The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1913-02-20
RAPID PROGRESS
OF SUFFRAC[TTES
Especial to the Silver State)

descending on Washington.
The suffrage mixers have put on
their low heeled shoes, grasped their
slaves and started to walk to Wash
ington. They set out, fifteen of them,
on the 18th inst, and from CAV little
/ old New York they joyfully began
their pilgrimage amid the shouts of
friends and other witnesses of the de-
parture, including camera fends, re-
porters and male sympathizers in gen
eral
1t is something like 23O miles from
New York to Washington by rail.
When you walk it add about two
zeroes to the distance.
The ladies will doubtless get here
some time, but if they fail to arrive
in time for the Inauguration perhaps
their places in the great pageant that
will be held to celebrate the induction
of the only Democratic president seen
alive and in the possession of the Of
nee in sixteen years, will be filed by
proxies. Women have been married
by proxy, although that is not a popu-
lar pastime with the fair sex; why
not march in the parade the same
wayP
Suffrage Progress.
The rate at which woman suffrage
is progressing in this country is sim
ply progressing in this country rate it
will be but very few years before
women will enjoy all of the privileges
that are now monopolized by men. 1t
will be glorious day, indeed, when
DIR. Mary Walker can appear publicly
In her cute trousers and frock coat
without being arrested.
Perhaps suffrage has not had suffi-
c ent trial in this country to permit of
fair judgment being passed on it, but
there does not seem to be any especial
reason why the most horrid of men
should oppose it longer. In Califor-
MIA the women, who are still somewhat
unaccustomed to the novelty of vot-
ing, have been taking a keen interest
in local and national politics. It is
likely that they will make some kind
of an exhibit at the San Diego expo
sition, in 1915, to show what they
have accomplished and the showing
will probably be great surprise to
the people who have not been watch
ing the course of events.
wilson's Appointees.
Not a few of the men who have
been nominated for Office by President
Taft have an idea that they will sue
ceed in winning the favor of the in
coming president in case the senate
refusing to confirm them before March
4th. just now there is no likelihood
that they will be confirmed. Whether
they are justified in expecting, or even
hoping, that Gov Wilson thinks of
keeping them in office is something no
man can find out. The governor has
made the Sphinx look communicative
in comparison, by his monumental dis
play of reticence. 1T is a very open
secret in Washington that good
many public officials expect to be re-
tanned in office under the next admin
istration. There is Secretary of the
Interior Fisher, and Assistant Secre-
tary Adams, and some of the presi-
dent IS clerks at the White house, and
but what is the use of calling the
roll of officialdom? They all are cast
ing Sleeps eyes at the man who will
be boss after March 4th. And it IS
really surprising now that you come
to look over the list how very many
Democrats there were holding Office
under Taft. They admit it themselves
they were Democrats all the time,
and we all thought they were good old
standpat Republicans. But then, man
in office doesn't have much time to
be telling just where he stands po-
litically.
Warning Congress.
Champ Clark gave a little lecture
from the speaker s chair the other day
on the subject of attending the ses-
sions. There is always trouble enough
to keep quorum and now that so
many members are going out and
don t care a tinker's tintype whether
business moves along or not, it's get
ting almost impossible to do So Any
member who happens to have a freak
ish impulse to obstruet business can do
so pretty effectually by raising the
point of "no quorum, and then bells
ring and messengers seurry to round
up enough heads to be counted.
With difficulty about getting the
regular appropriation bills through, it
seems very unlikely that the bill Civ
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