Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1918 — As a Matter of Wise Policy Suffrage Is Not to Be Denied to Women [ARTICLE]

As a Matter of Wise Policy Suffrage Is Not to Be Denied to Women

By FRANKLIN K. LANE.

Secretary of the Interior

I see no reason to fear woman suffrage. It has not worked disaster in California. To be sure, it is not a panacea for all political and social ills; nor can any other change in the political machinery of the state be a cure-all. : Nations are not made wise nor virtuous by their laws. But this ia an industrial world, and those who do the work, Whether men or women, are not to be denied their opportunity for protection and advancement through the actiup of the state. \ . < X As a matter of political philosophy suffrage cannot be put aside, and as a matter of wise policy it is not to be denied.