Another interesting study is the tendency of the women's vote.
One might have expected the women to be captured by the oratorical gallantry and quick re- sourcefulness of Mr. Smith. But not so—the women, it is said, are mainly for safe Mr. Hoover and prosperity. We cannot help wondering whether there \ may not also be something of the feeling which stirred in the women— although they had not votes in those days—against 'the idea of the rough rail-splitter, Abraham Lincoln, presiding over the White House. Another reflection which we may be permitted is that Englishmen have cause to be thankful that they are free from the periodical upheavals and the appalling expense of Presidential elections. Our Hereditary Crowned President saves us from all these things to our immense satisfaction and comfort. It is estimated that the combined electoral expenses of the two great Parties in America will be scarcely less than £2,000,000.
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