Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1923-01-10
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK

huSllmEtun.-lt h possible that such
81 the gentle sex as have found tenn
porlry Judgment thus Tar IN the halls
congress have found disllluslOnment;
not complete, perhaps. but almost SO.
There is a feeling that Miss jeanette
Rankin found IL. and perhaps IL is no
stage secret that Miss Alice Robertson
OF Oklahoma has found IL. Mrs. Hucli
OF Illinois yet has To nnd Il, but she
has less than three months In which
40 make the search anu the discovery
CALAMITY demands, Of course. of man
the hope that Mrs. Huck viii not find
herself among the dislllusloned. The
acre males Ia congress are always po-
Ateiy. even calamity, inclined toward
their sisters who come temporarily 10
WORK with them, but man Is a perverse
creature and il seems 10 one In Wash
tngion who looks carefully at things
that the legislative dreams OF the sister
are not apt always 70 Dee the legisla-
tive dreams OF the brothers; and the
great trouble is-frum one point OF
view. at least-that in congress there
are 50 many more brothers than sis
tiers.
Members q congress say regretfully
or unregrerfully. according TO their
heart feelings In the matter, that the
influence 81 woman In national legis-
latiye life seems 20 be waning. Now.
this cannot De true 10 any great extent.
for even before the enfranchi sement OF
woman she could get pretty nearly
everything she wanted 20 out Of con-
Eress. Today. however. 80 far as Infiu-
snce on legislation is concerned. women
possibly are not so powerful as once
they were. because they are divided in
o. camps Of opinion and camps OF
effort
Women Are Divided.
The women are divided into camps
Of endeavor. The proofs OF Il are in
evidence every day OF the week In this
city Of Washington. one camp OF
women urges this and another camp
urges contrariwise; one urges that and
The other urges against that
A few days ago a woman representa-
tive In congress appeared az public
meeting In Washington 90 urge and
plead Tor the release 81 the sO-called
freeSpecch prisoners now ln Jail for
sediti0us utterances during the war.
There are other women la Washington
today who. representing an organlza-
tion. are just as much opposed 20 the
release 81 these prisoners as the school
cf benevolent thought. represented by
the gentle lady from Illinois and by
klany others. equally gentle aud equally
tnsistent, Is In favor u IL.
While the meeting IN which the
pleading was offered for the release OF
the incarcerated wartime victims was
being held. there was a meeting not
far away largely attended by women.
There was being framed a pronounce
meut which declared that all so-cailed
political prisoners were duly convicted
OF q crime against the laws OF the
country and that. therefore. they. as all
other prisoners. should serve their
time.
50 Il Is IN Washington that almost
every endeavor- Of women Is met by "A
counter .yomen's endeavor. Perhaps
It Is a healthy thing that the women
disagree one with another. as men al
ways have disagreed one with another.
Disagresments May Be Helpful.
There are men aud women here who
any that the disagreements which
have come Ga the ranks " the ladies
form one Of the healthful signs OF the
times. II seems % be true. however.
that. healthy or unhealthy as the signs
may be. women have not been making
recently as much progress In the direc-
tiCn OF national Office holding as they
believed and others believed would be
the case.
Judging ron the doings Of the day.
a. would seem 10 be perfectly possible
20 elect women 10 congress who repre-
sent different schools II thought Then
when one set OF women represented
tries 10 make Uncle sam a sort OF
general maternity doctor. the other
women. who DO not believe altogether
fn turning over the functions OF the
home 20 federal operation. may CON-
bat the legislatioa-and then IL would
he case OF the best school OF thought
winning.
What the men In congress seem 20
want is more women representatives
OF different political schools and differ
ent economic faiths. They urge that
this would result in legislation not
based entirely on sex sentiment and
the result you'd be good for the coun-
Try -enera ,.
OF course. this thought r. comhated
hy the women o. certain schools. but
Il i applauded by women ~ certain
either schools. Organizations OF
women there are today In Washington
and each group Of organizations works
counter O. ne other groups. Men
would prefer seeing them in seats In
runrress rather than IN seats. which
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