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Show WOMEN'S VIEW OF THE ELECTION Billionaire Train Did Hughes More Harm Than Good What Women Resented. Chicago, Nov. 10. Mrs. George Bass, director of the woman's department depart-ment at western Democratic headquarters, headquar-ters, in commenting on the re-election of President Wilson, said today: "Despite the deceptive suffrage appeal ap-peal of the so-called "Woman's party, claiming to represent the woman . voters of the United Spates, 10 of the 12 voting states have made the reelection re-election of President Wilson certain. "The principal factors which contributed con-tributed to the result in the 10 voting states were. "FirBt: The sending out to the voting vot-ing states of the west of the Hughes special, the so-called 'billionaire train.' The very idea enraged the women of the west, and it undoubtedly cost the Republican campaign thousands of votes in each of the western states. "Second: The slogan: 'Wilson has kept us out of war,' used In derision and reproach by the Hughes campaigners cam-paigners proved really to be a great winning argument with tho women of the voting states. The failure of Mr. Hughes or any of his speakers to substitute sub-stitute an opposition constructive program pro-gram is shown by the voters of the border states which we were all asked to protect. "Third: The record of the president, presi-dent, his constructive, progressive legislation made a tremendous appeal to the women of the west, and this was not broken by the efforts of tho Republican campaigners. As against this record the attempt to set up outworn out-worn party shibboleths like a protective protec-tive tariff failed to convince. "Fourth: The attempt of the mill- ' tants to Inject the suffrage issue Into this campaign, aided by the empty declaration dec-laration of the Republican candidate for a federal amendment, which he did not reinforce by any statement of what he would do, or how, and the active support of this propaganda by the Republican national committee, contributed more largely than any other factor to solidify the votes of the women of the west against the election of Mr. Hughes." |