The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-06-11
az ESTHER GRIFFIN WHITE.

WIZ
1t might be as well to get things
straight.
In the woman on The school board
matter, in instance.
There is an impression current that
the members of the Franchise League
are behind" this movement.
The Franchise League discussed the
matter at it's last meeting-which was
not called, however, for that specific
purpose, since it was the last meeting
of the league for the season and had
been postponed from the week previ-
GUS.
The organization, however, although
expressing itself as in favor of the
movement and concluding to send let.
tiers to the various councilmen signed
by it's officers, did not inaugurate it.
AS stated here several times there
has been a sentiment for woman's rep
resentation on the school-board for a
number of years, first brought UP thro
ugh the Local Council of Women some
fifteen years ago, and last year reviv'
ed by the City Federation of Clubs.
The Franchise League discussed the
matter at its last meeting and has
interested itself in the propaganda to
that end but no more SO than the 9th
er women's clubs nor those women
who do not belong to any special or
ganiZation
The women of the town took it up,
in short, both individually and through
= h,i, mi Tho franchise
que, fortunately, happened to have a
meeting at this juncture and took
some official action
OF the committees appointed at the
meeting of the women of the city held
last week in the Morrisson-Reeves Ii
brary, those of the third, fourth, sew.
enth and eighth wards had no member
sonnet.
Several women of the committees
are not club women and not active
suffragists.
This movement was, so far as the
women were concerned, town wide
and confined to no organization.
The Franchise League was glad to
help it on.
The propaganda was, however, not
confined to this organization.
For the information of those attend
ing the general meeting of women held
last Thursday it might be stated that
the situation is this
Three nominations were made at the
last meeting of the city council, the
nominations were closed and the cleo
ton postponed until the next meeting
of the council which will be held or
Monday, the seventeenth of June.
Mr.. Jordan, one of the nominees
has informed Miss Hill, as stated il
the Palladium Saturday evening, thai
he withdrew his candidacy in her ia
vor since he only consented to accep
the position, if nominated, at the re
quest of several councilmen and was
That at the time he did not know there
was a movement to secure a woman OF
the board and that he did not wish t.
seem to oppose such a contamination
| There are, therefore, now but two
nominees for the two vacancies which
are to be filed by election at the meet
ing of the council a week from tonight
Mr.. Lee Nusbaum, whose term ex
pires and Miss Hill who was nominal
ed to take the place made vacant b.
Mr. Strattan's resignation.
The committees in the various ward
are continuing to interest themselve
in the attitude of their councilmen an,
will hold meeting on Saturday after
noon, June Fifteenth, at four o'clocl
in the lecture room of the MORRISON
Reeves library as previously stated.
Many time and oft has this column