Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-02


IN this city, regular office rooms. in
fact, in which they have bureau OF
information, bureau of speakers and
other bureaus devoted to ali branches
OF the work necessary to get votes
for women. Near the headquarters of
the sufragists are the headquarters
OF the anti-suffragists and both camps
or 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 it is true that there are some
women who believe in suffrage and
who 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-
gress are opposed to the creation of a
suffrage committee in the house. The
democratic party as a national party
is not in favor of suffrage. At any
rate it has not declared for it in ma
tonal 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 as there
are southern Democrats, 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 a
COMMITTEES 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 a sort of an entering
wedge of sanction and so they are be-
iieved 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
islatiye 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
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
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 it
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 Cardiac society at
their recent dinner in Washington.
While the dinner was held some
days ago, it 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
Arnnrican war Soma civilians who