Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1914-01-02

1t the country can expect just as long
a senate on the antitrust bill as they
had on the tariff and a longer debate
han they had on the currency.
Suffragists Must Wait.
While many leaders of the suffrage
movement are camped in Washington
and nave announced their intention
to stay here until congress shall act
on the subject of a suffrage amend
ment to the constitution, there seems
to be no likelihood that the house
committee on rules will give any con-
sideration, for at least a month, to
the plea of the s~uffragists for 2 regl-
lar house committee to consider sui
frage questions.
The sufragists ave headquarters
In this city, regular office rooms, in
fact, in which they have a bureau of
information, a bureau of speakers and
other bureaus devoted to all branches
OF the work necessary to get votes
for Near the headquarters OF
the su~ffragtsts are the headquarters
of the anti-suffragists and both camps
of women are busily engaged in for
warding the causes which they have
at heart.
The women of the congressional CIR
Gle are divided into two houses, one
which stands for suffrage and the
other which is against 1t. The con-
gressional women in tie main reflect
the opinions of their husbands, al
though It is true that there are some
women who believe Al suffrage and
who are working for 1t whose hus-
bands are in congress and make
speeches In opposition to the cause
which their wives favor.
1t seems to be certain that the lead
ers of the Democratic party in con-
gress are opposed to thu, creation Of a
suffrage committee in the house. The
Democratic party es a national party
is not in favor of suffrage. At any
rate it has not declared tor it in q ma
tional platform. The southern mem
bers largely are against the plan to
extend h voting privilege to women,
and while there are as many northern
Democrats in the lower house as there
are southern Democrats, a goodly por-
ton of the Democrats from the north
also are opposed to suffrage.
Rules Committee Opposed.
OF course the mere creation of a
committee on suffrage In the house
of representatives would not commit
the Democratic party to the wsmen's
cause, but the leaders seem to feel
that it would be a sort of an entering
wedge of sanction N so they are be-
lieved to be opposed to the creation
of such a subsidiary body.
The rules committee, the majority
in which is composed of men promi-
nent in the councils of the Demo-
cratic party and prominent in all leg
islative matters in congress-. stands In
opposition to woman suffrage, but 1t
is possible hat this majority will IN
sent eventually to a compromise and
will add to the duties of an already
established committee the duty of con-
sidering the suffrage petitions and
reporting on suffrage bills.
The women who ire arguing with
the congressman in behalf of q com
mittee on suffrage say that no already
constituted committee a handle the
additional work which will come be-
fore it If suffrage duties are added to
its daily labors. They promise that
If a separate and Independent COM
mittee on suffrage is appointed they
will give 1t plenty to do. Already they
are sending petitions, memorials and
pleas into the hous es OF congress in
such numbers thai 1t will tax the
strength and the time of the commit
tees to which they are now sent to
give them due consideration.
Wilson and the carabaos.
Opinion is divided in Washington
as to whether or not President Will
son should have Iaid any attention
to the supposed criticisms Of this
governments policy in the Philip
pines, and its policy in the mat
ter Of battleships, which was made by
the members of the Cardiac society at
their recent dinner in Washington.
While the dinner was held some
lays ago, 1t is now believed that be-
fore long there will be a final word
on the subject from the administration
which will make future dinners of the
same kind impossible. The Carabao
society is composed Of army. naval
and marine officers who saw service IN
the Philippines during b troubled
four years succeeding the Spanish
American war. Some civilians who
were former officers OF Il Or the
other of the services also hold MEM
bership in the society.
Once a yea ths. members give a
dinner and at it they turn loose in
song and joke. At the last dinner
some of the songs and the jokes were
Of the same genera! nature which had
been sprung before at other dinners.
and sprung ~unrebul:ed. They aroused
the indignation of President Wilson
and members of his cabinet and an In
! v~estigation was ORD cred.
Those who say hat the president
should have paid no attention to the
matter base their view on the fact
that it is only once a yea and at a
social gathering that h officers OF
the armed service get a chance to turn
loose and express their minds on sub
/ jects political and Legislative. During
the rest Of the year they are bound
by regulations of the government n
by obedience to the spirit of discipline
to keep their thoughts to themselves.
ture. His thought is only for the sea-
son. The holding ia reserve of oy-
ster beds in order that the oyster