Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-03-14

posed to warning Americans to kesT
on armed belligerent ships. Both
houses have tabled warning resolu-
tons. The senate did it in such COM
pick fashion that neither the senators
nor anybody else can explain, the logic
of the vote, tho the intent was plain
The house shelved the warning reso-
luton by much smaller majority.
Neither in the senate nor in the
house did the administration support
ers have the courage to let the men,
bers vote directly on the merits of the
warning resolution. Had this been
done the majority in support of the
administration policy would have been
greatly reduced in the upper house
and probably wiped out altogether In
the lower Senator Stone and all but
two of the senators who stood with
him as advocates of warning voted,
In response to pressure from the presi-
dent, to drop the discussion. Repre-
sentative Kitchin and some of the
most enthusiastic prowarning demo-
Gratis in the house did the same thing.
Undoubtedly all who voted against
their convictions in order to avoid
break with the president would havs
voted their convictions if called upon
to vote for or against war in defense
of the right Of Americans to travel on
armed belligerent ships.
THE SUFFRAGE ISSUE IN IOWA.
ECouncil Bluffs Nonpareill
The New York Times, after noting
the fact that Iowa voters are to pass
on the question of votes for women on
June s, quotes from Rose dawless
Geyer as follows:
Those forces for evil which fought
votes for women so determinedly in
the east are not so firmly intrenched in
Iowa"
The Times then discusses the situa-
ton in Iowa as compared with the
east:
Those forces for evil which were
so potent in New Jersey, Pennsylvania.
New York and Massachusetts must be
meager In a state represented in the
senate by Mr.. Cummins and Mr.. Ken
yon, both suffragists. The governor is
a suffragist. The state supreme court
has just given a strong Endorsement of
equal suffrage Almost every infiu-
entail paper Is supporting 1t. On
Mothers day Sunday in May 'congre-
cations in all parts Of the state will
hear suffrage sermons Organized la
Dor. the state grange. the women teach
ers, the nurses, the State Federation Of
Women's Clubs, are cooperating.
This is q pretty fair statement Of the
situation in Iowa. Senators, govern
ors. members Of the supreme court and
about eighty five per cent OF the news
papers in the state are supporting the
movement to grant women the right
to vote.
What is the motive which prompts
this support Of women by SO many in
fuential elements in this state?
Clearly It is nothing but a deep seat
ed conviction borne out by repeated
tests that votes for women mean q
material strengthening Of the forces
which stand in our American states for
cleaner and better government.
What about the force for evir
which worked against votes for women
in New York. New Jersey. Pennsyl-
vania and Masse chusetts?
The editor Of the New York Times
frankly admits that these forces exist
ed and they worked tooth and nail to
defeat suffrage. On election day the
saloons in New Jersey issued checks
which read. Good for drink IL suf-
frage is defeated These were gen.
ereusly distributed and generously used
by the class Of men known among sa-
loon habitues as bar flies."t ~ =.
1t is frankly admitted by The Times
that these elements are not so num-
erous in Iowa as they are in the east.
We have no large cities and no such
foreign elements as are found in the
coneested factory and mining centers,
in the east. For this reason It is ev-
erywhere admitted that the issue OF
votes for women has a much better
chance Of winning in Iowa than Il did
in any of the states named above. In
Pennsylvania. however, equal suffrage
won in the state but was defeated by
a narrow margin thru the votes OF the
Philadelphia bar flies"
1t almost passes understanding In
the face Of an issue so clearly defined
as suffrage where the forces for better
government stand for the cause and
those on the side Of evil oppose 1t. that
men and women who stand for the best
things in government should oppose
Of the elements upon
which they must rely to bring about
the conditions they desire to create.
There are not In New York or Massa-
chusetts enough bar fly votes to de-