Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-23

MABEL ]. BoARDNAN.
Defeat OF Suffrage in New Jersey.
SOUTH SIDE, OMAHA. Oct. 22.-To the
Editor OF The Bee: II looks to me as n
the overwhelming defeat OF the woman
suffrage question In New Jersey can be
taken to indicate two things. The iirst
thing It indicates is that the men OF the
United states are not yet realy TO turn
the affairs Of the country over TO a lot
Of maiden ladies Of the Miss Anna shaw
variety. who have nothing else to do ex
cept to sgitste the suffrage question 70
much that men set tired OF IL and will
not vote for II since they have recovered
from the hysterical Roosevelt spell that
came over so many in the campaign OF
1912, and II the people OF Illinois had
chance to vote on the issue today they
would overwhelm suffrage worse than II
was beaten in New Jersey this week
Suffrage was forced upon the people Of
Illinois by a trick. for il would never
have carried by vote OF the men Of that
state. New Jersey had tried woman suf-
frage once and got tired OF IL and did not
want to try the same experiment over
again.
Another thing shown by the vote in
New Jersey is that It is really a slap in
the face for President Wilson and points
the way to the overwhelming defeat that
awaits him II he runs in 1916 again II
there Is even reasonable reunion of the
republican forces in 1916 and a man of
the type of Burton of Ohio or of Sher-
man of Illinois, or of Fairbanks of Indi-
ana is nominated, the defeat of Wilson
is assured as soon as their names are
placed before the people.
The administration of Wilson has had
every chance to make good. but as is the
case always. the democratic party has
failed to benefit the people OF this coun-
try, as is shown by the reports that mil
lions of men are out OF employment to-
day. that people are hungry In the
midst Of the greatest crops in the his
tory of the nation, in face Of the fact
that the exports OF this country of grain
and other products has been greater
than in any year Of our history, yet the
treasury Of the United States Is empty,
the surplus left by the republican party
having grown into a deficit, as was the
case under Grover Cleveland. and an
issue of bonds is now contemplated by
reason of democratic mismanagement.
Democratic papers may make all the fuss
they want to about republicans being
calamity howlers, yet the fact remains
that they are the ones TO blame for the
present condition of financial affairs In
this country today, when the cost Of liv-
ing has not decreased and when a war
tax is inflicted upon us IN times of peace.
They are trying to divert the attention
| OF people from the hard times to a huge
increase of the army and navy, which is
in direct opposition to the peace pro-
posals of the Wilson administration one
year ago.
Wilson, by his premature love affair
and his sudden change of heart for
woman suffrage, has changed the senti-
ment OF people from him so that II the
presidential election should be held this
year. he would be beaten nearly as badly
as he beat Taft in 1912. Even Taft today
could beat him so badly that he would
hardly know he was running. By judi
cious management the republican party
will regain power by an overwhelming
sweep in 1915 and the good old republican
times will be upon us again within the
next eighteen months. F. A. AGNDW.