Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-09-01
Falls, N. Y.

recommending woman Suffrage as
practical political measure to all other
states. Every governor and chief
justice of the supreme court Of Col
orado. for the last "a years. has given
his unqualified endorsement of woman
suffrage as a benefit to the state ana
to the women themselves. Many
prominent men of Colorado have fire.
quertly visited other states, even de-
fraying their own expenses to do so,
for the purpose of testifying in behalf
OF woman suffrage in that state.
Hugh McNeal, formerly managing
editor of the Denver Times writes OF
Mr. Mailing, the politician, in the No-
mans Journal of Oct. 81, 1914. -hr.
McNeal says:
Politically. J. B. Mailing is a person OF
noconsequence in Colorado. out mere,
where we are often more than lenlent IN
our Judgment Of men. Mr.. Mailing would
not he deemed a creditable witness on
any question. He was for three years the
handy man of w. G. Evans. the most ar
rogant corporation Boss in Colorado I'M
til that Boss was driven first out of the
city and finally out of the state. While
serving Evans he was errand boy Of Old
Bill Smith, Evans chief lieutenant. gen
orally known as the most corrupt political
manipulation who ever lived in Colorado.
movement now. he is opposing 1t only be-
cause through that OPPOSITION he is finding
that means of livelihood taken from him
when the Boss aforesaid packed his
and the writer ventures the opinion, with
out the least malice to Mailing, that
Mailing would become suffrage adVo-
cate of the most violent character were
the other side TO offer him a raise Of
any considerable value upon his present
wages.
=. when Mr.. Mailing says that
reputable women don't vote In Colorado.
he lies. II he says that the exercise OF
the suffrage by the women of this state
has not led to any substantial economic
and social reforms Of an excellent char
acter. he Is either talking nonsense or eX-
ercising that aptitude which the former
Boss of Denver found of occasional use
fulness."
Mr.. Mailing in May and June Of the
year 1916 was active in the state Of
Iowa which was then waging woman
suffrage campaign Apropos of his
visit to that state the editor of the
Marshalltown Times Republican said
in an editorial:
"A man who introduces himself as John
B. Mailing was In town yesterday con-
Quoting a peculiar campaign against wo-
man suffrage. 1t appears that Mr. Nal
Ing made a more or less extensive can
assuring them OF the disastrous effects of
woman suffrage upon the state of Colo
RADIO and IN one case at least supporting
representation by letter alleged L, have
prominent banker Of Denver
There seems to be very plain difference
between Mailing and the man whose let
ter he shows. Mr. Briggs In an interview
in the Denver Post denies the letter. He
says:
PRODUCTION to whom Il may concern said
Frank n. Briggs. president Of the Inter
where in that letter did mention the
cause Of suffrage. I always have been IN
favor Of woman suffrage on the grounds
OF Justice and equity. When I was
newspaper editor did all I could to bring
about the enfranchisement Of Colorado
women and I believe in suffrage as much
today as ! ever did. II Mr.. Mailing has
said the bankers of Colorado are against
suffrage he does not express my views.
The Chamber of Commerce Of Den
YER aroused at the gross misstate-
ments Of the effect Of woman suffrage
in Colorado, and the unsettling of the
financial world by the womens vote.
printed and circulated through the
state Of Iowa a striking statement
carrying the true story Of Colorado's
prosperity and we'll being under
government where women as we'll as
men vote.
Seventy business men Of Denver. to
counteract the misstatement that
woman suffrage in Colorado has de-
stroged the integrity of the state, is
sued a signed statement refuting all
such accusations. Among the twelve
bank presidents signing was Frank u.
Briggs. a
In the face Of all this will Mr.. Mall
ing be able to influence the votes Of
the thinking men Of Maine? The suf-
tragists believe he WILL NOT.