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27,411 13,102 12,802 25,904 Utah 5,921 5,922 11,843 5,649 5,650 11,299 Cache 3,112 3,210 6,322 2,946 3,085 6,031 Box Elder 1,759 1,548 3,307 1,677 1,466 3,143 Davis 1,175 1,327 2,502 1,133 1,277 2,410 Carbon 986 511 1,497 937 477 1,414 Uintah 851 683 1,534 796 622 1,418 Iron 743 672 1,415 708 646 1,354 Washington 690 752 1,442 690 752 1,442 Piute 409 264 673 399 246 645 Morgan 408 387 795 398 378 775 Rich 404 289 693 398 286 684 Wayne 342 302 644 318 309 627 Grand 285 135 420 263 129 392 Kane 280 341 621 219 285 504 San Juan 123 61 184 106 56 162 31,571 29,732 61,313 29,738 28,486 58,198 Total registration of men 31,571 " vote " " 29,738 Registered but not voting 1,833 Total registration of women 29,732 " vote " " 28,486 Registered but not voting 1,246 It will be seen that in five counties the registration and vote of women was larger than that of men, and in the State a considerably larger proportion of women than of men who registered voted. Women cast nearly 50 per cent. of the entire vote and yet the U. S. Census of this year showed that males comprised over 51 per cent. of the population. All of the testimony which is given in the chapters on Wyoming, Colorado and Idaho might be duplicated for Utah. From Mormon and Gentile alike, from the press, from the highest officials, from all who represent the best interests of the State, it is unanimously in favor of suffrage for women. The evidence proves beyond dispute that they use it judiciously and conscientiously, that it has tended to the benefit of themselves and their homes, and that political conditions have been distinctly improved.[449] OFFICE HOLDING: Governor Heber M. Wells at once carried into effect the spirit of the constitution, adopted in 1895, by appointing women on all State boards of public institutions where it was wise and possible. Two out of five places on the Board of the Deaf a
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