The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-01-01

though 1t u trve that there are soos
women Who believe In suffrage aaA
Who are working for II whose hus-
bands are In coasrsss and oaks
spssches In opposition 70 the easss
which their wives favor.
II seems to b. certain that the lsaA-
srs OF the Democratic party In Coz
srsss are opposed to the creation Of .
suffrage committee In the house. The
Democratic, party ~ . national party
10 not In favor Of suffrage. At any
rate 1t has not declared for It in Q ~
tional platform. The southern mem
bers largely are against the plan to
extend the voting privilege to women.
and while there are as many northern
Democrats In the lower house ~ there
are southern Democrats. q goodly por-
tion OF the Democrats from the north
also are opposed to suffrage. The
Democratic majority in the house
against suffrage. II every man voted
according to his convictions. would be
enormous.
Rulss COMMITTEES Opposed.
OF course the mere creation Of .
committee on suffrage in the house
OF representatives would not commit
the Democratic party to the women's
cause. but the lenders seem to feel
that 1t would be a sort OF an entering
wedge Of sanction and 20 they are be-
lieved to be opposed to the creation
of such . 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 that this majority will con-
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 are arguing with
the congressman in behalf of a COM
mittee on suffrage say that no already
I, constituted committee can handle the
additional work which will come be-
fore it II suffrage duties are added to
its daily labors. They promise that
II 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 houses of congress in
such numbers that 1t will tax the
strength and the time Of the commit
tees to which they are now sent to
give them due consideration.
Women Not DIsmayed.
The suffrage women are very much
in earnest apparently. They are not
dismayed, they say, by the seeming
determination of the house rules com.
mittee to postpone action on their re-
cent petition. They say they fought
for years and years before suffrage
was given them in any state and now
that they have been heartened to
the fight by success in the west and
the middle west they will keep at 1t
until the constitution Of the United
States recognizes women as being
equal citizens with men.
Recently there was formed In Wash
ington an association Of men for the
purpose of forwarding the cause Of
suffrage for women. In Its member
ship are a good many members Of
congress of both houses, most Of them
being representatives or senators from
suffrage states.
Wilson and the carabaos.
Opinion is divided in Washington
as to whether or not President Will
son should have paid 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 Carabao society at
their recent dinner In Washington.
| While the dinner was held some
days 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 the troubled
four years succeeding the Spanish
American war. Some civilians who
were former oficers Of one or the
other of the services also hold mem
bership In the society.
Once a year the members give .
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 general nature which had
been sprung before at other dinners.
and sprung unrebuked. They aroused
the indignation of President Wilson
and members of his cabinet and an In
vestigation was ordered.
Those who say that the president
should have paid no attention to the
matter base their view on the fact
that 1t is only once q year and at .
social gathering that the officers Of
the armed service get 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 and
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