I believe, keep in mind, believe, he disliked how inconvenient it was and how it wasn't locally set
“At the end of O. Henry's story, the lawyers are puzzled at the sound of Gillian's laughter as he leaves. He has lied and told them that he lost the one thousand dollars so that Miss Hayden will... In "One Thousand Dollars" what is your first opinion about Gillian?”
So if it is in all states and national elections then that must mean it is the result of the 19th amendment that would have allowed women the right to vote.
A republic. It later became a dictatorship, but it was founded a republic.