River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1888-08-30
PATRIOTIC WOMEN.
A New Organization of Feminine Allies
for Harrison and Morton.

A New Organization of Feminine Allies
for Harrison and Morton.
The Woman's National Republican
Committee have issued circular
letter to the women of the United
States in which they say:
The Republican party Is not a sectional-it ia
a National party. In its counsels are wounded
veterans OF the Union army, and soldiers OF the
late Confederacy. and enfranchised slaves; the
party knows no East no West. no North, no
South. Eastern culture and Western enter
prise have nurtured a conservative-rad calsm
as contiguous and continuous as is the CONT
mental railway system which the Republican
policy of internal Improvements made pos
sible
Across the = Bloody Chasm"-a part OF our
h storic past-are the clasped hands Of grow &
industries, sensitive and responsive lth
nerves OF trade, steam and smoke anT anne
from furnace, factory and mill are IN cloud
by day and the fire 10y night reacwedly test
ing Republican principles, and gu:din- the
country out from the wilderness OF scctiO 'al-
ism into the promised land OF q perfectly -e-
stored nat onallsm.
In the ranks Of tho Republican party are
found many citizens OF foreign birth. In Amer
lea they are Americans; they do not forget the
mother country nor the fatherland, but here
they are loyal TO the Stars and Stripes, their
loyalty was tested even TO the shedding Of
blood in war; with whatever makes for good
citizenship they are welcome IN the party
their rights under the flag command respect
The achievements OF this great party nave
made luminous this centurys history. Under
Gods blessing it rescued the Imperfect Ma
ton, saved the Government our fathers left
us and maintained the institutions which as.
sure TO American women the exalted position
they now enjoy. The Republican party has
Always been the party OF protection; protection
naff to no H1r-
ton to the ballot box, protection TO the wage
Garner, protection TO the waEe-paycr, an6
now IN line with past profess iOns and perform
ances il declares for protection Of the home. -
Can American women fail TO respOndg
Tn party is rot a squad o. uuskilied, IN
trained recruits reckless TO attempt and help
less 10 secure political defenss It 5 not troop
of detached soldiery out on picket duty II J.
the regular army OF American progress. II
was raised from the fires.des of the people; its
ranks are kept full from the farm. the shop
the school the mill; IL is sworn TO champion al
the command Of the sovereign people" what
soeyer things are pure, whatsoever things are
lovely whatsoever things are OF good report, ,
in Government
Young women OF the land, have you n dc bt
TO pay to that established order % things
which we call Christian civilization. DO you
realize that Republican institutions are tho
material organ SIN through which this spirit
OF civil cation breathess VIII you not in thank
full appreciation Of the inner tance into which
lou have entered, pledge human fealIy 10 the
Republican party, whose standard bearer
wears the white flowers OF bameless lie?
Mas. J. ELLEN FOSTER, Iowa,
Chairman
MBs THOMAS W. CHASE, Rhod Island.
Secretary.
Mrs. SCHUYLER COLFAx Indiana.
Mrs HESRY 5 LANE, Ind ana.
Mrs n b. SPELL MAN, New York.
Mas. Henry x. CARROLL, New Jersey.
Womans Nat oaal Republican Committee,
No. 81 Test Fourteenth street. New York CITY