The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-01-29

nm JuI1gBUl
tTsst Iegislatisa. takiag - esly one OF
two reforms ~ . tins anA sprea q lng
the considerstioa - tAs e.tire sub
1ect over . long psFtoA Of tfna.
The leaders In tAs hoose have pass
- the word that there must h< expe
4ftioa In getting ths sppropria ton
bills through. Every legislator seem
iasly vasts a early sAjosrnnent 1t
u not believed that tsust legislation
o. the minor things to - given con,
alteration viii hold the Alteration OF
congress for many noaths. The two
houses already are setting into the
oad-tine methods f procedure before
the "one thing and ~ oos thing at
. time" vas sivsa ths fsees e an e1-
ecutive order.
ehest'ss q csss q Livias-
In the ranks OF tAo najority party
In house and senate there 10 hone that
when the program a antitrust legis-
lation 10 complets1 tAs Drios of living
will come down. fhs natorfty ex-
pscts that the tariR yin have made
itself felt In tie coarss Of a few
months. and that some additional help
In reducing high costs nay bs expect
ed even from ths new currency law
Tho main hops. however. IL pinned
now to the new antitrust acts. Prob
ably NO one win 1say 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 20 strengthen their chances OF
reelection ~ . 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 10 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 30 they
viii stay cut. The Democrats be.
lieve that prices will tumble while
they are in power and that the result
will be their continuance In authority
Progress q svtFraoIsts.
Virtually simultaneously with the
report that the house Of representa-
tives almost certainly will 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 a. much as possible from pub
lie view they exist, and while Of course
they are to be deplored. government
oificials are cognizant Of them and
make them the subject Of comment.
The trouble in the ranks Of the
suffragists IL not as big ~ mountain
nor 10 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 un-
ion" OF the suffragists came to Wash
fngton over year ago with the au-
thority Of the National Association OF
Woman Suffragists to take charge Of
the campaign for q constitutional
amendment fixing definitely the right
Of women to vote. 81"
Recently the National association
came to the conclusion that these
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 noninally under the control OF
the National association. but in reality
independent OF it
Oodeine Worries the Leaders.
Washington officials are beginning
to wonder If President Wilson's diplo-
matte lodging of the suffrage PROPOSE
tion 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 womeE vote in 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
growing kindness Of disposition in
the house Of representatives toward
the women suffrage movement. and
opponents OF suffrage must face the