The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-25
BY MOLLY ELLIOT sEAWELL.

precincts III Denver. TWO women were
working openly In the interests OF tn.
saloonkccpcrs. and tho sale Of woInens
votes was open and shameless These
facts have been denied BY the sulfrag-
lists. but not Il single AFFIDAVIT or u scin-
tilla OF proof has been produced TO dis
{ credit tho statement published in
Pearsons Magazine by Richard Barry
an eyewitness OF these scenes. Tho
election went for the saloon Keepers
two To one.
Dcnvcr'h Morality.
The Fort Collins Gazette, u Colo
RADIO newspaper, said, on May II. 1910:
''Den.er is ,"c worst city. morally. in
the United StatcE." There are many
Indications of u low state Of public
opinion in Denver. The New York
Herald, on September Ii, 1910, publish
( cd Il dispatch from Denver. describing
u marriage ceremony performed by the
Mayor OF Denver, in the City Hail. be-
Us cen child twelve years OF age and
a man OF thirty-sevcn. The childs
parents were present
Miss Clarke likewise fails TO mention
that the rate Of Juvenile crir-:e Is high
IN Denver, and increasing alarmingIy,
according to the published statement OF
the Chief of Police of Denver. Also. that
juvenile !lliteracy Is high in Colorado.
one child in sixty being illlteratc
What Is worse, the census flgurcs show
that Colorado. for her population, leads
every State in tho Union in crimes com
United by women. and In failure TO
punish them. 1t seems practically i'm
possible to punish II woman in Colorado
for crime. During the last few months
two desperate murders By women have
occurred in Colorado. and the miscar-
riage Of justice III both cases was
frightful. One waE the Appia murder
case. and the other was the Patterson
murder. II anything divertinE could
b. found Ia such dreadful circuIn-
stances. the attitude of the Womans
journal. the official organ OF the Ma
,!onal Woman's Suffrage Association,
toward husband-nurdcr, would make a
2raven Image smile. First, the Nwo-
= mans Journal carried for several
months coupon 10 be cut out and
signed. asking for the unconditional
pardon OF an Italian woman in Canada,
who had murdered her husband in cold
blood. The woman's sentence was com
mutcd TO life Imprisonment. but Hs the
Wcinan's Journal said. in describing
the Appia case. things were different
~ managed in State yhere equal
rights" prevailed. II then said that
when Mrs Appia. who had Drained her
sleeping husband with an axe. appear
ed in y Colorado court. tho prosecuting
attorney entered a uOlle proseuui ana
the presiding Judge dismissed the case
"and MrE Appia walked out OF the
court room free woman" This was
naturally and promptly followed by
the Patterson murder. III this case
Mrs. Patterson stole up hehifd her in
valid husband and shot him fnortnlly
in the back. The murdcress faced q
;ury who fHishcd their oaths hy i'm
mediately acquittinv her, and like Mrs
Appia. she walked ont OF the court
room a free woman 1t WAS noticeable
- L., Al Il arAs on
mention tho Patterson case Women
who wish TO murder their husbands en-
Joy peculiar privileges In Colorado.
These Instances illustrate what oc-
/, CURED at the meeting OF the Amcri-
/ can Ear Association IN Boston in All
gust 1911 The chairman OF the com
rlittee Oh criminology called atten.
women. which he attributed to tho
sunrage agitation II the United
States the increase amounted to per
cont. and IN England 10 20 per cent.
sunrngc In Colorado.
/ CONCERNING the actual working o;
suffrage In Colorado. Miss Clarke ad-
duces a form OF evidence which is al
ways given with great seriousness by
lsurrag!sts--the views OF men who arc
The direct benehciaries OF womcn's
votes, and who would commit political
hari-kari If they failed to praise wo-
man outrage. Governor Shafroth. of
Colorado. the same gentleman who re-
signed his seat IN Congress upon the
exposure OF the shocking corruption
In the capital OF woman suffrage
! State. extols woman suffrage highly.
So does every other state and Federal
official. and every Senator and Repre-
sentative from suffrage Slate-in
public It Is remarkable that the late
Justice Brewer. Of the Supreme Court.
seemed 10 think this kind OF evidence
admissible. hut love nodded that time
and Justice Brewer overlooked tire
| fact that no court which hears evil
! dence would admit such testimony.
I There Is, however. some unprecedented
evidence In the testimony given ny
! Judge Moses Hallett. for twenty-seven
years United states judge for the Coll
orado District. and previously Chief
| Justice OF the Supreme Court OF Col
orado as g Territory. and who was a
Federal appointee, ana not elected by
popular vote. In an interview PUN
| lished in the Denver Republican on
! April g. 1902, Judge TIallAtt said "Our
! State has had the female suffrage plan
(! Il sufficiently long time to form fair
Idea of ito workings. I am not pIsju-
| diced in any way, but honestly do not
see where the experiment has proved
1 ~ bthtul. nc presence OF women "a
: the polls has only augmented tho total
vote; II has worked no radical changes.
( 1t has promoted no special reforms
and II has had no particularly purify
! Ing erect upon politics There is
growing tendency on the part OF mos
! of The better anu more Intelligent fe-
! male voters of Colorado to cease cxer-
c!sing the ballot They still 20 10 the
polls, but need 20 be urged by some
! OF their male relatives. l do not he
lieve there will DO any aarogation of
ths suffrage rights OF women OF our
state. for the reason that no man who
aspires to Office would risk their dis
pleasure by advocating the repeal ..
the law AT the same time, IL i, were
TO ne done over again. the people Of
Colorado would defeat woman SURFACE
: by an overwhelming majority"