The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-04-15
FACE Mr., JOEY SURE
SUFFRAGIsTS ARE, TO SwoOP
DOWN ON CONGRESS.
Votes For Women Slogan to Be Car
ried Into Washington; Fair Ones
Likely to Make Cannon SILVER in
His Boots; New Tactics May Be
Introduced; President Taft to Wear
tie Smile.
Especial to The Free pce.s.1

hPfh goui
windows toward Jerusalem and offer
up fervent thanks that you are able TO
enjoy the delightful obsequies from a
safe distance. Tomorrow the open
season for taking shot at con
sressmen begins Already many dis
tinguished sufragettes are in the city
ready tn begin the slaughter. More are
coming on every train. and by the
time the American National Woman
Suffrage association or is it The Ma,
tionsl Amcricsn?-gets down to bust
ness on the morrow, there will be
enough Of the suffrage elan in town TO
make every senator and represent
tatjve hunt for cover.
Uncle Joe Cannon, whose iron nerve
and indomitabe self control enable
him to face a surging insurgent with
out batting an eye lash. is exhibiting
signs of nervous breakdown. Uncle
Joe elinss to the worn out idea that
tho. place for the woman is in the
home. and before the suffrage sister
hood is through with him lie will prob
ably wish TO bc-hc will wish they
were there.
Taft Wears the Smile. =.
President Taft continues to wear the
smile that won't come OFF, despite the
fact that, without political signifi-
cance,' he is scheduled to deliver the
address of welcome to the sufrragists
at the opening of the convention.
Most important of the convention
business will be report of how wom-
an works Ia get the vote in all parts of
the United States. For boldness Of
tactics and Ingenuity of resource, that
report, it is said will surprise any.
thing heretofore offered 1t will in.
troduce, as well, the latest experiment
in propaganda 7the political settle
Dent house, which in another year
may be. potent factor TO be reckoned
with. The organization resulting from
the various activities OF settlement
house is a TammAny ideal on an ETH
cal basis. The politics of the nation-
al body itself viii not be, the latest
interesting feature Of the convention.
Vacancies will occur In the national
board, and tile .pruhlthi of filing tire
Offices in tkk faek of fsctionai differ.
ehees promises f,t little complication.
Dr.. Anna Shaw Is Willing.
Despite the clash of warning am-
billions. DR.. Alta Shaw has declared
that she will again stand for the pc.
sition, she Mas SO ably filled. The
Withdrawal Of Professor Frances Squire
Potter as corresponding secretary is
announced. Professor Potter, who only
year ago fellnquished her chair in
The University of Minnesota to work
for suffrage, has gained large follow
ing and addressed audiences in many
states of the .uflion. Mrs. Potter will
devote herself TO the spread of the pc,
litical settlement and to the lecture
field. AnotheE ~ho will desert the ma
tional headquarters is Professor Mary
Gray Peck, who rame. also from the
university of Minnesota to act as Prof
Potter's assistant. She will accompany
her in her new work.
Mrs. Florence Kelley, one of the
vice presidents, whose work in the in
dustria Investigation for The Consum-
ers' league cngrosses her time, can no
longer serve. Other minor offices will
be vacated This general ,disarray
along the firing line viii! create the
proper political atmosphere for the
election. whicll occurs ON Monday
April ls, the day before adjournment
I Mrs MackAy's Forces
The forces of Mrs. Clarence Nlackay
will be represented by Mrs. Henry
Wise Miller, who appears for the Equal
Franchise Society. III addition to this
Mrs. Harriet Station Blatch, who pre-
sided over the equal franchise head
quarters in Albany, will conduct a
symposium in the open-air meeting as
"a means. of gaining friends for the
cause and challenging unfriendly leg,
islators.s EM "a $tE -
Among the speakers will be Mrs. Su.
san Fitzgerald, the daughter of Ad'
mliral Walker; Miss mex Milholland. OF
New York; Mrs. helen La Refine Ba-
ker, a wealthy .suffragist of Spokane
the four Kaneeley girls. who have kept
the suffrage issue stirring in the State
of Washington, and Miss Ray Costello
the English suffragist.. -
United States Senator Robert Owens
of oklahoma. Miss Alice. Paul. Mr.
and Mrs. Raymond Robbins, Miss Points
Prof. Potter and Mrs. Florence Kelley
will all speak on selected subjects.
DIR. Shaw, the national president
Mrs. Carrie C,hAuman Gait, who will