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VOL. 16, NO. 9
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Story of Woman Suffrage in
Colorado
: John Brlsbcn Walker in Now
York American
I have had an opportunity to see
the workings of woman suffrage at
eloso rango In Colorado. I can say
that If evor a commonwealth had
reason to rejoice, It Is Colorado that
sho has woman suffrage.
Hero Is the situation: Man suffrage
had enslaved Colorado through the
operations of certain powerful inter
ests combined for private gain. They
had obtained such complete control
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of the offlcoj and of the election ma
chinery that the situation seemed
hopeless.
. Woman suffrage was allowed by
this combination to slip through, be
cause they believed the fool story
that only the women of the red light
districts would cast their votes, and
the red light vote and its repeaters
were part of their political machin
ery.
But from the hour that women's
votes began to be cast conditions
changed for the better. Public util
ity corporations could threaten and
scare their employes into voting for
their evil purposes, but they could
not intimidate the wives and daugh
ters. One law after another bettering
conditions was put upon the statute
books. Finally came the initiative,
referendum and recall, which took
government out of the hands of as
absolute a set of bosses as ever Co
trolled a state, and restored power
to the people's votes.
Corrupt judges awoke to the men
ace of their situation. The combin
ation of selfish interests against the
people had been extraordinarily
strong.
Every corporation bribing the
state and city governments for un
just privileges had combined with all
that was vicious within the common
wealth. The gamblers, the red light voters,
and the repeaters were all part of
their machinery. They kept a mayor
in office for long years by the most
high-handed violations of law.
But finally, one stormy day, ten
thousand women assembled in the
state capitol grounds and under the
falling snow vowed to oust the cor
rupt city administration and estab
lish a commission form of govern
ment. And they did it.
It is the women who have brought
to Mr. Rockefeller the knowledge
that the power of his extensive in
terests hi Colorado was being used
to cover the evil deeds of as ruthless
a gang as ever attempted to ruin a
state.
Today Colorado embraces as a
whole more weli-governed little
cities and towns than are to be found
in any other state. Its public schools
are of the highest type. Its people
are intelligent and anxious for what
is right.
And by the aid of woman suffrage
the powerful combinations of unjust
privileges, with all their evil hangers-on,
are being slowly but Read
ily pushed into the background.
No wonder that every combination
of wrong is today opposing voman
suffrage for New -York. They have
been taught to fear woman suffrage
by the results in Colorado, and in
those of the western states where a
higher civilization is steadily making
its way under the benign iniiuence
of women's votes.
One more word: Suffrage in Colo
rado has exercised an elevating and
ennobling effect upon womanhood.
The women of today study govern
mental problems. They are better
informed and have better ideals of
government than any like number of
men to be found in New York state.
Woman suffrage, which after all
is but the granting of a just right,
has blessed alike those upon whom it
was bestowed and the communities
by which it was bestowed.
Stupidity, prejudice, ignorance and
the combination of all the vicious
elements may possibly defeat it in
New York and New Jersey, but it is
so eminently just and right that it
will only be a little while until it
shall prevail in all the states of the
union.
Indeed, it will only be a little
while until our children will be won
dering, as they read the. history of
this movement, that any man of in
telligence or real manhood could
have been found who could ,
dreamed of withholding this hIT!
from his mother, wifef Zt
daughter. tr or
. THE MAINE ELECTION
Following is an Associated presa
dispatch; L38
Portland, Me., Sept. 12,, The
largest vote in the history of Maine
was cast at the state election yeainP
day. The total vote will approS"
mate 150,000. In the last presidential
llOOO? tW yean ag' U feU below
The receipts today of the vote
from the border and a few isolated
towns increased the pluarlity of Carl
E. Milliken over Governor Oakley c
Curtis, democrat, from the indicated
figures of 13,000 last night to 13,800
Indicated pluralities for the other
republican candidates were confirmed
by a revision of the vote. The re
publicans have solid delegations in
both branches of congress and will
easily control both houses of the
legislature. Vote of Maine .national
guardsmen in Texas was proportion
ate. The revised vote for governor,
United States senators and congress
men follows:
Governor: Milliken, republican,
79,902; Curtis, democrat, 66,547.
United States senators:
Hale, republican, 78,044; Feruald,
republican, 79,368; Johnson, demo
crat, 68,273; 111, democrat, 66,832.
Congressmen:
Goodall, republican, 19,732;
Stevens, democrat, 16,103; White,
republican, 19,157; McGillicuddy,
democrat, 18,770; Peters, republican,
21,800; Bunker, democrat, 18,277;
Hersey, republican, 15,066; Pierce,
democrat 11,013.
" AN EARLY RISER
' Farmer Brown and.. Farmer Jones
were near neighbors, arid many a dis
pute took place a's to who was the
earlier riser. One day Farmer
Brown determined to put the sub
ject to a test. Rising very early one
morning he proceeded to visit his
friend about four o'clock. Great was
his astonishment when he saw Mrs.
Jones hanging out the clothes.
Farmer Jones about?" he asked.
"Well," replied the lady, "he was
the first part of the mornin', but 1
dunno where he is now." Sunday
School Advocate.
S01MEWHERE IN INDIANA
There's some place they call Some
where in each battle-shadowed
land; . 1n
In far-off France or desert waste be
yond the Rio Grande.
But in my own glad vision lies a
Somewhere fair and free--Somewhere
in Indiana. Ah, tnats
where enough for me!
The shrapnel I've no fear of is the
orchard's dripping dew,
Our trenche-r are the valleys witn
The gases 11 are fragrant, sweet witii
essence of tne rose,
And Verdun here is any hill where
wild Sweet William grows.
Our men-of-war are fleecy clouds
tnat san an auc.Bs
As fair as old Muscatatuck and calm
as KanKaicee. . nt
That fiery curtain oyer there is noi
for foes oppresseu, orn,nnir
But Indiana's .golden sun parading
J . 4-1 sv irnof
UOWII tliq wvoim.
We march'aW the open road, our
tents ar.e stateiy u; He
Our airshW are the bobolinks.
thrusties and the bees.
Eaolx 'hurt's a wirelPiw ?n'
"Pence,hVaV Indiana wltl'
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