Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1913-02-13


ones among their needy constituents.
The cOnsuls general are well paid and
some of them have travelling commits
sions." It is their duty to travel
along the lines connecting the various
foreign offices Of this government and
to inspect each Office in its turn
and to make recommendations for i'm
provement and also for promotion or
demotion.
Mr.. Wilson's word On the wisdom of
keeping the consular service out Of
politics is accepted in Washington as
being an expression of a final de-
termination. There was a thought
here for some time that because the
civil service law does not cover the
foreign. service, Mr.. Wilson might
open the field to the political spoils-
men. Another thought has come on
the subject and the governments
agents throughout the world who are
now making trembling inquiry prob
ably can rest certain that they are
not to be disturbed The good news
seems to have been a long time Cd
the way to them.
Women Rule in Capital
Dispatches from Washington have
told in part the story of the purpose
OF the women who are interested in
suffrage that their big parade in this
city on March shall prove to be not
only an educational object lesson, but
an affair of such commanding proper
lions and of such attractive pictures
that it will hold the attention not only
OF the visitors to the capital, but of
the people of the entire nation
Woman. although suffrage in full is
not yet here, is ruler today in the
capital of the nation. The committee
of men which has charge OF the plans
for the Wilson inaugural ceremonies
is the only Washington body which
has not yet accepted completely the
new order, and it is showing symp-
toms of surrender.
Washington has as many >women's
clubs as any other city in country
of the same population It is said here
that il suffrage parade had been
planned five years ago the proposal
would have been condemned by a ma
jority of the membership of every
woman's club in town except the one
organized for the promotion OF equal
rights. AS it is now 90 per cent. of
the women in all the clubs have shown
their sympathy with the movement,
and it seems to be virtually assured
that every woman physically capable
OF marching is going to do it on
but cannot march are going to ride
in automobiles.
Congress Yields to Them.
There has been further proof within
a day or two that when woman wants
anything congress gives it, or must
be furnished with an exceedingly good
excuse to get out of giving it. The
Wilson inaugural plans were held up
in congress until a committee of wom-
en- was given a chance to try TO prove
to the lawmakers that while the pa
rade of March is to be an entirely
non-partisan affair, It has every right
to be considered as a part of the in
aug III db4OiI SS1C1-lohlSS. WHICH
either wanted to use the gran islands
which will be erected for the Wilson
parade or they wanted permission to
put up grand stands OF their own.
They won the. first named concession.
The result of the present doing in
Washington is certain to be the ap-
prevail of the women Of plan to es-
tablish permanent suffrage headquar-
tiers in Washington fer the purpose Of
keeping in touch with congress and
supplying information to leaders
throughout the states. The women
want change made in the constitu
ton of the United States, and begin.
ming on March the suffrage cam
paigning will be national as we'll as
local.
There have been at least a hun
dred meetings of women in Washing
ton within the last week for the pur-
pose Of making preparations for the
great suffrage pageant" A score of
these meetings have been public while
the rest of them have, been in a sense
private, having been held in the homes
of prominent club women. These home
meetings have been attended by mem
bers of the various uplifting organiza-
tions. Thousands of women have
signed marching pledges and sprinkled
through the thousands of names are
the names of mon.
Every marching woman will be
given a cloak. or, rather, will buy one
There will be blue cloaks, gray cloaks,
brown cloaks and possibly red cloaks,
for the desire is to give a variety of
color to the marching body. Soft hats
will be worn by the women. which
will be thrown back somewhat jaunti-
" from the forehead. Now if it should
turn out to be a balmy day, mere man.
attending either as body guard or as a
fervent believer in the rights OF wom-
an. will lift the cloak burden from
woman and carry it over his arm, and
Herewith the procession viii resolve
itself into an ununiformed affair.
Many political organizations of wom-
en- have asked for places in the pa
rade. Bull A.oosers, Republicans and
Democrats have petitioned for assign
ment of PLACES. The answer of the
women's committee to each has been
come and march, but remember that
this affair is to be strictly non-partisan
and devoted wholly to the one cause
of the advertisement of the rights of
| women"
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