The Washington times., 1920-04-07

An Encouraging Victory.
What Women Have Done.
Watch Them In Future.
A Picture OF lenine.
BY ARTHUR BRISBANE.
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Copyright. 1890
Americans who understand con-
oieions are encouraged by Hiram
sohnson's victory. II means, as
ne says, that Q citizen without
financial backing can meet and
whip these forces of capital or
sanized 10 control government.
You who read the Hearst news
papers viii observe that they
alone, among big newspapers Of
tne country, gave to Johnson's
campaign honest, full publicity,
ana the encouragement deserved
by man fighting for the average
man and against privilege.
A New York newspaper owned
oy the ]. p. Morgan interests said
on the day before election that
hiram johnson might" carry
Detroit because the forces of un-
rest are back Of him."
AS this is written, johnson
leads the man with the biggest
barrel by about fifty Thousand
votes. There must be consider
able unrest" in Michigan.
The amusing part of the Michi-
gan vote was the race between
Hoover, the foreign candidate, and
Edwards, Of New Jersey, the wet
candidate. Edwards won in the
cities.
The next announcement inter-
esting to candidates will be sup
Piled by Johnson's own State. 1t
must be a satisfaction to Califor-
MIA to have q native son that can
hit such q hard blow in far-off
Michigan. Many "native sons" do
not carry so far. It also interests
California, undoubtedly, to see
johnson generously encouraged In
great cities all over the nation by
another native son, Hearst, who
controls the greatest publications
In the United States and is able to
tell the truth to millions every
day.
How will women vote next fall?
No one need worry about the an
swer to that question. Johnson's
show Of power will compel even
newspapers owned by organized
capital to print some Of the things
that he says, and occasionally to
print his p. :ture. When the
women see that face they will say,
There is a man ] can trust"
The first thing that women look
for in men is strength. They
needed it in ancient days to pro-
tect their children from bears and
wolves. They need 1t now to pro-
tect their pocketboolks from trusts
and profiteers. ~
Women will have much to say
shout public affairs in future, and
will study them more closely than
men. +r.-.. ...
With all their handicaps they
have had much to do with public
affairs in the past For instance,
you read about Smith College and
the effort to increase its resources.
Your mind sees a little girl, long
ago, sitting on the steps Of the
Academy at Hatfield, to which
females" were not admitted. That
little girl, hungry for knowledge,
listened to boys reciting their les
sons and gathered what knowledge
she could through the open win
dow.
Sophie Smith was her name.
When she died she left 1898 900 to
found Smith College for girls.
How much do you think the
Smith girls in all these years have
done to improve thought?
How much do you think Henry
Ward Beecher's sister, Harriet
Beecher Stowe, did for freedom
when she wrote "Uncle Toms
Cabin? ?"
And how much do you think
the sister Of Augustus did for
Rome and civilization, advising
her brother wisely, and for his
sake and for her country, enduring
patiently all the nonsense Of her
husband, Marc Antony, who was
pursuing Cleopatra? Reading his
tory intelligently, we learn that
women have been to men what
the Punch and Judy gentlemen be-
hind the shelf is to the little
mannikins that he works on the
ends of his fingers. Women have
feeling, sincerity and devotion.
Men are ambitious and selfish.
Without the women's moral force
this would be a hideous world.