The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-11-10
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GREAT AUDIENCE.

tiev. Anna Shaw, the distinguished
equal suffrage speaker, of Boston,
was brought to Mitchell for the clos
ing address of the campaign which
the state association has been wag-
ing In support of the amendment to
the constitution giving the woman the
right of full franchise.
b meeting was presided over by
Mrs. l.. II. Erskine, with Mrs. c. e.
Hager Offering the prayer and Rev.
~. M. Jener presenting the SCRIPTURE
al lesson. The music was presented
by Prof.. Hobson and his choir, while
Prot. Lombard added to the music by
his pipe organ numbers.
MISS Shaw in her opening remarks
referred to the period of twenty years
ago wins she came to Mitchell with
Susan u. Anthony on the very same
mission that she was now in the state,
and told of the republican state con-
Ventton being held here at that time,
and OF her efforts to get into the hall.
She said that there was little room
TOR the three or -four women in that
convention hall, and they We're final
ly crowded to the rear of the stage.
But later, much to her chagrin, room
was made on the floor of the conven-
ton for six or eight blanket Indians.
The difference, Miss Shaw said, was
that the Indians had a vote and the
poor women had ACCOMPLISHMENTS
they were lot needed.
Commenting on the different APP
pearance of Mitchell and that she
could hardly recognize the place, Miss
Shaw said that if the intellect of the
people had broadened pluportionately
with the growth of the city she felt
that there would be little doubt about
the WOman's suffrage amendment car
rying on election day.
Miss Shaw laid the foundation for
her discussion on the question on the
basis that a woman is entitled to ev-
cry consideration that a man has IN
der the government, and is not inclin-
ed to regard sex when, as she says,
the declaration of Independence
makes no distinction, which refers to
The people" and not to men"
This wOman's suffrage amendment,
Miss Shaw said, was not a partisan
question in which either the republic
canism democrats. socialists or any
party is interested in, because wom-
en- will be found who will vote in all
parties. But, she declared, the wom-
en- of this state, who have lived
through the pioneer days and have
done their full share toward the great
development of the commonwealth
are entitled to this consideration, and
the men,, she said. can cancel that
debt OF election day by extending to
wamon the right to vote.
Miss Shaw said that there was not
another nation in the world which
helds Its women so cheaply as does
the United States, and she gave a list
of countries where woman has either
the full suffrage or is permitted to
vote on municipal affairs. In Eng
land, she said, women are ruled by
Englishmen; in France by French
men, and so in other countries. In
the United States, however, Miss
Shaw said that the women We're ruled
by men from every quarter of the
world, in that Immediately the for
eigner comes to this county and fol-
lows the prescribed election laws he
is entitled to a vote. although unable
to read the English language. 1t ap-
peared to her that an American born
woman, who can read and write and
knows something of the history her
country ought to have the same right
to vote as the man who is an abso-
lutte alien. She declared with much
vehemence hat there was absolutely
no excuse for the women cf this
county to be so Inundated, and that
they are today stirred TO the very
depths of their souls in their degre-
dation by their unrighteous situation.
Miss Shaw reviewed the situation
in Colorado. where woman's suffrage
is recognized under the state law. She
stated that newspapers had written
about the conditions out there con-
corning the altitude OF the women to-
ward the ballot, which was absolute
ly false, as she had been present at
a recent election and knew to a GER
tainty how the women took hold of
the voting proposition. She found
conditions there much to her liking,
much better than the papers had de-
scrlbed things, and she found that the
women were voting a greater proper
ton of votes than the men. This she
thought was a sufficient answer to the
statements made that women do not
care to vote, and she came back with
the statement that he evidence was
increasing right along that there was
a certain proportion of men who did
not care to vote.
In closing her address Miss Shaw
made a strong appeal for the men Of
the state to vote in favor of the wom-
ans suffrage amendment, and she be-
lieved that the good women Of this
state would give a good account of
themselves when the time came for
them to take advantage of the fran
chise.