Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-28


one-sixth OF the copper of the world.
and said that all labor troubles would
come to an end when the government
investigated the "rustling- card" sys-
TEN and allowed the unions to organ
i2e and be recognized
She denied the fact that the labor
ing unions of Butte were members of
the T. w. w. ami said that only three
hundred of the one thousand six hun
dred union men who went out on
strike carried |. w. w. cards She
said that Little was lynched by the
hlsher gun men In the employ of the
Anaconda Copper company. Her re-
marks on the labor situation were tho
same as she made in the only speech
'he made in the extra session.
No Human Happiness.
She saru copper was selling at al
cents before the United states entered
the war. and that now the government
was buying the same ore at 23 cents
accommodated prices She said
The democracy we enjoy today may
be despotlsm tomorrow, and that the
liberty Of Yesterday may he bondage
today, and that all the democracy of
tries, while increasing the production
of every industry. had failed to in
crease the production of human hap
piness
The press of the country is TIE
greatest educator we have" con
tended the lady congresswoman, "and
hope 10 see the day come When
newspapers will be owned hy 'nunici-
palities, with press board elected the
"a A rl /
tor-in-chief selected To manage tn
newspaper, and have every citizcn
write the editorials"
She said that an individual would
not write more than one editorial and
FOR that reason there would be no
need IN increasing the size Of the
paper She would deliver the. paper
free, thereby guaranteeing one hun
dred per cent circulation. Then.
indeed" she said, we will have a free
press which will be a real newspaper
which would print the real facts. and
which we must have five work out
democracy"
Good Politician.
She dwelt on the ballot. and showed
Keen knowledge of cnfranc chisement
Miss Rankin is exceptionally well
versed on political issues involving
the ballot, and exhibited an especially
keen knowledge of the recall. initia-
tive and referendum of this state. She
appealed for better motherhood
and for better fatherhood and said
the remedy was at the ballot, claim
ing that the ballot was nothing more
than an expression of opinion, and
that that opinion should be expressed
Tor the well-bcing of the child. She
contended that il was wrong for the
fathci to work hard all his life to
give his child something better than
, what he had himself and hoped to
, sec II g day when purer ballot would
euualiIe all social inequality. She said
I her first vote was for herself. and
that she voted the Republican ticket.
Th5 Non-Partisan league of North
Dakota received her unqualified en-
doi eement, and she predicted that 1t
would be a dominating factor in the
next election.
When she asked member of the
| legislature of Delaware to vote for
woman suffrage in that state, she said
he told her that Delaware was the
first state to ratify the constitution
! az tho United States and that 1t
/ never intended TO be the first in any
| thing again.
She-applauded the men of the state
Of New York for giving suffrage to
women. and recalled that AZ con-
|
women to he elected i'm that state, and
predicted that Oklahoma would give
| tho woman a vote if the woman kept
on working for ii. Ninety-three con-
gresHnen, in all. she said, would now
| have to appeal 10 women votes to re-
turn to congress, and she hoped the
siXty-fifth session would pass the fed
eral amendment, and predicted the
| states would ratify it,
Subject lnoppOrtuTc.
Those who heard Miss Rankin went
hotnc believing that she could have
done much better had she chosen
different subject. Her address was
programmed vital Issues" but the
, issues were not, according to some Of
those present, vital az this time. They
were merely incidontal-details of
natural course of human and indus
trial events which are of minor i'm
portance, compared with the great
issues that row involve this nation.
Miss Rankin Impressed those pres
ent as being a lovely little womanly
| woman. with very extraordinary
fun1 of Knowledge, and with a keen
ability to present it but with sub
stance lacking and fundamentals
omitted.
Miss Rankin appeared here as a
, number on the Ora Iightner- Eros.
concert course. Tulsa is the only
, city in the United States to secnre her
services She arrived at 6 o'clock
from Montana and left at midnight
for Washington
The prelude on the municipal pipe
organ by Powell Weaver emphasized
the qualities of that famed instru-
ment and delightfully."- entertained the
audience. Mr.. Weaver, altho a young
man. displays rare talent as an organ
let. His program last night was as
follows:
Allegro in the style of Handel-Wol-
stenhoihe Vorspiel TO 'Lohengrin"-
Wagner: Prelude in. E-Gaston Nj. De-
their. (a) Minuet in G-Beethoven:
(b) Within Chinese Garden
StouEhton; (c) Clair de Lune-karg-
Ebert; Toccata from "Gcthique Suite
II uellmann.