The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-10

LOCAL CIRCLES
Which Injuries the Cause More
Than Anything Else.
How the Women Are Talking
About the Defeat.

The defeat Of suffrage in Kansas has
spread a veil Of sorrow over many a once
happy home in the state There were
women working for the amendment with
their whole souls, making it their religion
almost, believing in its success az they
believe in heaven, founding their whole
future existence on the sweet privilege
of being represented at the polls and now
that defeat has come after all their work
and all their prayers the grief of A be-
reaved mother IS almost mild compared
with theirs
In Topeka the sorrow il perhaps the
keenest. Topeka was the center OF the
movement in the state and the women who
most hoped for it and on whom it most
depended are here.
On Wednesday morning when the re-
turns we're coming IN with the most dis
couraging regularity the Populist women
were assembled with the men at the
headquarters on Eighth street waiting
for and reading them with heavy hearts,
it became reasonably certain, soon, that
suffrage was defeated, and then it was
the sufragist could no longer conceal
the fact that she was a woman, and
womanly one
The scene was one Of genuine mourn
ing. Three of the women at least could
no longer restrain the tears. aud they al
lowed them TO dow unchecked and un-
abashed. while their sisters that were not
busy with some moist drops of their
own. did their best to comfort them with
caressing words and soft pats upon the
cheek.
One Of the women who has never
wavered in her belief that the suffrage
amendment would carry, was almost
heartbrOken- When she became
convinced that hope deferred was
the greater agony, she gave up
her hope and her dignity and dropping
upon the hOor 10 despair, moaned aloud
Sitting there IN Turkish fashion-if not
in Turkish trowsers-she allowed her
grief to saw her back and forth and with
her handkerchief TO her eyes sobbed and
groaned quite audibly
She was not alone. Another disheart-
ened worker bent over her and added to
her tears her own. The wife Of one Of
the state candidate was there and whether
she cried for the defeat of her husband
or for that of suffrage viii not be known
But she cried and heartily. 1t is de-
clared by those who claim to know that
another one Of the women who has spent
her summer in the work hid an all day
attack of grief and tears at home.
All week the women have been visit
ing around among themselves and sit
ting silently together with their dead
But there are other women among
them who have beed too mad to SID
tears and have been manly enough to
look about them for some body to s'lay it
onto They have been busy ever since
the election trying TO find cause Some
of them blamed the men and the poor
creatures who are unfortunate
enough to be entrusted with the
affairs Of the state have had
to bear great deal Of abuse without
knowing it. Terrible, indeed, have been
the threats against the hated traitors of
the other sex. II will never vote for a
man again as long as / live" said one
old lady.
If all the women have said about the
men lately is true" said DR.. Harding.
who had been listening. IL am truly
thankful that am not married to 0ne.r
The Republican men in particular
are receiving a good deal of abuse
at the hands of the Populist
women fsThe paupers are all Re
publicans said one. -and they voted
the Repu blican TICKET after we had fed
baeR AL summer. She evidently re-
---fel ~. ttsM A K L. store that was
atartet Alliance after the strike
last ~ ~ III could gladly let u Re-
public l4s 2 ve TO death on my doorstep.
The next time tramp comes to my door
am going TO ask him if ne is q Republi-
can. He will say yes Of course and
then will tell him that so am II but
that we can get his vote for nothing
The widest scene Of the week at
which all the ii feeling that has existed
80 considerable extent all through the
campaign between the Populist and the
Republican women Of Kansas Equal Suf-
frage association came to the surface in
great molten Quantities volcano like.
was AZ meeting Thursday afternoon
Here It was that the quarrels Of the
campaign broke out in alarming profu-
sion.
NO weeks before when the women
adjourned their regular meeting thew
ADJOURNED TO meet ~when we are citi-
zens, but they couldn't wait so
they met Thursday. They were
al there including Mrs DiGgs.
Dr. Harding, Mrs Case. Mrs. Potts, Mrs.
Lutz, Mrs. Lyon, Miss Bray. Mrs War
dali and others
The meeting ran smoothly enough
untll somethlng was said about the car
rlde The Republican women had given On