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United labor bulletin., 1914-03-14
OFFICIAL Denver MINUTES
Trades s&LaborAssembly
MEETING MARCH 8, 1914.

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the Assembly called
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noted ] n S % the ya p from s @ Baehe % unon O. Moved and seconded
qualified before the Labels Committee
reported they typewriter
Secretary. Report received
COMMITTEE
Organization chances
bakery caused by the increased demand
shop cards in markets next week Grocery
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markets that have the shop card Also that ne is % assisting tine the Bst Wh
wasa great atsuccess Report receive
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seconded that the Pansges be ved and
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u make immediate settlement Carried
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bakers call him regard to bread Report received
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with the officials at Washington
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regard the card for soliciting
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COMMUNICATIONS AND BILLS.


Labor regard
Employees
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The Washington herald., 1914-08-02

Herald Want Ads Bring Rssults.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-02
What National Council Of
Women Voters Has Ac-
eomplishsd Told by Dr..
Cora Smith King.

that come before you. This I feel ana
know that you win do. for those who
have made the wonderful strides IN civic
life that you have. can be depended upon
to take safe, sane and conservative ac-
tion on all matters that come before You
for consideration. 1t Is my opinion that
the women should solve this important
question themselves. but am convinced
that good men should extend to you q
helping hand At an times In assisting you
in the great and good work that you
are doing. And 50 am here today. to
bid you Godspeed in the name Of the
executives OF the ive states who appoint
ed you as delegates to this convention.
and bespeak in their names. that wisdom
shall guide and preside over your delib-
erations- You must also bear in mind
that TIE executives Of these ive Statea
represent different political parties, and
that your appointment is without thouEht
Of affiliation with any particular party.
And this Is as IT should be. for your At
titude must be nonpartIsan.
Too often. men and women who hays
achieved their own rights lapse into IN
difference as to whether these rights are
assured to others. Your meeting and or
ganization 10 to overcome this tendency
In human nature and to record the fact
NhaA bhCHEAh anu EApcTlEnGe OF nNe
equal suffrage States Is at the disposal
Of the other States Of this Union. You
have had successful campaIsns-your
methods Of success. you place at the dis
posal OF others. You have had expe-
rience with equal suffrage. The results
Of actual trial you OFFER to others as an
argument founded on fact.
Free Political AtmO.phere,
The free political atmosphere OF the
West is good soil for a wider and purer
suffrage. You can operate in your sister
States-in California Nevada. Montana
until the swing Of q powerful Western
movement will encircle every Common
wealth in the Union. You have secured
the right Of suffrage and the 10000
women voters that you represent are re-
siding on the Western slope leading from
the mountain tops to the sea This West
Of ours is a great and glorious country,
and its people are noted for accomplish
ing results. We Of the West come here
because We are unhampered by narrow
traditions or congested scopes for action
We come here because we can roam over
our giant mountains and our wondrous
plains and be free and independent, and
II is that spirit Of freedom. independence
and justice that you want to wait over
the mountains and the plains 10 your less
fortunate sisters Of the East he con-
cluded
The good work Senator Brady has done
for the women voters Of this country has
so endeared him to the council members
that they wish there were some ofice.
even higher than that Of President Of
the United States, to which they could
elect him." the treasurer Of the council
declared
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"A thffl1 had gone through the nation
Great meetings on the Atlantic Coast
celebrated the victory achieved on the
Pacific Coast. Hail TO the women voter
Of washington! Hail to the men oi
wAshlnEton, who had said. Let them b
votersr and they were voters. woman
suffrage. starting on the praifies OF Wy.
omlng, haa crossed the mountains and
reached the sea. II had taken forty-ont
years to get from wyoming 10 Wash.
instoA. but now. with ifS.0oo new woneh
voters 10 reckon with. there was pros
pect OF more rapid advance.
What are you going to do now that
you have the voter wired newspaper
TO Mrs. Emma Smith De Wee. Of Tacoma
WASH. the woman who had planned and
led the victorious campaign. They pub.
lished her answer In their Issue OF No
vember 10. lsio II was the keynote ID
what followed. II began: we have won
We are going 10 rest now. We mus,
think Beware Of the woman who thinks
She IL apt to start somethlnE.' In this
case. the woman laid the problem Of
what nektr before the man who had
been her chief adviser throughout the
washington campalgn-ho lesser than ths
governor Of idaho. Mr.. James n. Brady.
went 10 Bsise.
Mrs. De Voc went to Boise. idaho. fos
one more conference In the governor
mansion. There again before the biaz-
ing logs In his wide fireplace. around the
great table In his stately dining room,
ana on the wide sunny piazza where
Gov. Brady Was most content they held
council. when Il was over. Gov. Brady
issued q cali to the governors Of ths
other four suffrage States. This docu.
ment stands unique In history and here
It Is;
Whereas, on November g. 1910. the
electors OF the state OF Washington voted
a constitutional amendment giving the
women OF that state the right Of suf-
fraEe, making ave States west Of the
Missouri River that have placed this God
given right In their hands.
II, James II. Brady. governor OF the
State OF Idaho. and chairman Of the ad-
yisory board Of Washington campaign
committee. OF said State. believe that the
time has arrived when the enfranchised
women OF the west should extend q help
ing hsnd to their sisters In the Eastern
and other States In securing the ballot.
and I hereby call q convention to be
held in the city OF Tacoma, Wash, on
January Il 1911, for the purpose OF or
ganiZinE an association Of national scope
OF the women voters OF America. and
hereby appoint Margaret g. Roberts. or
Boise, Idaho. as delegate TO said conven-
ton. with full power TO act on all mat
ters coming before the same. and re-
spectfully request the governors Of all the
States where women have the right OF
suffrage TO appoint one delegate 20 said
convention with authority to organize a
national association.
There was prompt concurrence by all
the governors.'' Or. King said. each OF
whom named and duly authorized
woman commissioner for this important
meeting. Gov. Brooks. Of Wyoming.
named Mrs. Zell Hart Deming, Of Chey-
enne: Gov shafroth, Of Colorado. named
Mrs. Mary =. c. Bradford, of Denver;
Gov. spry. Of Utah. named Mrs. susa
Young Gates. of Salt Lake City. and Gov
Hay. OF Washington, named Mrs. Vir-
ginIa Wilson Mason. Of Tacoma.
Gov. BRADY Active.
These commissioners met on the morn
The Washington herald., 1914-08-02

hold q convention In . particularly ortho-
dox city IN New Yo,&s and Miss Anthony,
wishing 10 impress upon the audience
that we were not atheists, introduced
me as a 'iregularly-ordained orthodox
minister, the Rev. Anna II. Shaw. my
right bowerr' That orthodox audience all
seemed to know what q right bower Ii.
for they laughed louder than you do.
After the meeting Miss Anthony said to
me, Anna, what did I say to make
the people laugh sor' answered. ''You
called me your right bower She said.
well, you are my right-hand man. That
In what right bower means, isn't itf'' And
this orthodox minister had TO explain to
her Quaker friend what a right bower
is'
TT is a great Joy for those who have
known ana suffered the hardships OF the
pioneer days. who have been caricatured
In both picture ana print. to be received
with honor. even with salaams, In these
days OF constant victories, and the final
triumph assured. And there is no sub
ject more popular for the journals Of the
day than votes for women The mem
bers OF the press are teh embodiment
Of courtesy and interest, giving ines
tirnable assistance to the woman's move
ment. whether they believe in II or not.
II is only a matter of time when every
State In the Union will acknowledge the
political equality OF its women.
OHcr. n Prayer.
MAY each succeeding day add to It's
glory. and every hour give fresh impetus
TO its progress" the District Woman SUI
frage Associations president concluded.
The District Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton has always labored for the en-
reimbursement Of the woman. and has
done much civic work being of great
service In changing many OF the laws OF
the District for the betterment of women
and children. The other officers are: Vice
president. Mrs. Belle Royce: corrsspond-
ing secretary. Mrs. Ruth Hensey: re-
cording secretary. Della Wheeler. NJ. D.,
and Mrs. Sabine Morton. executive mem
Der.
National Council of Women.
What the National Council OF Women
Voters has accomplished in its compare
lively short career for the cause Of equal
suffrage. Is set forth in an interesting
narrative by DR.. Cora Smith King. treas
urer Of the organisation, and q pioneer In
Its efforts.
DR.. Kings FIRST suffrage activities were
In North Dakota where she organized q
State association and became its first
Que dNlCuoCu Nhc
al convention and in 1859 was in the fore
front OF the movement which brought
about school suffrage for women
In the nineties. she pursued the work In
Minneapolis as she was practicing medl-
cine. In 1896 she went to Seattle and
was conspicuous In the campaign which
resulted In Statewide suffrage for women
there. She is now in charge OF the Con-
gressional work OF the council and has
lately been received into The advisory
council OF the Congressional Union for
Woman Suffrage.
Five Stars I'm Flag.
There were nve stars on the 'suf-
frage nag" said DR.. King speaking Of
the councils work For fourteen years
there had been only foBE-Wyoming In
1859, Colorado in 1893, Utah and Idaho
both In 1Se6-and now had come WASH
ington, in 1910, with a vote of two to
one and carrying every county in the
State. 1t was an unprecedented record.
The Washington herald., 1914-08-02
ASH MAN Votes
We WORRY NOT"
Anti Tells Why Privilege to
Cast Ballot Means Moth
ing to Women.
WAS SUFFRAGIST ONCE
Sick to the Soul" Mrs. Harding
Abandoned Agitators' Ranks.
Gives Reasons.
BY MRS. RUTH C. HARDING.

Many years ago I heard John Temple
Graves tell story of a dog that barked
at train. Every day the train passed
and every day the dog ran after it, bark
ing furiously. At last a neighbor in
quired Of the owner of the dog, When
that pup ketches that there train. what
does he think he's a-going to do with it?''
As a sitter on the fence, I've asked
my suffragist acquaintances, When
woman ketches that there vote, what
does she think she's a-going to do with
it?' II that question had once been sat-
isfactorily answered for me, 1 should have
got of the fence long ago-on the suf-
frage side; for am a believer in woman
the individual Those anti-suffragists
who filled the air with wild clamor Of
''woman's place is in the home and
woman is a dew-drop" prevented my
getting of on the anti-suffrage side.
was loathe to ally myself with hysterical
females who denied my mental ability to
fill out a ballot slip without holding hands
with my natural protector" and the
The Washington herald., 1914-08-02
Miss N. LOvisa White, Presi-
dent Of District Woman
Suffrage Association, Gives
the Answer to, Query.
by MILDRED DILLON.

you ask me why is the suffragist
That is q question easy to answer. The
dIfacult question is, why is the anti-suf-
fraEist," said Miss n. Lovisa White.
president of the District Woman Suf-
frage Association, the oldest local suf-
frage society in the world which was or
ganized with the pioneer leaders OF suf-
frage in 1861.
The suffragist, taking an interest in
the activities OF life among all classes,
ana experience. which appreciates the
great power and prestige Of political Of
1cIAl citizenship. The process Of evolu-
tion has changed conditions which for
merly governed woman's occupations and
surroundings.
Commercial man. without regard to
wornan's wish or welfare, has taken
much OF the so-called woman's work
from the home to the factory, and eco
nomic conditions have forced woman to
follow that labor. Today she occupies a
great variety Of Sremunerative positions
which some years ago were thought to
belong exclusively to man. However. to
serve in any activity OF life which can
be successfully carried forward, is neith-
er manly nor womanly, but human, and
everybody has q right to choose. At the
same time, the fact seems clearly estab-
lished that man enticed woman from the
home to the workshop" Miss White said
Women Are Educated.
TT has come TO pass through evolu-
ton, that women are educated, able and
industrious, and merit Justice and equal
ity. Thus, they have become dissatis-
fed with their condition. The 100000
women in this country engaged in gain
full employment, having no voice in the
laws governing the conditions under
which they labor. shave a very clear un-
derstanding of what the ballot would do
for them.
Women of all classes are disfranchised.
The suffragist woman, entirely engaged
within the home-working without any
assured, stipulated income-realizes that
in a city residence she is powerless to
control surroundings-clean streets, dry
Easements, pure water and milk, as well
as street contaminations for children to
and from school. For the influences con-
tributing to good health and good morals
women feel responsible. and to a degree
they seem to be so considered by, ,thelaw-
makers, who do no, find time for what
they term the smaller political matters
Consequently, and for the further rea-
son that individual woman can accom-
plish nothing. women have banded to-
gether in clubs, with increasing zeal, and
have undertaken. with varying success
to convince the voting citizens of these
important needs. The indirect influence
system for women is uncertain. as we'll
as unpleasant-perhaps being obliged to
appeal to men whom they would not care
to know. Hence the suffrage ranks are
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has been put on the statute books o
Colorado for the benefit of women ant
children that has been put there by wom
en-. The child labor law went through
Independently OF the women's votes. TIL,
hours Of working women have not beeI
shortened; the wages Of school teacher
have not been raised: the type OF mel
that got into once has not been raIseC
one bit
"As for the effect OF the vote on WON
en- personally. have known scores o.
women who worked for the Republican
party one year and worked for the Dem
ocratic party the next year. t"'llng M
frankly that the Democrat We vi
more money
Experiment Started.
Frankly. the experiment is a failure
It has done Colorado no good: II hal
done women no good. The best thing fol
both would be IL tomorrow the ballot FOL
women could be abolished"
Until We learn to brawI effectively, we
shall be OF little value in politics as a
remedial element I cannot think of the
type Of woman who could be in politics
without harm to herself land indeed
there are many good women like that
among the mannish advocates OF woman
suffrage) as Of paramount Importance
to the State: there are wives and moth
ers who are to be considered FIRST, Csuf-
fragists and entisI.
The women of New York" CPennsyl-
vania, New Jersey. Maryland. etc, as
the case may be-. are not asking for
the vote" Those who ask are only 6
part of the women Of those States: that
part that cannot rest content with q
mission different from that of men They
will force upon the other part a duty-I
must go TO the polls on election day
and cast my silly little vote to offset
the vote Of some other woman in the
tolls Of corrupt politicians. II my vote
balances that OF my cherished ash man
the ash mans wife may not vote the
way my husband votes. you know-and
in that case all four OF our votes are
ciphers.
Last week. a petition signed by one
thirty-second OF the women OF Nevada.
was presented to the President In the
name of all Nevada wonderland the
ruse might have had some effect had
not the other 1852 vigorously informed
that the women OF Nevada
deny the right Of less than 500 women
to appoint themselves spokesmen for
Il, 900 without their consent
Unless I can be convinced that my
vote Is worth something, that II Is more
than a piece Of paper In a ballot box"
/ am not willing TO go once a year
for the space OF FIVE minutes" to rub
elbows with drunken and diseased men,
! am not willing to be shown whose
equal am: am not willing to have
my young daughter serve on jury: I am
not willing myself to serve on a Jury.
Why should l have to? Just because
some women with ideals rather than
sense insist that I shall vote?
The question l want answered is the
one the neighbor asked the dogs owner:
when that pup ketches the train,
what's he going to do with it7'
The Washington herald., 1914-08-02

growing by the thousands. The working
woman is a greater helper In the cause,
for the reason that she manages her own
income small AZ II may be. A purse
Is a potent factor in evolution" she de-
clared.
Not whole story.
These physical influences are not the
whole story. Sufragists have become
convinced that legal citizenship for
woman as well as for man Is simply
justice, and imperative In a republic.
While women realize that they have q
duty in performing legitimate work for
the welfare of the race. beginning and
continuing with the children Of the ma
ton, they are unwilling TO be always
subordinate, from being without a voice
in the ways and means and the moral
influences in which their duty Is involved.
Women require citizenship equally with
men. or perhaps more, for their pro-
lection and evolution.
Now the bIoodless battle is on. with
many victories already gained-ten
States Of free women. and seven others
to vote on the enfranchisement OF
women at the November elections. This
is a worldwide engagement. Besides our
own America there are twenty-six other
countries organized for equality In citi-
zenship, and which were represented in
the international Woman Suffrage AL
lance which met at Budapest last sum-
mer. Some Of the monarchies are in ad-
vance OF boasted America, having Civ
en- to all their women fun suffrage
Finland, Australia, New Zealand. Nor
way. Sweden and Denmark, almost en-
tirely, and Iceland, that frozen land.
paid the expenses OF Mrs. Briet Asmunds-
H. a. l. N-N
lance, last year. Turkey Is the one coun-
try which has not yet had a bill for the
enfranchisement Of women before its
Parliament. Notwithstanding. the women
of the Ottoman Empire are coming out
from under the purdah, and are en-
joying a modified harem.
Many Are the Delays.
Many and great are the disappoint-
ments and delays which the suffragists
have had to endure! The education Of
women had to pass through the same.
warfare, for seventy-five years ago II
have learning. they were not admitted
to be equal to mathematics, and ply
siology was considered improper for
women. But evolution began when girls
learned to read" she said.
And here we have in the District of
Columbia the first local woman suffrage
society in the world. It was organized
in 1867, following the passage of q bill
to amend the franchise law OF the Dis
trict to allow colored men to vote. Sem
ator Cowan, Of Pennsylvania, moved to-
amend by striking out the word male
in order to give women the ballot. Nine
Senators voted for it. but thirty-seven
voted against it, and the women had to
submit to be governed by even q larger
and more ignorant class of men than
before. The subsequent disfranchisementI
of the men Of the District might not
have happened II q large body OF Intelli-
gent property-holding white women had
received the ballot, and had tAus kept
the balance Of power in the hands Of
the more enlightened. This action stimu-
lated the women TO organize a suffrage
association which has had a long his
tory of activity. both for suffrage and
for civic improvements. 4
TT has been largely instrumental inl
The Washington herald., 1914-08-02
STRIKE ATTITUDE CRITICISED
State Attitude Attacked in Colorado
Democratic State Assembly.

DemOcrnttc STATE SssembIy.
Denver. Aug. 1-Crfticism of the pres
ent Democratic State administration, with
particular reference to the manner Of
dealing with the Colorado coal miners
strike. was a feature of the Democratic
State assembly here last night.
President Wilson was praised In an
address by former Gov. Aivs Adams. Of
Pueblo.
BaIloting for candidates occupied the
delegates at the night session. Under the
Colorado law the names Of each candi-
date receiving 10 per cent Of the as
sembly vote win appear upon the pri-
mary ballot The vote for United States
Senator resulted: Charles 8. Thomas,
Denver, 759 1-2; John A. Martin. Pueblo,
Z731
The ballot for governor stood: Thomas
n. Patterson, Denver. SO l-2, Barney 7.
Napier, oienwood Springs. IS; John
Hecker, Denver. 2l-2