The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-01

knew that in the years to come it
would be a title of honor. Election
day proved that. 1t made hundreds of
suffragists where a corpOraPs guard
had not existed before. Yet we do
not want now to bear that name. We
have made over the constitution of our
Good Government club, which was the
largest suffrage club in Kansas, and
eliminated all reference to suffrage.
In place of that we say more equitable
laws for women and children
I'VE have graduated to a citizen
ship which does not take sex into ac-
count any more than do our general
statute laws. We want to forget just
as soon as possible the struggle for
the ballot, because we have attained
it. We have no desire to build up a
wall between men and women. We
wanted equality. We have it, and will
have it, if we do not allow ourselves
to be herded into organizations for
Ladies Only
I'VE do not want to belong to any
woman's political party. We are OPP
posed to being a womans annex to any
political party. We do not think that
the doctrines of either of the parties
Will have to be reduced to a solution
which can be fed to us with a spoon.
We want to sit side by side with our
husbands in a republican form of gov
eminent. 1t is the only way we can
learn practical politics.
1--WE have no idea of trying to run
the government and for that reason
we have decided that we shall never
vote for a woman merely because she
is a woman. This followed to it's last
analysis would mean that no man need
apply. Also it would not mean equal
1ty- We would be doing just what we
condemned in man. We want not to
be parceled off, nicknamed and CLASH
fled because of sex. Our highest de-
sire is to become citizens, good citi-
zens of Kansas. We believe we are
capable of this if the men will take
us into absolute political partnership.
We believe the idea of building up
these walls between men and women
is what has kept men out of the
church. He thought that because he
was not just as gentle as she that he
wasn't good enough to. go to church
and that she was too good to go with
him to political meetings.
There are by far too many func-
lions for women where men do not
care to go, because they are inane. And
there are too many mems parties
where good women cannot go because
we'll because they are not invited
since they are also too inane. (Use
your own taste as to what 'inane'
modifies.) Women will be more capa-
bic, more efficient and infinitely more
objectionable, yes and more sympa-
thetic, too, if we insist that we are
going to be co-partners from this time
on henceforth and forever. And when
the men get used to it they are going
to be glad that it is SO.
Now for all these reasons and for
those that you will read between the
lines, please do not refer to use as suf-
fragists, suffs or, suffrag ettes but let |
us be members of the body polite, |
who hope to help make Kan |
sas the greatest state in the Union
IF we endeavor to keep alive suf-
frage sentiment we will also keep alive
the prejudice against it. Just as long
as we keep alive this prejudice just |
so long we cannot accomplish the
best results politically, because to all |
other differences we must add the |
contention. The question is |
settled. From this on we want to for
give the ants and ask them to for
give u.s.