Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1916-10-27
WILSON says WOMEN MUST
n WAIT UNTIL PHILIPPINES AND /"
& PORToRIcAhs GAIN POLlTI
q CAL REFORM
(Adver.isement.)

/ u w .lSOn kept us out 81. war is mere
s5y tho slogan Of the unthinkins
Whereas Wilson Kept us oat Of sur
. frage' is positive fact since takin
y office he has been the hsad and from
OF the Opposition to The federal suffrag
snendnent. He has defended his op
position In Statements made 10 "A o.
more deputations Of women. and t,
prominent men Of hts psrty. incldd-
ing western c6nsressrnen. Who wen
asking his support Ills statements
contradictory each to eacn, are imp
por:antr because they show that the
president has not dealt fairly and hon
cstly with this issue
March -, 1913 be said that he was
400 busy with tariff and currency bills
10 assist woman suffrage Six months
tate, that he was mot an Individual"
but "the spokesman of party and
.oonld not urge legislation witch was
not la his platform. Later to dele
cation Of 500 club women he told Of
his passion for local self government
and how suffrage was a matter for
settlement only by the states. etc. etc.
TO deuptation Of VOTING WOMEN
eDecember 8, 1870 he said re was
open minded" and would confer with
his colleagues on this matter TO a
non-voting delegation six weeks later
he reverted to the state by state"
excuse.
In June Of this year. in answer to
a prominent Democrat man who went
TO him direct from the Woman's party
convention to urge change of at
titude, so as not to drive Democratic
women from the party. the president
replied: I'VE must not yield to ar
guments Of expediency; AND Be
SIDES THE WOMEN CAN'T DE- !
LIVER THE VOTE" on July 2S.
he refused the request of western Dem
ocratic congressman to allow the |
to be voted on in the |
house. whereupon the leader said to
the women HE doesn't care what hap
pens to us. He prefers to get the I
support Of the suffrage element /
N the big eastern states than to yield
to sentiment in the western states"
Yes. Mr. Wilson voted for suffrage
IN New Jersey, knowing is could not
win with "Boss jim" Nugeht against
L. the same man now reported rs
lis campaign manager IN that state.
Being at the very time responsible
ori the blocking Of the federal Suffrage
amendment Mr. wilson said, f'inteid
o vote for woman suffrage in New
Jersey because believe that the time
las come to extend that privilege ard
to the woman Of the
iate" The Democratic campaign COM
nittee has now falsified that state
nept by substituting the word Ma
ION for tile word STATE and is Fi
REGULATING it broadcast on hand bills.
& notable conversation took place on
MY "a between Tie president snd Mrs.
lssgins ssan,ea Dfatcs ~ EapeaS
snen 10 uasi issue Tue s,,.,z- i1snsH
sguInsfJ and made the Negro problem q
j the south his excuse. Confronted
it'll the Facts that nowhere today dc =
ne Negroes rule. even where they
utnumher the White men. he said.
Nes, know that. bat congress y
lesn'tp His opinion as the the igno- o
nee of the others was further shown
at day when he told her that women e
Guild not vote on this suffrage issue
November because it would not be
to them. why then, is Mr. "
ryan roing through Utho, Arizono, @
evada and other states, devoting at u
asst one-third OF his oratory to this
le. issue of the campaign in an at
mpt to counteract the facts present
' by tile women's party worker. .
lestloned by the voting women
neither it was not likewise tyranny :.
Qtift Wtiutn StiA-toNtIA Ht / -.
Piled. women are not yet ready
r the ballot They will have to
lit" More than half century ago
omen were told to wait because it =,
IS the Negroes hour Now in 1916
e Democratic party advocates po
zeal freedom for Fflipinos and Port
leans. But President Wilson and
party leaders tell voteless women r.
wait
when will this injustice cease? Af-TF,
November it viii be righted. only Ii
women voters. now for the first time e
werful enough in numbers TO be con- Sc
Tered in a presidential election, win
nd Mr. Wilson and his party down St
defeat in the suffrage states. even St
in the United States as whole
~ are returned 70 power IL win A,
use only II they the willing to say 6,