Franklin's paper the statesman., 1909-05-15
MRS. POLK AT ALLiANCE-Wo.
MANS DAY-MANY SPEAK
ORCHESTRA SUNDAY.


main speakers, yet Denver is so
blessed that she can fill out pro-
gram from the audience. Mrs. Branch
told of the Motherhood" in Africa
among the seemingly unenlightened
natives, while DR.. Randolph spoke on
Mothers" also Mrs. A. l.. Froman, |
the temporary presiding officer, made
an announcement that the different
clubs Of the city had decided to have
Y. W. C. A. home, with day nur-
sery thereto attached. Mrs. Harry
Polk entertained the Alliance with an
address, Liberty and Woman" She
said in part: THE subject, Woman
and Liberty can no longer be treated
lightly or dismissed from memory as
being ridiculous, for we, as women of
the goth Century absolutely refuse to
stand in the background of national
progress, as mans silent partner.
Cases of necessity so often call us
forth to make our own way in the
world. Where would we be had we
no idea of our political rights? Our
many talents are ample proofs of our
ability to be mans acknowledged
partner. The women of today have
grown out of the traditional inequali-
ties and disabilities of the sex and
their chances in all departments of
industrial and professional life are as
fully open to the feminine as to the
masculine talents. The rising man of
to-day is approximately woman
suited to his present necessities; he
seeks progressive companionship, not
alteration. Women for ages have
pressed forward to the front in ques-
tions involving morals such as the
anti-slavery and prohibition move
ment. You all know the arrangement
fthe big bosses and the big corpora
tiOns would be upset should women
universally be admitted to the polls.
The greatest obstacle ahead of this |
movement is the apathy of women
themselves. Some say that the |
trained and specialized knowledge
that is required to govern the nation
can only be acquired by men alone.
Some are Indifferent and others form
associations to oppose it. Many will
neither 1ndorse nor oppose the SUI
frage. Long ago have they learned
the persistent and stubborn nature OF
the female sex. If they had come
forth in the beginning and said in the
Constitution of the United States and
In the Declaration of independence,
no suffrage to women, ere now every
State in the. Union would have
adopted WOman's suffrage
Women now hold complete suf-
frage in three Scandinavian countries:
Norway, Sweden and Finland; the
British colonies of Australia and New
Zealand; the American states have
Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho Washing
ton and Utah. Women seek not
liberty for notoriety but for moral
causes, as was shown in the lines of
Anna Shaw and Francis Willard and
Harriet Beecher Stowe. She thinks
OF the babe In her arms, while the
father Is sleeping and wonders how
can place my child upon firm moral
and social life. Think back to the
days OF your childhood, could you
have become learned men and women
had not mother toiled to send you
through school and then patiently
labored to have you came forth be-
fore the world as proud college
graduate? We, in the woods say as
did once Patrick Henry concerning
liberty, Give us Liberty, or Give us
Death When we find broad-minded
women enough, whose hearts are in