Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-09-23
Readers Column

Editor Tribune.
Dear Sir-Dr. Shaw made the state
ment in her speech here in Bismarca
last Friday night, that the men OF
the suffrage blacklist consistently op
posed every humanitarian measure
Knowing this to be a deliberate
Misrepresentation Of fact, l wired tt
Washinston for Information regarding
legislation the blaeklisted senators
and representatives have been re
sponsible for, and this morning / re
ceived a reply from Washington con
tanning the facts contained in this ar
ticle. In a few days | viii be in pos
session of additional facts, any one
Of which refutes DR.. Shaw's sweeping
assertion.
The nen on the suffrage blacklist
are L. S. senators, are Democrats:
Clark of Arkansas, Fletcher OF Flor
ida. Gore OF Oklahoma, Shively OF
Indiana, Smith of Maryland. Repub
lican: Brandegee Of Connecticut,
Dillingham of Vermont, Root of New
York, and Lodge OF Massachusetts,.
The members of the house of repre-
sentatives are: Galloway Of Texas,
Fitzgerald OF New York, Garner of
Texas. Garrett of Tennessee, Hay OF
Virginia, Mann of Illinois, Page OF
North Carolina, Sisson of Mississippi,
Underwood of Alabama
Let me cite a few Instances of hui
manitaTian and excellent legislation
these blacklisted men have support
ed.
Mann supported white slave act,
pure food law, children's bureau bill,
hll to water and feed cattle in tran
sit, and now has pending a bill for
bureau of labor safety department OF
labor. The Mann white slave act
has done to suppress this evi1
and wipe it out than anything else;
$50 convictions were secured last
year-almost Il a5day.
Page supported good roads. pure
food law, and generous %appropria-
tons for Washington hospitals.
Sisson, leader in all legislation for
women and children in District OF Co
lumbia-
Hay, author OF all reforms in mill
tary legislation in last four years
Gore introduced child labor bill in
Oklahoma legislature and supported
child labor in I. S. senate.
Root and Lodge internationally
famous for work Tor arbitration.
Underwood supports all Wilson pol
icies except Panama canal tolls, and
voted for chiloran7s bureau bill.
Dillingham; identified with educa-
tio1al Improvements and good roads.
Dr.. Shaw cited the phoSsy jaw bin
as especially against the records Of
the men on the blacklist In the
house, Fitzgerald voted for it; Under
wood, Hay, Mann, Galloway, Garner,
Garrett, Page and Sisson voted
against il Passed senate without
roll call. No vote recorded, but Lodge
was leader for il
Children's bureau bill passed house
April 2, 1912. Underwood and Mann
voted for it, Fitzgerald, Page, Gallo
way, Garner and Sisson voted against
It. Garrett and Hay did 10 vote.
Passed senate Jan 81, 1872 E-an6e-
gee, Clarke, Roo-, Shivelr and Lodge
voted for IT Smith agaInN- Fetch
.e-. Gore aa6 Dillingham; did not vote,
Leaders in the house voted against
phossy jaw bill because they opposed
the dangerous precedent Of govern
nen1 taxing an industry ont Of bush
ness. They pointed ont al the time
that the same rasalts could be OBJ
tanned through interstate commerce
prohibition. Thar opposition was
not to the measure, but the manner
IN which the legislation was framed.
The National American Woman
Suffrage Association Ii Ehe Chicago
Tribune, Aug 80. 1871 and which
has never been denied, nGackiisIing
these senators and Congressman and
declaring that lhsy would send speak
srs into the districts Of these neo
to defeat them this fall. because OF
their stand in Washington last win
ter against q federal amendment to
the constitution OF the O. S. grant
ing suffrage TO T7omen- TO win syEn-
pathy and 10 cast q veneer Of de
cslcy over Ihair rsTsngRfn and in
tinida1ing a1t5tuda. they have been
making the kind Of sweeping and
reckless statements quoted from DR.
Shaw at the head Of this column
The crime these men have commit
ted il the ey@ Of the FuHragists is
ihsr splendid and ~unegu5Tocal stand
for the magnificent principle OF
states rights,
The facts recitet here clearly dis
proves Dr.. Shawrs ststeTelL If the
sufragists were nlsekl5stmg these
men CD the lsgisla1zoa they cite. why
have they waited since March q,
1912. 10 begin their attack Several
elections have ints-Fsned. and they
wait unrT Ang. 50. 1914 the first
election after their Eetsst last wsnte-
In Washington Plainly this is Ii at
tempt 10 inti-n5da1s the men OF this
country. The Engfish miliiants uss
the torch BOMBS and acids, the Am
srican militant outbreak IL express
ed plainly in the blacklist
MRS. o. D. OLiPHANT-
Bismarck, n. d, Sept p