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which tend to relieve women from the responsibility
and to offer some excuse for those who mistakenly
voted for notoriouss unfit candidate.
Gill professed complete change Of heart and head
ed so-called reform" ticket and some women are
very soft toward reformed sinner. very desirous OF
giving him another chance Such women may, have
voted for him. Seattle has been in bad way for sew
eral years from business standpoint, caused partly
by labor riots and the agitation of the /. w. w.
partly BY certain sociastc experiments but the ad-
vocaes of wde-open town insisted that it was
due to putting the lid Some women may have been
influenced by this faacy. Nevertheless in the pri-
maries Gill received twotrds of his votes from
the wards containing of the Saloons cafes, lodg
ing houses, and various evil resorts.
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Plans for May 2 Demonstration.

The point at issue is the best time for this vote
The Congressional Union which has been the principal
factor in bringing the question its present stage is
strongly urging that If be deferred On May there
will be nationwide demonstration for woman suf-
TRACE such the world has 1t is expected
that in every city in the United States and thousands
of smaller places there will be parades torchght pro-
cessions, outdoor rallies, and indoor mass meetings
with the adoption of resolution calling upon Congress
for the submission of Federal amendment. The Ma
tional Association has been cooperating with the Con-
gressional Union, which originated the plan and has
sent organizers to every State.
On May all will converge on Washington, where
monster parade will take place. The procession will
form on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White
House. and the march will end at the east front of the
The Washington herald., 1914-03-15
GERMAN ARMY FL1ER KILLED

Koenigsburg. Germany, March H.
Lieut.. Len&. of the imperial aviation
corps. was killed here today while max
ing flight. The aviator had just started
to descend from an altitude OF 100 feet
when his aeroplsnc collapsed He { tke
s7sth victim Of aviation
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of general "wide open policy. Ever since then his
supporters have been determined TO vindcate him by
reelection and 1912 only by the most stren-
uous efforts of the and the churches combined
that this prevented. Now he has been elected by
majority of perhaps 1900 out of possibly over 6oooo
notes.-the dispatches have given the completed
turns.
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FOURTEEN KILLED m WRECK.

Brisbane. Australia, March 1A-Thirteen
passengers and mail clerk were killed
outright. three persons were mortaiiy
hurt, and twelve others were injured In
railway collision today near Mosvale
in New South Wales on the line running
from TeJpora to Mosvale.
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Nine Reform Candidates"

The real reform" elements after their usual Gus
tom, could agree among themselves and put nine
candidates in the field Gill headed the list with only
50 votes than the two combined who came next,
leaving nearly 10000 scattering votes. Trenhome, who
became the opposing candidate had only 335 votes
than his Socialist competitor. He generally re-
garded as the representative of the corporations and
vested interests it is reasonable suppose that the
labor unions and Socialists could have elected Gill with
out any help from Eight per cent of the elect
did not for mayor and several candidates for
the council received larger vote than the head Of the
ticket The former editor of the PostIntegencer who
led the recall fight against Gill; made strong
campaign for him
These scattering facts cited evidence that
the election of Gill not due the of Seat
te the great majority of whom is impossible think
would forget or overlook his unsavory record 1t
be understood that the board of freeholders
chosen at this election viii at prepare city
charter providing for commission form of govern
ment which will go to the voters next If
adopted it will legisate out of Office the men just
elected Mayor Gill will have had his vindcation and
great harm will have been done except the repu-
taton of Seattle
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The Question Of When the Senate Should
Vote On the Proposed Amendment to
the Constitution Plans for Demon
stration at Capitol Progress Of the
Cause IN Kentucky and the Other
States.

strengthened by that of 1886; contest having arisen
il was re-enacted in 1888 and had therefore been
signed by three governors.
During this time women had voted in larger pro-
portion than men; they had also jures and in
Cured the mplacable hostility of the lawless elements
The Territory about to in State and
there determination that suffrage, should
first be eliminated
Suit was brought by the wife of a saloonkeeper,
whose vote by prearrangement had been refused The
was rushed to the Supreme Court and two out
of the three judges Turner of the two. decided
that Territorial legislature could not confer the fran
chise! The act of Congress which organized the Ter
ritory expressly gave it this power, and under sim
liar act the women of Wyoming and Utah had been
voting nearly twenty years. The in detail can
be found in the History of Woman Suffrage Vol ",
and shows conclusiyey that if the women of Wash
ington wish to mete out justice they will never allow
Judge George Turner to go the United States Senate
Progress Of the Cause.
There were several pleasant occurrences for sufra-
gsts last week. first of them the favorable reports Of
both Senate and House committees in the Kentucky
legislature for submitting suffrage amendment the
hrst instance of the kind Southern State; second
favorable report from the Senate committee of the
Massachusetts legislature. The State Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union of 10000 members and labor
unions representing thousands of men and women
united with the suragists at the hearing The "antis
were not represented by any organization except their
own. The New Jersey legislature has again voted to
submit the suffrage amendment Il to g. in the senate
40 to 4, in the house
During the recent effort in Washington to get
woman suffrage committee in the House of Representa-
tives, Mr. Underwood told the women he did not want
thequestion agitated IN Alabama Last week two mass
meetings attended by the national officers were held
III birmingham. Mr. Hardwick, of Georgia, was their
strongest opponent on the Rules Committee and the
week closed with mass meetings in Atlanta
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Capitol On these historic steps for the 6rst time
meeting viii take place. for which Congress has
granted permission At its close petitions and resoiu
ons from every Congressional district IN the United
States will be presented to members of Congress, ask
ing for the Submission of this national amendment.
Could anything be 50 supremeiy ridiculous as to
make all this demonstration after the Senate had al
ready given an adverse votef 1t is conceded even by
:he most sanguine that at the present time the best
that can be hoped for majority. while two-thrds
vote is necessary for adoption It does require any
political sagacity that this nation wide demon
straton for woman suffrage cannot fail to have tre-
mendous influence on public opinion which must make
itself felt Congress. In addition it viii impress
individual members with strength of sentiment in
their district which they do not imagine at the present
time.
Are he Women Being Bunceed!
What then can possibly be the reason for pressing
the question to vote at this unproptious moments
And yet this is exactly what Senator Ashurst who has
the matter in charge seems determined to do and the
committee appointed by the National Suffrage Associa
ton is devoting its energies. his assistance The
committee that the President and the board
back of them and Dr. Shaw herself indorses this as
sertion. All of them and Senator Ashurst himself
practically admit that the resolution cannot now
the necessary two-thirds and other members of
the Senate committee admit it.
What is the gamer Are the newspaper men here
in Washington -shrewdest of guessers-correct when
they say the being "buncoed?" But why
does the committee of the National Association help
play the game? Never has the public received
intination of its for urging vote.
The charge has been made with foundation that
its active members do this amendment which
the association has been striving fortyve years to OBJ
tain but that they have something of their own which
they wish to substitute and which, they say has the
sanction of the president and the national board This
is Federal amendment providing that petition of
cent of the voters in any State the question of
suffrage shall be submitted to the voters of that
Statel Comment would be wholly superhuous-be-
sides it could not be made in polite language
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Fun for ''the BIeaehers."

Sufragsts who playing the role of innocent by
standers perhaps it would be correct to say
who sitting the bleachers are having fun with
those members of Congress who shouting for, no
Federal interference with States rights One of them
is working with might and main for national di-
vorce law; another is moving heaven and earth for
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-14

acung in conjunction with the admin
LSuaIlon at Washington under presi-
uSHt Mckinley, I secured the sending
doroad OF one of the best officers IN
ne view York National guard to study
tHe swiss system. As president 1 had
- - ueVote my attention chiefly to get
IinS the navy built up. But surely the
slshl OF what has happened abroad
oGsht To awaken our people to the need
81 actlon. not only as regards our navy
Du as regards our land forces also.
Australia has done well in this re-
spect- But Switzerland has worked out
d comprehensive scheme with practical
~ lelIlgence. She has not only solved
me question of having men ready to
IlS4l out she has solved the question
Oh having arms to give these men. At
present England is in more difficulty
ABOUT arms than about men and some
OF her people when sent to the front
were armed with hunting rifles. Our
own shortcomings are far greater In
deed they are so lamentabIe that it is
hard TO believe that our citizens as. a
Whoie know them. To equip half the
number of men whom even the British
now nave in the field would tax our
factories to the limit
In Switzerland, during the last two
OF three years of what corresponds to
our nigh school work the boy is thor
oughly grounded in the rudiments Of
military training, discipline and marks
manshp- When he graduates he is put
Tor some four months in the army to
receive exactly the training he would
get in time Of war. After that he serves
eight days year and in addition often
mark He keeps his rifle and ac-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-14

coutrements in his home and is respOn-
sfble for their condition. Efficiency IS
the watchword of Switzerland, and not
least i'm its army At the outbreak OF
this terrible war. Switzerland was able
to mobilize her forces In the corner of
her territory between France and Ger
many as quickly as either of the greai
cOmbatants could theirs; and no one
trespassed upon her soil.
Advantage of Swiss Training.
The Swiss training does not to any
Improbable extent take the man away
from his work. But it does make him
markedly more efficient for his work.
The training he gets and his short
service with the cOlors render him ap-
Dreciably better able to do whatever
his job in life is, and, in addition. bene-
fit his health and spirits. The service
is a holiday. and a holiday Of the best
because of the most useful type
America Could Do Better.
There is no reason whatever why
Americans should be unwilling or I'M
able to do what Switzerland has done
We are a far Weather country than
Switzerland and could afford without
the slightest strain the very trlflln8
expense and the trifling consumption
of time rendered necessary by such
system Tt has really nothing in com
mon with the universal service In the
great cOnscript armies of the military
powers. No man would be really taken
out of industry On the contrary, the
average man would probably be actu
ally benefited so far as doing his life
work is concerned. The system would
be thoroughly democratic in its work
ings. No man would be exempted from
the work and all would have to per
form the work alike. It would be en-
tirely possible to arrange that there
should be a certain latitude as to the
exact year when the four or six months
service was given.
Officers Of course would need a long
er training than the men, This could
readily be furnished either by allow
ing numbers Of extra students to take
partial or short term courses at West
Point or by specifying optional courses
in the high schools. the graduates of
these special courses being tested care
fully in their field work and being re
qUired to give extra periods of service
and being under the rigid supervision
of the regular army. There could also
be opportunities for promotion from
the ranks for anyone who chose to take
the time and the trouble to fit himself.
Training in the Open.
The four or six months service with
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-14

~HE other day one of the typical
ultrapacifcists or peace at any
Il price men put the ultrapacificlst
case quite clearly. both in a statement
of his own and by quotation Of what
he called the golden words OF Mr.
Bryan at MohOnk. In arguing that we
sho111d under no conditions fight for
our RIGHTS, and that we should make no
preDar atfOn whatever to secure our
selves against wrong, this writer polnt-
ed out China as the proper model for
America He did this on the ground
that China. which did not fight. was
vet older than Rome, Greece and
Germany, which had fought, and that
its example was therefore to be pre-
This. Of course, is a position which
saves the need Of argument. If the
s,,arar e American wants to be China
man. if China represents his ideal then
he should by all means follow the ad-
vice of pacificists like the writer IN
question and be a supporter Of Mr.
T31.J-sT,s II anv man seriously believes
that China has played a nobler and
more useful part in the world than
Athens and Rome and germany, Ineh
he is quite right to try TO ChlnaIy the
limited states In such event he must,
of course, believe that all the culture,
AIN the literature all the art, all the po-
Iitfcal and cultural liberty and social
well being, which modern europe ana
the two Americas nave inner lieu II olA
Rome and Greece, and that all that has
been done by Germany from the days
Of Charlemagne to the present time,
renresent mere error and confusion.
He must believe that the average Ger
man or Frenchman or Englishman or
inhabitant Of North or South America
occupies a lower moral, intellectual AMI
physical status than the average coolle
who with his fellows composes the
overwhelming majority Of the Chinese
population.
10 my mind, such a proposition is
unfit for debate outside of certain
types of asylum. But those who SIN
cerely take the view that this man
takes are unquestionably right In copy
ing China in every detail, and nothing
that i can say viii appeal to them.
aGOIden Words OF Bryan.
The golden words" Of Mr. Bryan
were as follows:
Il believe that this nation could
stand before the world today and tell
the world that it did not believe IN
war; that it did not believe that II was
the right way to settle disputes; that
il had no disputes which 1t was not
willing to submit to the judgment OF
the world If this nation did that, It
not only would not be attacked by any
other nation on earth, but ii would be-
come the supreme power in the world"
Of course, it is to be assumed that
Mr. Bryan means what he says. If he
does. then he is willing to submit TO
arbitration the question whether the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-14
By Theodore Roosevelt
VD.--Preparedness Without Militarism
The Seventh In Series Of Articles By Mr. Roosevelt on the
Lessons For the American People In Great European Conflict

, like the unpublished wrongs committed
on our people in Mexico, had no par
qlIel during my administration. When
7 left the presidency there was not a
cloud on the horizOn-and one of the
reasons why there was not a cloud on
the horizon was that the American bat
tlefIeet had just returned from its Is
months trip around the world, trip
such as no other batt!eIleet OF any
mower had ever taken, which it had not
been supposed could be taken, and
which Exercised a greater influence
for peace than all the peace congresses
of the last IS years. with Lowell, L
,5oet enDhatically believe that peace is
not a gift that tarries long in the hands
Of towards; and the fool and the weak
ling are no improvement on the coward.
Warned Centuries Ago.
Nineteen centuries ago in the great
est of all books We were warned that
whose loses his life for righteousness
shall save it. and that he who seeks to
save if shall lose it. The ignOble and
abiect gospel of those who would
teach us that it is preferable to en-
dure disgrace and discredit than to
run any risk to life or limb would de-
feat its own purpose; for that kind OF
Submission to wrongding merely in
vites further WrOngdo1ng, as has been
shown a thousand times IN history, and
as is shown by the case OF CHINA in
orr own days. Moreover, our people,
=
sent to such abject submission; and
indeed as a matter of fact our publ
cists and public men and our neWSpa-
pers. instead of being too humble and
submissive, are only too apt to in
dulge in very offensive talk about for
eign nations.
of an the nations of the world we
are the one that combines the greatest
amount of wealth with the smallest
ability to defend that wealth. Surely
one does not have to read history very
much or ponder over philosophy
great deal in order to realize the
truth that the one certain way to in
vite disaster is to be Opulent, offensive
and unarmed.
There is utter inconsistency between
the ideal of making this nation the
foremost commercial power IN the
world, and of disarmament in the face
of an armed world. There is utter in
consistency between the ideal OF max
ing this nation power Tor lnterna-
tiOnal righteousness and at the same
time refusing to make US a power ef-
and emptier promises.
Docs Not Favor Large Army.
do not believe in a large standing
army. Most emphatically 1 do not be-
lieve in militarism. Most emphatically
L do not believe in any policy of ag-
gressiOn by US. But 1 do believe that
no man is really fit to be the free citi-
zen of free republic unless he is able
to bear arms and at need to serve with
efficiency in the efficient army of the
republic. This is no new thing with me.
For years 1 have believed that the
young men of the country should know
how to use a rifle and should have a
short period Of military training which,
while not taking them for any length
of time from civil pursuits. would
make them quickly capable of helping
defend the country in case of need
When I was governor of New York,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-14

marily because all the great military
nations that surround it know that its
people have no intention of making ag-
erosion on anybody and yet that they
are thoroughly prepared to hold their
own and are resOlute to fight to the
last against any invader who attempts
either to subjugate their territory or
by violating its neutrality to make it
battle-ground.
A bishop of the Episcopal church re-
Gently wrote me as follows: How Ia
inevitable that we should stand idle,
making no preparations to enforce
peace, and crying Peace when there is
none! 1 have scant sympathy for the
snort sightedness of those who decry
preparation for war as means of pre-
venting it."
The manager of a land company in
ALABAMA writes me urging that some
one speak for reasonable preparedness
on the part of the nation. He states
lhat 1t Is always possible that we shall
pc engaged in hOsulitieS with some
first class power, that he hopes and
believes that war will never come, but
adds:
Value of Preparedness.
Il may not believe that my home
VIII burn down or that 1 am going to
die within the period of my expectancy,
but nevertheless 1 carry fire and life
insurance to the full insurable value
on my property and on my life to the
extent of my ability. The only insur-
ance of our liberties as people is full
preparation for a defence adequate
against any attack and made in time to
fully meet any attack. We do not
know the attack is coming; but to wait
until 1t does come will be too late.
Our present weakness lies in the
widespread opinion among our people
that this country is invincible because
of its large population and vast re-
sources. This 1 believe is true, If, and
only if we use these resources or
small part of them to protect the major
part and if We train at least a part
of our people how to defend the nation.
Under existing conditions we can hard
" hope to have an effective army in
the field in less time than eight or 10
months. Today not l percent of our
people know anything about rifleshOOt-
ing"
L quote these two out of many letters,
because they sum up the general feel
ing of men of vision Both Of my cor
respondents are most sincerely for
peace. No man can possibly be more
anxious for peace than I am, for if war
ever came I would probably have TO
go to it myself, if / was not too old, and
my four sons would certainly have to
go. I ask those individuals who think
of me as a firebrGnd to remember that
during the seven and a half years L
was president not a shot was fired at
any soldier of a hostile nation by any
American soldier or sailor; and there
was not so much as a threat of war.
Even when the state of Panama threw
off the alien yoke of Colombia and
when this nation, acting as was its
manifest duty, by recognizing Panama
as an independent state, stood for the
right of the governed to govern them
selves on the isthmus, as well as for
shot fired by any of our people at any
Colombian. The blood shed at NeracruZ,