The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-11
President Addison of the State
Equal Suffragists
Says the Agitation Must Be
Kept Up
Although She Has Considerable
Doubt of Submitting the Question
to Vote Too Rash.y-Last
Nights Meeting
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was comfortably filed. There were many
men present, which showed that they too
were interested ia the cause of woman's
Acknowledgement. At S.15 the janitor of
the hall unlocked the electric light switch
box and turned on all the lights. Presi-
dent Katherine r. Addison raped for
order and the women ceased talking to
listen to their president
Mrs. a. r. Kirby offered a long, earnest
prayer There was some good music.
The duet "a Night in Venice by Ar
~ 3 81 Sutls " Al q tlsSle way py -4I5-
y, T. f5akef ana MISS caroline Baum
Ihe ladies' voices blended we'll "On the
Mountains piano solo by Miss Cathe-
plause.
Mrs. Anna c. Wait of Lincoln, Kan.
who IS Familiarity known as the mother of
equal suffrage work in Kansas, gave a
history of the work in Kansas. Helen
Cougar used TO claim that she discovered
Laura NJ. Johns, but we claim that honor.
1 went 70 see her in salina and I soon
the work Some people don't believe in
tlo9s taere a. 1aVof OF municipal sufIrago
and our petition was presented to the
Legislature and was adopted"
'.NVil the parliamentarion come to the
chair2" asked President Addison.
Mrs. s. A Thurston came forward and
said:
Gentlemen and ladies': There is an i'm
preston prevalent that suffragists are in
this work to get something out of it. This
Mrs. Thurston then said: This after
noon our president gave her annual adj
dress, and by special vote she was re-
/ QlESte4 TO repeat IL again THIS 6NenlnE
SO that all might hear it."
Mrs. Addison read:
90 Truth crushed to earth will rise again,
the eternal years of God are his We are
gathered here today living expression of
to the storm and it has swept on, cuning
from our ranks many a good heart and
true. that overcome BY the wind and rain
..The first blow struck for woman's bal
iot IN Kansas was given when our beloved
leaders, Susan b. Anthony, Lucy Stone,
Henry B. Blackwell and others conducted
me an palsn OF 1ooi- Like the recent one
then promulgated fingered in this free
air of freedom birth place until they
found a home i'm the soul and brain Of
Annie G. Wait of Lincoln. who organized
the first suffrage association of which we
nave any record at that city, November
II; 1873
We who enjoy the freedom created by
5hen nave no conception or what these
dear pioneers endured. But looking neither
to the right nor the left they held the
We're found and the movement culminat-
ed in call for a state convention On
June ., 1888, they met IT, Topeka, seven
in number, and perfected the Organiza-
ton of the Kansas Equal Suffrage assoc
20. for some of the perseverance of
these women. Why did this half dozen
women accomplish more. IN less than a
year, than this body can, with known
friends in every city in the state2 Surely
# behooves US to study the matter with
care.
answer no. At no time in our history
have so many women really desired to
exercise the DdllOL- ne recent DIeSluen-
ual election was one of extreme interest
to all Women all over the state and ma
tlon rallieo 20 me support Of thelr re
spectlve candidates. Politicians have
eagerly sought their assistance, many or
the teaoefS naNlAg addressed audiences
composed entlreiy or women Ahen, TOO,
we have the added agitation of the re-
submission of the Kansas prohibitory
law to rouse the mothers OF the state.
and they, too, are anxiOusly seeking for
ellLIanclil ssIleill, hoping mus 70 solNe
this vexed question Consequently we
must admit that sentiment was never
stronger among Kansas women than at
the present time"
MANY women are pushing reform work
in other directions, and feel unable to un-
dertake other work While [ honor this
band of noble women who are giving their
time, strength and money TO the. world,
the man who built his house upon the
blew and that house fell Rouse your
selves, sisters, grid on your armor and
let us fight for human rights and pro
gress as did the fathers and mothers Of
1.-TWO precedents have been established
whereby we may secure the sixteenth
amendment. First. to secure its adoption
by all political parties Second by the
cation We i'm Kansas viii give il very
serious thought ere we again ask for
ter than stagnatiOn, and no legislature !
should be allowed to convene in this state
without being reminded that the women
of Kansas are not Quiescent, and viii /
never cease to plead for recognition until
they become free American citizens.''
I'm the latter half of the nineteenth
one Of the main factors Of our educational
system lit is to our great daily newspa- I
for enlightmeut owing to their high
moral and educational standard the ma
jority of Kansas papers realize the pus-
tice of our demands and open their coll (
unns for our communications. We should ]
individually avail ourselves of this op- 4
portunity "A press committee should be |
elected by this convention that would pro- |
coed to obtain subsidiary committees in
every county in the state If interesting {
articles are furnished the papers they
will be printed in the majority of cases. !
even though the paper should personally /
antagonize our movement. Items of in
terest are what our papers want.
My sisters. have you the courage to I
proceed2 / hope So yea I know it, Let
Ills take our state motto for our own. and
march onward, asking no recompense. /
save that given by clear conscience /
(Applause-)
Mrs Laura NJ. Johns. was introduced |
1T has been charged that women have
chosen disfranchiseme When or WhereNl
they made this choice know not Are Z
men but boys grown tall2 NV experience z
is that men who oppose suffrage because Z
they say the women do not want the bal /
lot oppose it on other grounds, too In I
some OF the states as soon IS an Indian /
begins to nav taxes he is allowed to vote /
taxes for years and years. and they are Il
not allowed 10 vote. Woman suffrage is +
matter how few az the women want it,
Mrs. Emma S. Troudner of Usage coun- /
ty. followed Mrs. Johns and said:
Shall we not begin at the home freside !
to teach brOtherly lOve2 Shall we not de- {
mand clean Journalism to develop pat
regarding the literature we take into our /
Miss Eva Corning Of Topeka. gave a
eulOgized woman.
Laura Al Gregg Of Garrett a speaker