The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-02
LAST WORD FROM STATE SUFFRAGE HEADQUARTERS

has the work well in hand in Coffey
! county under the w. c. T. u DR..
| Owens spent one day in each of seven
| counties and Mrs. Mary Haines in two
counties. Mrs. Baldwin has given from
| three to eight days to each county
| except POttawatomie. This is being
thoroughly visited by Mrs Lucia O..
| Case. Mrs. H. c. Wirick was elected
district president in May, 1872 There
are nine counties in this district. Mrs.
| Ella Baldwin completes her work in
! the Fourth district in Greenwood coun-
| ty in an auto tour in its southern part
through Butler county to Sumner in
the Eighth. Mrs. Lee Monroe has been
in the Fourth and Seventh districts.
Fifth District.
Riley county was the second organ
lied county in the state. The presi-
dent, Mrs. Matte T. kImball, is very
proud that each one of her ten coun-
The Laura NJ. Clay trip in September
did much to solidify the work. DR..
Owens remained many days in nearly
every county. The president and Mrs.
Hoffman have given freely of their
time and their efforts show promises
OF victory. Mrs. KimbalPs jubilant
voice rings in our ears as it came over
the phone, Were going to win, Miss
Eacker, we're going to win" God
grant we may.
Mrs. Budde has done excellent work
in the central part of the district. Mrs.
c. A. Hoffman will return for the last
Graham Rice is also doing effective
work there, addressing and working
with all nationalities and sects in OF
tawa, Mitchell and Cloud counties.
Sixth District.
Mrs. Anna c. Wait, our veteran
state suffragist, was president until
May, 1912, when she urged that Mrs.
Z. w. Smith relieve her of the respon-
sibility. Every county has been visited
and some form of an organization
zehner. Mrs. Eva Murphy, DIR. Owens
or Mrs. Lucia o. Case. The Sixth dis
trict is in a promising condition to
give an endorsement of the suffrage
amendment. Mrs. Smith is her hus-
bands court stenographer, and Judge
Smith reciprocated during his vacation
by assisting her in making suffrage
speeches, organizing counties and con-
Laura Clay, accompanied by the judge,
made an auto trip over ten of the
twenty-five counties in the Sixth dis
trict. Goodland was the first county
organized in this district. Mrs. John
ston perfecting the organization. She
was assisted by Mrs. Eva NJ. Murphy
of Goodland, who has since helped in
the organized work in the extreme
northwestern counties.
Mrs. c. 3. Walker in the northern
part of the district has been working
effectively, as has also Mrs. Owens in
the southwestern portion and Profess
scr Carruth in Russell and Ellis This
should insure success in the Sixth.
Seventh District.
The big Seventh numbers 80 counties
with a president as jolly and warm
hearted as itself, Mrs. Minnie J.. Grin |
stead. Mrs. Munson came over
from the Third early in the fall and
paid Mrs. Grinstead back in her own |
-s-,
counties. Many of the counties were |
organized by DR.. Owens in the fall oil
1911 and the spring of 1912. Mrs. c. |
w. Smith organized two. Mrs. EsteIle |
". Ingels, Mrs. Dora B. Mitchell and |
Mrs. Cora Lewis, several. The presi- |
dent organized the five railroadless !
counties. 1t was Syracuse and Dodge
City, two Seventh district cities that |
bombarded Miss Shaw with kilograms |
on her way from Arizona, insisting |
that she make them a speech during |
the train interim. Dodge City greeted |
her with a cowboy band in true |
frontier fashion. They are a warm |
hearted people and we feel we may /
depend upon them to remember their
women folks, November 8. Mrs. Grin
stead writes: IT have marked "a OF
my counties as sure winners" Mrs.
Grinstead and Mrs. Hoffman are maxi
ing an auto sweep over the northern
southwest. Mrs. c. c. Holly after a
most successful campaign from SYRIA
cuse to Cimarron was called home.
Mrs. Dora B. Mitchell and Mrs Ella
tinsey have been our hope in King
man and the adjoining counties. Rem
county is wideawake and sending out
speakers Mr.. Eustace Smith and w.
z. Morgan as well as Mrs. Lay1nan
are among the number. Mrs. Mary E.
dafnes is pushing the work in every
part of Butler county and helping in
Rice county.
A Hutchinson delegation will go down
% help round up the work in Barber
county.
Eighth District.
Only five counties under Mrs. NJ ].
3abb's gentle sway, but five very i'm
'ortant counties with a large popula-
ion. Many hands have helped fashion /
suffrage sentiment in the Eighth. Mrs
W. A. Johnston, Mrs. w. T. John
ton, DR.. Owens, Mrs. Mary Haines |
Mss Mary Dobbs, Rev. Ella Brown, !
Mrs. Noble Prentis and many other
itaunch and true workers here as well
Is all over the state have toiIed and
worked in the true, energetic Kansas
ashton. Our slogan, kansas must not
ALL is a Preside quotation in many
ZONES in and outside the Eighth.
The counties of the Eighth district |
ealize the need of active service dur |
ng these remaining days. All are
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