Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-12-06
Tell the Truth.

plt' Ii.tHi al t!I'. lI4'',,iIi".t ami ne gave
H. Ii, lra-on t"r thinking, -, that the
saloons are afraid OF til" moral influence
of the woman : vutc-R "r,i,r.
What John Miller Murphy really
said at the nr,tin" of the Equality
Club. in giving Il hricf history Of
The suffrage, movement that resulted
in Women REIMBURSEMENT in the
early .0>. Vas HAT many people
feared that they would carry the So
called moral influence into voting
against the granting of saloon Ii
crn>rS, local option then being Il
privilege 10y law ;i> Il pre- requisite
for granting of license. 1t was held
by advocates of the suffrage act that
women would exercise the same good
Judgment in voting on that matter
as her brother man. The result
fully Justified that claim. and the
women only required Il knowledge Of
the fact that liquor would not be
sold to minors. and that the traffic
would be conducted in IN ordcrl y and
lawful manner. To secure about the
same proportion of favorable votes
rs We're cast by the men. When
asked what was the main ground
urged against granting the ballot.
he said that it. being an innovation
upon long-estahlished custom, that
many people held to the prejudice
that wOman'S sphere was in house
hold duties and care and education
of her children: that if she did this
she would not have time nor inclina-
ton to assume an active part in
politics. This too was shown to be
a fallacy. 1t was found that study
of political questions supplanted to
large extent gossip and gadding, and
that the frivoltics of fashion and the
senselcss scramble for social precc-
dence, were subCrdinated to care
full and intelligent study of questions
involving the bcttcrmcnt and we'll
being of popular government.
There was no discussion OF the OPP
pOnents of equal suffrage at the pres
ent time, as the comments of the
Recorder would seem to imply.
Not GUILTY, But SHOULDN'T Do So.
The Rev. Fred Burgess, Episcopal
Bishop of Long Island, defends Roose-
welt S motive in removing the motto
" In God we trust" from American
coinage, while saying it should have
He holds that the Presi-
" was actuated by a highest motive of
reverence. How does the reverend
gentleman know that he is correct
in this confident assurance? Is there
anything in the life of Roosevelt that
seems to indicate any degree of rev.
erence for anybody, in his reckless
impetuOsity? Was it reverence for
or anybody that impelled
this attempt to change the OrthO-
pathy of two hundred commonly
used English words? Or was it not
prompted solely by desire to pose in
the calcium light as a man of super
brain and overwhelming
What has impelled him
to found an Ananias Club, except to
pose as the great arbitor on matters
OF public opinion, in which he is just
as likely to be wrong as right? Out
upon such an idea! If he has any
respect for the Advise Creator, he
has not yet shown any special evil
dence Of it. A bare reference to his
sOulless Thanksgiving proclamation
is sufficient evidence of that.
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TAXING TIE SPECULATIVE INDUS
William +. Hepburn, of Iowa,
Chairman of the House Committee
on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
declares it is very probable that Con-
grcss will, at the present session,
enact Il law to secure the regulation