Show I I Woman Suffrage Is Defeated I ill I In Ohio and Also in Chicago j I r I HE sentiment of or the population of ot a a given voting voting vot vot- THE I ing P point Int with reference to conferring upon womankind political rl rights equal to tho those e orthe of or the sterner and le less s comely comel sex can scarcely be he heI gauged b by the attitude which a majority of or i its men I may assume For that reason renson the thc failure of the electors of Ohio to incorporate an amendment into the constitution providing for equal c suffrage e b by no means indicates Indicates' a a. strong public sentiment against votes otes for women And although the attempt to place tho the question before the voters oters of ot Illinois at the tho election election elec elec- tion lion this fall also is IF a failure because of or lack of enough signatures to the petition this need not be considered as R. conclusive e In those states where woman suffrage has hns become an actual fact n naturally natural tural- tural ly Jy it has been b by the aid and consent of the male malc voters else such a a. law could not have been placed upon the statute books nor could such a provision have been incorporated into the constitution In advance of the flood of statements which will issue from leaders through the country that the female proponents of oC we may sac safely assume the idea will iII declare that the they are not discouraged nor is it surprising that they should feel that way about it it- It is not so long Jong since women were even cen denied the right of oC having any voice in the government govern govern- ment mont of ot the churches of 0 which the they were members although statistics show that it is the women who maintain the church organizations This Is getting to be more mor decidedly the case year ear after year yet ret here hore and there can s still tilI be found round an influential deacon deacon deacon dea dea- con who will insist that women bo be regarded as only onty ornamental except in the home and that it is 13 not meet and seemly that they should have an any voice InI in determining the policy of ot even those organizations in which the they greatly outnumber the men I Rapid progress has been made during the past decade towards the condition when woman will be reco recognized as mans man's political equal everywhere In Utah where the tho sentiment and beliefs of ot the female part of or the population are reckoned with b by politIcians politicians politicians poli poli- in estimating the probable outcome of an election and where e every possible device is used in order to secure it we O have long long- since learned that participation in election matters b by women has raised Instead of ot lowering the standard of candidates and we have also found round that the they are arc more independent independent inde inde- pendent than men in deciding upon the ticket which I they shall vote an and the candidates whom the they shall shaH support t 1 1 1 v 7 HILE the fact that the tho w WHILE announcement of or SenNo Senator Sen Sen- No Mystery ator Bourne In favor of Concerning the bull moose party part follows 1 so closely upon the heels of or a a. Bourne an anci and d similar statement from Senator Sena Sena- Cummins tor Cummins can an scarcely be regarded as a coincidence or oras oras oras as the natural sequence of or events there is still sun nothing in the thc situation that should cause an any excitement Senator Bourne who w was s one one- of tho originators of ot the Oregon political purity system and who was rewarded b by his Jag Ing constituents with a defeat for tor or the I some weeks ago In his own popular primary has always been a devoted to follower of ot the colonel It was he who stood sponsor for tor the Roosevelt third term movement t In 1908 so that It is scarcely surprising surprising surprising sur sur- that he should be found In Its ranks this year Naturally holding the beliefs belief's to which Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Bourne confesses there Is no room for him In the Republican party unless he is willing t to put his sentiments on cold st storage rage until there appears a amore amore more propitious period for exposing them to the public Senator Cummins Cummin has been traveling with Senator Senator Senator Sena Sena- tor Bourne for tor s several seral years ears and it is entirely ap appropriate appropriate ap- ap that the statement of ot the former fonner should burst into full tull glory In the political firmament Just justa a a. few ow hours before that of the latter The Iowa senator with the characteristic Inconsistency of his class das o of political exhorters declares that he will support support support sup sup- port Mr Roosevelt although he considers It most reprehensible for tor the colonel to have launched a third political party We do not know the direction tion don In which the Iowa cat will win jump this fall b but t twe we ire can understand the Cummins Cumming view He apparently apparently apparently thinks that his Iowa supporters ra rather her favor the third term tenn ambitions and Mr Cummins I is not of of tho the stuff of ot which martyrs are arc made He would would rather be popular than right and appears to believe that it t is becoming increasingly difficult In this country countr to be he both BRYAN whose whoso COLONEL prolific is constantly pen Veto Power 4 coining dollars through Is Wisely the ready market which is found for Its every product is L d d. d Lodged o ge in In syndicating a series of articles v President I on political questions and conditions conditions conditions con con- in one of which he attacks attacks at attacks at- at tacks the veto power as wielded wield wield- ed by the President of the tho United States Naturally he criticises President Taft TaCt for the use that executive has made of or it and equally as naturally Mr B Bryan an condemns the power Itself merely itself merely because he thinks Mr Taft Tart has used it unwisely While wo we agree entirely entirely en entirely en- en with the attitude Mr Taft Tart assumed towards much of or the legislation forced upon him b by the House Democrats and the thc Senate coalition of or Insurgent insurgent insurgent gent Republicans and Democrats the thc question whether whether er or er President Taft was or was not justified In disapprovIng disapproving disapproving proving certain measures Is not at issue when the advisability of oC the veto power is under discussion In IrL the tho tripartite s system st m of or government as devised de do- b by those who formulated the constitution of pf o the United United States three governmental branches of r different duties but equal authority were wele created It was felt that the executive to whom horn was tho the duty of or ascertaining the state of oC the nation and of ot recommending to Congress the legislation which he considered necessary to remedy such Improper conditions as he found should also have havo the tho power to limit Congress Congre s in the exercise of ot Its powers I Iwas It was felt that as ns the House for tor instance is com corn posed of t direct representatives of ot th the people the most mOt populous state having thi the tho greatest number of or representatives It was necessary t to give glye th tho PresIdent the authority to check Congress in the use of its power which might easily be exercised In behalf o of oC one section of or the nation as against another The President being elected by the pl pe pc people and responsible to the people it was thought to be en entirely en- en Ure safe to give o him regulatory power over OYer certain certai acts of or other representatives o of the people And Am when Mr 11 Bryan ran says as that vesting the veto velo power powel in tho the chief ex executive is a relic or of monarchism th the genial editor of or the Commoner r speaks wIthout thought or gives voice to something which he does doe docs J I not ot believe beUce t I S.- S. |