The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-19
Hrs. Cougars Canvass Of the
State Of Ohio.
Addresses Two Meetings Daily
One Meeting Of Women.
TOM JOHNSON PLEASED
With Mrs. Cougars Work and
Appears on the Platform
With Her, Also Speaking to
the Audience.

Cleveland oct lS.-AlrS. Helen ArOu-
gar is making a series Of speeches in
Cleveland in behalf of the Bryan and
sewau ticket. Saturday. she addressed
two meetings
Mrs Cougars afternoon meeting was
an unqualified success. With scarcely
any previous notice of the event a large
representation of the ladies of CIeve-
land turned out. In the audience were
also a liberal sprinl1ling Of men Mrs.
Cougar was given round after round on
applause in some parts of her ad-
dress every sentence was punctuated
by popular demonstration of ap-
proval. No audience of the masculine
gender could have better shown their
interest in the speech or how much
more they We're in sympathy with the
sentiments which it contained
AT 2 o'clock promptly Mrs. Cougar
came to the stage. escorted by l. A.
Russell. who had induced the speaker
TO make the extra address nOtwith-
standing that she was to appear again
in the evening.
AS a preface to the address two little
colored girls, orphans, one III and the
other s years old, were led to the front
and sang two silver songs which they
are singing in different parts of the
country. One of the songs was enti-
tune of an old plantation melody. The
ether was Shouting for Bryan and
Silver" written to the air of March
ing Through Georgia" the sentiment
of which caused much applause The
little singers We're from the Jenkins or
phans' asylum of Charleston, s. c., and
were travelling through the country ac-
companied by Rev. III @. Bingley of
Boston, who is trying to raise a fund
he 0f IA . nv
concerts. They are great friends of
Mrs Cougars, and when they heard
she was IN town came direct to the han
to visit her.
After the singing Mr. Russell intr0-
duced Mrs. Cougar. saying he was glad
to have secured her for two meetings
instead of one as at first arranged for.
Mr.. Russell said that he was in favor
Of womanhoOd suffrage in the United
States il for no other reason than for
the protection of men. He realized
that many men did not care enough
abou their right tovote to exercise it in
diligently If a man had true wo-
man by his side he would be more apt
to do his duty than if he stood alone
Plunging at once into her subject,
Mrs. Cougar said:
III have violated a pledge to myself
In coming here this afternoon. I have
spoken for forty-three days without
rest, but I viii try to stand this extra
meeting and to hold out until election.
The women of the United States occupy
the highest position Of any women in
the world We are on an equality
men in everything but the exercise OF
the elective franchise. Many promi-
nent men are in favor of giving US the
ballot, and I believe at no distant day
it viii be done. I hope and believe
that I am making some converts to
the cause Of free silver by my address.
But what can do on election day?
can so home and play thumbs up and
thumbs down while the most drunken
American or the most worthless for
eigner may go to the polls and destroy
the effect of my voice
You may go over the whole history
of our country and you viii not find a
single reform that was not first sug-
gested by a woman Take the history
of human slavery. Tt was a little band
of women who first advocated aboli-
ton. 1t was the mother heart of the
country which first saw that barbarity
and the injustice of the system. They
first tried to get the ear of congress on
the subject. but failing in that they met
in a little place in Worcester, Mass.
and scared the preachers Of those days
worse than the free silver advocates /
are now soaring DR.. Newman by the
boldness of their declarations. Those \
terrible strong minded women, as they
We're called, went right ahead and did
what they thought was right. After
the abolition of slavery the women Of
this country kept on making progress,
taking one step after another until now
they stand shoulder to shoulder with
men in everything except the right to
suffrage When we can be the helpmate
in the government the same as in the
home. when we can help UncleSan keep
house. then viii this country be pre-
pared to adopt some reforms of which
this country stands in need 7 lean
naturally to the Prohibition party. but
when that party leaves its principles
I care not for the party and viii speak
my sentiment without the party.
Money is the blood Of the country
and We cannot live without it. Class
legislation destroys the life of the peo-
pie and they have no ambition left
Three years ago Z saw for the first time
a free bread distribution. 1t was in
Philadelphia. saw II again IN New
York In Chicago I saw thousands of
men without shelter to their heads and
their only crime was in being unable to
get any work i said to myself when
saw all this, My God Has it come to
this so early i'm the country's history
that men must starve because they can
obtain no employment There is no
earthly reason why any man in this
country should be out of work and
hungry. We believe that it is the mon
ey question of this country that needs
remedyiug in Order to adjust our IN
dustrial conditions Our position As
that dear dollars make cheap proauce
that scarce dollars make dear collars
There is not enough blood in the veins
ef the country to keep e alive The de-
rnonetization Of silver made produce
cheap and doubled the value OF gold
The mortgages upon the land Of this