Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-01
OF
COUNTY MEET
Miss Elizabeth Allen TALKS I
on Recent Legislation.
Special to the 4 VENING NEWA

New Brunswick, May I'm the
opinion Of Miss Elizabeth Allen, Of
Hoboken, as expressed in an address
before the members of the Middlesex
County Women Teachers Association
at their banquet at the Mansion House
Saturday afternoon, so long as Cover
nor Wilson is the chief executive Of
this state there Is no fear of the preso
emit high standard Of the state g educa"
tional system being lowered as the re-
suit of the revolutionary measured
adopted by the last legislature, by
means of which the state school system
is changed. She declared, however,
that the time might come when men
Of his educational standing might nos
hold this Office and the state might
not then have as good an educational
system as it now has.
Miss Allen spoke on the toast, Gro
cent Legislation" She made an ap-
peal against the adoption of the origi-
nal Senate bill, 258 prior to it's paa-
sage by the legislature claiming it wss
too radical. In her address she declared
the bill was too important to be rush
ed through at the last minute at the
tail end of the session. Sufficient time
was not given for a thorough inspection
of it.
A similar bill was before the New
York Legislature this year. The plan
was proposed last year and action
thereon deferred until this year so that
the matter could be thoroughly looked
into. The substitute bill was an i'm
provement over the original but it still
was revolutionary in its character. She
did not say that New Jersey did not
need such a bill but the matter could
have been done in a more thorough
and business-like manner.
Good Men Scarce.
She questioned whether a good man
could be secured as head commissioner
for the salary offered and thought the
provision for the purchase Of books and
supplies allowed an opportunity for
graft. Objection, she said. had been
made to the school teachers entering
into the fight against the bill some
claiming they should not have meddled
with it. When the teachers were thus
restricted she thought they would be-
come a slavish corps and would train
up slavish citizens. She highly prais-
ed Superintendent Baxter and the as
ISOLATION passed a motion that be be
sent a letter of thanks by the county
organization for his good work.
Mrs. Frederick Nathan, Of New
York, vice-president of the Equal Suf-
frage Society, spoke on Equal
Suffrage She said there were five
states where men and women were now
paid alike according to their grade.
In many places it was not a democracy
but manocracy. She illustrated her adj
dress with flags Of various nations ex'
planning the result Of the work for
equal suffrage In each land. She hoped
the time would come when women had
the same rights as men and a part n
making the government of the land
they serve.
Other addresses were given by Mrs.
Frank A. Pattison, who spoke OF the
opportunity women had for moulding
public opinion and lettering the state;
BY Mrs. Spencer Weart, Of Clyde,
whose subject was "The Advantages
Of Edueation;" by Mrs. E. L. Barbour
who spoke on "The Women Of the
Newspaper World" and by Mrs.
Claude ellison, Of Elizabeth, whose
theme was the educational work
which the State Federation is doing.