The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-02-19

/ before the antdtFAst legislation rs
put 70 passage rhs business ~
/ have been conspicuous by their A.
sence II 10 charged by the Republic
ans that the corporations of the coun-
try have been lambasted 80 by the
Democrats that the business mea DO
Mt care to come to Warrington even
to make themselves heard, and this
has led Q Republican TO compare the
present condition to an old time nelo-
drama and what he says perhaps 10
worth telling. even II people do not
agree with him. Here 10 the Repub-
leans story:
Like Msis6rsms - Nsllis.
In q melodrana called Nellie. the
Beautiful Cloak Model the villaiA
meets Nellie. the beautiful one, o.
the Brooklyn bridge and attempts 70
throw her over the rail into the East
river She IL rescued just in time.
In the next act the villain ssisss
the fair Nellie and ties her to The
track in the subway. 4 guard re-
cues the sweet girl just In tine TO
prevent her from bsiag run dova By
the express train.
In the third act the villain meets
Nellie on tho platform of an elevated
railroad station and tries to throw
her into the street. Again she u sss.
cued. and the william 10 haillsA.
In the next act the villain meets
Nellie on the street and she shrinks
from him. whereat he inquiries: Mel.
lie. Why do you fear me!
III you can hnd . parallel in this
story to the case OF the business men
who do not want to come to Washing.
ton to bs heard In antitrust matters.
why nnd 1t. I think l found It some
time ago"
Wilson s"s svs'rssists.
There has just bsen another parade
Of sufRrasists ON Pennsylvania avenue.
1t was by no means ~ big . parade -
that one Of March. 1918. but the par.
ticipants marched in behalf Of the
same cause suffrage. Every
body probably remembers the trouble
which the women had in March last
trying to make their way through the
crowds Of rowdies and worse who In.
suited them At every turn. The lack
Of police protection for the women at
that time nearly cost several oficials
their Jobs. This time the women
marched without Interference and un.
der perfect safeguarding.
The last parade was composed Of
working women from the industrial
centers Of many states. The process
sion formed at the capitol and march
cd up Pennsylvanis avenue to the
White House. where the leaders plead.
ed with President Wilson to give the
light Of his approval to the cause Of
suffrage. The president gave the suf-
fragists . verbal expression Of vel
come and then gave . pantomimic ex-
hibitton Of sidestepping which was the
counterpart Of his step Of evasion"
on . previous occasion when the wo-
men called on him to ask him to urge
the house Of Representatives to au-
thorise the appointment from its mem
bership Of committee ON suffrage.
The suffrage organization under
whose direction the women we're
marching and pleading il not entirely
removed from the suspicion that 1t ID
antagonistic in its spirit to the Dem
ocratic order, spirit moved to resent
ment because 1t is the Democratic
party. as the organization views it.
which is doing what it can to defeat
the women's cause.
There are troubles in the suffrage
ranks in Washington and the thorns
seem to multiply daily. All the wo-
men are moving to the same end and
their paths are different, but they
run close enough together to allow
the pilgrims to exchange reproving
words and occasionally to reach
across and to indulge in a little hair
pulling.
Can't sidestep Much Longer.
Suffrage, men here say. is bound
to come and 1t makes absolutely NO
difference about how 1t 10 to come.
The days of sidestepping everybody
seems to believe soon will be mum.
bered. There is too much at stake in
1915, and also, by the way. in 1914.
to make it seem wise for men with
ambitions to continue to voice dis
approval when women already are
enfranchised In many places and soon
are to be enfranchised In all places.
There are a few curious things to
be found in this tumble of troubles
which Is affecting the women suffrage
cause at this time. The congression-
al unions headquarters are in Wash
ington and as everybody knows. hero
are also headquarters Of the congress
sional branch of the National Suffrage
association. Mrs. Medill Mccormick.
chairman Of the latter organizations
branch in Washington. takes the view
that the women should work for suf-
frage and be antaEonistic to candi.
dates for congress no matter to which
party they belong provided they are
opposed to the great cause"
Union After the Democrats.