Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-11
DENIES PURlFIcATioN
OF POLITICS IN DENVER

Los ANGELES, Aug. 6.-GEditor
Herald: Former Governor Buchtel
seems to have called down the wrath
Of the ''hen politicians" as a result Of
his remarks on woman's suffrage.
Some of the readers Of The Herald not
understanding the situation may think
of the former governor as a politician
the legitimate product of the politi-
cal code of that state. AS chancel-
lor of Denver university and bishop
in the NJ. E. church he came
to the governorship by accident
politicians don't select that class
of men for office. The regular
nominee on the Republican ticket hav-
ing declined to make the race for gov
ernor, the party needed man with a
good name as cloak to cover multi
tude of sins. The vacancy was offered
to the chancellor and he was elected.
OF course, when a man enters politics
be he a saint he becomes q target for
the vituperation of small minds. If
Christ were to visit Denver and criti-
else that class of females who are max
ing so much noise just now, the cry
would be hang him" instead of "cru-
city him" On the other hand, had
Judas Iscariot been condemned like
the mythical wandering Jew, 'tarry
thou till 1 come" and in the course of
his travels he should have visited Den
yer he would have found associates so
congenial that he would have ceased
from wandering. "Tramway Biz
would have made him mayor Of the
town.
Some of the statisticians have pre-
sented figures to prove that women do
vote-fgures covering one election and,
of course, the one making the best
showing. 1t Is an easy matter to Jug
gle figures and If the statistics pre-
sented bear the SAME RELATION TO
ACCURACY that the VOTES CAST
do to ACTUAL VOTERS, then they
tan. January. 'OS. AT the Throat of
the Republic). With a political his
tory that would make even Tammany
hall blush with shame, 1t seems in
credible that any individual should
have the brazen audacity to even mem
tion womans suffrage in connection
with Colorado. to say nothing of try
ing to justify it's existence: If the
friends of womans suffrage have any
respect for their cause they should
present figures to show that women
don't vote Thus placing the blame,
where they place it for most other con-
ditions for which they are equally re-
sponsible, on the men.
Louisa D. Harding presents beauti-
full picture Of husband and wife going
hand in hand to the polls to vote-all
that is needed is the green grass and
song birds to make the stage setting
complete. However, she does not say
anything about the discord. scraps and
divorces where husband and wife hold
different political views and they don
go hand in hand. Then again, that
part of the female population that mas
been doing most of the voting don't
happen to have a husband-or at least
thew don't have their meal tickets with
them.
Then Louisa presents testimonials
from politicians to prove the virtues
of womans suffrage. All politicians
keen a full line of compliments, duly
labeled and ready for distribution
thew are cheap, cheap in every respect,
but highly priced by the fair sex. AS
climax she should have secured
halo from "rramway Bill" He knows
more about woman's suffrage than any
one man or woman in the United
States
Louisa also compares conditions in
New Zealand, where women vote, to
our country. Conditions in New Zea-
land bear about the same relations TO
the United States as the pastoral age
of Abraham does to the slums or the
steel workers of Pittsburg. But lit
tie detail like that doesn't matter to q
woman-she is not bothere with such
things.
There is one point that I do wish to
concede and it is this, women have
demanded and obtained their share Of
the campaign dough (all votes look
alike to the corporations), and once
she has had the privilege of dipping
her fingers in the "flesh-pots of the
corporations" it would be as useless
to reason with a chen politician" as
to try to teach a leopard that has once
tasted of blood that it is wrong to kill.
There is this difference between the
male and female CRATER, a man works
for his party-a woman for any party
that has the price-the hat foundries