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Show At Denver. Denver, Colb. Juiio 23. At the morning morn-ing session today Mrs O E AlleA dis-cu333d dis-cu333d "Tho Possablo Influence of Wo-.inan Wo-.inan on Legislation" in a very interest ing manner. Mrs Allen won tho Eastern East-ern delegates in tho assembly at. once by announcing that there was to bo no suffrage in her topic, She said : "Th o question of tho.possibleinilunco of women on legislation I shall not discuss dis-cuss from the standpoint of suffrage or ami sufirage, All that I shall havo to say will bo equally applicablo in Colorado Colo-rado or Massachusetts, in Utah or Now York Whether one believes in sufirage or not, the power of women over affairs of state has always boon admited. The most powerful argument of anti-suffragists has always been that to grant wo-oien wo-oien the ballot would dull tho keen edge of tho weapon which women possess pos-sess to forco their ideas upon tho world. luo importance of shaping legislation lo meet the desires of women, the need of the world of tho woman thought will not be controverted by any student of civilization, |