Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-01-30

the consideration CT The entire SUBJ
Ject over long period OF time.
The leaders in the house have pass
ed the word that there must be expe-
dition in getting the appropriation
bills through. Every legislator seem
ingly wants an early adjournment 1t
is not believed that trust legislation
or the minor things to be given con-
sideration win hold the attention OF
| congress for many months The two
houses already are getting into the
old-time methods of procedure before
the one thing and only one thing at
time" was given the force of an ex.
ecutiye order
Shooting at Cost Of Living.
In the ranks of the majority party
in house and senate there is hope that
when the program of antitrust legis-
| lation is completed the price Of living
viii come down. TIE majority ex-
poets that the tariff will have made
itself felt in the course of few
months, and that some additional help
in reducing high costs may be expect
ed even from the new currency Jaw.
| The main hope, however. is pinned
now to the new antitrust acts. Prob
ably no one will deny the assertion
| that individual Democrats in official
life are praying that high prices will
come down, for they believe that moth
| ing they can do in legislative way
would so strengthen their chances of
| reelection as a hitting upon some
thing which will make things cheaper
The leaders of the three parties in
congress still maintain that the high
| cost of living is the big problem OF
the day, and each party virtually is
| ready to admit that ascendency in the
country will be held for long time
by the political organization which can
present plan which appears to be ad-
equate to the cutting of costs so they
will stay cut. The Democrats be-
lieye that prices win tumble while
they are in power and that the result
will be their continuance in authority.
Progress Of Suffraeists.
Virtually simultaneously with the
report that the house of representa-
tiyes almost certainly win authorize
| the appointment of the committee on
] suffrage which the women have been
| demanding, comes the news that the
| suffragists of Washington are having
trouble among themselves. There are
now two separate working organiZa-
tons of suffragists in this city, and
while they are trying to keep their diff
| ferences as much as possible from pub
| lie view they exist, and while of course
they are to be deplored, government
| officials are cognizant of them and
make them the subject of comment.
The trouble in the ranks of the
suffragists is not as big as mountain
nor is its heat that of volcano.
/ There seems to be assurance that the
thing will right itself quickly Two
| young women who are at the head OF
what is called the congressional I'M
ion of the suffragists came to Wash
ington over year ago with the au-
| thority of the National Association OF
Woman SuffTagists to take charge OF
/ the campaign for a constitutional
amendment fixing definitely the right
of women to. vote.
| Recently the National association
came to the conclusion that these
I young women were not entirely subor-
! dinate to the wishes of the parent or
! ganization. So it was that another
chairman was appointed for the Wash
| ington work and this led to the trou-
BILE. The two young women objected
to the change, and so the congression-
al union was formed, which will do
work nominally under the control Of
the National association, but in reality
independent OF it.
Dodglns Worries the Leaders.
Washington officials are beginning
to wonder if President Wilson's diplo-
matte lodging of the suffrage PROPOSE.
| ton when the women met him in the
| White House, and the subsequent side
| stepping done by other Democrats of
prominence, are not worrying the par
ty leaders, who always remember
| that women vote In a good many
| states in this country. Southern
/ Democrats in congress have little or
nothing to fear from the results of the
aggressive campaign which the wo
men promise to wage in all the con-
| gressional districts of the country.
| The southerners in congress. However,
have much to worry about in national
matters They know that Offices come
from a Democratic administration and
they know also that California and
the rest OF the suffrage states can
make or unmake candidates for the
presidency. There is seemingly a
growing kindness Of disposition in
the house of representatives toward
the women suffrage movement, and
opponents of suffrage must face the
fact.
Inst OF the nrasant the Judiciary