The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-30

should GO in great numbers to Wash
ington before these bills are to be con-
sidered. There Is power in numbers.
Sunday Evening,
The address of the evening was CIV
en- by Mrs. Lulu l.. Shepard.
In opening her address she said that
she would try to deal with the ques-
ton as 1t should be dealt with on the
Sabbath.
III said that although the country
lis only one and a half centuries old
1t Is the greatest nation on earth, but
all this tine she has been robbed OF
vote.
Man and woman were made equal in
the beginning and were given equal do
mtnion over the earth.
h paid due Difference to the great
minds. of man, but said that women
have qualities which peculiarly fit her
intuition to which man Is a stranger
n have a deeper insight into moral
and spiritual things.
Man Is responsible for the moral
by many that woman should stay in
the home and man will do the rest;
that is what they have- done n a fine
mess they have made Of 1t.
She believes in the American home
and as we keep the home clean we
need to clean up politics and that is
why women want the ballot.
The cause Of woman suffrage finds
ulOIG OppOSlLLOn LEOHl Ee"CES I'd "uy"
house men their kind than any other
factor.
Man has allowed a double standard
Of morals. A man may sin and never
out for a similar %offense. Woman suf-
TRACE would change all this.
Man Is too apt to vote for party in
stead t principle. 1t has been shown
In suffrage states that women vote
from principle.
She told the story of how the women
were responsible for cleaning. UP the
red light district in Salt Lake City
the city. She said that men In the
Legislature respect the women and are
courteous enough not to smoke when
they are present.
Monday was the last day Of the con-
v%ention and were mainly business ses-
sions.
Rev. nellie Osmun gave an address on
Our Motto. which is Not Willing That
| Any Should Perish, and in the after
noon Mrs. Best spoke f the mving pic
ture problem.
The moving pictures have come to
stay, children will go to see them and
the women must see that the pictures
are what they should be.
Those elected to office were:
President-Mrs: Elizabeth Preston
Anderson, Jamestown.
Vice president at large-Mrs. Abbie
w. H. Best, Fargo.
Corresponding secetary-Mrs. Bar
para Fl. Wylie, Drayton.
Recording secretary - Mrs. Necia
Buck, Starkweather.
Treasurer-Mrs. F. w. Heidel, Valley
City.
Delegates were elected to the ma
tional convention, which will be held
at Asbury Park, N. j., Oct. 81. Dele
gate at large, Mrs. S. o. Bondelid; Mrs
F.. H. Wilder, Miss Elizabeth Taylor.
The standing committees for the year
were appointed as follows: Resolu-
lions: Mrs. A. D.. Baughman, Mrs
Laura Plummer, Mrs. A. D. Hauser
Mrs. F.. w. Warren, Mrs. Hattie Wilson
Appropriations: Mrs. Heidel, Mrs
Edna Salmons. Mrs. H. H. Aaker.
Trustees: Mrs. Lizzie Schlosser
Mayville; n Miss Lydia Northup
Hope.
Prize Essays: Mrs. Lille B. Smith
Thompson; Mrs. E. J. Gearey, Fargo
Mrs. George Gets, Grand Forks.
Secretary of the Young Peoples
branch was appointed: Miss nellie Os,
mum. Secretary of the Loyal Temper
ance Legin: Miss Georgia Chambers
Devils Lake.
State Organizers: Rev. nellie Osmun
Rev. Alice r. Palmer, Mrs. Julia
Nelson Of Fargo and Mrs. Lille B
Bowers of Fargo.
Mems black and tan shoes in al
styles and sizes on sale at Herbst's
at $3.50. -Advt.