Show SUFFRAGE tai kohe NEXT TO MEXICO AND TRUSTS IT IS THAT MOST IN t a CONGRESS ft WOMEN MAKING HEADWAY plan for invasion of south where the opposition Is stron q est parm farm ere era are aro said bald to oe be corn com ing over strong dy by GEORGE CLINTON washington boxt to mexico and tho the trusts suffrage ie in the chief subject of enlivening interest to congress and tho the populace lu iu the city of 0 washington today senator ashurst of arizona has charge of the resolution proposing proponing a constitutional suffrage frago euf amon amendment dment and every amo bo he bringa brings it within eight of at bis his brethren of the donato thoro them ie to a clashing of at arma arms and a bounding sounding of trumpets trum pote it seems that domo some of at the sona senators tors think it ie to best to watt wait yet aghilo for political reasons before voting on tho constitutional amendment proposition they havo have an idea that suffrage euf frago will prevail in two thirds of tho the elates states before long ae an tho the insult of state lawe laws and that then every senator can voto vote tor for tho the amold mont without any tear fear of trouble at homo home because he can bay say to hie his op poising constituents that two thirds ot tho the states of tho the union aro are in favor of it and therefore it Is to useless to kick klick the be cricks pricks it is to apparent in washington that even tho the strongest opponents of the woman suffrage movement seem to believe bo that eventually it will prevail nil over tho the united states those who so think base basc their belief simply on tho the progress which suffrage has mado made witha tho the last fow few years virtually an uninterrupted progress hardest fight in south tho the women ot of tho country who aro are devoted to tho the suffrage euf frago cause causo bavo have realized for a great many yours years that their hardest fight Is to bo be made in 1 the south most of at tho the southern members in congress aro are opposed to woman suffrage at tho the guffra suffrage 0 o headquarters in this city a plan has been mado mildo to invade tho the south in behalf of tho the cause of suffrage A commit too tee composed of noted women good speakers Bp eakers all of them and representing every element in tho the suffrage causo cause soon will make a trip through the south in a private car and will peak speak in many of the larger cities and probably in scores of the smaller places which llo between dr anna howard shaw president of ho the national suffrage asso c ial lun beads heads the list of tho the invaders with her will mill go mrs stanley mccormick McCorm lck mrs birs susan fitzgerald and mrs hautz beeso of boston mrs mm an am toinnette punk funk a sister in law of the progressive candidate tor for gov eanor of illinois arr desha brackenridge a member of the famous family of kentucky and mrs medill mccormick daughter of at the late senator mark hanna of ohio farmer being converted tho the farmers of the country showe d in the last campaign that they were not as strong for the suffrage movement as the women expected now it Is declared at the headquarters of the suffragists in washington that the farmers are coming over strong they say taking ohio as an example that from all over that state there Is to a demand for suffrage euf frago speakers and for suffrage organization and that the movement Is so general that women aro are confident that at the next election their cause will be sanctioned A woman suffrage amendment to the ohio constitution is to be submitted at the next general election in that state congress is to tremendously stirred up over this woman suffrage question and it has been so stirred up all winter there are a good many representatives especially from the northern states who while at heart opposed to woman suffrage are afraid that wom ins opposition may hurt them at the polls the women are taking advantage tage of this situation and arc preparing ro to wage campaigns against all A onti inti suffrage cano candidates dates for congress in the campaign of ef next fall t freight case undecided the months are rapidly passing and yet the interstate commerce comm alc salci 2 is still at its work trying to determine doUrm lne definitely and prop ply p ly whether or not the great rail road corporations of at the western country are entitled to tack five per sent ent additional on the charges for car crying freight it was thought recently that no decision in the case could be 1 reached until next september prest flent dent wilson became worried over the delay and while be he could not interpose personally for ear of having it charged that be ho was trying to prejudice the case it was announced quickly that a decision probably would be reached before june the members of at the commission have in hoir their employment loula muis W brandeis Dran doie ae as special coun councel co uniel sei it la he b who la to presenting tho the commission commissions 11 s ido side of the case which in a way mcane meana tho the shippers and iho the consumers side brandeis Dran dols has made a sl study ol 01 railroad condit conditions ious and while a good many people think ho be Is somewhat prejudiced bis bin knowledge of condl condi tlona and hia his ability as a lawyor lawyer are eald said to bo be of groat great service to tho the corn com mlis slon in finding out tho the truth an between Lt woon tho the conflicting statements of witnesses to the two sides of the presented caso the me country probably has no realizing sense of the 1 quantity of material which must be gobb onu through before a decision can be coached boar bed in this advanced rate case tho the charge la Is that some of tho the rall railroads roads are cither either paying on watered stock or trying so to do and that if it they bid issued no block stock without ample amplo inundation lound atlon for it they would alf bo be now nom in a prosperous proe condition and boull not need to aak ask an advance in freight ral rates les thera Is 1 ono big railroad which Is to guying a alvo per cent dividend and which soma men declare would bo be paying 40 per cent if the securities which it had issued had a basle basis more stable than water innocent investor investors plea now of course thousands of innocent people havo have bought this watered block stock and they are expecting their dividends and they coln wal talu that if it an advance r aiuto to Is in noc necessary eary essary to enable them to realize on their money the in increase creaso should bo be allowed because they made their purchases in good faith and should not bo be mad made to suffel for the sins of railroad officials and great bankord who havo have helped to manipulate things so aa an to benefit the few to tho the injury of tho the many it Is little to be wondered that there hae has been slow progress la in reaching a decision in this case tho the shippers who do not want to pay advance freight rates have been sending in their protests with their reasons for opposing the increase in creaso which it granted of course they will ill have to pay the stockholders are sending in their pleas for an increase tho the railroads are 0 endeavoring deavo ring to show how bow they ire obliged to conduct business at a loss under the present return retura on freight ship shipments mente tc the financial operations of tho the roads in the past are being laid baro bare in the rooms of tho the interstate commerce commission the matter is to a deep ono one and the hope is to that one way or the other the members of at tho the commission will bo be unanimous in its final decision civil pensions up acain there has been introduced into congress a bill to create a commission to consider the matter of pensions for aged government employed emp loyes there Is reason to believe that the bill ie ls likely to pass the commission if appointed will be expected to submit a plan for what must bo be called even if so calling it Is unpalatable a scheme to create a civil pension list ever since the foundation of the government there has been objection to pensions for civilians it has been bard hard work even to secure tho passage of legislation giving the widows of army officers of at high service eer vice pen belons sufficient for their support L of course army officers widows have A pension which ab lo 10 fixed by law but whenever it has been attempted to increase In creaso the pension largely strong opposition has been shown by tho the lawmakers there are few civil pensioners of tho the government today and virtually none outside of those who have had some con connection necton direct or indirect with the armei armed services of tho the country in continental europe and in england they have set the example of at pensioning aged government workers and the pillars of state of the countries which have shown generosity have not been shaken from their foundations A by tha government act washington is beginning to look with different eyes upon this situation always there has been sympathy for the aged who bad had to stay at their work in order to live but always the thought that a civil pension system was as utterly wrong has ban moved ane majority of the lawmakers law makers to withhold the vote necessary to remedy a condition which certa certainly luly seems to tro appeal tor for remedy talk of old age pensions not only are congressmen congre samen looking taro more kindly on proposals prop oeal to pensions for government employed emp loyes but thea the aro are occasionally talking of pensioning all worthy men and women who have served the state by leading decent lives and who in their old ago age must face either penury in the cities or towns or tho the poor house with attl it self respect killing conditions it may be that the bill which mr mir reilly of at connecticut has just introduced into the bouse house will not pass and that no commission to study the pension question will be appointed but it such a bill shall fall this year it will pass next year or tho the year after the timo of old ago age pensions tor for gov government emment clerks la Is coming and coroles quickly just beyond the day of its coming there probably is the other day of pensions for aged amert americans who havo have done their duty by the republic in whatever walk of ute |