Show Th The e p Prison rIson S Special peCla I Ie s 5 From the Atlantic seaboard there comes the announcement that a prison special bearing bearin a score or more women workers is for equal suffrage who have served terms in fail jail because of their ardent support of ot the cause is soon to make a tour tour across the continent The announced purpose is to promote the ca cause lse of 1 suffrage I As an advertising stunt the prison spec special al may accomplish r i some isome good but we would plead with the suffragists to reconsider f i their their plan for we believe the money r required to finance the special 4 ci cial P could be expended to better advantage We Ne believe in suffrage suffrage suffrage suf suf- frage have supported it for many years and will wilt continue t to td support support support sup sup- port it until the women are accorded the rights they so richly de der deserve serve and for that reason we the danger dalger of arousing the ire r of of the prisoners ex and suggest that for the good of the cause they abandon their transcontinental tour There is no need of waging a suffrage campaign in the Western Western West West- J ern ern states They have been converted v There is no need of sending sending sending send send- ing inga a special into California to whoop things up for the i sity sits of whooping has long since passed There ar are several states f notably those in the South where there is much work to be done and the suffrage workers should concentrate their efforts on those states The suffrage cause cause ause in our humble lumble opinion would advance more rapidly if the workers would study practical politics more ore f and the building of fires less There is no need to keep a bonfire burning before the White House b but tsuch such a fire before the home of Senator Borah of Idaho might bring the spotlight ht of ridicule upon the senator and direct him to the path his Idaho constituents vi wish h him to follow fallow There is no need of c campaigning where the L victory has already been won The real ne need d is to camp on the trail of every member of congress who votes and to toI keep on his trail until he le changes his mind or a more broa broadminded d I I common sense woman-respecting woman person is elected to succeed him |