Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-02-08 | Page 2 | Colorado Officials Aroused by Alleged Slur upon Women

I Colorado Officiate Aroused by AlSeged Slur Upon Womco raft DENVER, Feb. 7. The Indorsement IM of the statement, made by an unknown Utg writer, that tho right of suffrage had HM demoralized the women of Colorado and I that 10,000 wpmon of the under world y controlled the elections of Denver, made B by Rev. Dr. Underbill before (he Cltv H club of New York Saturday, has caused S indignation among the officials of Colo-rado. Colo-rado. Governor John F. Shnfroth. Chief Jus- jR tico of the Supreme Court R. V. Stool Dj and Tsuac N. Stevens, editor and pub- IH Usher of tho Pueblo Chieftain, today is- H sued the following statement: Wm "Wo wish to denounce tho statement J of Rev. Underbill nnd cf the un-namcd woman ae untrue, unwarranted and un- Bj justifiable, The characterization of the HJ conditions found in the red light dls- I trict of Denver as prevailing genorally tbromrhojit tlio nlty, and as characterls- tic of tho women of Donver, we cannot permit to co unchallenged. The wives, daughters and slBters of Colorado men are tne equals of any women on earth in refinement. education and feminine charm, and none of these qualities havo peen damaged by their fifteen years' participation par-ticipation in public affairs, while government govern-ment has been Immeasurably Improved by such participation. r "They have, hcen on tho right sido of nvery mornl question. Eighty por cent of all tho women entitled to vote in Colorado Colo-rado cast their votes at the last election elec-tion and of the 30.000 women who cast their ballots In Denver last Tall not more than 100 worn women of the under world. It is a great outrage that women of our state should bo so maligned, but wo must content ourselves with stigmatizing stigma-tizing such statements us faJ aniJma-Mclous." aniJma-Mclous." V