Women to Be Left Out of Enumeration

From The Indianapolis News, Wednesday, December 17, 1924: Only male voters, both white and colored, will be counted to determine the apportionment of the Indiana General Assembly it was announced today following a conference with Gov. Emmett Branch, secretary of state Frederick Schortemeier, attorney general Ulysses Lesh, and state auditor Lewis Bowman. Considerable question had arisen whether women voters were to be included in the enumeration that must be made next year to serve as the basis for the apportionment of state legislators and auditor Bowman, who will have jurisdiction over the enumeration conducted by the township trustees, sought the counsel of other state officials. The Indiana Constitution and laws provide male voters shall be counted for apportionment, and while the federal Constitution permits women to vote no action has been taken to include women voters in the Indiana enumeration.