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WERE THE WOMEN RESPONSIBLE
I nti) tlie statistic;!ns have finished their job of figuring out just how b
happened, it is a somew hat futile task *o attempt to analyze the part played by
the new women voters in the recent elections or estimate their influence in
politics in the future. However, it is interesting to speculate on their prob
able attitude in the election and this leads us to the conclusion that they were t<>
a great extent responsible for the overwhelming defeat of democracy.
Haying aside other partisan considerations, we may safely assume that
the women did not forget that it was the republicans who were responsible for
their enfranchisement, in the degree that to the republicans belongs the credit
for the adoption of the constitutional suffrage amendment, and that democrats
were its consistent and ohstinale oppose^ throughout the greater part of the
near half ceutury in which the amendment was before the nation. Neither
were they likely to overt *ok the fact that In the last great fighting leading to
adoption the democratic opposition was the only formidable obstacle in either
Congress, or the various states.
The southern democrats in Congress utterly refused to consent to na
tionalize suffrage and did all that was humanly passible by filibustering and
other political parliamentary (lodges, to block presentation of the amendment
to rhe state.*} for ratification. The resolution finally jsissed In spite of their
efforts; in the House by a vote of 30-1 to 89 against and in the Senate by jW5
to 35. In b >th houses practically two thirds of ‘he opposition was democratic.
In the lower house 300 republicans supported the amendment resolution to
103 democrats, while it wus opixised by 7o democrats and 19 republicans. In
the Senate, 36 republicans and 30 democrats voted in favor of passage and of
the 35 npp>sers, 17 were democrats. In the ra.tification by states'the situa
tion was similar, most of the republican states being willing and eager to r-i‘
!fy and most of the democratic states decidedly reluctant or frankly opposed.
At. the close of the great fight which gave the wdmen the vote, twenty
six states with republican legislatures had ratified the amendment, while but
'seven states with democratic legislatures had given it endorsement. The
other three states making the necessary 36 had divided legislatures.
From this it will he seen that, from CVmgress down to the ratifying
>tales, republicans furnished practically three times as much support as the
democrats; and in the unification gave oyer three timos as many ratifications
ns ilema iTuy.
In view of this it is not in the slightest degree illogical t>» assume that
the women voters were greatly influenced, hy this fact and gave their support
eagerly to the republicans in preference t<< those who were and always had
been more »r less in opposition to granting them the vote. In our humble
view this would be a perfectly natural tiling for the women to <1<> wlr n the>
went to the polls. It was also the republicans w.lio gave the franelii.se t•» th
negroes, and history shows that when they were allowed to vote, the negroe*
displayed their gratitude l»y voting mainly republican.
Wyunen may reasonably be expect'd t > he grateful far H i.- nev
privilege and what more natural than that it should express itself in an al
most general vote for the republicans? It should not be in the least surpris
ing if it showed that the recent failure of democracy was mainly due to the
influence of the female vote.
At any rate the democratic leaders were guilty .»f the blindest folly in
throwing away the opportunity p> puss the amendment and win for their
party, for a time at least, a large portion of the women vote. Had the demo
cratic leaders been less of the same stamp of men who formerly argued that
human slavery was a matter for the states to settle and did not concern the
nation as a whole, .they w->uld probably have seen the way in which the po
litiinl tide was moving under the impulse of public opinion during recent years
end in so doing realized the foolishness of attempting to resist what was
plainly Inevitable.
If the women voted republican, it was due largely to tip blind action
of the-democratic leaders in blocking the suffrage movement as far as it was
possible to do so .
CONDITION OF THE NEGRO
Some interesting facts as to the progress and condition of the negroes
in America is con.ained in the report of a sub-ommfltter* of the Republican Na
tional Conunitfee on Policies and Platform, of which William Allen White, the
well-known writer, was chairman. "Of all statistics about the advance of
any class or race," says the report, “those in regard to the negro are the most
amazing." Comparisons are made between the conditions in 1866 (that is
from the close of the. Civil War) and 1919, with the following showing:_
Hpmes owned have increased from 12,000 to 600.000; farms operated
from 20,000 to 1.000,000: businesses conducted from 2,100 to 50,000; wealth ac
cumulated from 150,000,000 to 1,100.000.000; literacy from 10 per cent to 80
per cent; colleges and normal schools from 13 to 500; students in public schools
frjm 100,000 to 1.800,000; teachers from 600 to 38,000; property for higher ed
ucation from $60,000 to $22,000,000; annual expenditures for education from
$700,000 to $15,000,000:/• aised by negroes for educational purisises from $80000
io $1,700,000; churches from 700 to 43,000; communicants from 600.000 ’
4,800,000; Sunday schools from 1,000 to 46.000; Sunday school pupils from
50,000 to 2,550,0P0; church property from $1,550,000 to $85,900,000.
In 1910 of negroes 10 years of age and over 87.4 per cent of males
and 54.7 per cent of females were gainfully employed as compared with 80.fi
per cent and 19.4 per cent of whites. More than one-half were engaged in
agriculture and half of thebe were farm laborers only. . in a single decade
negro farm owners«lncreused 17 per cent, and their land In 1910 was valued at
$346,881,270. There has been a gradual transfer from the less skilled to skill
ed occupations. In the decade ending in 1910 there was an increase »»f 103 I
per cent In factory workers, the increase .in textile factories being 283 per
cent. They operate insurance companies with assets amounting to $3,500,000.
with $60,000,008 insurance in force. There are 72 negro banks, capitalized at
$12,500,000 dj>ing an annual business of $35,000,000.
Negros invested in Liberty Bonds $1 out of every $3 they possessed.
There were over 340,000 in the army and only one ease of conviction for avoid
ing the draft.
INTERESTING ITEMS
MAY NOT MARRY DEAD HUSBAND’S BROTHER. As English
law ndw stands a man may.marry his dead wife's sister, but a woman cannot
v-ed her dead husband's brother. The point was made clear by the presi
ding Judge at the Northampton Assizes recently in the cases of two women
who went through the marriage service with brothers of their dead husbands.
Both were held for trial.
Voice of the Alaska Press
PROTECTING GOLD RESERVES
GoUl is universally recognized us
the basis of credit and the only me
dium which can be used in the set
tlement of trade balances between the
civilized nations of the world This
being true, an adequate supply of gold
is essential to every civilized country-.
The ^credits of the world have increas
ed man) fold since the beginning of
the war. The gold reserves of the
world have made no preceptible in
crease during that period. The United
States during this period has gained
from imports if gold from foreign na
tions to a point which has enabled it
to maintain its currency at par and to
maintain a free gold market. In most
other countries currency is at a dis
count and the free transfer of gold is
not permitted. The credit of the Uni
te States is thus maintained at par be
cause of our adequate gold reserve.
Foreign nations to which we hope to
sell our goods and with which we hope
to maintain active commercial rela
tions ate today lmndionj*ped in their
purchase in our market by a depre
ciated currency which can only be ac
cepted in payment for our goods at a
neavy miscount.
The fact that the currency of many
nations is now at a discount or, to
state it differently, the fact that gold is
at a premium in many nations of the
world proves conclusively that those
nations have not enough gold. We
mmst expect that the demand of these
nations for increasing their gold re
serves iif we are to maintain a free gold
market, which is a condition most
greatly to lie desired. Gold will ne
cessarily flow to that point where it is
in greatest demand. This movement
of gold is made more likely because
of the fact that at this time the ra -
ted States possess more than its share
of the world's gold supply, ft is true
that deflation of credit is being sought
by the financial interests of the ooun
try anil its hopes that deflation may
he brot about gradually and without
disturbance of the financial situation.
Assuming that the crisis whall lie jiuxs
ed. it still becomes necessary for this
country to maintain a gold reserve
which will fully satisfy the public
mind that 'is obligations may at all
times be met In the gold payments re
quired by our bonds and our contracts
It is generally admitted that a
healthy gold-mining .nduntry is essen
tial to meet these conditions. This
is a national requirement without re
ference to its effect upon the gold-mi n
!ng industry. The nation at large is
not interested in the success of the
♦raid miner, but it is interested directly
:n the success of the wheat growers or
•he Northwest, but a discontinuance of
wheat cultivation in that section, if the
shortage thus created were certain to
create a famine, would become n mat
ter of very great Importance to the
nation and the nation must interest
itself in those plans by which the
wheat growers of Dakota and Mon
tana shall find it profitable to produce
"hat food which the nation needs. A
guaranteed price for wheat was for
th» purpose of protecting the food sup
A gold reserve which protects our
credit is necessary to the nation and
few will lie found willing to say that
it is not the nation’s business to so
stimulate gold production as to pro
tect the nation’s gold reserves upon
which our credit is based and upon
whdeh our ability to carry on inter
national trade is predicted.
THE BROWN BEAR ISSUE
A strange controversy has arisen
over the disposition of the Alaska
brown bear, as to peace or war with j
the white man. according to a recent I
editorial in the Seattle P-I. For very I
many years it has been the general
testimony of Alaskans and those visi
tors to Alaska who have tome into
Involuntary contact with the brown
boar, that he is a decidedly dangerous
animal, with a disposition to attack
human beings whenever opportunity
offei-s.- The government, for some
years, has protected the brute by
means of the federal game law, while
it has withheld the protection of the
comparatively inoffensive black bear
through some strange inve-nsion of fed
eral reasoning. In moving for a re
versal of this protection, Alaskans
have found two or three naturalists
who ascribed a peace loving and com
paratively harmless disposition to the
brown bear. Dr. William T. Hornnday
who should know, is one of these
friends who contends that the animat
is comparatively harmless.
Answering this contention. Thorn:**
R. Drayton of Seward, relates the ex
perience of one Clarence Thompson
on Chicago!* island. Thompson, it
said, (jame unexpectedly upon a brow n
bear feeding upon the carcass of a
deer, and the bear instantly made for
him. Thompson Aired two shot* with
a 30-40, both taking effect, but the
tremen
vitalit.v of the animal was ho
dous that the shots did not stoi» -it.
The botir got to Thompson and tore
off his scalp \\^th the first stroke, and
the second blow fractured his skull:
the man was badiy mutilated and
every scrap of clothing was torn from
his b uly: he was found by a search
ing party and died the next day.
There is another testimony from Al
aska to the same effect as to the bear’s
disposition to make trouble for a white
imin. In fact the general feeling in
Alaska is that if one happens to meet
a brown bear the thing to do is to
run, and run hard.
However, the government should
not And it necessary to rely upon
hearsay evidence in deciding vhether
t • not the !'■ own bear Is the amiable
beast that Dr II rnadav claims il Is.
Tiie proper way. as in nher Alaska
issues, is to yen ? a commission fr> m
Washington to ri.• • •• tigr t** the brown
bear’s disposition by actual contact
and to make an extensive study at
close range.. In this way the govern
ment could doubtless promise a re
port that would fix the brown bear’s
status undeniably and irrevocably.—
Cordova Times.
IGNORANCE ABOUT ALASKA
Many residents in Valdez have been
compelled to wait for several months
for parcels sent from Outside, on ac
count of the persistent idea enter
tained by the express companies that
this port as well as most of the others
In Alaska are frozen in during: the
winter months. It seems of li‘tle avail
t » inform them that N'ome is about the
only isn’t in the territory which has
no winter service oh account of Ice.
A short time ago a party in one of
the eastern states attempted to send
a case of canned fruits to a Valdez
resident and the express company re
fused to accept the shipment until
after June 1, when Alaska ports would
“be free from ice." The shipper In
formed the agent he had lived here fir
years and knew that Valdez had an all
the year around steamship service, but
Rule Forty-seven in the red Itook said
different, and the agent refused to ac
cept the shipment.
Valdez is not the only sufferer.
Juneau, Ketchikan. Cordova and In
fact all of tho coast towns have hiid
similar experiences.
A Juneau man wanted to send a
package via parcel jiost from Wash
ington, D. C., the homo of the post
master general, to Alaska. He was
told that it could not be sent be
cause “navigation was closefl."
The postal clerk even doubted his
| word when he informed tire latter
1 that he had lived in Juneau and that
he knew it was an open port all the
year around.
When such is true tf postal clerks
what can he expected from commer
cial.firms who hardly know geography
outside of their own limited trade in
It would seem that here again, is
i good opportunity for the publicity
bureau. The postal clerks, through
the post office department, at least
mflght he educated to the true condi
tions.—Juneau Capital.
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