New-York tribune., 1908-02-14
NO PURE ELECTIONS
Al Bit Shady an Women,s Clubs,
iSaES Mrs. Tr0a.

There has hardly ever been pure election in a
v-7rlan's club IN New York City said Mrs John
Fowler Trow in a talk before the West End Wor1-
ans Republican Association al its meeting at the
Hotel Astor yesterday afternoon. Then how can
W. demand the ballot? 1 am in a position TO hear
The criticisms make Of US and that is one of
ne things they throw up at Us. The other day a
nan said 70 me. Ny wife belongs to a woman $
rub and she tells there has never been a pure
election in that club. There isn't woman in that
ciab vho knows how throw d vote Yet they
VT The suffrage. q"
Ignorance and no public conscience were the two
casats Mrs Trow brought against women. Her
s-niec- was Municipal Reform and women must
sdccste their Consciences. she said. before they
could co much toward bringing that reform about
After promising that while woTnan's role might
b home. as The opponents OF woman suffrage avow
woman cannot fulfil her duty TO her home and its
inmates unless puTer food, cleaner streets and
various other municipal reforms are secured and
zftsr declaring that woIran's influence in those di-
-ections amounts 10 little because OF her hav-
IL Il political influence Mrs Trop proceeded:
-EUt the way get influence is 10 educate our
selves ne point where We will be absolutely
Necessary II municipal reform And first we must
educate our consciences- don't believe there is
#01zu IL THIS room who hasn't a warped con-
scisnoe Oh. We have good everyday consciences
woul52't tell lie, and so on: but we have no
s1hacal conscences- Now. there's in our
taking par il politics unless we can do things bet
fer than rnen car"
After scoring the public for taking rnunic!pa!
corruption 50 lightly Mrs Trow told two or three
stories of sad corruption that were true she said
Ihsy were also rather funny. Most OF the women
kzghed-
VIII a smile. That is because you have nc ethical
conscience. L is the common attitude.
BIZ We re got 10 hold up standard OF ethics
II 70 avoid compromise We must compromise
s1-netunes, bur t-y 10 avoid il
And what ethics have we7 Ya11 u omen when
Tou So ss article advertised for seven cents that
Tca t-i-E worth fifteen cents you rush down
&c 51F IL even though you know the store is one
thsl cocs-i --ay its employers living wages. You
by il Wi-- a7 -hought Of the flesh ard blood that
pays that difference in price. You 90 the thing
ihat Is ethieallE wrong. because it suits your con-
Fezeu0e.
Another thing have no right TO set up
Standards for Guy friends. but neither should a
Eonan try 20 Eet another woman INTO Office be
she IS her friend The other day a woman
saie te ne 1aat a certain defeated candidate for
az oace in orc Of the clubs would have made
better officer than the one elected
YET 1Cl voted against her 1 sa.1-
Oh vel she answered. ! didn't like the
vcr1a-. who nominated her. That'z why
Another thing, its important for women to un-
oersiand what they undertake 10 DO. l don't be-
AeEe there's IN this room VINO knows how
~ tpndIC- az election Yet the way the women or
Finland and the women Of New Zealand got the
position they have was by proving their ability.
-N0W want 10 ask question, and Ia like an
answer. How many women who talk about mu-
1lcpal reform have eve- studied civics?"
No answer vas forthcoming. but Mrs Trow didn't
Est long
We rrg TO do things we don't know how TO do"
fne pursued L has made this last year
70 SEE The uainteIIigent way in which women take
1oli - great questions
After the Speaking the club transacted some bust
hess and Mrs. Trow who had said quite a few
things about the average club woman's ignorance
G parliamentary law. far forgot the law herself
Is % Try get floor. In fact, she took ii. and
liked untl she FELT the eye Of the president upon
he
on. 7 forgot / wasn't q member" she said. and
ss1 Hastily Gown