Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1916-12-16

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suffrage for women. matters NOT
Thamaioritv of tire citizens OF the
State registered their approval. and Il
cannot he taken away from then
sLa,,td the desire exist Next to SUI
o., r Anthony. it may be doubted II
- e;,ole woman exercised more IN.
Anence than Mrs. lnez MllhollSnd
Pa;ssevain. who recent ydied at Los
Angeles. Had she not been sur
rounded in youth by the great wealth
that is so often the great contributor
80 tbe class known as, the idle rlcr,
IL Tho come from a family OF Du
,aoderate means, but with suthcienl
70 olive her the advantages OF the
scbools in which she was educateo
her career would have attracted much
80 attention than it did. Many
.i listened TO her did so with the
ora;,;dce which so generally prevail
he hearts of men against thos'
iha are horn of wealth. Suppressed
go, ooen expression. this prejudice
exists today as it has since history
began to record human events "a
tbough married, Mrs. Bolssevaih
mentioned by her married name ne
ouently was not known, Dut releiie'
TO as Inez Milholland, she was know
everywhere When she became Id
NOUS as a suffragette she was sehci
a1ly regarded as "pampered IdVoiiu
of the idle rich with tad. enc LaS
been accused of cultivating the RAD De
cause it would keeD her before
public, which in time would tlre
her social triumphs. Man WIZ
herd of her a few years ago LOT h'
FIRST time remember that she was mrs
famous because of her beauty ant
wealth displayed several years ago d
a horse show at Madison oqudi'
Garden. For several years she wa
known only as a member OF soclet
sustained by plutocrats. Mauy III
not tehn know that she was law
student preparing herself to take par
in the worlds great work. When snt
took part in labor disturbances II
New York City few years ago sh'
still was subject to the charges ina
followed her advent into suffrage
ranks. Regardless OF criticism
friendly or otherwise, she pursueo
her career according TO her own ligh'
When stricken at Los Angeles, where
she collapsed during an address, tn
whole country, regardless OF politica
or social prejudice, prayed and HOPED
for her recovery. Now that she ha:
passed away. the spirit of America
prevails and her memoir will BE-
treasured and loved by the people
of the country IS it treasures the
names of Susan B. Anthony, franci:
Willard. and other loved women O.
the country. not for their acts bu
for the princELes Eor (which they
stood The following tribute is iron
the pages of the Suffragist, grea
publication the sole purpose of which
is disclosed in its title:
Inez Miholland, we like to thingk
typihed the new spirit OF the suffrage
movement which lowered into con
crlte form in the woman's, party
All her life she had been a crusader
gallant and beautiful figure, stuns
to instant action by injustice. Sh'
brought head as well as heart, ant
a thrilling spirit of combat to thu
causes she espoused. Liberty to Inc;
Milholland was not merely word
{ vague hope to generalize about
to wax rhetorical over. 1t was
flaming goal, to be actually fought for
Liberty" was the last word she ut
tered in public speech for TIL
Woman's party in Los. Angeles.
During the Woman's Party conven
ton in Chicago when the idea o
women standing together for women
and themselves making this govern
ment democracy in fact, was mad
the policy of western suffragists, Inc
Milholland was one OF the speaker
at the great Auditorium Hotel meet
II i.
day will fail to remember the chal
lenyC in that fiery all ~ornca Il
be up and about the enfranchisemer
of their sisters.
In the light of the partisan label
that have been carelessly given Mrs
oissevain since her death-no on
was less partisan, no one hghtin,
more whole heartedly for the integ
rity of an ideal-those memor&bl
words in Chicago not only call Up TIL
lovely and inspiring picture of Inc
Milholland as she tossed off her ha
and leaned over the table to her au
dence with her eyes kindling to blu
flame; they epitomize the policy o
the Woman's Party, the new align
ment in the suffrage battle, which sh
believed in so earnestly, and LITERAL,
died for
Inez Miholland's whole career wa
fike a progress toward the light sh
saw ahead, and she seemed always t,
move toward it in battle, but singing
In all her tits for liberty there wa
nothing of littleness or rancor. A
her school teachers looked upon he
with mixture of d.sapprovsl mingle,
with profound but uneasy resoect 6,
it was to the end. Men seemed {,
realize that she did not hate rlen an,
institutions so much as she loved lib
erty.
In her Vassar days, those day.
'-hen young women were forbidden
to discuss the enfranchisem~ ut o
women. Inez Milholland one of tn,
leading spirits of the college, can
vassed the dormitories and found al