Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-26
WOMEN HAVE NOT
GIVEN UP FIGHT

suFFRAGETTEs CONTEMPLATE
INDUCING THE REPUBLICAN
PARTY TO JOIN MOVEMENT
Des Moines Bureau o
The Courier,
Des Moines, March 25.
An appeal to the republican part,
may be made by the women who, 70,
some years. have been work
Ing for equal suffrage. Severa
times the women have sue
ceeded in getting their resolu
ton through one house. Once SONS
twenty years ago the resolution to sub
init the question to the people for &
vote was passed by both houses, pu
the constitution provides that the ques
tion Of an amendment to be submftte.
to the people must be passed by two
successive legislatures and the legisla
ture following failed to pass the resolu
ton. Since then the women have beer
working in vain to get the resolution
through one legislature
Now, with something to despair con
fronting then1S hey are thinking OF
taking new tack. It has been discov
cred that all history shows that the
party that champions a suffrage mcve
ment gets the support Of the people en-
franchised. This is true of the negroes
who have voted the republican tickle
through sentiment almost exclusilel,
since the civil war. It is discovered
that Wyoming was admitted to the un.
ion as state as a party measure by
the rnn11h1iponc nj
Ing for admission and all the democrats
voting. against with an exception vi
two and Wyoming has been strong
republican state ever since.
Acting in the light Of the teachings
of the history OF the past. the women
are contemplating taking up a cam
paign with the republican party OF
Iowa. A few hundred thousand votes
increase in the republican vote of Iowa
would not be amiss, notwithstanding
the fact that the state is already a
strong republican state. No party IN
power is averse to having it's MAORI
ties increased. Again Iowa has In the
history Of the past gone democratic on
occasion and an increase in the repub
lican majority by the addition of the
women vote would not be an objection
able mater.
The plan as outlined is vet in en-
bryo. The party leaders among the
republicans have not been approached
1t is probably too late for any such 2
move to be fruitful at this session Of
the legislature, but the women think
that it is rot too early to begin to plan
for the campaign two years from now
There may however. be an effort made
to get through a bill TO allow women
session.
The senate committee on insurance
had under consideration the other da,
a bill to limit the expenses Of hail ant
| tornado insurance companies and te
keep them we'll within the bounds o.
decency. "A smooth tongued lawyer
from a small town In northern lowe
appeared before the committee and IL
la loud and resonant voice denounced
1.-THE state auditor for his persecution Of
him (the lawyer in connection witt
this hail business. But the lawyer also
claimed he was only in the insurance
business as an incidental and that be
is lawyer with big practice. and &
banker and a real estate dealer. Then
the fact was drawn out of him that his
company last year paid only about $40,
900 N losses; and later it was devel
yer-mana ger-lobbyist is drawing $4,5O(
year salary from thar poor little com
pany and his wife gets $4,000 a year
The committee smiled and accepted
the pleadings of the lobbyist for what
they are worth.
-
Tha.irst big bills to come up in the
house this week are the Galveston
plan of city government bill which is
on for special order for tomorrow at II
a. m. and the Iowa League Of NUM-
cipalities bills also on for special order
for tomorrow. In the senate the frs
big fight is to be on the proposition te
create a department of insurance sepa
rate from the auditors Office. An oppo
sition plan has been devised which
changes the banking department from
the auditors Office to the state treas
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