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

1858 Lincoln and Douglas presented similar anomaly Douglas
aligned himself with every prosavery interest On the
other hand Lincoln southern-bor the aacy and the
wickedness of slavery and boldly assaed it, Which right
History repeats itself and lesser way that incident is dup
Gated The weserbom Republican, Borah aligned himself
with ansuffrage interest while the soutenborn Repub
can Pondexter of Washington and Fall of New Mexico and
the Democratic Smith of Arizona, Thomas and Shaot of
Colorado, Lewis of Illinois, Meyers of Montana Pman of
Nevada Jones of New Mexico Owen and Gore of Oklahoma
Chamberlain Of Oregon Kendck of Wyoming, Cuberson and
Shepherd of Texas Robinson and Kirby Arkansas defend
Federal Amendment by voice and
In other words seventeen ouherborn Senators expand
under influences and get of things
that they the selfness rights when applied
questions of inherent justice More Senators within the
odtme rights section have the truth and voted
for the suffrage amendment Senator Borah has Progressed
backward with such rapditude of celebrity that he stands
with the most unreconstruced southern Democrat.
With the exception of the fibusterer Senator
Reed of Missouri Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska and Senator
Louisiana Senator Borah was the only man. in the
mighty stretch of country extending from the Pacific the
MISSISSIPPI who voted or was paired against the amendment
SixthBeievng Senator Borah to be believer
suffrage and influenced against the amendment only by his
viction that matter for any extend
Idaho great pains were taken to acqan him with
the facts that there many wherein
enanchised under the existing constitutions and where
ngy difficult For example, the of New
Mexico cannot be enfranced for twenty-five years by the
method Indiana has tried in vain to call constitutional
venon and has lost SO attempts to amend constitution which
has been existence since 1852 There twenty
with exceedingly difficult technical conditions
Suffrag have classified constitutions impossible improbable
difficult and fair Knowing full we'll that generation would
eapse before the of all could the VOTE owing
to the pecuaies of state constitutions knowing that
Britain and Canada had each given the world their pledges of
sincerity the for democracy by extending suffrage
Senator Borah yet placed his deciding influence against
the amendment His explanation is that he prefers that
should get their suffrage if at ALL by the state method
So did and do prefer the Berlin by rail
and that democracy by peace but when those closed
will accept them by rather than have the progress of
human liberty longer delayed
Senator Borah claims to be believer in suffrage
but he blocks the only road which leads its establishment
Seventh-Senator Borah knew that made the const
ton that the state constitutions grant suffrage foreigners after
residence of six months and with small proof Of fitness
for the and that millions of under those
qualifications that these from all quarters of the
globe have the right the acknowledgements of
by the state method and thus by their European training and
inherited views to withhold political freedom from He
knew that Americanborn
business housekeepe and teachers forced plead
for their political liberty with who do know the meaning
of the words constitution and amendment Yet he adamant
the reasoning that since American had subjected