" The first time since we were married, Mrs.
Strongitharm!" she cried. Then she whispered to me, as I was
leaving: "And I've killed HIS vote, anyhow!"
When the count was made, our party was far ahead. Up to this time,
I think, the men of both parties had believed that only a few
women, here and there, would avail themselves of their new right--
but they were roundly mistaken. Although only ten per cent. of the
female voters went to the polls, yet three-fourths of them voted
the Republican ticket, which increased the majority of that party,
in the State, about eleven thousand.
It was amazing what an effect followed this result. The whole
country would have rung with it, had we not been in the midst of
war. Mr. Wrangle declared that he had always been an earnest
advocate of the women's cause. Governor Battle, in his next
message, congratulated the State on the signal success of the
experiment, and the Democratic masses, smarting under their defeat,
cursed their leaders for not having been sharp enough to conciliate
the new element.
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