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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