relate particularly to women and children. in the main, however, they wish to bo known as citizens and voters and good parly members rather than as "women voters." But this has no bearing uion the women voters' attitude toward the woman wo-man candidate. It is In this respect that women are facing their most important im-portant election. More- women are running as candidates for office the country over than ever before Tomorrow Tomor-row both the men and women voters are going to turn thumbs up or thumbs down at the women office holder. Of one thing we are qulto sure. Wo- ! men are ready to vote in this country. But are they ready to hold office? Tho consensus of opinion seems to be that I hey are. At least the public Is show Ing a decided tendency to give these new aspirants to office the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps one thing that ine woman politician needs to learn Is patience. Politics Is a comparatively new game to her. She cannot hope to barn it all at once. And 9o not all of the women who are running for of-tlce of-tlce will be elected. That must be e.x-pected e.x-pected It wouldn't be ;i n entirely wholesome sign, in fact. If they air should be elected. It would look too much as If they had won success on soino such unsound grounds as novelty nov-elty or sentiment. And women want to have a sounder part In our nation's program than that.' Women, if they are to have a part in governing the country, must have that part because they know something about the business, not be-cause be-cause some man politician thinks that electing a woman now and then will serve as n pretty sop to the hidles. or because holding office Is an Interesting novelty. After all. the big question of tomorrow to-morrow Is not how many women will be elected, but how many women voted ? |