The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1905-08-18
MISS Anthony on SUFFRAGE
WOMAN SUFFRAGE CHAMPION
TALKS OF HER CAUSE.
ssThe Movement Is Growing said
Miss Anthony, Now IS Years
Old, and Sdn Active.

ankinds was In Kansas City the other
day on ner way east from a visit TO
the Portland exposition. The great
woman suffrage champion, while in
Kansas City between trains threw out
some ideas to a newspaper reporter,
for the Kansas City Star, who also
made some observations about the
lady herself. The article says:
Two conductors a porter and depot
master lined up at the Pullman steps
yesterday afternoon when the Mis-
souri, Pacific train rolled into the IN
ion depot at 5 o'clock. They were
there to assist Miss Susan B. An
thOny, the grand old woman Of the
female suffrage movement in Amer
lea, to alighG But they formed a
guard Of honor and not an invalid es-
cOrt- A nimble figure in a black dress
that rustled Opulently came down the
steps and a pair Of bright eyes shone
through gold glasses at the officers.
''Well-a-day, gentlemen, and thank
you But I seem to need little as
/ sistance. I was IS last February, to
/ be sure, but I'm my own woman yet
Yes, you may carry my bag for me.
And, dear me, what a place this de-
pot Of yours is. Surely il must have
been built before I was born and that
/ was in 1920. Does that seem a long
time ago? Not to me. Ny life has
/ been too busy. Senator Plat said re-
/ Gently that he had wasted his life.
can't say that Of mine"
She lodged a truck and remarked,
smiling, while an outward train
| grOaned past:
| Just take me where we can sit
down and talk. I won't eat or drink
| anything, thank you. I viii dine on
the Santa Fe when it goes out at s."
Her quick eyes found some vacant
seats near the matron's desk and she
sat down with her sister, Miss Mary
Anthony, who had accompanied her
to the suffrage conference at the Port
land exposition and is returning with
her to their home in New York
And, no, you mustn't call me the
great fighter of lost cause" protests
this wonderful woman. The cause
isn't lost. It's winnig. Women have
got the vote in four states. And it
is so difficult to get the vote under
our system Of government. We have
= first to get up sentiment strong en-
Ough to carry majority Of the state
| Legislature to adopt the franchise
Then it goes to the men of the state.
And they have to be educated, too.
1t requires a great deal Of money.
There are 50 many thousands Of men
l to reach And we cannot get any Of
, the parties to take it up as a party
question. They make excuses, but the
--9' @arse &c that they fear the women
would disturb the balance Of power.
we are going to try to get it in
l Oregon next They have the initiative
and referendum there. We Will have
the question submitted next June
Can I notice any progress in the
movement
Miss Anthony laughs at her sister
and her sister laughs, too.
''Whys it is ffty-three years ago
l since l began to work 1 started in
New York state I canvassed that
state in 1853 and 1854. In the ma
| iOrity Of places that went into they
looked at me as at a wild thing. Now,
when am advertised to go anywhere
and speak there will be dozen fam
lilies in the town writing to ask me to
stop with them
"And women everywhere are wax
ing up to the question Only last year
went to England to attend the con-
ference in Manchester and the secre-
taries Of a dozen wOmen's trades IN
ions were present to indorse the
movement And in America we have
$4,000 members who each pay their
dollar a year
She stops, not for breath, but to
consult her watch
It's twenty minutes Of six Come
along to my car and we5H talk there"
Again she walks unaided through
the tumult and confusion at the de-
pot and mounts the steps Of her Pull
man without assistance.
This enameled flag was given to
me on my eighty-fifth birthday" she
said. but it should only have four
states-One for each Of the states that
| have given women political liberty
/ And the difficulty we have to face is
1 that in the south people are to indO-
lent, in the west they are too indif-
| ferent and in the east the foreign ele-
ment is so great that it is impossible
~ educate them, so fast do they come.
Why, many Of the New England states
| are not American any more They're
| foreign. And those thousands Of ig-
| norant men can vote after a years
residence, while thousands Of educa-
! ted American-born women are denied
the franchise and classed with GRIM
inals and Iunatics- But the good cause
is growing, growing"
| She leans back in her chair, a very
charming and cultured woman. Her
published photographs do her great
injustice. Her skin is brilliant, her
teeth are almost perfect, her voice is
melOdiOus.
And now, no more suffrage please"
/ she concludes Il have been staying
at Leavenworth with my sister-in-
law. the widow Of my brother, Col
Onel Anthony. That was a fighter for
youi But I fancy men are changing.
We were always after the dollar But
in my girlhOOd there was not SO much
stealing. Money is more plentiful
now and stealing seems easy But
even then I have faith and hope in
| my country. We are so pOnderous
that Il takes a great deal to make Us
No, have no message to send to Mis-
souri,. Missouri is asleep on my ques-
ton But il seems to have a COVER
| nor who is wide awake Goodbye"
Her sister hands her a book and
she commences to read Her sight
like her brain, is undimmed- The
porter opens a window and she leans
out to say goodbye again
Il used to know a number Of per
: sons in Missouri" she says. but they
are all gone Perhaps shall not be
long here. either, but when I 60 it
viii be quickly. I'm not breaking up
shall just die ali at once And I'm
; mot Ike the man in New York whose
name IS PIatt have lived well and
I'm satisfied Goodbye And II you
= ever get to New York come and see