The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-11-16
FULL OF POLITICS.
The ssTonpartisan" Populist Fac
tion Of the Suhragists
ELECT THEIR STATE DELEGATES

To So 20 the minneapolis state Con-
ventfon or suRrAgIsts They Are
Against Mrs Johns
There was another meeting Of the
.'nonpartisan7 suffrage women at the
Office Of DR.. Harding yesterday after
noon and the Dr. has not been busy
sweeping up torn and mangled locks Of
hair today, either
1t was the meeting Of the Equal SUI
frage association to select delegates 70
the state convention that VIII be held
some place il Kansas some time
this month. Neither the place
nor the time has as yet been
settled 1t is admitted, however, by the
P0pullst faction, which is pleased 20 Call
itself partisan. that the Mrs Johns
contingent with che aid Of Mrs ;. A.
Thurston viii succeed finally throug n
their strength ia the executive commit
tee in securing the meeting for Mime
apolis The date, according 10 the con-
stitution. should be SONS time during
this month. The Populist women sAy
that 3lrs. Johns and Hrs Ihurston are
going 10 spring the date on them real
QUICK SO they won't be ready.
At the meeting yesterday afternoon-
and it was a very quiet One-were pres
enr Mrs SrruOle, Mrs. Ward4Il, hrs
Lyon, Mrs. Case, Mrs Cornelius, Mrs
Hart Mrs Hull. Mrs Nichols Ars Good
win, Mrs LuJz, Mrs. Potts and Or.
Harding, the last named Of whom is local
president.
The business Of electing the delegates
was done just like the men do t. l. e
Two or three got together before hand
and arranged things 90 there would be
no trouble about it, The names were
proposed quickly and those that weren't
too ast0nished to vote at all voted for
them.
The delegates elected were: Mrs
Potts, Mrs Nichols aud Mrs. Cornelius
Their alternates were Mrs Lutz. Mrs
Otis and Mrs. Ma1sou. Dr. Harding as
local president goes anyway a. does also
Mrs. 1huratOn a district pres dent
The sense Of the meeting was anti
Mrs. Johns The delegates we're in
structed 70 vote for Mrs Johnson of
Mime polls for president If they could
not secure her election then to work for
Mrs. Parsons Of Hingman and If they
should fail ia that, lastly, "any body on
earth to beat Mrs Johns"
They were also instructed to elect if
poss be a new district president, and al
though Mrs. Case, who is very modest
woman, vetoed the motion half
dozen times, she was selected as the
choice Of the women for the place.
There was committee On plan Of
work for the convention to be appointed
and Pres dent Harding had the JOB ex-
otfcio The Repu oIIcan women are try
ing to bear it gracefully. but they have
a good deal of whispering to DO about
the absence Of Republican on the com
mittee. There are I've Of that commit
tee and the Repu blican women have
their p0liucs sized up ia this way: Mrs
WardaIl, POpulist; 3Irs- Potts, Popullst:
Mrs. Struble, Populist; Mrs. Goodwin,
Populisr. and Mrs. Case. doubtful
The delegates were instructed to rec
Ommend that work on the resu omission
proposition begin Immediately on the
converting Of the legislature This doesn't
seem to be satisfactory to some Of the
Republican women somehow. and they
have already expressed their determina-
tion % smash that part of the slate
The following resolution was also
framed for presentation for adoption at
the state convention.
.'Re solved, That no officer Of the Equal
Suffrage association shall hold office in
any partisan organization or be actively
engaged in partisan campaign work"
This. you see, gentle reader. viii debar
little Mrs. Diggs from swinging her
snickersnee about Republican ears next
campaign, or force her out of the 4. s. A.
And there are others.
Dr. Harding has thought up . great
scheme TO persuade people to prepare
themselves for suffrage work IN the fu-
ture. She wants the state convention to
call state mass meeting of all friends
Of suffrage without regard to age. sex.
race, Or previous condition Of thralIdom,
10 be held in Topeka early in Decem Der 4
The non partisan women of the ass0cia-
ton are greatly in favor OF the scheme.
but the Republicans, for some reason
which they do not care 70 disclose, are
very much opposed to it.