The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-11-05
WOMEN INCONSISTENT
While Wanting the Endorsement of Mems Organizations
in Their Propaganda for the Suffrage, They Re-
fuse to Give 1t Through Their Own.

1t is the standard by which we meas
ure all things.
And it's a sordid standard.
1t is the one thing that conduces
more vitality to the social unrest Of
the hour than any other.
1t breeds envy, strife, hatred, ava
rice and covetousness.
1t minimizes culture.
And discounts the things of the spir-
it.
1t evolves a race of toadies, tuft-
hunters, boot-lickers and social truck
lers.
But this is off the question.
1t is the fact, however, that men
have conceived considerable respect
for the ability of women as campaign
ers since the latter have taken a hand.
And taken it in the manner in which
they have done.
Very little hysteria is found among
women where politics are concerned.
Not half as much as among men.
Women, when brought face to face
with a situation, develop much practi-
cal acumen.
Their long training in managing
households stands them in good stead.
For as may have been stated here
before perhaps. the average woman
has as much executive ability as the
governor of state.
More, in many instances.
For it takes administrative talents
of high order to run the average
household on the average income
And this is what the average woman
does.
And it's a collection of average wom-
en- who are interesting themselves in
public affairs.
This makes their great organizations
the more reprehensibe in their deter
mination not to endorse womens suf-
frage.
The National Federation of Clubs
disappointed, and rather disguised, it's
friends in its refusal to do this at it's
biennial convention in San Francisco
several months ago.
And the Indiana State Federation at
FIT. Wayne the other day.
If these representative organiza-
tons, made up largely of women who
are in favor of the feminine franchise,
refuse officially to sanction the latter
what can be expected of men and
their aggregations of a various char
acter.
The fact that a small minority of
women in these club Federations does
not favor women's Acknowledgement
begs the question
1t is admitted that the majority are
in its favor.
A big majority.
And of decided suffragists
Why, then, this cowardly and speci-
Gus action.
For that is just what it is.
The very subjects in which these
women are deeply interested and for
whose practical exploitation they are
working, are the very ones that cannot
be settled other than through legisla-
ton.
And legislation, be it said, will new
er be forthcoming until the women
can vote and can then force the issues.
Two Of the political parties in Indi-
ana, for example, in their party plat
forms have endorsed woman's stuff
rage.
The Progressives positively.
The Republicans merely tentatively
Nonetheless they have done it.
The State Federation of Labor gave
as assurance of it's support.
And other mems bodies have done
likewise.
Then why in the name of heaven
should the Indiana Federation of
Clubs, made up of women who are the
leaders of the suffrage propaganda in
this state sidestep the question?
It's a miserable exhibition of cowar-
dice and side-stepping unworthy of the
organization and of its units.
Gets women nothing.
And causes them, to lose out with
the masculine public.
Either do or don't.
You're for it. Or against it.