The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-11-12


The following letter was read before
the Equal Suffrage Convention re-
csatly held in Salina
70 fte Konsas Woman Suffrage As-
s0ci1fi0R fH C0Huenfion assembled:
DEAS FRIENns 1T d with fincfFe
FeEret tlnt 1 decline the many kind
inViiali8sis o. be present at your an
nual gaiheEing; ] feel this more that
beiuE Ga the Stale 20 near the time Of
year c1uvening- returned
home the 11lh inst, aHd having been
20 closely Identified with the present
wolnan suffrage demands la your Leg
isl2tuse aud smong your people.
However, / shall render uD an &C
e0nnt ~ my stewardship and venture
Suggestions that seem pertinent % the
work Of the e0miug year.
Uuder the auspices of the X. w. s.
A., 1 WIS empowered % look after
feEIsIallon in the last beeisiure which
convened in your State. After due
consultation with both friends and
enemies Of woman suffrage I coll
cluded % ask for the appointment Of
q standing committee on the political
rights OF Kansas women Ia both
AN-AH|aNHN " NAAN NANANaA- IAH NiaAAMH aMAANN
Al Interesting and healed debate, last
ing about two hours, this committee
was Frnnsed iu the House by vote Of
Is ID q. This debate revealed an
overwhelming majority On favor uf
womsn suffrage in this branch Of the
Legislature. Five gentlemen were
appointed on this committee. ln the
SENATE the same demand revealed ~
rl.s-rr4ha-r IL Fus-ur arsN 81 r,nr.r.a.a L.,
ailouing 4 commitlee appninted-one
membpr. he it said tn his shame -
Inoving that the claims Of Kansas
wonen "he remnnded O. the commit
tee on sheep and Texas cattle. o
Otherwise the debate Was dignilied
and respectful aud the matters uer
tanning 10 our demands were remand
- % The judiciary COMMITTEES"
which was largely composed Of Tie
friends of woman sulfuge. By a vote
Of lOi % IS, ! was invited 10 speak Co
the House for one hour, my address
lie ng made q special order Of busl-
NEE. I found il impraeticable 60 ask
lnOre than the adoption Of the
Municipal Suffrage Bill" and this
was the only measure presented for
consideration az tins session. This bill
was intrusted 10 Hon. Frank NJ. KEEL
ley, Of Mitchell. who I have every rea-
,san % believe, watched the interest Of
thu measure with eummendable zeal.
This biil would doubtless have passed
the House hy q handsome majority.
bat would have failed by two votes In
the Senate without certain extra la
Dor. Had the State Association been
20 financially equipped az 90 have
- HrEH
% certain 90 these Senators avn quite
c0niident that enough could nave been
changed % have carried the measure
successfully. II II thought by many,
that there will be- an extra session OF
the Legislature this winter and should
this be, % Is an encouraging feature
that the Municipal 'Bili'' b. 80 far
Forward on the Calendar that Il could
be easily brought up and put npon It,
FINAL passage Ga the House / would
recommend that this matter be close
81 watched aud attended 10 By the
Stale Association. since the adj
juurnment Of your Legislature I have
delivered - lectures in your state
bearing directly or Indirectly upon
this subject. have organizsd several
strong elulis, have reported the same
i" -
from three Of the Senators who voted |
against us 10 vote with us 1t the Oh.
p0rtunity presents itself Another |
will vote with ~ &c a strong petition |
D. put back OF him by his constituents. |
This can he easily secured as this gem /
tleman represents Harper and sum /
ner counties, both of which have h al |
the honor Of organizing The outlook /
10 hopeful and &C an extra session l. |
held the present Legislature will /
doubles adopt the Municipal Suf. /
frage Bili.n j would recommend that /
all friends Of tne measure begin eifru- /
laiiuE fresh petitions all over the 4
State. The Kansas Legislature Is a
wOrshiper Of petitions
IwOuld also recommend that nj 4
this session your Convention should /
take aggressive and decided stand for /
. Constitutional Amendment striking i
cut the W.T. I male l euner ttulate
the X. W. =. A, that Ga this uemand
they Will have the hearty co-3peFation
% thai band Of noble women, the W.
4. 4. U. who have, in their recent
convention, declared they would ask
Tor g Constitutional Amendment
which shall make a woman equal to
wlfiskey-seiler before the law. "Or-
Eanise," "Organise." Public senti-
ment Il ready for Woman Suffrage in
Kansas. IL the praper amount of work
h done 30 put this sentiment into CO.
Operation. hope that your Conven-
tioH VIII not adjourn until yau have
decided to systematically organise
every county in the state
This must be done by the very best
speaker ana organizers Co be had. if
Il amounts 20 desired results. These
organizers should be armed with
printed Constitutions, programmes
for public meeting and full iustruc-
lions about finances and duties 10 the
parent society. 10 your Treasurer
shall be efficient, she will cOmmuni-
cate with each new society and In
Etruct them in such e manner as 10
have ample funds Ia the hands OF the
State Association 10 carry on the
work In an able and efficient manner
all over lhe state
fnd the people willing to pay II
they are property Instructed in the
needs % money, and necessities Of
the work. would suggest that each
cfilcer elected be a "trOrkiRQ lRcRlbcrn |
Tor the next two years. | speak thus
emphaticaiiy, for my knowledge Of
the tield work Ia Kansas assures me
% is necessities. The harvest Is ripe
and harvesters only are needed.
Political EXPRESSION.
deem Il OF paramount importance
that your State Association shall re-
main entirely silent upon the subject |
q partisan politics. The Association
Is nof strong rnough 30 dictate but Is
strong enough % offend In this day OF
sensitive political strife. Let the act
Ions a the two parent sncieties-uon-
lertisan-lle the waichwOrd Of each
state child Ours l. a question Of hu-
mainly and j. hruatler aud deeper than
partisan strife.
Trusting that vuur deliberations
will be marked with wisiium and har
niony commensurate with the magni- |
l1oe q the great cause that calls sou
] remaiu, yuurs Tor human
'usiiee, universal suffrage, a govern
meut q, 81 and for the whole people, |
HELM a.. GoUUAR
Ot.t- >, IS. Lafayette, Ind.
Heas About Town.
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