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Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-22
FIFTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENU.

MENT.
Providing for an Increase Of the limit
OF indebtedness that cities of 100000
Inhabitants or over may incur for the
purpose OF constructing or acquiring
subwayE.
Joint and concurrent resolution pro-
viding for the amendment of article X OF
the Constitution of Missouri by adding a
new section TO be known as section LIB
Of said article, relating TO the limit Of
Indebtedness Of certain cities.
Be It resolved by The Senate, the House
Of Representatives. concarriag theres'.
as %foIloDs;
That at the general election to be held
on Tuesday next following the first Nom
day in November, A. ID. 1914. he fol-
lowing amendment TO the Constitution Of
the state Of Missouri, relating to the
limit Of Indebtedness Of certain cities Of
the state Of Missouri, shall be submitted
for adoption or rejection to the qualified
voters of the state Of Missouri, to-wit:
That article x of the Constitution of the
state Of Missouri be and the same is
hereby amended by Laddingl a new Sec
tion, to be known as section LIB OF ar
ticle X, and to read as follows:
Section LIB. Any city in this state
containing one hundred thousand inhab-
itants or over may become indebted in a
larger amount than specified IN section ~
Of article X of the Constitution of the
oAdAN VI MioopIllf ipt NA1NNoAhb NJ oN
ditional five per centum on the value OF
the taxable property therein, to be as
Certained by the assessment next be-
fore the last assessment for state and
county purposes previous to the mourning
of such Indebtedness. for the purpose of
constructing or acquiring by purchase, or
otherwise, within its corporate limits a
subway or subways, with land, APP
proaches and other appurtenances neces-
sary for the construction and operation
thereof, to be owned exclusively by such
city for the transportation of persons.
baggage, express and freight. and for
pipes, wires and cables used for public
service purposes; Provided, that no In
debtedness authorized by this section
shall be incurred without the assent Of
two-thirds of the qualified voters of such
city voting for or against such increase
Of Indebtedness; and, provided further,
that such city shall, before or at the
time Of mourning any Indebtedness au-
thorized by this section. provide for the
collection Of an annual tax sufficient to
nay the interest on such Indebtedness as
il falls due; also to constitute a sinking
fund for the payment of tho principal
thereof within thirty years from the time
Of contracting the same, If payment Of
such interest and principal be not pro-
yided for from the operation or lease
OF such subway or subways.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-22

tions and reasoning powers of men,
but still the men fail to recognize
them as human units"
"The men organized to protect
vice are the only men who fear wom-
en-, and are working against their
voting" said DR.. Shaw. "0f course,
there are some other men who don't
want them to vote" she continued,
"but it's not because they fear
them"
"Men and women in Missouri to-
day cannot work together for the
higher things of life as long as the
man is a twentieth century type and
the woman, sixteenth century. The
world has been going tandem long
enough and the men and women
| should get together"
A convincing sentence of Miss
! Shaw's was, 81 am willing to trust
the mothers of men with the power
to protect their children To keep
the vote from women in a republic is
a political crime"
"The history of women from the
earliest ages" DR.. Shaw said, in
drawing to a close, "should make the
world ashamed. Nothing has eve
been so shameful as the neglect of
the woman, the child and the home"
"If four states in the West vote
suffrage this fall, the next president
of the United States will be named
by this section of the country" DR..
Shaw said. "The ballot will not be
a burden to women, it will be a bur-
100000 women in the United
States today, working away from
their homes, according to DR.. Shaw.
! The arguments of the anti-suffra.
gists come in pair, Miss Shaw says
and like the Kilkenny cats would xii
themselves if left together. In con.
c%lusion, Miss Shaw paid a high trib
ute to the women of Missouri foi
their work to secure suffrage ant
said they surely deserved it.
On the platform with DIR. Shaw an,
! Mr.. Million were Mesdames ]. ". Mil
! lion, ]. T. Johnson, R. NJ. White am
C. E. Leeper and Mayor j. W. Dry
! Miss Dean who accompanies DR.. Sha,
says they have never been more hos
: pitably received than in Mexico. The
! were both very much pleased wit
j this city and the people.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-22


mission is in position to discriminate
between the different conditions which
exist upon the different roads-and
hence, instead of adopting a hard and
fast law for all time to come for every
railroad in the state, 1t would seem
but a matter Of common fairness and
Justice to leave the matter in the
hands hands of this Tribunal which
the Legislature created for this spec
ific purpose.
If this is not the correct view, then
why was the Public Service Commits
sion brought into existence? Why not
let it perform the functions for which
it was created? Why commence tax
ing its powers away from it before it
has been given an opportunity to ex-
ercise them? Certainly if those who
demand the Full Crew Bill" have
faith in the justice of their claims
they will not be afraid to take their
chances before an impartial Commits
sion which has full power to grant
forthwith the relief they ask?
There isn't a railroad in Missouri
which doesn't stand ready to put on
extra men the moment the Public
Service Commission says that it be-
lieves that such extra men are neces-
sary to insure the greater welfare OF
the public or the greater safety OF its
employees.
A Duty to the Public
AS the largest employers of labor
in the United States, the railroads
have been and are the friends OF the
, hundreds of thousands of w~Orkingmen
who operate their business, and they
have always been ready to listen to
any reasonable plea, whatever It's
!, character, and will continue to do so
| On the other hand, however, the rail-
, roads also owe a grave duty to the
} public from which they derive theli
II ReI
| patronage and which in the end mus
t bear the brunt of an unfair burden al
| well as of a fair one, If the Full
Crew Bill" is enacted into law it vii
2 cost the railroads of Missouri over
( half million dollars a year extra TO
employees who are not needed AM
r who have no earthly chance to CIV
value received for the pay they draw
and this extra half million dollar
: will eventually have to come out o
. 1.-The rockets of the farmers, merchant
: manufacturers, and other railroa
patrons and consumers of the state
In this connection, it may be OF IN
:. I~terest to the readers to know that sim
liar Full Crew Bills" have been We
toed in recent years by Gov. Hughe
and Gov. Dix of New York, Gov. Eos
of Massachusetts. Gov. Harmon, {
ohio, Gov. Cruce of Oklahoma. and dc
n feated in Texas and numerous othe
States by the Legislatures.
AS has already been indicated
l. these articles, the time is at han
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-22
REED HERE TUESDAY

James A. Reed, junior United States
Senator from Missouri, will speak at
the Court House in Mexico, Tuesday
afternoon, Oct. 9th at 3 o'clock. This
announcement was made Tuesday by
Fred A. Morris, chairman of the Au-
drain County Central Democratic
Committee. Senator Reed is making
a tour over the state speaking in be-
half of the Democratic candidates. He
is one of the leading orators in the
country today and a large crowd will
no doubt, be here to hear him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-22
UNFAIR PROPOSAL 49,
A|NST MISSOURI R. R.
A Law Which Would Cost Railroads
of State Over Half Million Ex-
ira Yearly
FULL CREW LAW UNJUST
Operation Of Train Requires Only Ger
tain Number of Men and Excess
Is Hindrance.

In last weeks article, the enormous
increase in the cost Of labor n all
kinds Of railroad supplies, as well as
the installation of block signals, steel
cars, heavier steel rails, larger loco
motives, better road beds, the elimi-
nation of grade crossings, etc.-all OF
which have cost the railroads hun
dreds Of millions Of dollars in recent
years above their former operating
cost, and yet which they we're re-
Quired through absolute necessity TO
spend in the face of reduced rates was
briefly explained.
In most instances these added costs
were unavoidabls-conducing as they
do to the greater safety and comfort
of the public, the employee, and
more efficient and adequate service tc
the people generally. Occasionally
however, the railroads have been com
PEELED to pap an unnecessary tribute
simply because they we're nable u
help themselves, and a typical exam
pie of this can be found in Proposition
No. o.. which Is known as the "Ful
Crew BILL" and which will be vote'
upon at the forthcoming election II
November.
As the reader will doubtless recail
this act was passed by the last Legis
lature, and so unfair and u~nnecessar
has II been considered that 9f,Sf
citizens scattered all over the Stat'
signed petitions which will give tn
voters and opportunity to reject
under the Referendum Law II thu
protect the railroads OF NILSSON
against this unfair demand WHICH, vi
less rejected at the polls, VIII COZ
them over a half million dollars o.
ira every year from this time 10
ward.
The title Of Full Crew Bill WI
evidently bestowed upon the ACT
purposely mislead the public-to CT
ate the impression that present IRA
crews are insufficient and ineompie
that there are now fewer men Ell
ployed on trains than is necessary I
their safe operation when, as q MA
ter of fact, there is no unperiorn'
service which could be assigned
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-22
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stated before, the entire train, re-
CARELESS of its length, is controlled
from the engine.
A law might Just as we'll be passed
requiring farmers to put up an extra
driver on a self-binder because it re-
uuires three horses to pull it instead
Of two-or on a harrow because It
now has so teeth instead of 40 as for
merely. Why demand two brakemen
on a train Of 80 cars and three on
one of 40 cars?
The state is now being flooded with
sentimental literature appealing TO
voters to fasten this unfair and I'M
necessary burden upon the railroads
of Missouri and, as usual, the plea OF
humanity" is being put forth with
great cleverness to catch the sympa-
thy of the public-and always is the
idea held out that this extra brake
man" would prevent all manner OF
wrecks and calamities. If this were
true, the railroads themselves would
be the first ones to put on these extra
men for, struggling as they are to
save every dollar possible. they are
the mes most vitality concerned in
preventing wrecks, injured workmen,
and mishaps of every kind-which are
ALWAYS costly. But statistics contra
dict those who put forth this specious
argument. Out of 271S trains run
oyer three divisions of the M. X. IL L.
in a given time, investigation shows
that there were 119 accidents on
, trains carrying less than % cars and
only 70 accidents on trains carrying
more than 25 cars. On the Union Pa
: cifc in Kansas in January, 1913, there
we're FIVE accidents on trains carrying
Hess than 25 cars. During the same
! period 644 trains were run, all o.
them carrying more than % cars
without a single accident. So the
statistics of many other roads coulC
be given showing conclusively thai
; the Full Grew" propaganda is baseC
purely upon sentiment rather thar
!, facts-that the humanity plea is beint
! mt forth to catch the sympathy o
the people in order that they ma!
! give their approval to this unfai
n measure.
Il state Commission Has Power :.
e. If any earthly excuse remains 10
It the proposed law, the last vestige o
il disappears from the fact that tn
n last Legislature created a Public Ser
/ vice Commission which has specific
IT Ially delegated to 1t the power to res
ulate the number Of men to be en-
n ployed on any railroad train in Mis-
souri, This Commission could max
N its requirements Of certain companie
10 whose road and character OF freigf
10 might require more trainmen tina
~certain other roads which operate III
If der entirely different conditions, |
"a other words the Public Service Con
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-22
Continued from Page 2. Column 8.

shall have been ratified BY a two-thirds
majority at an election held for that pur-
pose, u publication having been made
on the provisions OF tho aot for az least
three months before such election. the act
thus ratified shall be irrepealable until
the debt thereby incurred shall be paid.
principal and interest
Fourth. The general assembly shall
have fun power TO authorize the Issuance
Of lnterest-bearing bonds OF the state in
the sum Of fifty millions OF dollars
structing and maintaining public roads
and highways.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-22

In answer to the question, "What
does a woma know about war;" DR..
Anna Howard Shaw, in her address
at the Christian Church (the Court
House wouldn't near hold the
crowd Monday evening, made II of
the most beautiful appeals for pearo
ever heard in this city and n Of the
most pathetic, yet convincing, argu-
ments against war and bloodshed ev-
er made. II exquisite language and
W tn perfect delivery she told of the
mothers love for her son from his
o!rth until he has grown to young
manhood. She then described his
nurder on the battlefield and the
anguish aud broken heart of his
dear mother. This, she said, was
What one woman knew about var
and what thousands Of women in Eu-
rope know about it. WAR" she said
tales the finely-built, 90 rageouG
young men, the hope of the nation anC
leaves the diseased, the depraved ant
the unfit to be the fathers Of the fu
ture generations. Women should b.
| allowed to vote to keep men from
fighting, if for nothing else" Sh'
tald how the resolution 70: peace a
he international Woman's Cohgres
at Rome last spring was introduced
by the German women, seconded b.
tn. French and presented to IN
meeting by the English. This iq tn
nay the women work together 70
peace, was her argument.
Dr.. Shaw is a short, heavily-buil
woman, with white hair, a high fore
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-22
Attend Wedding at Columbia.

Misses Ruth and Helen Averitt and
Minnie Stallings attended the we'd
ding of Miss Vallye Boyce to Roy Sam
uel Coulter at Columbia Monday.
They were the only out-of-town
guests. Miss Ruth Averitt played
the wedding march and Miss Helen
Averitt sang, Beloved, 1t Is Morn"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-22

head, small, twinkling eyes, full of
life. an Irish upper lip and an excel
ier chin. She is a keen satirist, as
her stabs at the anti-suffragists plain
ly showed, a delightful humorist and
an orator of no mean ability, persua-
sive and convincing. The large Chris
tian Church was simply packed, but
the crowd was held at strict atteD-
ton throughout the evening except
when it went wild with applause. The
meeting was to have been held at the
Court House, but long before Miss
| Shaw arrived the Circuit Court
was so crowded, she could not have
gotten in.
Mrs. J. w. Million, president of the
Mexico Equal Suffrage League, pre-
sided at the meeting, which was open
ed by a suffrage song by a chorus
from Hardin College. DIR. j. W. Mil
lion introduced Miss Shaw. He on
cluded his short introductory re-
marks as follows; 81 take great
pleasure in introducing DIR. Anna
Howard Shaw, whose every word is
worth your getting"
DR.. Shaw opened her address by
saying she felt sure Missouri would
turn from black to white on the suf-
frage map this fall. From the Pacific
Coast to Missouri, she said, the wom-
en- are allowed to vote. Why can't the
line be extended to the Mississippi, she
asked.
"Man has always been consistent in
his inconsistency since the beginning
of our national life" she said, as she
told of the Pilgrims persecution Of
those who didn't worship as they did
"What is d republic ?" she asked
and then answered as follows: at il
a form of government where law
are enacted by representatives elect
ed by the people. If that is true
and it undoubtedly is, this is no re
; public, for women are people ant
J they do not elect representatives"
"We have been trying to evolve
republic out of a monarchy ever sine
the beginning of the United States,
2 she said, sand we have not we
. evolved. The vote was first given t
male church members, then to NAL
: taxpayers, then to white males an
5 then to males" she continued, IAN
d the next step should be to give it
= all citizens. Women ask evolution
c not revolution" was a convincin
c fling she threw.
! "Women are human" she went Of
"hence they should have a voice
It the affairs of humanity. They hay
: the same hopes, ambitions, aspir;
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-22
Officers Are Reelected.

At the annual election of the Fed
Grated Women's Clubs at the Libra
ry, Monday afternoon, the following
officers were reelected: Mrs. W. L.
Reed, president; Mesdames T. H. Wi
mans, j. E. Durkee, J. H. Lane and J..
C. King, vice presidents; Mrs. c. E.
Leeper, recording secretary; Mrs. G.
W. Robertson, corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs. Wallace bearing, treas
urer. The Representatives from the
various clubs will be elected later by
the clubs.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-22

In the list of the matrons, whose
names are on the Social Register of
st Louis, who are attending the spe-
cial Saturday afternoon classes at
Washington University. given in the
Post Dispatch, Sunday, was Mrs Oil
yer Garrison, jr. Mrs. Garrison was
formerly Miss Elizabeth Robertson,
of this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-22

the extra brakeman" demanded by
this law, and who is to be placed up
on every freight train carrying AZ
cars or more and upon all passenger
trains carrying 6 ears or more. At
the present time through and local
freight trains are manned as follows;
One engineer to u the engine.
One fireman to run the fire,
One conductor to run the train,
One flagman or brakeman to flag
the train,
One brakeman for such other SER
vices as OCCASION may require.
In addition to these, there are
switching crews who make up rains
at all terminal points and inspectors
who assist in looking out for such de-
fects in cars as might endanger the
running of trains-a point which Is
being emphasized so strongly in the
sentimental hand bills and bill boards
throughout the state. From the above
enumeration it should be apparent to
any thinking man that there is no
Legitimate service which this extra
brakeman can perform which is not
already adequately provided for.
AS a matter of fact, a brakeman on
a modern freight Or passenger train
Is a misnomer for the reason that for
wears all trains have been controlled
nv air brakes applied by the engin-
Ger from the engine and which con-
troll the entire train. The amount Of
air used on trains is regulated by inc
Government-and hence, since there
was no vacant place for this extra
/, brakeman" the trainers OF the Oil
: obose IN mask the unfairness of theil
demands by specifying that he shai
, he employed upon all trains carryln
, -. ovcess of the number Of carr
d stated above.
a How Trains Operate
The operation of the railroad train
|, inst like the operation of q threshini
: machine. saw mill, or any other piec'
V of machinery, requires only a certail
1 number of men, and any excess o
D. This lumber are more of a hindranc
g tbon a help because they get in eacI
it others way. A train of so or 6o car
operstes exactly like a train oil 4
ri cars. This movement and controi
per car, like drawing a singi
st bucket Of water on a windlass' pu
train of 40 or 60 cars all NOV
r together like the cups OF a pun
~cbain-and go cups are no more dlh
c,It IN handle than 40--and' excel
- for the greater motive power az
u,orded from the engine. require II
,,oro care or attention from the trair
=. r,on IN charge. The act was passed o
- ,ho assumption that u
number. character, and extent Oh u
.. duties of brakemen increase IN pr
~nortion to the increased NUMBER
,[olcars. which is not true because
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-22

worth while; a fine set of aluminium
ware free with each Range sold this
week.
L. Roy Ferris
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-22
/. Works

where others fail. The Majestic is
always on the job. See demonstration
this week.
L. Roy Ferris.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-22
WHY WOMEN SHOULD VOTE
ABLY TOLD BY MRS. SHAW
=. -. $50 49, - -
: INTERESTING
/: THINGS DIR. :

: INTERESTING
/: THINGS DIR.
: SHAW SAID
/: "The world has gone tandem
!; long enough"
{: "Women ask evolution, not rev
{; olution."
(: 81 am willing to risk the moth
[: ers of men with the power to pro-
/: tect their children"
j: Excepting the vote from women
!: in a republic is a political crime.
/. "Men organized to protect vice
/: fear the women's votes"
: "'The government of Missouri
+: today is the most inexcusable
{: aristocracy on earth, excepting
(: the governments of some other
/. states in the Union"
: ballot will not be a burden to
: women, but a burden lifted"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-22
Everyone Invited.

to see our demonstration on Majestic
Ranges this week. Will serve hot bis
cults and coffee.
d2wt L. Roy Ferris.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-22

Judge Alex Carter was in Vandalia
on business Tuesday,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-22

An act to amend sections 9sOs and 9sOi
Of chapter So of article Xxx OF the
Revised Statutes OF Missouri OF 1902,
relating 10. municipal corporations,
laws applicable to cities having three
hundred thousand Inhabitants or over
and TO repeal section gS0S and enact a
new section in lieu thereof TO be
known as section 9SOS.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1914-10-22

Providing for an increase of the limit
Of indebtedness that cities of 100000
Inhabitants or over may Incur for the
subWnyH.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-05

TING WHAT'S COMING TO YOU.
True, your wife has taken her
own time to get divorce, and that
time is when you are temporarily
without some woman to whom you
are making love. But did you ask
her if she cared when you paid at
tentions to the numberless girls to
whom you have been attentive since
you married her?
when you cared for the society
of some one more than you did for
your wife, you left your wife to her
own devices and made the girl who
had enslaved your tickle fancy the
talk of your set. Six girls, to my
knowledge, Bill Tenney, have been
~scandalized by your attentions, and
am only glad that Kitty Malram es-
capped in time.
But-honestly, Mrs. Waverly-1
do love Kitty. 1t is not like the other
affairs. l would marry her tomor-
row."
mo, Mr.. Tenney; you do not love
Kitty, nor any other woman. First
and foremost, you love Bill Tenney,
and after that you love love. You
we're perfectly content NOT to marry
her, and only think of it only because
some other man wants her.
Il would hate to see you married
to Kitty, for you would make her
very unhappy, as you have every 9TH
er woman who has cared for you.
you are a fascinating man, Mr..
Tenney, and you have used that fas-
cination without regard for anything
but your own desires, and for once 1
am glad to see that you are having to
pay the piper"
Bill Tenney took his leave with a
look on his face that told me he was
very sorry for Dick.
Ito Be Continued Tomorrow
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