Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1916-11-18

The campaign Is OVER and the smoke
ed and the wounded recovering nicely.

ed and the wounded recovering nicely
| And seeing that the matter is sc
Tar In the past, perhaps it will be safe
TO dish up a few post-election Gran
berries, hoping TO cause DO wry faces
and that the waiter will not tread on
any body political corns.
Having given notice to all the be
| llgerents that we like the treatment
they have given us in the past, we
may reasonably expect them to con-
t1nue their tender ministrationS. In
fact, renewed activity along that
line already has been manifested.
And now that the president has
been reelected ~, it is in order to
remark that it is pretty hard to Keep
the people of this country from vot-
ing for the president in warlike times
| although to do SO only makes war
more imminent.
Also we can now watch the high
cost of living come down again.
A gentleman who has always been
an ardent supporter of equal suf-
frage remarked to- me the other day
tina he was done with woman suf-
frage, feeling disappointed over. the
way the women were supposed to
have voted. 1 do not feel that way
about it. Neither do 1 think that
great majority. of the women voted
for Wilson. Such course would APP
pear SO inconsistent and so grossly
ungrateful as to be unbelievable.
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Take the example of Illinois, which
voted for Hughes, and Kansas which
gave wilson large majority, and re-
member that the women .of both
states were permitted to vote for
president for the first time. What
can you make of ite The fact Is that
male voters are quite as likely to be
stampeded as the women are. Adam
was the first man to ssIay it on to the
women folks" and probably he did so
ON the spur of the moment and felt
sorry for it afterward.
The writer has no complaint to of
fer about 1.-The way the women vot-
ed" He supported woman suffrage
for thirty years and would do so
again if occasion demanded, because
he believes it to be everlastingly
right.
1t would be unfortunate and re
gretable, indeed, to have the impress
ion confirmed that the women all
voted one way, because of the effect
1t would have on the chances for
equal suffrage in those states which
have not yet adopted it. Even as it
is, the result of the recent election
years in states which were almost
ready for it. ss.G|
Speaking of equal suffrage, how
many states have it and how did each
OF them vote on PRESIDENT
Say what you will, about the false
and foolish SlnUan ssHo ont ~
war. there is no doubt that it hyp@
notiZed great many voters.
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Yes, l call it "false'' because it is
untrue, both technically and practf
cally, and it is foolish" because to
De out OF war is our normal condition.
This country has had 81 different
pr esidents and beside Wilson only
four of them have failed to keep us
out OF war. Perhaps you had not
thought of that before.
Stranger yet is the fact that the
presidents who have failed to keep us /
out of war are the ones best remem-
Oered and most revered. And / ven-
ture to predict that Wilson will be i
longest remembered by the way he |
has failed TO keep US out of war.
,he rest of the country
Ieels the same way about. ThereforeJ
what a struggle 1t must be to keep ust
,ut OF it and how thankful we should
eel! The fact is, the country canl
congratulate itself and owes mol
hanks to any man for what he has
lone or left undone
Where is the country that wants to
lgh6 the United States, and what is
here to hinder it?
The writer is not a great admirer
II ROOSEVELT but it can be said of him
and truthfully, tool that he sskept Us
nut OF war" and not only for two
ears out Tor seven. And that, too,
vas at a time when most of the great
lations had nothing to do but fight
IS instead of fighting each other as
hey have been for the last two years.
Moreover, Teddy was the mediator
Who brought the great Rxsso-Japl
var to an end. Had you forgotten it?
To be continued-if we survive.