Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-07-25
EDITOR REPUBLICAN,

When a rather impulsive woman
consent without reflection to occupy
a unique position, she usually fails to
do herself or friends any credit; and
afterthought brings measure of re-
greet. Such regret / find to be my por.
ton for the part taken in the conven
ton last Thursday. Just word as to
how the ladies came to attend the con-
vention. When it was announced that
the senatorial convention would meet
in Audubon, number of women,
mostly members of the Columbian
club agreed to attend at least one of
the sessions. In our club work we
know that we are ignorant, we some
times feel that we will never be wise.
We expected that SO august body as
the senatorial convention would be
ably differed, and thought to reap the
benefit of practical demonstration of
parliamentary rules and usages-we
found those officers the embodiment of
wisdom and dignity, so need not add
by what rule of contrary we expected
to profit had an opposite condition of
affairs prevailed. We had no thought
of courtesy or recognition from the
convention aside from that accorded
spectators.
was not in the room when the res
olutions were offered and adopted, but
during the afternoon was shown the
one referring to woman and her politi-
cal privileges or priyations, whichever
term you prefer. Yet so used are Au-
dubon women to generous recognition
from its men that it did not occur to
me at the time that it was an unusual
thing for political convention to
make such resolution part of its
| record. A member of the Audubon
! delegation, from whom our ladies have
received many cOurtesies asked me if |
would say few words ia response to
| the resolution, to the convention. ]
Thoughtful would he a courteous thing
to do, and also thought that | had
few Ideas on the subject, but on facing
the convention l realized the differ
ence between that, delegate conyen-
ton of the men. for the men and by
the men, and the audiences had some
times addressed. l found to my
chagrin that ideas were conspicuous
by their absence and wished that |
was with them. However as misery
loves company" solaced myself with
the thought that delegates as we'll as
visitors sometimes fail to grasp the
situation and realize too late that "of
all sad words of tongue or pen the sad
dest (and most unsatisfactory are
these, it might have been.'"
Yet even at this late hour | want to
say, all honor to the republican sena-
torial convention of the seventeenth
district of Iowa, that by resolution
would place woman by the side of her
unsellish brother, the intelligent voter.
Thus raising her in thought, at least,
above her present political peers, the
idiot, the Indian and the convict. Rest
| assured that no woman 50 hOnored will
cast ballot unfavorabie to the con-
| uention'S choice and the districts next
senator, Hon. A. G. Hotchkiss, of Dali
las county. / am no "Woman's suf-
fragist" in the common acceptance of
the term. Woman don't need the bal
lot until men need them to have it, but
| with the abuse of franchise SD plarjnQ
that he who runs may read; with ig-
norance, corruption and bribery threat
ening the very foundation principles
of our republic; with personi6ed de-
bauchery occupying high official posi-
tiOns, would be unjust TO my sex did
| not believe they would compare ia
vorably III intelligence, patriotism and
honor with the electors had almost
added and Office holders of today.
Mrs. G. +. OvERHoLTzER.