The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-12
THE WOMEN FORBEAR.
They Will Not Boycott All Kind
Deeds just Now.
THEIR HEARTS ARE ALL RIGHT

Although They Are Pretty Mad at the
Men VINO Refuse to Give Them the
Right to VOte-The suffrage Picnic.
The suffrage women did not succeed
in passing their resolution to boycott all
good works at their picnic yesterday
afternoon. Rather, they succeeded in not
passing it for the present
The matter came very near not being
taken up at all and it was not until nearly
supper time that Dr. Harding, president,
called for resolutions. Mrs Case who
was generally supposed to have the res
olution matter in charge, declared she
had left the resolution at home in her
work box but copy of the JOURNAL was
produced and the resolution read. 1t
was as follows: 1t WAS modelled on the
suggestion by Miss Anthony recently:
Whereas, 117,OOO Kansas men declared
themselves against female suffrage at
the late election and 81 900 showed their
opposition by remaining silent, be it
Resolved, That it is the duty of every
self-respecting woman in the state of
Kansas to fold her hands and refuse to
help any religious, charitable, moral re-
form or political association until the
men of the state shall strike the adiec-
tive "male" from the suffrage clause of
the constitution and thereby declare that
woman's opinion shall be respected and
counted at the ballot box, as are all mems
opinions outside the state penitentiary,
the idiot and the lunatic asylums.
Mrs. Lyon was opposed to the resolu-
ton and said So This is not a regular
meeting" she added; 'and not the proper
time to discuss such a resolution
Mrs. Willard Struble who had come all
the way from Abilene to attend the
picnic was almost bitterly opposed to the
resolution even if it was '.Aunt Susan's."
you can't keep a good, earnest
woman quiet" she declared; Every
true Christian woman is inter ested TO the
fulness of her heart in the betterment
of the world and if we can't vote we
will talk. If the women would sit down
now and fold their hands as the resolu-
ton says the world would say we had no
courage and that we had given up; that
we had lost interest"
There was dissension brewing and Mrs.
J. G. Otis was almost if not quite equal
to meeting it. She said:
sit is true that we cannot isolate our
selves from all religious, moral and char
table work. submit a resolution since
this first one has not yet been before the
meeting. Let it be resolved that we re-
fuse to aid in the election of any man to
political Office who is not a suffragist"
Mrs. Case was not so anxious for any
resolution now and said, Suffrage isn't
all" DR.. Harding looked surprised and
panied, 81 believe in voting for the best
man and there are other things of more
importance than suffrage even. l had
rather vote for good man who was no;
a suffragist than for a bad man that
was"
Mrs. Cornelius said: 81 recently sug-
gested to Miss Anthony that we get one
million women TO sign An agreement to
vote for president in 1896 and take the
consequences. Miss Anthony said we
couldn't do it; that we couldn't get tn
many women to sign the paper. favor
the resolution
Mrs Green: "Of all classes that have
looked and are looking to emancipation
the women are the slowest If the labor
ing men of the world should join together
no power could resist their influence and
if all women would join hands her infu-
ence could be as great Women are not
united and they are interested in other
things than suffrage. All the resolu-
tons in the world would not keep one
woman from going to church or helping
charity"
The women are straying away from
the resolution and Mrs. Otis arose and
explained it again.
DR.. Harding had now caught up with