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Show QAHO WOMEN RESENT INTERVIEW WITH MRS. DUBOIS BOIPE. July 14. Th women of the state of Idaho fti highly Indignant and morally spaklng "up in arm1 ovtr the purported statement of Mr. rred T. Dubois of Blackfoot, Ida., wife of former t'nltftd Statee Senator Dubole. to the f-fact f-fact that "ao far women have brought about no reforma In writ em atates- Mr. Dubois was apeaklng of tha woman auf -fraaja movement In tha wit and waa freely quoted In a Pee Molnee. la.. plr. Ida ho, a nd pa rt ic ula rl y Bote, a uff ra gluts assert that Mrs. Dubois Is not familiar fa-miliar with Western conditlona and tha advancement mad by Idaho, Oregon, ttah. Waahlngton and other western laiaa If she asserts that woman have not played an Important part In making reform possible. . . Tha women whn ara familiar with what mimberi of their hava accomplished, sot only In this state, through the power of tha ballot, but mora particularly what thy hava dona In tha neighboring cities of Idaho rail and Blackfoot. naar where Mra. Dubois retries and whara aha haa bean during tha past few year, ara wondering won-dering how tha newa of It haa escaped bar. Child Labor Law. Through their ballota tha woman of ftlarkfoot. Idaho Falla and other cities In tha southeastern part of this stata bava for-d elvtc Improvamants that would have taken year to bring about In tha natural i-nurs of avanta. And In civic righteousness they hava stood fore-mat. fore-mat. It I rial mail. Thay war particularly particu-larly active during tha pasaaga of tha child lihoHtw, H-- but has been a resident of thia state for a number of year and during that time aha haa been In a position to sea woman si iff rase mada a ooasiblltv and women taka not nnlv an active part In tha hand ling of public affairs but In tha administration admin-istration of public office. In her Pee Moines Interview sna statad that not onv had women of tha wast not brought about reforms but thalr Influanca had not been felt. Tha wife of tha formar United state senator of this stata haa been closely Identified with tha consarvailon of tha child through work of tha Mothsra' con-gresa. con-gresa. of which sha Is ona af the waaiern off I cars 8h haa assisted in tlta pass-sse pass-sse of reform Juvenile laws In thla atata and th segregation of tha reform school from that of lha school for Indicant children. Tallow Work on Annr. . But apparently all of tha reforma for which Mrs. Dubois has worked hava gone i for nothing. Judalng from the rase nt man t shown bv her fellow worker here In their Indignation over bar report statement state-ment given out at Ds Moines. "W have always pointed with admiration admira-tion and prid to tha wonderful achievements achieve-ments of tha women of Blaekfoot, Idaho Falla and other nearby cltte. and now to have thalr splendid work dismissed la thla cool manner by Mrs. Dubois la e eeedlngiy distasteful to ua of Bole, and what must It bt to tha people of her own city." commented on of the leader of tha woman suffrage movement hera. These and other a press Ions ara heard among tha other woman suffrage leaders of tha capital city who ara chagrined to . think that thatr stata would be ao pic-. pic-. tueed with reference) ta tha reforma they have worked for ara con earned, to the iptddle wast. Mrs. Dubois, to all ao-pears ao-pears noes, has stirred up a borne ta' a eat , gmong those af her own aea. |