Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-05-22
WOMEN FORCE A GOVERNORS HAND.

90 aware "the news of the womens part IN calling
federal aid to the state OF Colorado mas IVC ~, pee
published in any paper east OF Denver lhaC d
nn,her of Denver women interested themselves to end
the civil war that existed in the coal teds was
reported but the details of their activities were not
What they did is described by the Woman journal CS
'They issued call in the name OF the womanhooG OF
their state for meeting at the capitol One thousand OF
Them with the cries of the slaughtered IN their ears ana
0hast at the horror of the ruthless state murder oil their
fellow citizens marched to the capitol and demanded an
audience with the governor He refused to see them
Thev stood firm and repeated their demand Ine COVER
nor hesitated he did not want to see them put ey were
voters; besides there was something aWe-nSPnlng III
their spirit and numbers they meant business 1e goV
ernor reluctantly admitted them" ,
This is one of the few sensible acts by the governor that
have been reported hereabout. The women demanGeu M
that he appeal to President Wilson tor tedera ao Inc
governor feared the appeal might be truteSS he was
asked send telegram to find out AT first ne refused
but at length he gave n and the women stayed until ney
saw the message filed The answer was IN the af1lrna-
tive and the request was sent with the result known 10
the whole country.
Most of the women comprising this delegation were on
duty from 10 o'clock in the morning until o'clock IN the
afternoon At O'Clock $50 were still at the governor
office where they remained until 10 o'clock having Iorc
ed the executive to appeal for federal intervention Then
they went home having carried out their project eXacVy
as they planned
We hope these determined women who did necessary
lob so thoroughly and WE'LL will now see to 1t that the adj
mnSraon of their state does not fall into laXty and In
efficiency again They have shown that they can compel
action in crisis let them now Takc counsel to prevent
such crisis from again arising.
Leone Cass Baer is graceful and piquant writer and
heretofore we have doubted her veracy Far be
it from us to do now yet when she writes OF those
girls the queen and her pncesses who will be the great
feature of the Portland Rose Carnival and says that the
whole bunch "does not have cents worth OF rouge
switches and facial handicaps among them, well she
stretches our gallanty and belief to the limit but If she
saws so goes and that bunch of its members
know what paint powder rouge anything of that kind
MEANS.
The agricultural soil experts sent out by the department
to report on the soils of the West Umaa project repre-
sent the land as being unsuitable for cultivation
der irrigation The old farmers there say the land all
right and will produce good crops We have not seen the
land and perhaps would not know any about it than
those alleged experts who principally skilled in
porting salaries rather than SOIL but to examine
it. we will bet ten cents to that the farmers right
The state grange in session at Monmouth has passed
copyright laws to permit anyone to anotherS
ideas or manufacture patented product the payment
to the patentee of the copyright five per cent
royalty. The claim made that under the present system
a monopoly is created and that does not generally
benefit the inventor but goes to enrich specuato
The idea is along correct and modern lines.
Senator Adch the head of the gang that sold the
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