Omaha daily bee., 1909-08-08

there is g crowd large enough to justify
the outbreak.
1t is one Of the most difficult and try
ing experiences TO so through with, for "a
usually ends In a forcible election without
any Of the prestige that should reward ths
act. yet. whenever We call tor volunteers,
there are plenty at our disposal. Req
there Is no limit that women are willing
to place to their audacity and courage ga
this organized revolt.
Forty Years of Effort.
For forty years we have had a woman
suffrage movement in existence. At the
present moment u Is admitted that oug
reasons are unanswerable and that we have
right on our side. But what happens?
Nothing!
Having admitted the right, we would
remain where we were for 900 years more
II It were not for aggressive measures. 1t
is the time for action. We have argued
enough. We do not intend to keep any bad
laws that stand in the way. Pressure must
be used"
You ask smningly IL there is not some
times Just a little bit Of sympathy for the
poor prime minister, the focus Of attacks.
sympathy must not enter politics" says
Miss Pankhurst, without relaxing from her
serious mood. Prime Minister Asquith
should retire to private life IL he wants
that. We don't ask sympathy; we ask
justice.
when some OF our members followed
him down to Devonshire, where he had
gone for a few days rest. and wayiald hun
on the golf fields and coming out OF church,
getting him in a position where he simply
could not refuse TO listen, he was quite
irritable and annoyed at the idea that he
was not allowed to have even a weekend
rest. They asked him what about the va
cation Of Patricia woodlock,' who had been
in prison at that time for three months.
Personally I can promise you that Prime
Minister Asquith will not have any rest
until he lets us rest. We do not think that
he has deserved a holiday, but II he really
knew 1t he is enjoying absolute peace in
comparison with the strenuous days that
will come If It should be decided that we
have a right to send a deputation and that
he must receive 1t.
why They Are Indignant.
When you realize that Mr.. Schreiner, the
brother Of Olive Schreiner, had no difficulty
in obtaining a hearing in regard to the ad-
visibility of granting a vote to the KafflIs s,
do you wonder that our blood boils at the
refusal Of our just demands and that what
VIC nave uVHt III nv past lb merely Cfllu 3
play to what we contemplate? A deputa-
ton is, of course, only the first step, but
as Mr.. Lloyd George said In a speech re-
Gently, Populations are the most valuable
means open to ministers in this country.
We intend TO instruct the prime minister
by this means until he yields.
THAT governments move only in an,
swer to pressure is a political common.
place; we shall go on sending deputation,
until the matter is brought before the
House. Then If his constituents do not
stand by him, Of course the prime minister
could retire and the new government come
in. Personally 1 believe that the change in
the government will come about on this
question.
We expect more from the conserva.
tives, simply because they will have learned
the lesson given their opponents, and nc
doubt the very liberal members who are
now fighting us Will, when the conserva
tives come in, Join forces with US to regair
power. The hardest thing we have to fighr
is the stupidity Of tho liberal government
Everywhere the liberal pa~rty-which is q
parody on it's name-stands for the SUI.
premacy OF the male; women are to then
subhuman. Their eyes are fixed on the
Mitonian era, 'He for God only, she fol
God in him
, The cabinet Is filled with members who
are there because they happened to be n
; the last cabinet; the House with member
: tied to tradition, absolutely refusing to Sc.
the change in conditions, blind to the in.
] ~fluence OF women in the economic and poll
teal world. Prejudice blows so strong
1 TINT avian ubau than a., .aa tbo,, roF,.s 4.
let the spirit of the times become trans.
lated into avarydor affatrp