Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-04-30
FEDERATED SOCIETIES.
An Important Meeting Held at tho Second
Presbyterian Church-Dr. Hopkins
Address,

The reGuiar quarterly meeting of the
Federation of Women's Philanthroptc So
cieties was held in the Junior League par
lors of the Second Presbyterian church
Yesterday, the session beginning at 10
ures by the president. several quarterly
reports Of the society were listened IN
Guiding the work of the Good Sam ~
day nursery. which has cared for mary
tie ones while their mothers work out
a living. Il is II non-sectarian branch ol
the society. Mrs. Stone and Mrs Westine.
sad cases brought to their notice and re-
ported that their association is in need of
provisions.
The Equal Suffrage Association entered
protest against keeping the insane poor
in the county poor farm in violation of the
ordinance. and it received hearty com
menuau ton. petition presented by the
Protestant Home for Aged Women and
Homeless Girls. asking for portion of the
heartily, indorsed. This will be used to
erect building for the of the home.
After social noon hour the societies
reconNencd and listened to DIR. Henry Hop
kins. of the First Congregational church.
who addressed the members of the Fedora
tlon on the subject of municipal govern
ment. He received the undivided attention
Of all present and at the close of his talk
their entire concurrence with his views
was given in vote of thanks for the same.
Dr. Hopkins spoke at some length on the
manner in which the members of the
SauZation should conduct their crusade
against the city's unClean moral and polit-
ical condition ana cited many of Great
Britain's large metropolises as models aft
er which Kansas City might protitably
copy.
He said that the negative plan of abus-
ing the officials and other responsible Citi-
Hcns for the city ; degradation was not the
best course to be pursued. but the way
out of the dilemma was for them to first
get control OF the city government on a
strictly non-partisan platform-one that
civil service reform could be established
upon and then begin the work of reforma-
tion AT the very bottom. In that manner
the work of retaining the city affairs
from the hands of political hypocrites
would be assured and the man who de-
served the Office and worthy of hold
ing it would not be cheated out of IL be-
cause of political Influences lie spoke Of
the good work of the good government"
clubs and city federations" of Eastern
cities. and saw no reason why the same
results could not be as easily acquired in
Kansas City.
Following Dr. Hopkins, Mrs. Z. e. NJ.
written paper on protective Law" which
received a hearty encore, 4 liberal vote of
thanks to DR. Hopkins and Mrs. Winch
and an open discussion on the unClean
streets of the city and a resolve to move
on them at once followed,
\ committee of six was appointed TO look
after the women confined I'm jail and the
morality of the parks. Mrs. Rowntree. the
treasurer resigned because of her removal
to Chicago. and Mrs. Winch was elected
to I'LL the vacancy. a vote of thanks to
ance of an invitation to hold the next quar-
terly meeting in the Arlington NJ. h.
church. Seventeenth and Prospect i'm
medtately preceded the adjournment,