The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-09-26
PAYS RESPECTS
TO THE DEMOCRACY

women of the nation, but now we
know. 1t was so perfectly obvious
that we wonder why we didn't see the
reason long ago. But. then, they have
always told us that the women would
vote Just as they were told to vote,
so. of course, we thought the reason
was more obscure. But after the
heart-rending appeal to the women
of Winnemucca published in last
weeks Humboldt Star, we realize
what an additional burden has been
thrust upon the already overburdened
shoulders of that hardworking organ
ization. Ii was a hard enough Job as
it was, to line up the men and stuff
sugar-coated pills down their inno-
cent little throats; but now, horrors!
they have the women on their hands
too. OF course. the job was not of
their own seeking A lot of darn fool
ignoramuses throughout the state
went and voted for that amendment
to the state constitution, after having
been warned not to. and now these
poor oyerworked members of the
Democratic party. who have never
been known to shirk a duty. have
come yaliantly and gallantly to the
rescue of the state of Nevada and the
government of the United States, and
incidentally to the rescue of Senator
Pittman and President Wilson,, and
have issued an appeal--or was ii
command-to the good women OF
Winnemucca, to line up and be told
how to vote. (Of course, il is evident
the other kind do not need to be told
howl. Evidently they all needed in
struction, for when the writer took
walk up the street. about three D. m.
last Saturday, there was not another
woman in sight anywhere. The
writer felt as though she had been
tagged. II am not a good woman
And IL is the same noble spirit which
animates the men. in their opposition
TO the Susan b. Anthony amendment,
that is animating the women of the
West in their efforts to effect the
passage of that amendment II is
such lark TO keep the men OF a
whole nation on pins and needles
and to keep them asking What vii
they do next2" that we wish TO shar
the fun with our sisters Of the East
poor things. are made of sterner stuff.
They take the running OF the govern
ment so much more seriously. II is
such responsibility TO keep "deserv-
ing Democrats" supplied with good
positions, and so. ennobled by a.
splendid spirit of self sacrifice. they
have undertaken the additional bur-
den of trying to prevent this same
awful calamity Detailing their East
ern brethren.
1t wouldn't be quite so bad if all
the women belonged to that class
who promise to love. honor and obey
when they go through the marriage
ceremony. but, gosh hang it, can that
other bunch, who leave out that word
obey? That is the question. Also
how many are there of the pesky
things? Come quickly to the rescue
some one, for the Democratic party
is sadly harassed. and had about all
the burdens it could comfortably
stand up under, without this addi-
tional one. 1t was the last straw that
broke the camefs back, you know
and this poor old camel, or donkey
rather. had so much on its back al
ready, that ii wouldn't take a very
big straw TO completely annihilate
the thing.
And then, just think what might |
happen to this country, if another
party should happen to obtain CON
trol. 1t might tamper with that per
fectly good child labor bill and fix II |
up so those poor Southern Senators
couldn't do thing with it, and what
would those Senators do then, poor
things? They who have done so much
for the Democratic party.
| mention the child labor law" as
/ noticed the good. women were TO re
ceive particular instruction on that
matter. also the eight-hour law and
other enlightened acts.
AS we fear the manhood of the ma
tion is going to be overworked dur
ing the next few weeks, we shall en-
deavor to tighten their labors by
series of supplementary lessons to
follow in this paper from day to day
in the form of conversations between
two prominent good women who meet
to talk over the lessons they have re-
ceived. We shall also bring up other
subjects than those mentioned
Among them, "Too proud to fight,
"He kept us out of war" and other
enlightened acts. too numerous to
We shall endeavor to make
this corner of the paper a place of
dreamy existence accessible only i'm
those rare moments of reverie and
relaxed contemplation, creating, as il i
were, a little haven, away from the
worldly strife and the grosser things
of daily routine" In fact a little cor
ner where these two good women
may meet to talk over the perplexing
problems which these good instruct |
ors are trying so patiently to explain
and where they may get back to the
real underlying, fundamental princi-
pies.
BY the way. we noticed that these
representative of the manhood of the
nation failed to make any mention of