Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-07
AL HAD DARK AA|R
BLONDES CONSPICUOUS eY Ae.
SENcE At SUFFRAGE HEAR.
ING AT DEs MONIES.
STRANGE WOMAN APPEARS
TO OPPOSE PROPOSITION
Is Immediately Called a Traitor to
Her Sex-osbats Wakes Warm and
Committee Compelled to Call halt
Several Men Speak for Suffrage.
cial TO Tim es-Republican.

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Special to Tim Republican.
! Des Moines March Are women
of dark compilations more given to take
up with the equal suffrage idea than
others?
/ The question was asked by Senator
! Mccullough during the extensive hear
ing Monday afternoon in the senate
chamber on the proposed amendment
20 strike the ward male" from the
constitution He declared that even a
casua, inspection OF the large crowd
gathered 10 urge the amendment would
show that practically all are Of dark
compilations.
perhaps it is due TO the water" was
suggested. for Des Moines water is bad
enough TO darken almost anything. But
the doctor senator rejected this theory.
Anyway il was a great event. and
il wound up With ar Interesting eli
max. The regular order was broken
into by woman not on the speakin g
list of the suffrage association and she
stirred up a storm by her questions.
Then the controversy became ambiu-
!ous and Went up into the senate gall
! leres a man in the north gallery
] gave an exhibition OF how some men
fall short of saying anything by talking
| FIVE minutes without letting any one
know on which side he was: and a
portly woman in the south gallery fol-
lowed with inpromptu remarks. Chair
man Chase discovering that the debate
was getting away from him or above
/ him and called the lyceuu TO & close.
Women Present Arguments.
! Mrs. Iona Inghsm Robinson opened
the discussion She said that When
confronted with the plea that only the
bad women would vote she asked
about history as il is revealed in DAN
vile. Ill, Adams county. Ohio, and in
the Loriner case. The other day she
was confronted with a man who said
he wouldn't vote for the submission OF
1.-THE amendment because his wife does
mot want 10 Vote
What does IL matter" asked Mrs.
Robinson, what his wife wants. or
whether his boy has the mumps or the
brindle cow has twin calves, or any
iother immaterial rhing?'
Mrs. Frank W. Dodson, who has
q
corder Of Polk county, referred to the
wage earning women and 10 the spirit
Of unrest among the people. There is
a spirit of unrest" she said. among
the American people, and it will con-
,inue TO grow until legislative bodies
become more responsive ip every way
10 the xii. oe the people"
Gallant Men On Hand.
Edwin A. Nye. former editor Of the
Des Moines News, one Of the leaders
in the Iowa Mems League for Equal
Suffrage. spohe eloquenrly on the sub
i-ct. He declared that it is no longer
a question of the right Of woman 10
vote, il is question of her duty 10
vote and of The need o. her co-opera-
! ton with men III the settlement o.
questions that men nave shown they
can nor settle. He declared there is d
great demand, perhaps not tor equal
| suffrage, but tor submission OF the
| matter 10 the people.
Rev. Ho1iand hanson, pastor of the
First Nj. Z. church OF Des Aoines, read
an admirable essay on the subject por-
traying the successive steps III the en-
larga.nent Of the rights and privileges
Of WON en- from the days of sayagery,
and leading up TO equality az the ballot
.
emancipation Mrs Stevens, Of Boone.
aIso spoke.
Eloquent Opposition.
| Then the mysterious stranger came
into the game in response 10 The gen.
eral invita- ton of Senator Chase for a
free and full discussion of every phase
Of the question. She was Mrs. Cu1-
lumns, OF Dea Moines. She made some
points that brought out hearty applause
from those who had hitherto been sill
ent. She spoke Of the place Of wom-
an, and paid an eloquent tribute to
motherhood and the power of the M 9TH
er in shaping the destinies of the race.
She spoke of the home as the great
place where citizenship is being made
rs it the voter that makes the Amer
lean hems?" she asked, 'or is it the
American home that makes the voter?"
Whereat some men applauded. And
she went on resolutely opposing the
whole plan Of women becoming the
voters. She would have the women do
more than vote, for she would have
them devote themselves TO the making
Of good citizenship. Let us give man
a square deal-there is far more in
formation than III reformation
} Called Her a Traitor.
/ Mrs. DR.. Dewey, of Des Moines, an.
swered her briefly and with much wit
and said the woman who would appear
to speak against that which woman
desires is a traitor to her sex.
Then the man in the gallery broke
\ loose. This was John Snithson, whe
said he had long desired to be in &
position where he would be looked w
. to and he had at last attained it, HI
. said he was not a socialist but hi
wanted men and women each to keey
proper place. "A lady in the south gal.
lery, who did not give her name. CLOSED
! the debate.
1t was a pretty thorough sitting O
the whole question and greatly enjoyed
by the large crowd. And DR.. McCul
l Tough says most of the women were O
dark complexions.
WELLIvER MAKES GOOD.