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SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1912.
I t I - ~ I I " ' .''. . '
CLEAN UP.
Commtnlssluner Price of the streets
department has set today apart for a
municipal purification. "Clean.up Dlay."
The bMtasoullan hie printed his appeal
to the people for co-operation; it is
one That should he heeded by every
one. Mr. Price Ihas excellent Ideas as
to wthat should be, done and as to the
baskl reasons for a ntmeral clenning
up of the streets, alleys and yards of
the Gardun city. lie has said: "The
'c:ty beautiful' must be the city that
is clean and it should be borne in
mind that any accumulation of dirt
b .ds 41.lsease; the general condl
t bi dif 'Mltoula are so healthful that
there is not the slightest excuse fur
any human faillre to attempt to
measure up to the standard of sanita.
tion set by nature.
It may not be amiss to suggest at
this time that the city owes to itself
and to Its people a clean-up debt,
also. The main streets of the city,
those In the. business district, are
littered, to a certain extent, at all
times, witli the cleaner sort of refuse,
unobjectionable from a sanitary stand
point, perhaps, but unsightly and un
necessary. A few garbage cans on
the corners, such as most cities use,
would be a good answer to this prob
lem. The..man who throws a dodger
into the street or shies his tobacco
can under the feet of a passing horse
would patronize the garbage can "onl
the corner, were there one there.
These receptacles need not be un
sightly or oonspicuous, but they should
be used. The adoption of up-town
garbage cans would go far toward
providilng a cleanl-up that wou',lld be
permnaltent.
IHowever, today Is "Clean-up Day."
The plans of Mr. ['rice are good andlt,
with everybtody heclping can bei carried
out easily and willh telling effect.
Clean up today.
THE FIRST DAY.
On manyall occasions The Missotllian
has called attention to the advertising
secuued' for Missoula by membership
in the Union Association of Baseball
plubls. lven under the unfavorable
oonditions of last year, the city be.
game better known than ever through
its ball teatl and by the sale or draft
of certain of Its players. Now, the
krqppects for a good club here this
"aftons are excellent. A capable man
is at the head of the local players
Man pronlinent citizens have assumed
the flnanclel responslbility of going
through the season. These men have
eet at least 1,500 already, for
getting a team together from all over
the country, buying a manager, pay
Eg 'traini.gdeamnp expenses and re
mngdeiing a gralmdutand and park can
not be.doaq for nothing. The directors
of the Ulpsoolt elib have undertaken
tq .gaite b 1.hll a sa.seess here with
tnlves oft Ma host t-p-tsmanship, for
tho'e 4p.ao p'ospgpt Jffafpaneial gsal.
Th4 4 .st# not, however, asking fo6r
geoptr .,pi' 't husllatiaop for this
S1 Sti .st*Rla ti~lthey are promoting
tor $4 vy U Joy of the game.
,K.t,~iOpb ha. v qi s demand to make,
hqhWisae qegst;,ito prefer. The
t1 o spl4 0 f llen to
ro"io ion a' fteruoon of
irel,±t#o , the der
This wUll b one April
1, Tu ansvy. There III be liwdwreds
at antl. fora the Bitter foat iotait
and from Other tributary territolry hd
it Ia desiSd that Missoul~$i apre"
sentation at the opening game sharll
be tomplete. A reasonable dem nd is
this, it would appear, one that tlje
business men of Missoula'ean Aitard
to heed.
TItY ARE SCAMID.
It was, of course, expected that the
Amqlgamated newspapers would seek
to belittle the Importance of the pro'
gresolvo meeting at Helent, Thursday.
IOuch action to in line with the plan
witch the antl-Roouovelt organs have
followed all along. isThey have pre
tended to regard dildahifully all the
opposition to Taft. Their dlasdan may
have been sincere enough at the start,
for all the information they had came
from the emissaries of the big In
lerests. Dut lately, since North Da
kota, Illinois, Maine and Vermont have
spoken, if there is any attempt at di=
dain, it is assumed.' The real senti
ment of the fellows who havo been
talking disdainfully Is now alarm
real old scary alarm-and it is dif
icullt for themt to dsguslae It. The'
progressive movement Ia not to be
dismissed with a sneer. It Is going
to win. Already the eastern friends
of Mr. Taft are deserting his can
didacy. When the word gets out west,
there will be desertions here. Mr.
Taft cannot be elected and these peo
lde know It. lTho nihovteenit which
they professed to regard with contempt
has swamped them.
The local progresslve democrats are
being told that they are off wrong;
they must drop Wilson and line up
for (lark. Perhaps the order will
switch to Harmon before the finish,
but it will be against Wilson all `the
time.
The ,Montana democratic newspapers
which were recently so earnest for
Wllkon have evidently been receiving
orders: most or them are quiet as to
the progressive candidate and are ap
parently waiting for General Orders
No. 2.
There would be more likelihood of
success in the gubernatorial aspir&i
tions of lieutenant Governor Allen if
he had called a special session when
lie had a chance.
Penusylvalia aIll vote today on
aresidential preferce. The Indica
ltons are that lshe will follow the ex
nmpto of Illlnos.
Maine is living up to the reputalion
given her by Blaine. as Illinois Is liv.
ing up to the Lincoln standard.
Woodr.ow Wilson is getting the
dlouble-crouss. The llarmon-('lark pool
is .titing In its work against him.
One of the really important 'tea
tures of the situation is found in the
breaking-up of New England.
The anti-Roosevelt papors are look
ing about for a place to light; the
Tafrt roost is cracking.
The em arassing 'question whichI
oonfronts the Taft people has become:
"Where shrll we go?"
The Illinois vote started the' Taft
rout. The p'ennsylvania vote will
make it complete.
Governor Norris had two visits from
Opportunity, something which Ihappenc
to but few men.
The Milsoulian class ad is a ihandy
helper. It cleans up your difficulties.
lhens the dust clears away, the re
urlns fromt Michigan are not so bud.
The sllgnificapee of the Illinois vote
sa becoming apparent each day.
The greatest thing about General
Fred Grant was his name.
There'll be no collar chamnpionshlip
fur Missoula tllhs year.
lovernor Norris has such ai chanet
as comes to few men.
Culntesis In Kenttucky do, not cuome
as a great surprise.
Ti. issue Is betwean tile stronEg
atrn and the people.,
(Clean cities are good cities. Make
Mlseoula clean.
Never mind a few blistre--Get Ihe
'ard clean.
.Inn up for C(leaning day.
Get your lake.
Cleatl up.
TAFT'S CIVIL-SERVICE REFORM
This ad'ertisoement appeared Iln the louulion PI'ot, the Lnllas News, und
nmany other Texas papers on Munduy, March 17.' A burst of anger apparently
has led Mr. Taft's Texas manlager into thus making public a situatlon which
exists everywhere throughout the south, but which, elsewhere, is carefully
guarded from the light:
TO REPUILICAN FEDERAL OPPICRH OLDERS IN TEXAS.
The state chairman has notified you offielally to send him money to.
defeat President Taft, under whom you hold a cotmmision, and to file
your alteiiehce with hint within 10 days. This is to notify you that the
stati ohairman has new no influenoe in Washington, and will not have
if reoelected, after President Taft's triumphal re-electlon.
In some other southern states where comnplaint was made, and where
ootdltions wbtre similar to those in Texas, the president had .the re.
publicans of the state meet in ounference and select a committee to
male seeomm.ndatiens as to the patronage and you an rest assured
that loyal Taft a eublieans cannot be slaughtered by the state chairman.
The esoem ui tien of Taft republicans will cantrol the Texas sit-.
uatlen In the mw ttar efpatrenage, and not the reoommendation of those
engaged In disereditnagone of the bqst presidents the cotuntry haever
had, and who 4re; by their disloyalty, endeangerlnl republican suocesm
nationally.
H. P MaokGRIOOR.,
Houswon, Texa. MaNrb 1a , t19l. Taft Texas Camupai. Manager.,
The p'ne argument which the anti o irkersir a
using in Mon ano is: "It is too *fe iwse
off wronig., Rosevelt has no o a dw
one. GetUito the band wqgo n."
This is the lin of talk they pedle out."' kdw bet
ter than to seek to discredit Roosevlt ? n InMontant,
but they do saek to discourage their ft.n and to mis.
represent the situation. ..
As a matter of fact, there is not a singl. logical reason
wh' any man in Montana should be opposertb Roosevelt of
to Dixon.
On the contrary, there is every good reason why the
voters of this state should line up solldl In support of these
two men who hive done so much for tlis state.
The fellows who are fighting Rooesevelt know this. They
do not attempt to give any argument which is argument.
They are sorry that "Dixon has got off wrong and has
blighted his fine career," and they regret that'Roosevelt wat
led to enter a losing fight. But they are u're that "Taft
is a certain winner.'
There is the dope. The men who are 2eddling it are not
telling the truth about the situation. The. newspapers
which are opposing Roosevelt are, in Montana as in other
states, suppressing or belittling the news which is favorable
to Roosevelt. They are printing false statements as to the
standing of national-convention delegates already elected.
The daily newspapers of Montana which stand for the big
interests-so-called--are not giving the news these days
not all of the news. They did not tqll the truth yesterday
about the progressive meeting in Helena. They minimized
the Illinois victory. They said very little about Maine.
But this is to be expected. It Is a feature of Montana
politics which is the inheritance of decades of factional
fighting and bitterly unreasonable partisanship. However,
the men of Montana, wise by experience, should study the
situation as it really is.
Iris a matter of facrt'hat in the north and west there are
twice as many delegates instructed for Roosevelt as for Taft
and these are the states which will settle the election.,
Wherever the people have been given an opportunity to
express their sentiments in a preference primary, the pro.
gressives have won overwhelmingly.
North Dakota's repudiation of Taft was practically unani.
mous. There are' 1,643 federal office holders in that state
and Taft's vote was only 30 larger thin that figure. lili.
nois was practically unanimous for Roosevelt as againsi
Taft. Maine was solid for Taft. Vermont broke even,
through the manipulation of the machine, though its re.
corded vote was for Roosevelt.
Study these figures for yourself and draw y ot own con.
clusions. The hand-picked delegations, sentry machine
conventions in southern states constitute the ,'entire in.
structed strength of Taft, except the few scattering votes
which he has received in odd districts in the north. These
states cannot contribute one single vote to the election of a
republican president.
Study, also, the situation in great states like New York
Is there Taft strength there? Not a bit of it. The Nee
York bosses are leaders in the flight away from the Taf
candidacy.
Senator Root took to the New York state convention a
Rochester the personal letters of President Taft and Vice
President Sherman, asking and urging that the New Yorl
delegation be instructed for Taft. ' ji;.
Was it instructed? It was not.
Pennsylvania holds her primaries today. In case the
machine wins-which at this time seems very doubtful
will the Penrose delegates be instructed for Taft? Not or
your life.
The rout of the Taft forces is complete. The Taft cam
paign is a failure.
The "sympathy" which the Montana Taft boomers have
been extending to us, we now return to them. And it is
just as sincere and just as cordial when they get it back at
it was when they handed it to us.
Votes for Women
VIII.-Arguments of Suffragists.
By Fred.rio J. Haskin
In the aimindi of tLe . uffraglitws the
strongest argument for womnn sut
frage, andl one that they nay can never
beo uatlfactorily Net nalde,. i that cv
cry woman deprived of the ballot Is
living under the tyranny of "taxation
without relpresentation," i condition
which the founders of this nation
found intolerable lnearly it century
and a half ago. Ole leader put this
argument thus concretely: "In an
eastern city a few years ago, lived a
woman wh,u derived her income from
a row of small brick houses upon a
ide street which rented lit ibout t$15
a month eachi. Undter ordilllary con
itillons her ncome wasn comfortable,
even after all tile repalr necessary
to the comfort of her tentlats were
paid for. One year, without any con
sideration of her wishes, her qecoms
was suddenly cut for six months be
cause the city council had authorisod
the tearing up of a perfectly good
brick pavement in the front and rear
of her property and substitutinl for
it somte composition material on which
a certain councilman was making a
profit.
"Within thiree years, another or
dinance required this to be replaced
by conment blocks that a councit=
manic pavir. company might have
another profit. A year or two later,
the system of sewerage was altered
to give work to some grafting' pol
iticluns and her water pitpes were.toil
up and others substituted which Were
not so well adapted to thLe needs of her
property. In this way she lad her
income stopped three times within
five "'ears without having a.y vwteo
In the matter, 'by the votes o* the men
of that city, Including thole of her
own tenants who were chiefly foreign
born and did not. contribute 'one dol
lar of property tax to the city treas
'ery. Stung .by this injustioe, thisl
woman joined the snfttrae society of
that city resolved that even though
the enfranchisemelnt of the women of
the country came too late to benefit
her she would at least aid in spourin*
it for other wgmoen."
During the past tow' yers an In
creasing number of wolen hive fol
lowed the example of Mis.s on B
Anthony and have 'protested" a.Atipst
paying taxes and, each protilt.-tii, ..
is said, at least prodpetives ,,O1j. 4It
creased sentinent etr womMan;1 ,
In New Jersey, a young WOtlgl
brought sult against the
election officers liotucat sh e e ilt
permitted to vote last fall. ir'd5i,
proposes to carry :thi m4inttki:g'i
highest courts b.aus she at! $R
She is a properly- 4itiWO iIi ar.
wil. defend her rg "
Othbef woyeun1y Uwn i p'l 1 irk
t Ofs'lm '
. tl of p ertya
ant, id" hbir r*kOn0 .as m IN
utp her t[sideone elliewee , s
pltvtnln tewn of the tf* whhibt
it would ethp'wltsE,.rkO e1l.
ars a leader' in the u~ ii mot~1
ment in dlaoeuslpr the .Wsli iluss
tiOn: Theh" IndUstrltl ni s of
the present are sash year ,fring al
Inreolsin number of wimen out in
the breadwnner' field... a1if
over 1,000,000, wag.ealn ' l4p l
the United state" and ast btee
ate sutfering from onditl
the bhliot. would hL " 1ft states
women are not the l q
their own chliMrez~,
the: states, marrilae y
Iswe ale in some way nr
en. ,Nothing but thh law t olbaigge
this and nothing' bA. the vote coa
elect the lawmalkers.
"The enfranchisemest of American
women would mean adding matertal
ly to the percentage of th. o.nuepted
vote. Ilceh year the number of girls
who enter the higher schools exceede
the number of boys, and tb trainintag
they recelve at the expense Of the na.
tion, on economlo prinoll9es, should
benefit the state In some seotve man
ner. Yet when the entire body of
educated womanhood is unable to ex
p*hi Its views in the only practicat
manner, through the ballot, the state
fals to realise the value of one of its
strongest assets."
The .act that where women have
had a certain amount of suffrage
there is an evident desire to,inerease
her power, is gJven as one of the
strongest arguments in favor of full
suffrage. In Kansas where women
have had menicipal suffrage for near
ly 26 years the mayors of the cities
are practically unanimous in their ox
presslons of appreciation of the serv
Ice rendered by the women, One of
the great arguments put up dlainst
women voting Is that the polls are
such rough places that it Is not proper
for any wo.an to go there. One
l0onsae mayor dfys: "Woman autf
frage hias much to do with purifying
our politics. The clerks upon our
election boards are almost always
women, which may account for the
quietness at 40e polls. I wish tlhat
my mother and ssltet In Illinois had
the same privilege of 'expressing their
wishes at the polls." Another mayor
said recently: "If we put up *tod
clean anon, the women in our town
seem to take little Interest. In our
election, but 'if we put ip bad men
they take an aettlve part and general
ly elect their own candidate. Whether
the 'tough element controls or not
depends upon the ladies."
"The enfranchisenment of womenl."
said one 'prominent suffragist. "has
a close connection with every phil.
anthropic movement during the, past
century. It was closely associated
with the anti-slakery movement and
most of the leaders of the temperance
cause were ardent believers In the
Justice of equal political rights for
women. Take the greatest names in
our history from Abigall Adams an')
Lucretia Mott to Julia Ward Howe;
from charles Sumner and Abraham
Lincoln to Justice David Brewer
and it will be found that they believed
In the Justice of the feminine vote.
The much-loved Clara Barton, who
recently celebrated her 50th birthday.
in one of her last addresses to the
soldiers of the nation said: 'When
you were weak and T was strong, I
tolled for you. Now you are strong
and I am weak. Because of my work
for you. I ask your aid. I ask the
ballot for myself, and my sex. As I
stood by you. I ask you to stand by
me and mine.'
"The Atnerican Federation of Labor,
as well as most of the state labor
organisations, have officially Indorsed
woman suffrage as one of the means
of Increasing wages. Because of the
Increased, cost of living, many women
are compelled to eke out the family
Income In some way. Womon's labor
is cheap, but if women had, the vote
they would receive equal. pay for
equal work. Then men's wages will
improve because they would not have
to compete with the cheaper -work of
women. There would be fewer wom
en employed ia some industries 'be
cause the man's earnings would then
be sufficient to support his family
and his wife might return to the
laudeP'position of queen of the homay
and the duties cnnected with the
ballot would occupy a smaller amount
of time each year titan she would
spend In a week doing the family
market.tn.
"The woman who now reigns as
home quooeen, who i not compelled to
go out ,into the world to add to tire
family Income, has equal need Of the
ballot if she would give proper care
to her royal hounehold. There is
danger of disease to her flarply from
Impure food, polluted water, bad air,
sweatshop made clothing and many
other matters which should be regu
lated by law and these. law, can beat
'be made by women who understand
better than men their Importance to
the Welfare of the home. Some years
ago the Woman's CIty Improvement
asseolation of 5Phlladelphia Issued a
set of 4ractt on 'City tHousekeeplng'
makinga the mayor the 'head house.
keeper.' Yet housekeeplng Is sup
posedly a feminine art. As condltlons
now are, a woman cannot fulfill her
natural obllgations properly. In order
to have clean houses It is necessary to
have clean streets and there will not
be clean streets In a city It the 'heed
housekeeper' Ia ,netftilent. Women
are better qualified than men to judge
of such effclienoy.
"The changed attitude of Ua
churches toward woman suffrage
marks a great change within the past
quarter of a century. Th.er is a
more liberal Interpretation of It,
'Paul's restritlions on woman, '1he
modern eldrgyman has dlasovered that
Paul reoomided them as preOchers
when he advised them to keep tbeir
heads oovered when preaohbL: and
prophesying, Is commennedat to
Phoebe, him frequent refersa*es to
P~sialla Who trained Apoleos how to
_rqach, sllow hils attltu4e towrd. the
t°flee uttelrance o boly. wonen.
r t's oommendation of Mlfy wihoe
had 'chosen the better part rlNsto
the arrguent that women shoie d cop.
a" thelr attention solely to tblei
e_ It is the women who etve
mi.d. the ehuro)l the bcew Ito 5
the 'dwold toay and lgah55 u t
OI'I4y SOW 9~nDWm rbe~
:I±4- ggyy
ef put ,,
ga.oram of4tatt*R, '
fro from alum and
phtosphatlc
iodide.
tion of the work the women have done
by .using their strongest efforts to se
cure their political enfl'anehiemqnt.
In the states where the suffrage mat
ter has been. or is now, a leading is
sue the leadinl min{ster,. have felt
Impelled to speak favorablY of it from
their ptlpits and to urg( tie e'ein "tr
vote In favor of giving the state the
womanly aid which has been found
.a useful In the practical work of the
church. Among the clergy who are
working for woman suffasge are IBlsh
op McVicker of 1hode Island who
'hoped and prayed that the women's
right to vote might come soon,' Dr.
Ralnasord, Dr. Peters. Bishop WU.I
lIama, Bishop Hall anti many others.
Despite the fact that Cardiutl Lb.
hons is still numbered among the
antl-suffragists, there are many Cath
olic clergymen who favor tile en
iranchisement of women. . In New
York, the Mother Superior of a con
vent recently opened her assembly
hall for a suffrage meeting qn the
grotnd that lit was a subject that
should appeal to every thinking wom
an." ',
To.norrow--Votes for Women.
IX-'Women's Politclnl Power.
ON: THE IIPUR OF
THE MOMENT
By Roy K. Moulton
P .UND.-Lady's handbag: contents,
one powder puff, calling cards, hand
glass, needle and thread, matinee tick
ets, chewing gum, face veil, five sam
dies of lace, chamois skin rag, sowing
silk, smelling salts, bottle of perfume.
19 hairpins, one back comb, cold
cream. nine recipes .for combination
salad, photograph of 'William .tver
sham, door key, nail file, nail polisher,
two postage stamps, club program.
shirt waist pattern. one street car
ticket and nine cents in real money.
Caught on the Fly.
There is a college professor In Con
netcticut who is living on 26 cents a
week. Well, a whole lot of magazine
poets are doing that and are not brag
ging about it, either.
,A western man was arrested for
sobbing too loudly at a funeral. This
could be easily prevented by leaving
such persons out of the will.
Sir William Gilbert, the humorist,
left an estate valued at $250,000, but
.$ 4 75
FOR LOVELY HATS
Priced Until Now at $6 .
* $7and $10
An After.Easter Disposal of
new spring hats in fancy dress
and tailored effects-hats t -at
set the pace of. value livng iat
$6.00, $7.00 and $10,00, now
for $4.75
Included in this offering are hats
with flower crowns,, -large -ribbon
bows and some trimmed with mallne
-in plain braids and fancy .black.
and-white mixed braids; tailored'
. hats expressive of the latest, ideas In
shapes and trimmings; large hats,
small hats, hats of all colors,. hats
for young faces and hats for elderly
women.
that would Indlcate that he did snot
spend all his time hua.atlaihealc y.
While there have been 1,000,000 pat*
ents issued In thle count#, Most of
them, apparettty, are for aeroplanes
and mousetraps.
A: Virginia court has decided that a
poker thip is real money. ~this will
also be true of the Saratoga chip itf
potatoes continue to rise In price.
A physician state! that large hats
are injurious to the health of women.
And, he mlglt add, to the bank ac
count of men.
b .Knot*' NotH J n the Penee.
You can talk about your aged oaken
bucket.
The mossy one that dangled in the
well,.
Tho old farm house you used to love
so dearly,
The daisies that grow In the boqky
velL
But there's one othdr spot that we
can ment'o'
For which our love was mightily in
tense '
it lingers In our memory forever.
That little old roiuid kniothole in the
fence.
How well do we remtember all the
players. +
Who took part in the Doodle Center
game.
The battin' record of thie mighty ball
team
Would make a major league look
pretty tame
We witnessed every contest of the
season .
Without-the slightest sort of, an ex
- pense.
And to ou.' good old fie.ld we'll e'er
be grateful. .
Our little old round knithel4 sti'
fence.
We saw all of the stars that graced
the contest,
And then we saw anomhoi kind, to
boot.
Whene'er the copper with a shingle
found us
And we had not tile time to rake a
scoot.
How many times we've gaten from the
mantel
But did it with a joy that was Im
mense,
Because we had enjoyed up to the
limit
That little old round knothole in the
fence.
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