The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-07
PREACHERS HEAR
ABOUT SUFFRAGE
Miss Johnston Tells Baptist
Ministers OF Work of
League.
COMETS ON BROAD STREET
Author Says She is Taxed Oh
Her Earnings Without
Representation.
COMETS ON BROAD STREET

La her demand for representation
with taxation. made yesterday morn
ing in an address before the Baptist
MlnlsterS Union Of Richmond, Miss
large part OF the ground OF argu-
ment Ioi' woman's suffrage. She SAID:
last year ] paid TO the city and the
state considerably over $1,000 in taxes
earned every penny OF that money.
was people and citizens when it CAME
Y, 10 the tax collectors day. but was
came TO deciding between stationary
comets on Broad Street or school
Ho s,SS.cs that could seat the children"
Miss Johnston was heard with mark
ca attention by the ministers, there
beng good attendance. NJ the con
clGslon OF her address several of them
commenced her remarks and more
than one expressed sympathy with
we cause OF equal suffrage.
fta Growth LOcnliN.
not the least interesting part Of the
OF the league. The membership She said
is rapidly increasing, with the best type
oil members. Women who were Il wear
aSo inuif1erent or mcnsurably hostile
are now active III the work Women
VINO last year We're violently antag-
ohiStlc are to-day very respectful.
SNoute opposition among women. in
MISS .lohnston's opinion, is small while
,nt,aiiterencc. passivity, a vague dis
IKE and fear Of change characterize
large number She claims one or
as to the character Of our asso-
ciation," said Miss Johnston. we have
~ ~, OUT meinDership a number Of train
ga "a nurses.Miss Minor, Miss Furncss.
curses. Settlement; Miss Elizabeth
Gocke. Miss Agnes randolph. the presi-
Gent Of the state Association of
Nurses: Miss Webb. etc If you chance
70 know these women YOU viii Know
mat we have in them /; large slice
or the noblcst sclf-sacrificc, the high
est altruism present in Richmond. To
nave Mamie Minor is to have a host
MISS Randolph is Il great granddaugh
Ter OF Thomas Jefferson. Were he ilv-
ins think we would have him, too
Teachers Members.
Among the teachers whom we hayo
are Or. Lyon Tyler. of William and
Msnry; Miss Julia Henning. of the High
S tSn mere: Miss Luz Coleman. OF
Miss Lou Belle Jones. Miss Harris. who
has Just been installed us superintend-
Eid or Mndergartens. OF my own
Cow. Mrs. Charles Bosher and myself.
We ought TO have Miss Cally Ryland
ana ana ] am convinced we one day will
Ginrke Miss Fletcher, Miss Nora
Houston. We have Mrs Tyler we
nave also Mr.. and Mrs Meek, OF the
Then there are those hardworkng.
liable women called enographers-
MISS Lucy Mason, for Instance and
MISS Carruthcrs. And there are the
temperance workers-Mrs Jobson and
Mrs. Everett, for instance And ono
Or two valuable Jewish workers And
Mrs Srother at the y. W. c. a.. and
MIS-. George Bark sdalc and number
OF her girls from the Summer Rest
we are about TO mukea strong
effort for more or the women in the
factory and shop Most of all, perhaps.
they need this reform.
And then we have a large number
Just Of good wives and mothers and
daughters of the honrenln king and
Keeping profession-Alrs Charles Mer-
edith Mrs. Valentine herself. Mrs.
Mrs. John Munce, Mrs. Durham. Mrs.
Flanagan. We have women from Man
chester, from Barton Heights, from
church Ifill from Ginter Park. from
Highland Park
Our league is all right. Go East
or West, You will find suffrage work
ers pretty well M in quality. They
count g good many points on that
1t is a work that requires brain.
u heart and strength of character
And then VIC have perhaps thirty
men membcrs-and they are good
quality, too. Such as DR.. Maclachlan
for instance. am glad to say that
we have Just secured the Involvement
or the labor organiZa tons here We
hope sooner or later for that OF the
educational bodies and tho Board of
Health. They should indorsc us. We
grind their axes all the time AS for
| the temperance bodies, 1t would seem
that we hardly need TO ask for that
Everybody knows that most women at
most times will vote against the LIQUOR
traific We aim at the Farmers AL
| lance Indeed, we aim at all associa-
'ohs which are worth aiming at"