The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-11-26
DEAF TO THEIR plea
MERE MAN HAS NO SENSE OF JUS
TICE, DECLARES ELLA.
Mrs. Seass Stewart Ayers That the
Steiner Sex Has Not Paid Heed to
the Women, Hence New Tactics
Must BE Resorted To in Order to
Obtain Equal Suffrage; Her Severe
Denunciation.

Chicago, Nov. 23.-The woman suf-
tragists have ceased to rely on the
American mans sense of justice and
square deal. They have driven him
into corner with their logic; he is
trying to escape by hedgings and insin-
cere subterfuges which the women bit
terly resent, and the time has come
for change in the methods which
the American agitators for equal suf-
frage have pursued for the last sixty
years"
This was the analysis of the votes
for-women cause which Mrs. Ella Seass
Stewart presented to the delegates at
the fortieth annual convention of the
Illinois Equal Suffrage association,
which has been holding a session in
Chicago.
She declared that the day for pre-
pairing unanswerable arguments in ia
ror of woman suffrage is past, as man
has demonstrated that he will not listen
to reason. She therefore recommended
that score or more paid organizers,
including girl graduates from colleges
and intelligent factory girls, be employ
ed to enlist every woman in Illinois,
If possible, in active support of the
Illinois association.
Call Demands Insincere.
1--WE are being baited on to give
demonstrations to translate into some
entertaining or startling concrete form
this desire for the right of self gov
ernment," said Mrs. Stewart. 'We
may wave aside these demands as mere
hedgings, as insincere subterfuges
But are we not at the mercy of
those who have the power in their
hands and can dictate the terms of
its surrender? In establishment and
sorrow we face the fact that we must
pay the price which our political
owners ask for our freedom. But
let every suffragist protest earnestly
against this demand
I'VE must demand the acceptance of
thousands upon thousands of names on
petitions and the action of organized
bodies of women as sufficient evidence,
since the mechanism of the ballot with
which to take such census is pro-
hibited"
Says Clubs Waste Efforts.
Mrs. Lillian ID. Duncanson, president
OF the Chicago Political Equality lea
que, reproached the rank and file of
women, both in and out of the suffrage
movement, with having a wishbone
in place of a backbone, and declared
that the ordinary women's clubs are
wasting their time and effort by trying
to secure reforms by indirect methods.
when the only direct way is by first
securing the right to vote and then
going straight to the object.
'The woman's club movement is the
most significant to humanity of any in
the present day." she said. "The
altruism which actuates the members
is admirable, but they are wasting time
and effort by trying to accomplish
by indirection the reforms which ma
turally appeal to the hearts of women
IF delegations of women waited on
their representatives with full power
to vote they would be able to force
through the changes which they desire. y
Rallies to Defend College Girls.
Mrs. Fannie Shaw Fisher, wife of the
president of Galesburg college and pres
ident of the Galesburg league, had some
caustic comment to offer on the attempt
made at Knox College to prohibit as un-
ladylike roofing by girl students at
football games. OF women's clubs
which devote their entire attention to
ancient history and literature she also
indicated her disapproval.
"of course, it is necessary to have
background of history, literature and
the like" she said, but tine club WON
en- should realize that a knowledge
OF the present day and its problems
is imperative"