The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1905-11-08
lUclnef1 and Society.

can Woman Suffrage Association In
creating public opinion In favor OF the
bill providing for this great act OF
Justice. The Colorado delegation at
the st. Louis Biennial succeeded In
gaining the unanimous endorsement OF
this bill by that great body OF repre-
| sentative woman.
/ In spite of all this and the efforts OF
many progressive individuals and
| organizations not mentioned here, the
bill was killed In committee. Humane
| tarians everywhere were greatly dis
appointed at this outcome. but nowhere
was the regret SO heartflt as in Colora-
do. where the state Bureau OF Child and
IAnimai Protection has done such mag
nifcently efficient work during the last
| few years. Knowing by actual expe-
rience the value OF State EFFORT in this
line of protective action, the people OF
| Colorado very generally deplore that
the nation Is not yet as fully wake
TO its responsibility towards it's wards
as IL the Centennial State.
| President Roosevelt stands pre- emf
nently as the worid-ohampion Of child
hood. To him, therefore. the mothers
OF the race and the lovers OF the chill
dren have turned with unfaltering faith
in his power and willingness to aid the
little ones.
| Again has Colorado taken the initia-
| tive, a well-known club-woman, the
mother OF many children, having COM
ceived the idea OF petition to the
President She believed, with the
the nation Is its children. She felt
that the devoted chiid-lover who sits
In the chair of the chief executive at
Washington would feel at one with
the parents OF the entire country in
regard to the relative rank OF the ship
ping interest, the railroad interest. the
banking interest, the manufacturing in-
terest, the agricultural and mining In
terest and the child-intsrest. Beiiev-
ing this and winning others to her view
q petition was prepared and unanimous
| iy endorsed by the Colorado Federation
OF women's Clubs asking the President
to embody in his message to Congress
a strong recommendation for the
| establishment OF National Bureau for
Child Protection.
The malls are now burdened with
copies OF this petition being sent to
all State and national organizations in
the United States. Each organisation
endorsing the petition Is asked to state
the membership of the organisation OF
whose official action the President 10
thus notified.
Already the Nebraska State Suffrage
Association has followed the example OF
the Colorado Federation by unani-
mously endorsing the petition, and 1t
is confidently expected that the Ma
tiona1 w. G. T. u, which meets In Los
Angeles the last week in October, will
take similar action. Judge Ben b.
Lindsey. of the Denver Juvenile Court,
strongly endorses the petition, and bar
associations and ministerial alliances
are being invited to cooperate in this
Ifar-sighted work.
1t Is hoped that every business wo-
mans league in the country will Join
the great organised army of men and
women who are urging the President to
incorporate this recommendation in his
message to Congress. Particularly
fitting would II seem for the New York
state and New York City Leagues to
take this action. as the opinion of the
citizens Of ones home State and city
are naturally of supreme Importance to
public man.
May the cry of the children reach
the heart OF the President. May his
love for his own become the source of
protecting pity and tenderness for all
children, resulting in justice and mercy
| for the little victims of greed and
cruelty and neglect! May the divine
| ideal of childhood become incarnate in
American institutions and may the
President, who is the peace-maker, be-
come also the redresser of the wrongs
of the helpless.
May Theodore Roosevelt stand for
ever in history as the friends of the
children.-Busines Woman's Magazine.