The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-10
THE WOMEN WEEP
When They Hear the News Of
Their Amendment.
fearful Scenes in Their FavOrite
Resorts.
SOME DO NOT WEEP.
They Scold and Say Things
That Hurt.
There is Bitter Internal
Warfare
IN LOCAL CIRCLES
Which Injuries the Cause More
Than Anything Else
How the Women Are Talking
Which Injuries the Cause More
Than Anything Else
How the Women Are Talking
About the Defeat.


The defeat Of suffrage in Kansas has
spread veil Of sorrow over many once
happy home in the state. There we're
women working for the amendment with
their whole souls, making it their religion
almost, believing in its success as 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 is perhaps the
keenssf. Topeka was the center Of the
movement in the state and the women vino
most hoped for it and on whom it most
depended are here.
On W edne5day morning when the re-
turns were 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 sEas defeated and then it was
the suffragist could no longer conceal
the fact that she WAS a woman, and a
womaniy one-
The scene was onaapf genuine mourn
ing. Three of the women at least could
no longer restrain the tears. and they al
lowed them TO flow 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 aud her dignity and dropping
upon the floor IN despair, moaned aloud
Sitting there In Turkish fashiCn-if not
in Turkish trowsers-she allowed her
grief to saw her back and forth and with
her ndkerchief 10 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 Will not be known.
But she cried and heartily It 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 ali 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 bsed too mad to sl/d
tears and have been manly enough to
look about them for some body to sslay 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 tho state have had
to bear great deal of abuse without
knowing it. Terrible, indeed, have been
the threats against the hated traitors Of
. II
man again as long as 1 Ive,' said one
old lady.
IF all the women have said about the
men lately is true" said Dr. Harding.
who had been listening. ~ am truly
thankful that l am not married 10 one -
The Republican men in particular
are receiving good deal Of abuse
at the hands of the PopuIist
women The paupers are all Re
publicans said one, .and they voted
the Republican ticket after we had fed
tneIn ali summer She evidently re-
ferred to the A R. L. store that was
started by the Alliance after the strike
last summer II could gladly let a Re
publican stArve to death on my Doorstep.
The next time tramp comes to my door
am going TO ask him if he is a RepubIi-
can. he viii say yes of course and
then l will tell him that so am /, but
that as we can get his vote for nothing
he can 10 and eat of the PoDulists."
The widest scene OF the week at
which all the i'll feeling that has existed
to a considerable extent all through the
campaign between the PopulIst aud the
Republican women OF Kansas EQUAL Suf
frage association came to the surface in
great molten Quantities. volcano like,
was at a meeting Thursday afternoon.
Here It was that the quarrels of the
campaign broke out IN alarming profu-
sion.
Two weeks before when the women
adjourned their regular meeting they
adjourned to meet swhen we are citi-
zens,' but they couldn't wait so
they met Thursday. They were
all there including Mrs. Digs.
Dr- Harding, Mrs. Case. AIrs Potts. Mrs.
Lutz Mrs. Lyon, Miss Bray, Mrs War
The meeting ran smoothly enough
until sometnlng was said about the car
Elds the Republican women had given on