The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-10-30

There in this country today many British and French
men and women speakers for the Liberty Loan for the
United War Work campaign Several of them expressed
their aazemnt at the action taken by the United States
Senate when by defeated Suffrage
Amendment Almost without exception their closes
with I'VE always thought Of the United States progressive
you know And although the smile and voice sympathetic,
the words cut American pride like steel
"A decent respect for the opinions of mankind requires that
the exact responsibility should be located Locating it
difficult Ihyour Senators voted paired against
the amendment. Sixty two for it.
The South although in all but two the number of
adult white women outnrmbe the total adults male and female
Of the coored nineteen southern Senators taking
the ground that they were afraid Of the Negro
They admitted the floor that coored southern
states disfrancsed by poll tax and educational
and that these tests would apply to But they frankly
added that the Negro much intelligent
progressive and ambitious that they would not
able ntndate them into silence
Three Senators all elected by large German wet vote
Reed Missouri Hitchcock Nebraska Pomerene Ohio
voted against, as might be expected.
The who bears the brunt Of the responsibility for the
defeat William E. Borah of Idaho.
Suffragists make eleven charges Of inconsistency nnceriy
and injustice against Senator Borah.
Frst-He claims be believer suffrage yet
epudiated his profeed sentiments and paired against the amend
men the only uffrag the entire Senate who voted against
the Federal Suffrage Amendment
SecondHe state where have voted since
1896 He declared on the floor of the Senate time recently
that no matter what the of his state should do
would not affect his thus bruay insulting his
stents Repudang the sentiments of his state which he
supposed to represent, he paired against the amendment
Third-He represents party which in every possible
has espoused the suffrage cause and the amendment The
National Republican Committee endorsed it in May and his
party endorsed it in june 1918 Twohrds of the Repub
IN House OF had voted Amend
January TO- 1918 and twohds of the Republicans the
Senate stood ready to do whenever the vote called Yet
he repudated the instructions of his and paired against
Fourth1e represents party whose history and tradition
in line with the submission of the Suffrage Amendment In
1860 his welded national political by this
Are nation loose federation of states
By the arbitrament of decided that nation
The Republican Party submitted the 18th and 18th amendments
and secured their ratification Senator Boah declares
will for that deprivs each state of the right
control its elective franchise The question
been fearful load the South and consent
the burden He thus repudate the entire history and
eUh1ch
into existence and kept power for nearly half century
mistake.
Fifte represents portion of the country whose history
traditions line with the amendments He born
Illinois and educated in bleeding Kansas Yet he spoke
voted with the Democrats of the South On the other hand
fifteen Democratic western Senators who born and educated
the "Sod South" spoke and voted for the amendment In