Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1912-10-12
WOMEN TO FRONT
IN MOOSE RALLY
Miss Jane Addams Divides Hon.
ors With Judge Lindsey at
Progressive Meeting.

Women were a big factor In the
Progressive mass-meeting last night
at the Symphony Auditorium. Hun
dreds of them sat in the audience,
and Miss Jane Adams. of Chicago,
shared the honors of the evening
with Ben B. Lindsey, the. famous
Juvenile court judge of Denver. Mrs.
Everett Colby made her first politi-
cal speech and the crowd gave her
an ovation. She invited the women
to cooperate with the women's or
ganization that has been organized
to aid the Progressive movement.
Borden d. Whiting acted as chair
man.
Miss Addams said in part
"1 am new in the business Of
making political speeches, but 1t is
curious thing that I find myself
now talking about the same problem
as formerly occupied me when was
speaking on philanthropic subjects.
I am advocating the same social re-
forms. This could not have occurred
II the Progressive party had not been
founded. Never before have we had
leader In this great movement of
such experience and courage. Under
the circumstances / naturally found
myself pushed forward from philan-
thropy into politics.
when / went to Hull twenty years
ago, one of the things that appealed
to our workers the most was the
street life We saw many women
carrying home nightly large stacks OF
clothing. We learned that they and
their families worked on them till far
into the night. 1t was a study OF
this condition and a realization OF
the evils of the numerous sweatshops
in our neighborhood that led US to
go to the Illinois Legislature for
law to prohibit the employment OF
children under IA years of age. and
TO make ten hours a maximum work
ing day for women.
1--WE were finally successful. These
were political laws. Through the
Progressive movement we can con-
centrate the attention of all the
States on the social and economic
problems of the same class that are
pressing for solution and through the
Progressive platform we can hasten
their solution in the whole nation.
"The Illinois manufacturers COM
planned that they would be placed at
a disadvantage as compared with the
Indiana manufacturers when the two
laws I have mentioned were enacted
We then had similar laws passed In
Indiana. We want all the States to
pass such laws"
Judge Lindsey told of the en-
thusiasm he had found all over the
country for the Roosevelt cause and
predicted that, from what he had seen
in Indiana, Albert ]. Beveridge would
be the next Governor of that State.
He. too. had been a Democrat, he
said. but he had abandoned that party
to work for the new Progressive
party.
There can be no great leader with
out a great cause" he said referring
to Roosevelt. This cause captured
Theodore Roosevelt That lis one Of
the great things about 1t, that II cap
tured such a seasoned leader.
He recited numerous instances OF
his experiences with juvenile delin-
ouents in his court at Denver. he
said that the Progressive party was
children's party, of whom 2,oooOoo
were before the bar of justice IN
generation and millions more were in
Industrial bondage.
Through my experience" he con-
tinued, "I have seen more than book
could teach me or the scholarly ora
tions of an academic teacher. -Four
years ago we elected a Democratic
Legislature In Colorado, which de-
clared for Bryan. The popularity oil
Bryan had been capitalized and a
Democrat was sent to the United
States Senate. He lined up with
Guggenheim on the metal schedule
of the Payne-Aldrich tariff.
"They think they are going TO beat
us now by nominating a so-called
progressive candidate on the Demo-
cratic ticket. You cannot trust boy
or a man whose righteous conduct is
for an improper motive. And you
cannot trust a party on the same
principle. I appeal to you not to
vote the Democratic ticket"