Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-07-16

| a new privilege against the exercise
OF which stand the customs and ten
denotes and teachings from ST. Paul 10
the present day: second, that IL liz a
privilege stu rejected and the use of
which is still criticised by many good
women In the land. which both dis
courages and discredits it's use III those
women who speak disparag.ngly OF the
privilege or OF those who choose TO ex-
ercise IL, should be found defending
the right and encouraging the use OF II
by those who have a chance to use IL,
there would be little complaint In a few
years OF the failure to exercise 1t. But
what shall we say OF the thousands of
men among the most prosperous citl-
zens of the community who election
after election, fail to vote? II is no
unusual thing to find a hundred thou
sand men absent from the polls In a
single state even at a presidential cleo
ton. Shall we take from the more ac-
tive. the more patriotic. the right OF
franchise because the surfeited or bust
ness-rldden or politically disconnected
remain away? / hold II to be the duty
OF every citizen TO take an active inter
est In politics, 20 study measures and
TO vote. Instead OF its being an evi-
dence Of purity and patriotism to re-
main out of politics, II is generally an
evidence of utter selfishness or political
disappointment or an ostentatious dis
play of modern Phariseeism. The good
women surrounded by all the comforts
and culture OF prosperous and happy
homes may feel a reluctance TO enter
the arena OF policies even TO the extent
OF exercising the right of franchise. But
the thousands of women who stand
alone and must depend upon their own
efforts in the struggle for existence;
who feel the injustice OF laws or the
cruelty OF politics: the thousand OF
women who must join with their hus-
bands In seeking homes and educating
families, these ought not to be deprived
Of n voice I'm selecting those who are to
determine policies and make laws
william II. Borah. United states Sena-
tor from idaho. in The Delineator FOR
August.
Not Money Prudent men, purely as
Enough matter of experience.
For All. are always cautious
about predicting a COM
mercal crisis IT is a defect Of aver
age human nature that such warnings
are rarely taken calmly: either they
are laughed away or they are in
terpretod as meaning that the trouble
Ia going to begin tomorrow. Mr.. Victor
Morawetz is OF the highest standing as
a lawyer and banker. So thoughtful
scholar as he must have felt strong
ly when he spoke so plainly: "Since
companies have expanded at the rate
of about Ave hundred millions a year.
while we have shipped abroad more
gold than we have imported. Above
all, patriotic men should make every
endeavor at the earliest practical
moment 10 settle the economic prob
lens which are at the root OF our per-
iodic financial and commercial dis
turbances." Less careful thinkers than
Mr.. Morawetz lump our economic sins
under the one rough word 'extrava-
gance." and are in a general way cor
rect. AS the wall Street Journal"
puts ~ What Is wanted Just now
is less gassy optimism and more APP
probation of the significance of the sit
uation." II every one would take this
warning earnestly, and practise his
part of the general economy, we
wouldn't have any crisis. But I'm
order to recover from the orgy OF re-
cent years. we shall have to undergo
an amount and degree OF self denial
such as men rarely practise voluntar-
lily. only when II Is forced on them.
The truth is, We didn't have the pa
thence to pass through a normal re-
covery succeeding the panic of 1907
We followed the policy OF the absurd
sunshine movements" OF the summer
OF 1905, and acted like n very sick
patient who undertakes to do away
with the period OF convalescence by |
taking a stlff dose OF oxygen or some |
other stimulant Every person who |
Win manage 70 do without n new house |
for year or two, and wear his old |
suit for another surnuier. will help his |
own bank account, aid in bringing l