, 1906-10-09
IN /.
POLITICS
POSITION OF STATE FEDERATION
MADE CLEAR IN MESSAGE OF
PRESIDENT IN THE
YEAR BOOK.
Federation Does Not Wish to NEEDLE,
Being of Many Opinions Political
ly, But Stands for Certain Moral
Observation-Disclosures to Be Held
at Symons Home This Evening
Program for Today and Tomorrow.

Laramie extends a most cordial well
come to the visiting ladies who are
here to attend the third annual con
V%ention of the Wyoming State Fedora
ton of Women's clubs. This organiza-
tton is young in years, but its import
ance is evidenced by the fact that in
this state, hampered as it is by lack
of railway facilities, only five counties
Converse, Crook, Johnson. Sweetwa-
Ter and Uinta-are not represented in
the federation. Many of the delegates
in attendance this year have Travelled
hundreds of miles through neighboring
states to be present and they bring
with them the dauntless energy of the
west. The message of the federation
is 1--WE stand for Purity, Progress, Phil
anthropy and Peace and its motto
DEGREES, Investigate, Impart, I'm
prove"
The aspirations of the organization
are briefly but effectively promulgated
in the message of its president, Har-
riet L.. Shiek, who voices them in the
federation year book of 1906. A por-
ton of this message is as follows:
In Peculiar Position.
THE women of the suffrage states
are in a peculiar position, a fact that
is generally overlooked. Thousands
have their eyes upon these states, hop
ing to prove or disprove their theories.
We are not playing to the galleries.
and it does not matter that We are cb-
served. What does matter and matter
very much is that We are responsible
for the conditions that exist in our
state. Is Wyoming the cleaner politi-
cally, are our state institutions better
kept, are our children more fully edu-
Gated, are u laws more rigidly en-
forced, are our cities more sanitary
and moral, because our m vote?
Do the Best We Can.
HAS it really come home to you that
for all that is good, for all that is in
different, for all that is bad, you are
responsible? To the extent of the abil-
ity that you might have used, you are
responsible. And it is well to remem
Der that We can not measure the ex-
tent of even u own ability; we are
only to do the best that we can, as We
can.
we do lot want to rush into poll
tics, we do not want to fill the offices,
We do not want to run things but we
dc want to have our state have a good
record, one high above that of other
states, because our ONE vote.
steer clear of Politics.
"This federation does not wish to
NEEDLE in politics. We are of many
opinions politically, and rightly and
fortunately SO, but do stand for certain
moral principles and we hope that in
time We may become a helpful force
in the state"
President Shiek returned yesterday
from Saratoga, New York, where she
attended the supreme council of the
National Federation of Women's clubs
as the delegate from Wyoming.
Reception at Symons Home.
After the opening program at the
Carnegie auditorium tonight, a COM
n,ittee of local ladies will give a recep-
ton at the Symons residence in honor
of the State Federation of Women's
clubs. A cordial invitation to attend
this interesting event is extended by
the hostesses to all visiting ladies, all
members Of the Laramie Woman's club
and all ladies who are entertaining
club members from abroad. Tonights
and tomorrow's programs follow:
Ladies Arriving.
The following guests arrived from
the east this afternoon: Mrs. Mary C.
C. Bradford and Mrs. C. H. jacobson
of Denver, Mrs. A. NJ. Hawley of Fort
Collins, Mrs. F. N. Shiek of Wheat
land, president of the state federation;
Mrs. B. B. Brooks, Mrs. f. Mason
Smith, Mrs. Phillipper, Mrs. L. r. Ty-
son, Mrs. A. Russell Buck, Efie r.
Dodge, Mrs. J. A. Walton, Mrs. l. S.
Bartlett, Mrs. Charles Bristol, Mrs.
William Guiterman, Mrs. F. U. Jones,
Mrs. Robert Morton, Mrs, P. o. Brew
ster, Mrs. f. ]. Niswander, Mrs. Dob
bins, Miss Gertrude Dobbins, Mrs. NJ.
Idelmann, Mrs. A. P. Hanson, Mrs.
T. T. lyman. Mrs. Harry B. Henderson
Mrs. A. e Grain, Mrs. LaFontalne and
Mrs. ]. NJ. Newman, all of Cheyenne.
viii Come Tomorrow.
Miss Winnifred Woods. Mrs. w. c,