About seven o'clock
At last the hour arrived for counting the ballots . The town had gone overwhelmingly for suffrage for women , but the returns were slow in coming from the country precincts , and great anxiety was felt about the issues there . The rumour was current that the farmers were determined not to vote at all . About seven o'clock some one came swiftly down the courthouse steps , and rushed across to the National Bank Building . In five minutes the square was in an uproar . Men shouted to men : `` We 've put 'em in ! We 've put the women in ! ''