The Minneapolis journal., 1906-05-27
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female correspondent Of the New York Sun at
tacks her own the ground that women
thievish. She maintains that it is not safe to leave
even cake of soap unclaimed when the club meets,
Whlle as FOR spoons and rubbers, they disappear
eriousy and she wants it understood that this is not
the work Of the Could the facts brought
to light she says, 1t would probably be found that
there Is not secretary Of woman's IS club who has
not had trouble with petty plferngs If not with more
serious thefts This and the fact that women are not
loyal to their clubs she urges the ways in which
women are inferior to Men do not steal from
their clubs and when there any dirty linen to wash
they do not wash it publicly.
This correspondent has evidently overlooked some
points about men. If you want to get man g real
disposition toward other peoples property elect him
to the legislature and if he does not carry off the
roof Of the capitol at the end of his is because
it is fastened One term in the legislature as
rule furnishes thrifty citizen with pens pencils ink
and stationery for the rest of his life Twenty years
after the state has forgotten that he was soon
he is still writing his letters sheets labeled at the
top House Of Representatives" s'senate."
member Of the Minnesota legislature once caught
his desk from the floor at the close of the
session. He had gotten the wheeled chair into the
corridor and his the way downstairs with
nifty pounds Of stationery in the ornamental waste
paper basket furnished by the state ~ ~
AS to club secrets have achieved some char.
aceer for keeping them but nearly all societies
nave an annex degree which is only semi secret
Wnen women have discovered the of this safety
valve they will be the equal of men, AS far as soan
is concerned, women will not steal 1t If it is not
perfumed. ~
Inc more the club life Of woman is studied the
more evident does it become the sex has not vet
penetrated all the secrets of parliamentary law ss thew
have been developed by the colossal brain of man
What woman's club, for example, has a record Of
rulings such made Gar Reed immortal when over
coats and rubbers counted men and where the
car not only asserted but proved that thew were the
essential parts Of the absent members Have womens
clups ever counted hats to make uuorum9 Have
womens clubs attained the distinction onee
achieved by the Methodist general conference when
1ne long,coated white,chokered men delegates were
suspected OF stuf1ng the ballot for bishop7
Parliamentary practice is still in its infancy among
women. They have idea but that when a delepats
ARISES in her place and demands hearing she must
nave It, In the United States congress it is not So
Inc rising member is the one who has previously
posted the speaker that he will at certain point in
the proceedings demand recognition The speaker
says see you, my lad, 3" and that settles it. If he
says ne doesn't see the member opera glasses woud
not bring that member within his range of vision
Nor 90 the clubs understand the rule about member
Time time having expired: This may arise from the trad
lion that woman time expires it may result
from the lack of No sergeant at arms conld
ever nerve himself to hit woman over the head with
mace to compel her to desst from sneecb Tbis
however, was formerly done with male members Of the
parliament and 1t had very sa1utary effect on them
vastly.
Nor have the women explored that dark field known
as losing bill or inserting "ioker'' in measure
apout to become law. Some say there Is a Joker in
the rate Dill but it cannot be real Joker since il
inserted before the bill had proceeded to its final
passage A real joker is like the one which was in
serted IN the stone and timber act, whereby home.
seaas were made $40 instead of 100 acres The Joker
Is also sometimes called woodchuck from the wood
chucks habit Of burrowing under ground Another
name 1or IL Is the Senegambian in the wood pile By
wnateVer name 1t is known it is recognized as some
thlng which has business there and which was in
serted for evil purposes. 49,
The joker Is half brother of the lost bill This i,
measure which has been passed but which mysteri.
ous disappears before it has been engrossed and sent
10 the governor. His excelleney stays late at the
olce and misses his dinner waiting for this bill but
IL never comes Some member of the committee bas
10 Withdrawn 1t for comparison Nobody knows what h.
compares it with, perhaps with his watch ANYWAY II
never comes back and if there is time to pass IL
again there is something gained to somebody USUALLY
NOT the great confding public The member who turns
TINS trick usually does not for the legislature
r. again. His brother runs in his place
Cloakroom craftsmanship is another thing which
X women lmperfecty comprehend The members who
on the floors of our national and state legislatures
appear 10 DE no good who speak and who seldom
vote are not as useless as they They belong
to the cloakroom brigade the flying squadron wboss
duty 1t is to learn how every other member PROPOSES
10 vote on certain measures. These results are abu
lated, compared and when all is ready the bill i,
voted upon. If there is trouble about getting a ma
?or1ty of reasonable upon the floor the measure
IS passed to come up another day. Those member,
who have not been convinced and who must be seen
again are entrusted to members of the third house
When they report the poll is taken again and then
the bill triumphantly passes
These qualifications of craftsmanship may be deep
but they be learned You sometimes hear even h
a woman s club Of chairman who rushed the oppo
stion without hearing, who hands out all the tins
to her supporters and fails to recognize the opposition
Ihls is an evidence that women preparing them
selves for the ballot. James GRAY