The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-04-27

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to diagnose them correctly, but this
time she got left. AS softly and silent
~ as United States senators grabbing
up a government water power the wo-
men OF Jericho met in convention.
They locked the doors. They dark
ened the windows. They looked under
the bed. Then they lighted two tallow
candles and brought forward the fol-
lowing:
whereas, Woman has been a slave
to man for the last 10000 years; and,
whereas, The worm has turned at
last and is prepared to fight for its
life; and.
"Whereas, AS long as woman makes
the buckwheat cakes and fries the saul
sages for a nation she should be qua
anteed certain rights and have certain
recognitions; and,
"Whereas, Man has refused her those
rights and ~recognitions and given her
the ha-ha whenever she has demanded
them; and,
whereas, This sort of thing has
gone on until no female wearing false
hair can longer put up with it and pre-
serve her self respect; now, therefore,
Resolved, That a committee of this
body wait upon Old Pap Pinkham,
postmaster, and force him to say
whether he is for us or agin US; and
it is further
Resolved. That as Old Pap is an
artful dodger he must state his posi-
f{0n in vrVitinr, oyl - e. R,AHo.
Resolved. That If he is agin us we
shall be agin him and do everything
in our power to bring his gray head
In sorrow to the dust; and it is fur
ther
Notification to TAFT.
Resolved. That the SCI rotary Of
this meeting inform the president of
the proceedings taken and ascertain
also whether he is for us or agin us.
If for us, we shall welcome him with
the laurel leaf; if agin us, We promise
his overwhelming defeat in the year
1912: and it is further an.i all the
time and lastly
"Resolved. That no matter whether
Zelaya skips or stays, whether Japan
pitches in or remains at peace. wheth-
er j. T. Morgan buys out the rest of
the United States or feels that he has
got enough. this issue Of wOman's
rights cannot be sidestepped. We de-
mand Il square deal and a square an
swer, and, be gosh, we will have it. or
tear down the bulwarks of American
liberty and let loose the kangaroo"
There you are, William. That's the
thunderbolt that fell from a clear sky
and boosted the price Of cabbage heads
2 cents mOre. l was waited upon by
the secretary Of the meeting. she had
a gun. Her jaw was sot. Her eyes
looked like pounded glass. l Iaet her
with dignity and JUNCTION and prom
Used to give the matter serious consid-
Grafton as soon as l had time. No 60.
I was given five minutes in which to
decide.
William, l came down. l was Up a
tree, aud l came down. l made q
statement in writing that l was for
'em. 1t was the loss Of my job, il not
my life. to do otherwise. 1t is now
up to you. 1t is expected that you will
write by return mail and that you
won't use any ambiguous words in
your reply. Don't work in any Dutch
or Latin.
My III. let he give you a tip. Put
your ear to the ground. Don't you
hear 1OO.OOO.O0O women yelling for
the ballot? Don't yon hear the cords
Of bondage swapping like 80 many
muskets? Come down. If you don't
they'll fetch you down. We've got to
whack mp with the other sex or therc'll
oe EARTHQUAKES and cyclones every