The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-11-07
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From Saturdays Daily.
president--Mrs.. A. II. Fright, Min.
4 ncapols.
/ Vice Presidents-Fist, Miss Agnes
J Douahedty, st. Paul; second, Or.
Mary Mccoy, Duluth; third. Mrs. o.
L. Atwood, St. Cloud; fourth. Miss
Florence Youmans, Winona; fifth,
Mrs. Julius e. Hayeraft, Madeiia..
Recording Seeretary--Mrs. Eva w.
Morse, Excelsior
Corresponding Secretary-Mrs Ger
trude S. Hunter, Minneapolis.
! Treasurer-Mrs. n. e. Robertson,
Minneapolis
! Auditors-First, Miss Jessie Walk.
up, Pipestone; second, Mrs. II. L.
Stark, ST. Peter.
Members National Executive Board
Mrs. George M. Kenyon, ST. Paul..
The question should the wife of
senator be called Mrs. Senator or
the wife of professor Mrs. Pro-
fessor' interrupted the election of
officers at the state suffrage associa.
ton convention yesterday. The slate
as prepared by the nominating COM
mittee of the association, went
through with but one change Mrs.
A. H. Bright of Minneapolis was
elected president. The friends of
some of the candidates, anxious that
the convention should know all their
qualifications, slated Mrs. Julius E.
Haycraft as MRS. Senator Haycraft"
and Mrs. H. E. Robertson as Mrs. Pro-
lessor H. e. Robertson" of the Uni
versity of Minnesota
Madame Dreyfus of Minneapolis
asked the chair whether these women
were respectively senator and a
i professor, or whether they are the
1 wives of senator and professor
The chair ruled that the titles of
! their husbands should be eliminated
from the slate.
Man Delegate Calls For Order.
i The one man delegate at the con-
| yention, s. A. Stockwell of Mime
apolis, representing the Minneapolis
Political Equality club, was obliged
to call for order" several times
during the morning meeting.
| Mrs. p. L. De Voist of Duluth,
who presided at the meeting, enacted
the role of peacemaker all through
the session, and prevented any bad
results from an undercurrent of un.
pleasantness which was noticeable
during the meeting. Much unfavor-
able comment resulted from the
reading of a letter from Mrs. NJ L.
Barrows of Duluth by DR.. Ethel
Hurd of Minneapolis, recommending
for nomination as second vice presi-
dent, DR.. Mary Mccoy of Duluth aud
stating that "Dr. Mccoy has done
more for suffrage than any Duluth
woman" Ne
How the Discussion Arose.
Discussion arose over the fact that
the. chair could%not tell whether all
women voting were accredited dele
gates. "The women in this conven-
ton are ON their honor said Mrs.
De Voist, "and expect that they
will vote honestly" X
:. Many women expressed themselves
disguised at the current of unpleas-
ant feeling in evidence among some
4 of the old guard of the association.
81 consider that this association is
the most inefficient and most, ineffec.
tive of its kind that have ever
known" said member of the Won
ans Welfare league.
Clubs Make Their Reports.
! This afternoon the clubs from out
of town reported Duluth, Albert Lea,
Excelsior, Grand Rapids, Luverne,
Marshall, Mankato, ST. Peter, Owa-
tonna, Pipestone, Redwood Falls,
Tracy and Winona were represented.
The session closed with debate
on suffrage, Mrs. Virginia B. Blythe
and Miss Florence Monahan for the
} affirmative and Frank Morse and
Raymond Ziesmer for the negative.
The following board of directors
was elected: Mrs. P. L. De Voist,
Duluth; Miss Essie Williams, st.
} Paul; Mrs. S. A. Stockwell, Mime.
apolis; Mrs. Julia M. Johnson, st.
} Paul; Mrs. |. L. Rypins, st. Paul;
Mrs. W. L. Goodkind, st. Paul; Mrs.
Luth Jaeger, Minneapolis; Mrs. C.
p. Noyes. st. Paul.
; A fund of $50 was raised by sub
scription to pay the dues to the ma
tional association. 1t was found that
:; the duties must be paid today or the
local state association would be sus.
pended.
/, 1t was voted that. the delegates
to the national convention. should be
appointed by the executive board.
Affirmative Side Won.
X The affirmative side in the SUI
frage debate won at the closing SEES
sion of the Minnesota Woman Suf-
frage associations convention at the
Y. w. G. A. yesterday afternoon.
Walter j. Smith, e. G. Briggs and
E. f. Markle, all OF st. Paul, acted
as judges.
Frank Morse and Raymond lies
mer of the University of Minnesota
represented the negative side, offer
ing as arguments that voting will
take women from their home du-
ties; that men should be allowed
TO conduct the government on ac-
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