South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-08-07
THREE ARE NOT
WITH WOMEN
Plea for Equal Suffrage Draws Dec
laratiOns From Three Mem
bers of Senate.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-The pre-
sentation Of woman suffrage petitions
TO congress resulted in declarations
against woman suffrage by the follow
ing three senator's: Bankhead of Al
ALBANIA, MARITIME of New Jersey, and
Thornton OF Louisiana. Declarations
I'm favor Of woman suffrage were made
by the following p senators: Ash
urst Of Arizona. BrtstOw OF Kansas
Chamberlain Of Oregon, Clapp Of NJ
nesota, Crawford OF South Dakota,
Gallinger of New Hampshire, Jones
and PoindeXter OF Washington, La
Toilette of Wisconsin, Owen Of Okla
homa, Pittman Of Nevada, Pomerene
Of Ohio, Ransdell of Louisiana, Shat
froth and Thomas of Colorado, Sher-
man Of Illinois, Smith and Townsend
of Michigan, Smoot Of Utah. Thomp-
son Of Kansas, Warren Of Wyoming,
and Works of California.
Other senators, who took the wo-
Women's petitions and presented them
to the senate without comment, or
with non committal expressions, were
s. in number, as follows: Bacon and
Smith OF Georgia, Brandegee of Con
necticut, B1tCn OF Ohio, Chiffon u
West Virginia, Clarke OF Arkansas
Colt of Rhode Island, Dillingham; Of
Vermont, Gronna Of North Dakota
Maine, Johnston Of Alabama, Ken
yon Of Iowa, Kern Of Indiana, Lewis
Of Illinois, Lodge and Weeks of
Massachusetts,, Mclean Of Connect
cut, Martin and Swanson Of Virginia,
MYERS Of Montana, oliver and Pen
rose of Pennsylvania, salisbury OF
Delaware, Sheppard Of Texas, Shields
of Tennessee, Simmons Of North
Carolina, Smith OF South Carolina,
~ Ariz
Stone Of Missouri. Sutherland Of Utah,
Vardaman Of Mississippi.
The other members Of the senate
either were not present or did not
arise TO present petitions. Some Of
them no doubt were purposely not
present.
Kent Quotes Bible.
Congress would be a less joyous
place without William Kent Of Cali
fornia. Ever little while he is do
ing something worth knowing about.
For instance, he got up on Aug. l
and moved the speaker that unani-
nous consent be accorded him 10 print
part Of the Bible IN the record. The
part he wanted printed, ne explained,
was some comment by the author OF
the book OF Proverbs on the Monroe
doctrine. The insertion is as follows:
Ny son, If thou hast become surety
for thy neighb Dor. If thou hast
stricken thy hand for stranger. thou
art shared with the words OF thy
mouth.
He that passeth By and veXes him
self with strife that belongeth not 20
him is like one thattaketh dog by
the ears.
shall smart for it,
Slap at Supreme Court
II Judges Of the United states su-
preme court were ordinary human be-
ings we should wonder what they
think Of the annual report or tfie
Standard oil Co. which shows that
this years earnings viii approximate
800 GOO. 900 as compared TO $4,000,
600 last year.
II was not many months ago that
the supreme court officially de-
nounced the Standard on Co. as one
OF our most vicious trusts, and de-
creed that this trust should be dis
solved. II their minds operate Ike
ordinary minds we wonder what they
think when they perceive that their
decree Of dissolution does rot dis
solve: that its only result is 70 in
crease the net earnings from $780,
90 600 70 s100,OO0,00O. which is 20
percent on the enormous value OF
property which has been amassed, &C
cording to the supreme court,
through monopoly and oppression"
Within this year the Standard oil
Co. has increased the price OF gaso-
line from Il 10 IS cents a gallon and
kerosene from six 10 eight cents a
gallon, and this in spite OF the gen
eral improvement OF business and
large earnings. IL has done this be-
cause II could. and II could because
IL is an undissolved monopoly.
Ten percent on the corporations
capital stock would be ample divi-