Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-09-20

OF the suffrage BLACK list" holdins
that the black list was a manifesto
by the executive board, Of which DR.
Shaw is a member. The speaker
claimed that the senators and repre-
sentatives who were on the black
list, and she read their anne from
the list, were placed there by the
~suffragist leaders, not because they
had voted against humanitarian mea.
sures, as was claimed by Dr.. Shaw,
but because they dared to stand for
the doctrine of states rights Mrs.
Oliphant mentioned James r. Mann,
as included in the list, and said that,
far from opposing humanitarian mea-
sures, Mann is the author of the eel
e5rated Mann act, a measure which
has done more for the abolition OF
the Infamous white slave traffic than
any recent enactment. Regarding
the celebrated bill to prohibit the
use OF poisonous substances in the
manufacture of matches, Mrs. Oil
phant said that several of those on
the black list voted in favor of the
bill, and that several others did not
vote in favor Of it because they felt
that 1t would be establishing a dan
gerous precedent to endeavcr to tax
a concern out of business, preferring
to accomplish the same purpose
through the, interstate commerce
flaws. The Children's bureau bill,
the speaker mentioned as another
humanitarian measure which a mum
Der of the men on the black list
voted for.
Floating Vote.
Mrs. Oliphant attacked the. argu-
ment of the s%uffragists that the mem
ace OF the floating vote would be
lessened when the franchise is given
to women, whose vote will be per
manent and stable. She said that ex-
perience in North Dakota has shown
that the women do not vote on
school matters, and that they are in
different. She condemned very
strongly the idea that if only one
woman wanted the vote she should
have it. There is enough indiffer-
ence at the present time, said Mrs.
Oliphant, without largely increasing
it by enfranchising the women. The
result would be simply to increase the
power of the political boss, who is
nev Indifferent, and whose cohorts
are always at the polls, and always
voting as a unit.
Vice Question.
Mrs. Oliphant strongly denied that
the anti-suffragists have received
support from the liquor interests.
She then went on to point out that
suffrage had not done what was
claimed for it in the way of lessen
ing vice in the suffrage states. She
called attention to the fact that out
of nine states which are prohibition
at the present time, eight of them Sc
cured it by the male vote, without
the assistance of the women. On the
other hand, several states which
have been suffrage states for a NUM-
Der OF years are not prohibition
states. She pointed out that the
national commission appointed TO in
vestigate vice conditions throughout
the country reported % non+suffrage
states as having good laws against
white slavery. Three of the stuff
rage states had white slave laws
which came under classification as
only fair.
In Denver.
Denver women, said the speaker,
have had the vote for 20 years. but
Denver is rated at 100 per cent in
vice. The statement is made that in
all of the 70 Florence Crittendon
homes throughout the country, the
one in Denver contains the largest
per cent of girls Of the better class
California, a suffrage state, is NJ OF
The few remaining states which still
egalizes prize fighting. Also, Cali
'ornia has no pure food law. In
Colorado, the four women in the leg
stature voted in favor Of M of the
most infamous race track gambling
bills ever drafted. The governor
yetoed the bill, and lectured the
women on the stand they had taken.
The Women's Equal Franchise
eague of Nevada declared that they
lad no fault to find with the existing
condition of things, including the
saloon. San Francisco, in a suf-
rage state, voted wet on the liquor
question by a large majority. 5.
Ignore Natural Law. !
Suffragists, said Mrs. Oliphant, ig- {
lored the natural law, that woman
the constructive force in the plan I
# the Creator, and lar the protec- !
i've force. 1t is impossible to repeal |
law of nature by constitutional {
.mendments. One Of Christ's six ut I
RANGES from the cross was to COM $
mend woman to the care of mar.
Mrs. Oliphant spoke eloquently OF