Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-01-02

'ioAi' bureau OF speakers and
otler bureaus devoted to all branches
OF the work necessary to get votes
LOT women. Near the headquarters Of
the suffragists are the headouartars
OF the anti-suffragists and both camns
OF women are busily engaged in fo%-
warding the causes which thew baua
at heart.
Inc women of the congressional cir.
Gle are divided into two houses one
which stands for suffrage and the
otner which is against it. The CON.
gresslonal women in the main reflect
the opinions of their husbands. al
though it is true that there are some
women who believe in suffrage and
WAo are working for it 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
sress are opposed to the creation Of
suffrage committee in the house. The
democratic party as national party
IS not In favor of suffrage At any
rate it has not declared for it in a ma
tlonai platform. The southern mem
Ders largely are against the plan to
extend the 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. The
Democratic majority in the house
against suffrage, if every man voted
according to his convictions, would be
enormous
Rules Committee 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 leaders seem to feel
that it would be sort of an entering
wedge Of sanction and SO 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 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 COM
mittee on. suffrage say that no already
constituted committee can 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 it plenty to do. Already they
are sending petitions, memorials and
pleas into the houses of congress in
such numbers that it 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
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
of
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
shin are a good many members OF
congress of both houses, most of them
being representatives or senator's from
suffrage states.
Wilson and the CarabaoS.
Oninion is divided in Washington.
as to whether or not President VIII
son should have paid any attention
to the supposed criticisms of this
governments policy in the Philip
pines, and It's pollcy III Tie MAJ
ter of battleships, which was made by
the members of the Carahao society at
their recent dinner in Washington.
While the dinner was held some
days ago, it is now believed that De-
fore long there will be i1nal WORD
on the subject from the administration
which will make future dinners OF the
same kind impossible. The CaraDao
society is composed of army, naVai
and marine officers who saw service IN
the Philippines during the trouDled
four years succeeding the spanish
American war. Some civilians VINO
were former officers 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
~ the same general nature which hao
boons snrung before at other dinners,