Show WOMANS WORLD RESPECT SHOWN TO WOMEN AT THE POLLS IN TENNESSEE I 1 cleaning pars instead of monogram Mono grams unenviable position of a duchess when first voted toted for fop president not at home A critic on kissing I 1 under the heading respect shown fair voters thol theM emphia Memphis commercial thus describes a significant scene that lately took plaid near that city amodel spectacle which has heretofore escaped comment occurred at the recent election held in fort pickering g the election was for the purpose of deciding whether the town of new south memphis should be created under the law it was claimed that women who owned real estate in the territory out of which the proposed town was to be made were vere competent voters acting under j the e advice of a lawyer of memphis the 3 judges es of the election and the sheriff decided to receive such votes shortly after the polls were opened two widows came up to the excited es cited howling crowd of lyen and after learning that ahat theia 1 right to vote had been conceded cast their ballots against the incorporation As they walked up to where the votes i j were being received it was noticeable how instinctively and respectfully the men fell back and gave them the right of way this was done by negroes md and whites by drunken and sober men by toughs and gentlemen and without any request or command from any one throughout the day there were as many as twenty five votes cast by women w omen in this election and the same sama respect was shown every one of them as was shown the first two of the twenty five two were regresses neg ono of these quite an elderly woman and the other young to each respectful way was given and though the election was ono of the most exciting ever held in the county though men were drinking and figh fighting ling about the polls and swearing and cursing yet whenever a woman came forward there was an immediate hush and quiet it was also noticeable noticeably notice ablo that all the votes ct cast by these ladies were cast upon the economy eide that is against corporation and increased taxes in the new town of harriman tenn women w en have municipal suffrage at the last election there the newspapers noted the fact that when the ladies came up to vote themen received them with lifted cats but N and even showed a disposition to cheer despite the mournful predictions of conservatives the chivalry for which american Ameri cati men are famous does not seem utterly to desert them upon the approach of a woman to a ballot box |