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DAYTON, OREGON, NOVEMBER 1, 1912.
orado Springs and President of lAkFR IN fTIN^TI Pa»et- He expresses the belief
the Colonial Dames of Colorado. ivvIlLIt 111 'WHO I I" that Campbell is going to poll
We wish to quote from a letter ■
a large vote that would ordinar
written by Mrs. Goddard to a
ily go to the regular Republican
member of the board of the an-
candidate, which of course will
IINIVFPÇITV ; H-suffrage association of Port-
cut down Hawley’s vote and
UlilTLIlo.l I land. She says in part:
Proposed by Initiative Petition
thus strengthen Stillman.
--------- I “I am in a peculiar position,
Hawley’s refusal to support the
President of the State Press Assoc- , for while I disapprove most era-
Kenyon—Shepherd bill and a For the amending of Section 1, Ar-
May Advance Single Tax
phatically of equal suffrage, and
iation Suggests Co-«peration
general dissatisfaction as to his 4^® 4 of the Constitution of the State
while I have yet to see one good
Under the guise of placing a record during the present Con- of Ore<°n so as to requires majority
With Department of >
is said to -u
have caused
a
an* e,ectio"
result from it, while the women | graduate 1 tax on the value of gress,
Journalism
l„__^
*
r to adopt constitutional amendment and
of Colorado have the response- corporate property in- Oregon large number of the voters of , pa„ Initiative measure. and a major,
vote only of electors voting thereon
Col. E, Hofer, of Salem, Pres bility I must do my part toward promoters of the single tax the- the 1st district to withdraw their । ity
support of the present Congress to reject meabureg referred to the peo
trying
to
make
matters
better,
ory
have
concealed
a
j
ker
in
a
ident of the State Press Associa
ple.
man.
tion, in answering a letter apply But I frankly say I do not see long constitutional amendment, The managers of Paget’s cam
VOTE YES OR NO.
ing for membership written by how this can be accomplished. • which will go before the people paign believe that with the 322
X
YES
E. W. Allen, head of the new de It certainly has not yielded any through the initiative in Novem- large democratic vote their can 823
X
NO
partment of journalism at the such result up to this date. We ber, and which, if passed, wil didate will draw from Lane and The Majority Rule Amendment, aa
have no cleaner politics, no pur- re8Ult in the the theory of sm-
University, writes as follows:
shown above, is just as it will appear
er politicians, no less graft, no g|e tax becoming a practical re the vote of the republicans split on
the ballot. This is one of the moat
between Selling, Clarke and
“I tried to find you when at better laws for women and chil- ality in the Stat
important measures the voters of Ore
Bourne,
the
prohibitionist
has
Eugene on Oregon Electric day dren than Massachusetts has.! Thia concealing of ajokerin
every chance of winning the e- gon will be called upon to decide at the
but could not run across you any and in spite of the often repeat
lection. Pagets extensive cam coming election.
where. I am planning holding ed assertions of the suffragists,; sweeping amendments has be- paign tour through the state has It will take from the minority the
m i
r
'c°mea habit in attempting to impressed a great number of vo much abused power to initiate and pass
a district meeting of the news not S
ONE of / the laws we have is
„ |e
|.gislation „
papermen at Eugene soon, when the result of the votes of women. demon8trated by the
ters with his frankness and ev laws that only a very small percentage
ident sincerity and has won the of the people understand, and confirms
Mr. Bates (PhiL S. Bates, recre- As far as this goes the influence
the majority in its rights to rule.
tary of the association) and I of women outside the suffrage county tax amendment which high regard of a large majority Has it not been the purpose of the
of
men
who
are
disgusted
with
will be there. Our plan is to se is better than with the exercise was passed in 1910. In that a- present day conditions in the initiative to give the people—the ma
T.
,
,
.
mendment abolition of poll and
jority - the right to rule? Surely.
lect some central point and invite of ,
J.h^ve found the Profess- head tax was made the catch national capitol.
the newspapermen for 25 to 50 lonal Suffragist or poht.cian phrMe to |u„ the VQter when As to the legislature, Taylor How can the majority rule if 26 or SO
of the voters are allowed to
miles around to come together, hard, aggressive, loud m voice in rea|ity the am,ndment a8 , says, his party will have at least percent
enact laws?
five
men
at
Salem
at
the
next
get acquainted and have some and manner and ready to antag- who|e a||cwed e>ch cou
sessi< n, with a strong possibil Look at it this way and you will see
addresses on journalism, increase onize any one to carry her point: provide it8 own
m
ity that this number may be in the drnger in the law which the pro
the membership of our state or It is not with her an appeal to
creased to eight when the re posed amendment will remedy! A cer
tain clique, or certain interests desire
turns are all in.
ganization and promote better reason” but an appeal to senti-1 ation or exemption.
a
law or laws passed; they send out an
ideals of journalism. We should ment, to passion, and to fancied This , year ,. an attempt is made The present campaign has army
of paid canvassers to solicit
be glad to hold a conference in wrong done to women. There ,0 8edu'e ‘7 v°‘er throuK» a been so successful from every names at so much per name, the peti
standpoint, that the exponents
connection with your department is very little to say now on the.8erle8 °f «™duatfd assessments of
the temperance cause have tion is filed and the measure goes on
if it is agreeable. ”
subject excepting that my ob- on proIlert1“ valued at »0,000 expressed themselves as out to the ballot; those who have initiated
the measure and those who signed the
win the state election in 1914.
Prof. Allen’s reply was that servations have only intensifiedjor over^
petitions—a small per cent of the elec
nothing would please theUnivar- my feelings on the subject. The The “joker” is concealed in
torate-vote for it, a few people who
sity more than to have the news better class of women do not ^he seventh section of the pro-
know that the proposed law ia aimed
posed
amendment,
labeled
sec
at
the rights of the people vote against
papermen make use of the Uni want to vote. It is hard for me
it;
but the majority who read in one
tion
(1)
and
ia
as
follows:
The
versities facilities. All editors to induce them to come to the
paper that the law ia a good one and
and other professional workers polls, when any stirring ques- P®°Ple of any county may at any
who read in another paper that it is a
are welcome at all times, and it tion comes up, and on ordinary i Hme by a county law assess and
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, | bad law, frankly admit that they do
is the policy of the department matters they neither feel nor ^ax P®1*8011®! property and im- Ida M. Tarbell says one of her , not understand it, and refrain from
to bring the students ihto fre-' even pretend to feel any inter- provements on, in and under chief objections to woman suf-
What is the result? The peo-
pie
who
have initiated and who are
est
”
pand
>
n
their
county,
but
except
quent touch with men in the
frage is that it will take the at deeply interested
in the measure - a
active field. It is hoped here Judging from the conditions a* ST pr0^^
be assess- tention of women from what I small minority, about
26 or 30 per cent
that Col. Hofer will soon name as they now stand in Colorado, | and taxed by and Under such believe to be their real civic du of the electorate - are counted for it
a defínate date, and that the TJ- do we honestly feel that the wo- county laws the same is exempt ties by interesting them in the as are those who d d not vote at all
niversity may prepare to receive men’s vote will better our State *rom ^xat1011 in Oregon.
political game, when they should and it is declared passed.
That is what has happened in the
a large delegation.
I
By
the
provision
included
in
of Oregon?
be concentrating their attention past
and what will happen at the com
। this sentence, as the proposed on specific civic work.
ing
election.
That is Minority Rulo,
Cenditlons In Colorado Today After
amendment is made self-execut Ail right minded women want not Majority Rule.
19 Years of Women Vot ng
ing, automatically all personal this work done, but they differ The proposed amendment will safe-
property and all buildings and as to the method. The suffra- guard th« right« of the people and
improvements upon land would gist thinks th. ballot the panacea ’ ,7“^
It was in the year 1893 that
(BY MARY C. FRANCIS)
be exempt from taxation. Thia for all ills of society. The anti- rule as at preaent.
Woman suffrage was granted in
would
even exempt all buildings suffragist believes that the con It Ie right that our etete constitu
Colorado. For 19 years the suff A— A is for All of us.
and
improvements
upon lands of stant and effective influence now tion ahould work bo that concitione
ragists have used this state as a All of us have had ex-pe-ri-ence
the corporations which are men- exerted by women on legislation could possibly arise when leas than a
sample of good government bro un-der Free Trade.
majont \ of the votes east at an elec
tioned as falling under the pro- and public affairs is due to the tion
ught about by the woman’s vote. Was it sad?
could amend the constitution,?
visions of the graduated tax sec- character and intelligence of the Ie it not evident that thia is the
The anti-suffragists ask the men It was ve-ry sad.
of Oregon to read the words of In 1892, when the coun-try was tion. Some of the moat valu- women who advocate good caus weak spot in our initiative law?
properties or such corpor-, es. A woman now interested in Ia it not true that all are affected
a Colorado woman—one who has
pros-per-ous un-der Pro-tect- able
ations
would be entirely exempt a matter of public welfare is by the passage of bad laws aa well as
been and now is politically prom ive Tar-iff; Mr. Cleveland was I
bw.? Ia it not true that all muat
inent. She tells of the condi e-lect-ed, and 3,000,000 work from taxation, even to the grad known to be unselfish and with good
pay
the
cost of aueh legislation?
omy the interest of her cause at Ia it right to aay that the approval
tions of politics in her state to men were thrown out of en.- uated tax.
heart. The same woman under of a minority of the total number of
day.
ploy-ment.
woman suffrage is only one of vote« cast at an election ahould have
Mrs. Elizabeth Cass Goddard Free Trade did it
'many
political units, with ignor- the right to paaa any law or amend the
R
—
E
is
for
Ev-ery-thing.
of Colorado, a former ardent
The
bot
tom
falls
out
of
ev-ery-
I
ant
and
indifferent women vot- Constitution when all the people of the
suffragist has held the following
rhing
un-der
Free
Trade.
Confident of Electing Paget
11. s added to the other elements state are affected by such legislation?
offices, namely—Delegate to Vhy is this?
Is it not better to have the approval
arrayed against her success.
and Stillman
City and State Conventions, Je cause un-der Free Trade th«
A few women today are ideal- of a majority of the total number of
Deputy Sheriff, Watcher at the A-mer-i-can work-man and the
1 izing the ballot, while what will votea cast at any election than to pass
polls, and Member of the Repub man-u-fact-u-rer are not pro Asserting that they are confi really solve juvenile delinquency any law without it?
lican State Committee from El- tect ed. and all in-dus-tries are dent of electing 0. A. Stillman intemperance, the white slave If you will carefully consider the
t> affic, and the social evil, is ed merits of the Majority Rule amend
paso County. She has been re We par-a-lyzed.
had eight years of in-dus-tr- to Congress and B. Lee Paget as ucation, education and more ed ment you will vote so that in the fu
presented on various boards of al na-ral-y-sis un-der Cleve- Unite I States Senator, the s^te ucation in the homes and from ture the voters of Oregon will take
headquarters of the Prohibition the earliest hour of childhood, more interest in legislation, for it will
city and state organizations.
land.
•Ye
*
Trade
did
it.
For example; Vice-President for
party is making plans for a vig- j and therein lies the civic duty of have a tendency to restrain experi
causing less untried and ex
orous wind up of their campaign women, bigger than the casting menters,
Colorado of the Mother’s Con ( —G is for Goat.
perimental measures being proposed
This is Wood-row’s Goat.
which has been one of the most
an/ ballot, ar d absorbing e- thus giving the voter more time for
gress, 2nd Vice-President of the Pces-i-dent Taft got it
the consideration of important meas
Y. W. C. A. of Colorado Springs What kind of a goat was it?
extensive ever underUken in
W°m™ ures.
1st Vice-President of the Boys A Free Trade Goat.
the state.
t It is to keep the women of By voting for the Majority Rule a-
Club, Trustee of the City Feder-, The Pres-i-dent got it with a E. E. Tayl r, secretary of the t is state out of the “political mendment you will correct the abus
ive use of the initiative law, and there
ation of Womens Clubs, Pres Pro-tect-ive Tar-iff issue.
sta‘e committee, in a statement Fanie’ and leave them free for by preserve It in the State Constitu
the last Dem-o-crat-ic ...
. .
., . ..
this greatest of all their duties tion.
ident of the Humane Society, Be-cause
Goat near-ly bust-ed things for
PreM« cla,m* that _,
his or- ’ that we ask you to vote against You, Mr. Voter, are to decide thia
....
only woman member of the Anti- keens.
’
r~
------ —
gamzation has every
confidence the woman suffrage amendment very important queation, ard in ur< c
to decide It right you ahould vote 322 x
Tuberculosis committee of Col- Free Trade did it.
of electing both Stillman and at the coming election.
Yes on November 6.
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Civic Duties vs.
the Political Game
GOT HIS GOAT
OUT TO WIN
MAJORin RULE
AMENDMENT