e recent elections in Denver, Colorado, to ascertain how
many, if any, of the "immoral" women voted, and received as answer that
these women, who naturally are in a minority, generally do not vote at
all; first, because they pursue their trade under false names, secondly,
because most of them are not permanently domiciled and for both reasons
are not entered on the voting lists; these women vote only when an
influence is exerted on them from above or by persons around them.

In the State of Utah, where woman's suffrage has existed since 1870, "the
women have quietly begun and continued without a break the exercise of
that power, which from the remotest time had been their right. They have
concerned themselves with political and economic questions, and if they
have committed any errors, these have not yet come to light. They have
been delegates to county and state conventions, they have represented the
richest and most populous electoral districts in the state legislature,
and they serve as heads of various state departments" (state treasurer,
supervisor of the poor, superintendent of education, etc.). In Colorado
(with woman's suffrage since 1893) the women have organized clubs in all
cities, even in the lonely mining towns (Colorado is in the Rocky
Mountains), and have informed themselves in political affairs to the best
of their ability. In the capital city, Denver, a club has been formed in
which busy women can meet weekly to inform themselves on political
affairs. In Colorado _parental_ authority over children prevails now (in
place of the exclusively paternal). In Idaho (with woman's suffrage since
1896) the women voters exerted a strong influence against gambling. The
enfranchised women, who had a right to vote in the little town of
Caldwell, had supported a mayor who was determined to take measures
against gambling. The barkeepers, topers, gamblers, and ne'er-do-wells
were against him. The women presented the magistrate with a petition,
which was read together with the signatures. "During the reading of the
names of the unobtrusive housewives who were rarely seen beyond their own
thresholds, the countenances of the men became serious. For the first time
they seemed to grasp what it really meant for a city to have woman's
suffrage." The barkeepers and the gamblers got the worst of it and
disappeared from the town hall. An old municipal judge said, "When have
our mothers ever _demanded_ anything before?"[12] In the s