Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24
FAVORS PRIMARIES
New York Governor Makes Strong
Plea for Direct Nominations.
WOMEN SUFFRAGE is A FAILURE
Frederick wood Declares that in
Colorado, Utah, wyoming and
Idaho IL Does More
Harm Than Good.

NEW YORK. Jan. 2s.-Before an audience
notable for the diversity Of the political
Views and beliefs of those who composed It,
Governor Hughes tonight delivered an ad-
dress attacking machine politics and
strongly advocating direct nominations.
TIL speech. which was delivered at the
banquet OF the Hughes alliance. held in the
grand ball room Of the Hotel Astor. was
received with marked signs of appreciation
from republicans and democrats alike, tho
governor being repeatedly interrupted by
cheers as he made his points.
The governor was introduced to his hosts
by Henry w. Sackett, who called attention
to the nonpartisan character Of the assem-
blsge by citing the presence, among others,
Of Herman Ridder. treasurer Of the ma
tional democratic committee.
After declaring that the time had come
to call a hale on the practice which made
Of our departments OF public business
pleasant pastures for the politically
blessed" the governor urged upon his
hearers Ito put hurdles in the way OF pri-
vate schemes of political manlpulators and
make less difficult the play of the disin-
terested forces Of our public spirited citi-
zenship."
Andrew Carnegie. who followed Governor
Hughes in the post p~randial oratory. likened
the guest Of honor OF the evening to George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
Women suffrage n Failure.
Woman suffrage has done more harm
than good in the four states in which it has
been tried-Utah, Colorado. Idaho and
Wyoming &, declared Frederick Wood, in an
address before the National League for the
Civic Education of Women here tonight.
Mr.. Wood, in support of his conclusion,
read a letter from General w. j. Palmer
Of Colorado, in which the latter declared
that woman suffrage has been a failure in
that state.
THE establishment of a juvenile court
in Colorado is often pointed out as one of
the benefits OF giving women the ballot -
said Mr.. Wood, but of the twenty-one
states which have juvenile courts, nineteen
are states in which women do not vote and
the first in which such courts were started
was Massachusetts. where the women de-
clined to take the ballot when it was Of
fered them.
Based upon my personal observations
Of the working of equal suffrage in the
four states where it exists, its result in
dictates the ability OF the corrupt political
machine to influence the male vote rather
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purify politics"
Hat Manufacturer Meet.
For four hours today the board of di-
rectors of the Associated Fur and Felt Hat
manufacturer in session at the Knicker-
booker hotel wrestled with the problem
confronting them in the strike of 5000 men
Of the United Hatters OF America, who
last week walked out of the sixty factories
$1,000 H.. - a. -.
ganization In the states of New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. An
effort to secure arbitration was made by
r. ]. Reagan and James McManus of the
bureau of mediation and arbitr alton OF the
New York Department of Labor, who Of
fered their services to the manufacturers.
President Samuel Mundheim of the Manu-
facturers' association appointed a commit
tee of three to receive the mediators. whose
proposition was laid on the table until the
next meeting of the association as a whole,
which is called for next Monday, but which
at today's session was indefinitely post
poned.
State Mediator Reagan stated that he
would approach the striking union with
the same offer he made today to the manu-
facturers.
Job for Jay Gould.
Jay Gould. champion amateur court ten
mis- player OF the world and son of the mil
llonaire railroad director, George j. Gould,
is likely to become a probation officer in
a local police court. He has indicated
through a friend that he would like to fill
this position in City Magistrate Firms
court, and the magistrate today wrote him
a letter saying it would afford him pleas