Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-20
SAYS WoME EN- VOTED EARLY
AND OFTEN IN COLORADO

LOS ANGEL ES, June 15.-l Editor
Herald: In the Sundays edition OF
The Herald Savonarola again drags
forth the subject of woman's suftrase'
ending the article with this prophecy;
Labor of man, woman and ehhu VII
he protected, prison discipline amelio-
rated. trusts curbed, corrupt politicians
dethroned, and all the ramified paths
of life softened, purified and upiltted'
We will assume that ne is deslrous thaI
these things shall be brought ABOUT; 80
are all good people. But those OF US
who have had several years, not OF
theory. but of actual residence In that
ITtopian land where lovely woman votes
are inclined to be skeptical II SaVoha-
rola is from old "Mizo" and wishes TO
be "shown" we would suggest that ne
move I'D on the Mormon reservation
and see how it is done. If she does not
like it there she can go to 1dano' or
Colorado, or all three. surely Colorauo pra,,
has had time to develop all those peau-
tifll dreams mentioned by the suftrag
cites. and has not the Womans club OF
Denver told us so2 -
s.Corrllpt politicians dethroned," let
US see. without going into detail OF
state politics, we will take as Sample
Of the dethronement the two dlstln-
enished senators from that state-Gug-
penheinn of the smelter trust, a Repup-
1ican. and Hughes, Democrat, and Tor
x-ears the head counsel for the boldesC
bunch of buccaneers that ever pun
dered the public. These are late ae-
ouisitions to the senate and shoulo pe
representative of the ''purihed ana up up
Ifted." I" Some people have been so base
as to suggest that Mr.. Guggennelm
nsad some of his ore to secure his seat
In the sacred halls Of Mammon, put
this could not be: where was loNeiy
woman with the upiift? We know tII. ina.
women have high ideals because they
tell us so-"by their works ye shan
judge them" s,- a.
"Trusts curbed,'' yes, by sending the
leading corporation lawyer of the STATE
and the head of the smelling trust TO
Labor of man will be protected"
YES. This is the state that turned over
the state militia to the Mine owners
association and declared martial Jaw
40 h with the constitution" beng
the war cry. Where men were taken
on a train far out on an open pralIle'
far from civilization and dumped on
10 starve or get back to civilization as
best they could. This was not IN dark
est Russia; no, it was in state WheIe
lovely woman votes, and has the pen
eft Of the purified and uplifted.
As further evidence of the purified
noIitical condition brought about by
women we quote from CosmopoIltah'
January, 1908: But Denver. Colo, pre-
sents the most striking illustration
both of the cause of corruption IN
American politics and the boldness that
the corrupting agencies have attained
to. In proportion to the populatloh
there seems to have been cast at Den
veT. in September, 1903, larger percent
age Of fraudulent votes than UP to that
time had ever been cast anywhere IN
America-between ten and twelve thou-
sand fraudulent votes being cast
against the charter. At the November
election. no corporate interests pelng
involved, the fraudulent vote IelI 10
fay,ar +ha,, four thousand. In the may
oraltv election, 1904, between seven and
eight thousand fraudulent votes were
cast" etc. Where was lovely woman
with the .'uplift'? She was there and
OBSERVER.