The San Francisco call., 1913-09-18
BIXbY TRIAL.
To MARK
EPOCH
Women, Aroused by Moral
Need, to Use Vote for Re-
form, Says Mrs. Rose
BY MRS. H. H. ROSE,
Wife Of Judge n. II. Rose, Mayor of
Los Angeles


LOS. ANGELES. Sept. 1s.-The big
significance of the Bixby trial is the
educanon Of the public which it will
effect, net only here, but throughout
the entire country. And the first ele-
ment in promising a new vision Of
life and a newer and better standard
OF education is the introduction OF
woman ia such conditions
We have left to men the work of
dealing with eur moral questions.
Today women are demanding a
mora equal deal and are insisting on
taxing part in the investigation of
conditions which society has built up.
lit is in the ret of these conditions
that the victims Of the Bixby trial
have been causht.
at is the net of tAese conditions
that women wish to tear away.
I was sorry, as ] sat in the court
rcom al the BiNby trial. that there
were not more representative club
women attending the trial. Espe-
ciaus should the women 4 the Fri
dav Morning club appear for The at
titude of the club has already brought
into the trial of the case a new ele-
ment
THAI 70 REVEAL OBLIGATIONS
IT. almost seems. as each prospective
Juror is asked if his wife is mem
her of that club, as though member
ships in that great club necessarily
mean a stand for a new era, a break
ing away from solely man made laws
and new strength for social purity
=. ] was proud of western womanhood
a each mention of the name of the
club. at the subtle insinuation that
p any. connection with it would presup-
pose a prejudice in view Of moral rec
.itUde
Not only Los Angeles, but every
city in America is TO derive benefit
from this trial
There is not a young man or girl
who can read the. history of self
Indulgence sand crime which viii be
revealed here without a clearer
knowledge Of his on her own moral
obligation to society.
D0ubtfess ave have a story Of Yield
ing 70 the wish Of the moment. the
temptation brought by dazzling lux
uries that money can buy; the mo-
ment Of moral caFeIessness, when
home obliga tions and ties are forgot
ten. And we shall have the concomi-
TaAt lesson shall see the inevitable
results of sin and suffering.
WOMEN STRIKE NEW NOTE
There will be no reader Of any
age or sex who can escape the lesson
that death is the wage Of sin if he
reads carefully the reports of this
trial
And il IS because women who feel
the need for such education are par
ticipatiRg in the trial Of the BiNby
case that the new moral impetus is
given. Women have struck the new
note, and the publicity attendant on
such q case is no longer a sop TO
rePrehensible curiosity but a sign TO
point the way to safer road OF life,
surer conduct for living.
The underlying principles in the
BiXby trial on both sides of the case
Ereed. self-iudul gence. forgetfulness
Of others-are underlying principles
OF .an life They are facts each and
every man and woman meets. Per
laps those do not come always in
these forms. but their wages of moral
death are always the same It is then
to md an answer for ali phases of
lying that we study the psychology
'of this case.
Because the women, organized and
uporganized, whose moral influence is
being felt inside the Bixby courtroom
today are voters, ready to make a
practical step in the public admins
1ration Of the city's moral welfare,
fheir power is so much the greater.
s.. WOMEN MAKING HISTORY
In fact, one can hardly sit through
a session of this trial and fail to feel
that the women of Los Angeles are
making history and are setting new
STANDARD Of life.
For the better understanding of the
public issues in the BiNby case and
for the wiser, kinder dissemination of
InoEvled &c / bea rfilv wish that the