The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-01-10

lar house committee to consider sur
frage questions.
The suffragists have headquarters
In this city, regular office rooms. In
fact in which they have bureau OF
Information. bureau OF speakers and
other bureaus devoted to all branches
of the work necessary to get votes
for women. Near the headquarters OF
the suffragists 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 It. The con-
gressional women in the main reflect
the opinions of their husbands. al
though 1t is true that there are some
women who believe In suffrage and
who are working for II whose hus-
bands are in congress and make
speeches in opposition to the cause
which their wives favor.
It seems to be certain that the lead
ers OF the Democratic party In con-
gress 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 II has not declared for 1t In a ma
tional platform. The southern men,
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 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, IL every man voted
according to his convictions, would be
enormous.
Rules Committee Opposed.
or course the mere creation of a
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 80 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 that this majority will con-
m mis- nd
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
constituted committee can handle the
additional work which will come be-
fore 1t IL suffrage duties are added to
its daily labors. They promise that
il a separate and independent com
mittee on suffrage is appointed they
will give II 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
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 heartned 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 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 Cardiac society at
their recent dinner in Washington.
While the dinner was held some
days ago, 1t Ia 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 officers Of one or the
other OF the services also hold men,
bership In the society.
Once 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