Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-05
XAlA Fight PROMISED
suffragists and Anti-sufirasists
Preparing for a Lively Win.
ter Campaign.
Clara Bell Brown the Object Of
Severe Attacks OF the
Suifrasists.
Petitions to Be Circulated and
Presented to the General
Assembly.

ASSSuIUys
Des Moines, Dec. 5.-The kind Of a
suffrage campaign that may be ex-
pected this winter before the state leg
islature can be well imagined from the
controversy which has been going on
between Clara Bell Brown of Washing
| ton. d. c. on the one side and the wo-
man suffragists on the other during the
last two weeks. But the extent to
which the fair ladies will go in polit-
ical campaign. if they won the ballot,
probably Is not fairly measured by the
versy is rapidly being submerged For
instance. it is not probable that II wo-
men had the ballot they would indulge
in campaign political arguments Of the
following character. which is the lead
| ing editorial in the Woman's Standard
for December, the state organ of the
suffragists:
CLARA BELL BROWN.
There is woman by the above
name now in Des Moines who has come
from the east to fight Iowa women.
She Is & traitor to Womankind.
she is a foe to purity in politics and
righteousness in public office.
she is the enemy OF temperance and
the home.
she is the friend Of the canteen and
the saloon.
fe he oil 0y Of he a Y,1Yvo a nv
Of men In politics.
"She has the Chinese view Of women.
the mediavel view OF war and believes
in the subsection OF women to the gov
eminent and service of man.
She is belatcd being. atavistic men
tally, and belong to the fourteenth CEN
fury.
Such is Clara Bell Brown from the
equal suffrage and temperance point Of
view"
Mrs. Clara Bell Brown, the anti-suf
fragist, left for California "wednesday
night for few weeks rest. She will
return before the legislature meets and
will he here during the session. She
desires 1t to be understood that she is
not running away from the fight in
Iowa., but her health Is such that she
finds it necessary to rest a few weeks.
She will spend most of the time in San
Francisco and along the Pacific coast,
but expects to visit Kansas and stir
things up there on her way back to
Iowa. During her stay here Mrs. brown
reorganized the Woman's Home ALI
ance and 1t will continue ..le work while
she is away.
II wish the people OF the state 10 I'M
derstand that I have not given up,
said Mrs. Brown. 1T is my intention to
return, and when / come back expect
to take up the fight in earnest. There is
little to do now until the matter act
ually comes up in the legislature. do
not propose to lobby, but shall present
what have to say regarding suffrage
in a dignified manner l expect 10 file
my objections to it before the commit
tees in the form of afiidavits which will
contain synopsis of the conditions that
exist in states where the women vote. j
do not believe there is any danger CT the
question going to the people, but some
Iowa women who are opposed to suf-
frage fear that there is
Mrs. Brown advised the alliance to
take a poll of the state and ascertain
the names of the women who are OPP
posed to suffrage. This will be done by
inserting request in the newspapers Of
the state asking all women opposed to
suffrage to send their names to the local
organization. In this way the anti
suffragists expect to get an expression
of opinion from the women Of the state.
They believe this to be the most feasible
plan.
The equal suffragists of the state are
busy circulating petitions to be pre-
sented to the next session of the legis-
lature. 1t is the intention OF those hav-
ing charge of the work not to waste
their efforts. In those districts where
the members have been opposed spe-
Gal effort will be put forth and as many
as possible secured. It will
be the aim of those who circulate the
petitions to procure the signatures Of as
many prominent men as possible In or
der that the petitions may have more
weight. The attention of every member
will be called to the petitions from his
own district.
A meeting of the resident members of
the executive committee of the Iowa
Equal Suffrage Association was held at
the headquarters Wednesday afternoon.
None of the out-of-town members were
in attendance. A telegram was received
from Mrs. Evelyn Fl. Belden, of Sioux
City, stating that she was i'll and would
be unable to attend the meeting. All of
the members of the committee had been
with, however, and their
opinions asked on certain questions. The
resident members declined to state just
what subjects had been discussed fur
Their than to say they were with refer |
ance to the coming session of the legisla-
.ure From this time on the energies
Of all the members of the committee will
be devoted to legislative work. They be-
ieve that their chances are good for Sc
curing the submission Of the question to |
The people. 1t is expected that Mrs. |
Belden will again have charge Of the
work.
Mrs. Nellie Nelson, the corresponding
secretary of the association, stated that |
rom present indications the member
,hip would be doubled this year. AL
'eady she has nearly twice as many
names on her book as at the close of
ast year, and she hopes that by Jan.
he membership will have been doubled. |