; Thursday, April 17; 1919
THB ALLIAHCB (MllfiilACIA) tlEHALO
NEBRASKA WOMEN WAITED LONG'
BUT HAVE COME INTO THEIR OWN
The Woman Vote Affects Result in Some Municipal Elections Able
Woman Is Appointed on the State Board . ..
; . ' - of Control
After long years of weary wsltlng,
lie women of Nebraska bad the priv
ilege for the first time of voting for
vvjoidates foi elf offices at lui Uc
tiona recently held. -
It would be too long a story to re
late here a history of the persistent.
3d at last partially successful, fight
that has been made In this state lor
"iual suffrage. Readers of The
Herald have learned thru these col
umns something of the efforts that
iave been made to give to the Intel-
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ligejit womanhood of Nebraska po
litical rights equal to those held by
the male, population.
For'many years past. Nebraska
women hate had equal right with
men to vote for members of achool
boards. The legislature . two years
go passed a law tiring-, them., the
right to rotQ for other officers, so far
as such right could be extended by
legislative enactment. By a refer
endum petltionwhich the courts de
elded was fraudulent, this law was
held up so that women did not se
cure the privilege of voting undei It
at the election last fall, but they ex
ercised the right this' spring.
Woman Vote Changes Itewults
It has been said often that women,
If given the right to vote, wcfuld vote
Just as their husbands voted. It is
no doubt true that their votes are
Influenced .largely by their husbands'
opinions, but it is evident that they
are not always controlled by them;
besides there are many women who
have no husbands, enough of such
women to hold the "balance of pow
er" In some places. ,
I have watched men vote for many
years, and will Bay that I, have never
seen them make the effort that the
women made In Lincoln before the
recent primary election to ascertain
the qualifications of candidates be
fore, casting their votes. I never
saw anything like It before. It
seemed that the women just wouldn't
vote until they had learned enough
of the qualifications ami characters
of the candidates to satisfy them
selves as to whom they shouid vote
for. v
At the Lincoln city primary, held
April 8, ten candidates were nominated-for
city commissioners, to be
voted for at the city election to be
held-' next month, five of whom will
be elected. The present Mive city
commissioners, one. of whom Is the
mayor, were renominated with five
other candidates out of the total of
sixteen candidates "or the nomina
tions, the present officials being the
highest five of the ten nominated.
The male voters place Mayor Mil
ler in sixth place, but the female vot
ers gave him second - place, thus
placing him in fifth place in the total
of both male and female. Commis
sioner Dayton was given first place
by both male and female. Candi
date Lebsock was given tenth place
by the female vote but was kept off
the list of nominees by the male vot
ers, puttiifg him In twelfth place in
their vote.
For members of the board of edu
cation there were four candidates
nominated, two to be elected In
May. The lone woman candidate
for nomination received the highest
vote of 'all by virtue of the votes of
those of her own sex, the male voters
putting her down to third place in
the list.
Muniflpul Elections
In some of, the cities and villages
where elections were held, nomina
tions having , been made previously
by petitions, women candidates de
feated their male opponents. The
Lindell Hotel
Palm ad Pah, Preps.
LINCOLN. NEBRASKA
Politic!
KKBRASKA'S HOUR
fK ROAD III IIJIXJ
. tf Nebraska Is ever to share.
in the benefi's which are com-'
Ina. to other states as a result
of better highway maintenance,
the first step toward the 'level-
optnent of main market roads
must be taken sometime. Clear-
ly tint time Is now.
Already Nebrjukt prniiles
have been parcels Into 12!.
7S f.irms, according 10 the 1st
est dots available, an I to usra
bit ..f leet pa. u'c . tiny are
some farms. Only 129 are un-
der three acres. More than 43-
.00,ange between - 10 10 175-
up to 499 acres, 13,128 farms
range from 600 to 999 acres,
and nearly 4,000 farms have an
acreage above 1,000. Every one
of these farms are outdoor fac-
tories and every one will need"
dependable trackage Into rail-
way dlBtrlbflting centers.
That milch cow which Milton
Sublette brought with him from
St. Louts In 1830 to provide,
milk on the way across the Ore-
gon Trail has been succeeded bf
703.000 cows which are produc-
Ing wealth for Nebraskans at
the rate of $65,186,000 a year.
;The value of other cattle ran to
$138,188,000 last year, hogs
$102.480.00 apd the total val-
tie of all farm products went
beyond $450,000,000. While
all this production was going on
the hen was busy, too, cackling
In with a record of 46,929.923
docen eggs for the "year. '
Incidentally,- If your break-
fast egg costs too much don't
blame the poultry dealer; blame
the road.
An Increased volume of ton--
nage Is coming and better main-
tenance of our roads Is Imper-
ativjp. - '
most notable of these Is Falls City
which will. have Its first experience
with "petticoat government" the en
suing year. The women outvoted
the men "and by concentrating on
candidates -of their own sex elected
a straight fepiale ticket with the
exception of mayor and woe be to
him If he ever vetoes an ordinance
passed by the city council.
The women of Falls City had the
good sense to not take party politics
Into the campaign but worked abso
lutely on a non-partisan basis. Their
efforts in this direction, as well as In
qualifying themselves to cast their
ballots Intelligently, are worthy of
commendation and emulation by
others by male voters especially.
These results were largely the
product of the effort of the Service
club, which the 'women formed' as
soon as the right of suffrage was
granted them. The club was organ
ized for the study of parliamentary
law, the laws of the state and city
and community Interests. '
The club began by holding a mass
meeting of women In February at
which, they adopted resolutions and
recommended a city , ticket. Wltb-
the co-operation of .some of the men'
they nominated a non-partisan tic
ket. Then they had a free luncheon
and mock election with 400 women
present at which the new electors
were taught how to cast the ballot.
The entire non-partisan ticket
backed by the women was elected,
with one exception, the women at
the polls far outnumbering the men.
V. G. Lyford, who has been well
known over the state for several
years as regent of the state unlver
sityg, was elected mayor.
The woman's part In the campaign
was piloted by Mrs. P. T. McGerr,
who has had training as a state
worker in the campaigns for prohibi
tion and also for suffrage.' She has
been active In civic movements for
the Improvement of Falls City and it
was thru her efforts that those now
elected allowed their names to be
placed on the ticket.
W01114111 Appointed on Ntte Hoard
The Board of Commissioners of
State Institutions, commonly spoken
of as the Bdard of Control, Is com
posed of three members appointed
by the governor, the law requiring
that not more than two members
shall belong to the same political
party. By the expiration of the
term of one . member and the resig
nation of the other two. It became
necessary for Governor McKelvIe to
make three appointments. thus
changing the entire personnel of the
board. i.
The governor has had a hard time
In securing the necessary democratic
member such as he wanted who
would accept a position on the board
to fill the vacancy caused by the res
ignation of Judge Holcomb. This
place has been filled, however, or is
to be filled, by the appointment of
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April 1 1919,
Nebraska has a chance Jo make
her record production of winter
wheat according to the estimates just
announced by the Bureau of Crop
Estimates and the State Board of
Agriculture. The large acreage and
present high condition of 97 per cent
of a normal crop Indicates a possi
ble production of 18,000.000 bush
els. WKh the present excellent soil
conditions and continued favorable
weather theprodurtlon may even ex
ceed this quantity. The condition a
year ago was 76 per cent and the ap
proximate ten-year average 83 per
cent. The present high condition of
wheat Is rather unusual when con
trasted with the most unfavorable
soil condition during seeding time.
Not a feW delayed seeding for this
reason. There1 was some complaint
during the latter part of March that
wheat was being damaged by a sud
den breaking or cracking of the
soil, but this unfavorable condition
was relieved by timely rains almost
as soon ns the complaints were made.
Most of the unfavorable reports
rime from Adams, Clay, Hamilton,
Merrirk and Polk counties where
there was considerable late sown
wheat. However, the April 1 aver
age condition of those five counties
as reported by crop correspondents
was 93 per cent so the damage must
have been very slight. Very little
abandonment of "winter wheat Is ex
pected this year.
The condition of wheat for the U.
S. Is 99.8 per rent compared to 78.6
Dr. B. F. Williams, who will assume
the duties of the office July 1.0 Dr.
Williams is probably the best qual
ified for the position of any demo
crat that the governor could secure
to accept the position. He Is a cap
tain i,n the medical corps of the
United States army and la now sta
tioned at Camp Gordon. Ga.
In the appointment of Mrs. A. G.
Peterson of Aurora to fill the va
cancy caused by the resignation of
E. U. Mayfleld. a woman has been
given a place ton the Board of Com
mlssiqners of State Institutions for
the first time. She will serve the
remaining four years of the May
fleld term, commencing July 1.
Mrs. Peterson came to this state
In 1882. from Wisconsin, and settled
at Aurora. She has been state pres
ident oft the P. E. O. sisterhood and
also supreme president of the same
organization. She has held office of
president of the Nebraska Woman's
club and Is also one of the directors
of the Nebraska, Federation of Wo
men. Mrs. Peterson was chairman
of the endowment fund of that or
ganization. .Mrs. Peterson was state chairman
of the last Liberty loan drive and
will ac In a similar capacity In the
Victory loan. She was a member of
the Wonian's state council of defense
and a member of the finance com
mittee of the council.
. JPoj; years she has been In a man-
agiiiK'Ctipticii 7 vi a. targe uieroaiiiiiv
business at Petersburg, Nebr. She
was one of the directors of the Aur
ora National bank for many years.
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1 REMEMBER ; THE SIGN j
Crop Report
per cent last year and 83. per cent
the approximate ten-year average.
This is an abnormally high condition
for a record acreage.
Rye Is also very promising whh
an average condition of 91 per cent
compared to SI per cent last year.
The average condition of rye for the
IT. s. Is 0.t per cent compared to
8S.S per cent last year.
The estimate on number of breed
ing sows Is 10 per cent compared to
a year ago. . It will be remembered
that Nebraska "produced a very large
crop of pigs last year and the Indi
cated decrease does not necessarily
mean Fffcs swine than usual. The
number of breeding sows In the U.
S. la 100.3 per cenWof last year.
The farm labor supply Is 85 per
ceht of normal compared to 70 per
cent a year ago The farm labor de
mand Is 102 per cent of normal com
pared to 103 per rent a year ago.
The farm labor supply in the U. S.
Is 81.4 per rent of normal compared
to 72.9 per cent last year while the
farm labor demand Is 101.8 per cent
of normal compared to 101.4 per
cent a year ago.
Nebraska, ret.
1919 1918 1917
Wheat, condition 97 7R 35
Hye, condition .. 98 88 78
Brood sows 90 118 100
I'nlted State, IVt.
1919 1918 1917
Wheat, cnndlMon. 99.8 78J5 63.4
Rye, condition . . 90.6 85.8 86.0
Brood sows .... 100.3 109.0 96.5
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