t it
worked fairly well, and the twenty-one others were all positive and
explicit in saying that it worked well. One point upon which they laid
stress was the increased intelligence and breadth of mind of the
women, and the good influence of this upon their children. Mr. Wells
said in summing up: "Woman suffrage makes elections more expensive,
but it is a grand school for the mothers of the republic."

COLORADO.

In 1898, in answer to the continued misrepresentations of the Eastern
press, the friends of woman suffrage issued the following:

We, citizens of the State of Colorado, desire, as lovers of truth
and justice, to give our testimony to the value of equal
suffrage. We believe that the greatest good of the home, the
State and the nation is advanced through the operation of equal
suffrage. The evils predicted have not come to pass. The benefits
claimed for it have been secured, or are in progress of
development. A very large proportion of Colorado women have
conscientiously accepted their responsibility as citizens. In
1894 more than half the total vote for Governor was cast by
women. Between 85 and 90 per cent. of the women of the State
voted at that time. The exact vote of the last election has not
yet been estimated, but there is reason to believe that the
proportional vote of women was as large as in previous years. The
vote of good women, like that of good men, is involved in the
evils resulting from the abuse of our present political system;
but the vote of women is noticeably more conscientious than that
of men, and will be an important factor in bringing about a
better order.

This was signed by the governor, three ex-governors, both senators,
both members of Congress and ex-senators, the chief justice and two
associate justices of the supreme court, three judges of the court of
appeals, four judges of the district court, the secretary of State,
the State treasurer, State auditor, attorney-general, the mayor of
Denver, the president of the State University, the president of
Colorado College, the representative of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs, the vice-regent of the Mount Vernon Association, and
the presidents of thirteen women's clubs.

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I am confident that recognition of woman suffrage in the constitution
of proposed States will not in any way hinder, delay