The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-21
NEW ERA COMING
IF WOMAN VOTES
MISS Mary Barbour Discusses Eou,,
Franchise Before Small Audi.
ence Friday
Night.
MEN TO GRANT BALLOT
Politicians, Even, viii Furnish Nura.
maids While Mother Is at
Polls Is susses-
ton.
MEN TO GRANT BALLOT

~" era IN politics was sug-
sesteo Friday night by Miss Mary Bar
pour, w. G. T. U. evangelist, who In
ler ADDRESS on equal franchise. said
that when women have the ballot, the
poiltlclans will be SO anxious to Sc.
cure their vote that they will gladly
SEND nurse maid around to stay with
the children and rock the cradle whiIo
tne mother votes. Miss Barbour was
considering the objections which are
usually interposed to giving the won.
Ell the ballot, and said that voting
LOOK no more time than shopping.
Inc lecture Friday night was given
IN the auditorium of the Y. W. G. A. to
not more than fifty people. Miss Bar.
pour noticing the lack of men in the
audience said that it didn't look as if
heokuk women would be given the
ballot very soon by the men.
The program commenced with an
orchestra selection by the orchestra
OF the First Christian Church, Miss
lda Human presided, and seated on
the platform with her were Miss Bar.
bour, the Rev. ]. F. Sanders. of the
First Baptist church, who made a
prayer at the beginning of the program
and Miss Sallie B. Anderson. Miss
Hlnman introduced Miss Barbour.
Miss Barbour prefaced her talk
with few remarks concerning the at
titude of President Wilson when the
suffrage delegation waited on him.
She also outlined what she termed the
somersault Of Colonel Roosevelt, who
some years ago said one woman doing
her duty in her home was doing more
than million at the polls. Miss Bar
bour then explained the reason for
Roosevelt's change Of attitude. She
also had something to say on the Taft
attitude.
Is Against MiIltancy.
Militant suffragettes were not de-
Tended by Miss Barbour. She said
she had nothing good to say of the
women who could not control their
feelings and actions when some one
was speaking or explaining something
and was taking a stand opposite to
that held by them.
The suffrage movement was started
by Abigail Adams said Miss Bar
bour. She wrote to her husband
when he was framing the constitution
that she hoped the new government
would recognize the women. l won
der what excuse he made to that WON
an when he got home" she remarked.
Miss Barbour declared that the only
way to get the ballot was to have the
men grant it to the women. She then
went into the reasons for wanting the
right to vote. She declared that God
had commissioned the women and the
women's organizations to save the
youth and the morals of the country.
The opposition to the ballot was dis
cussed by Miss Barbour. She said men
said that good women would not vote.
She stated that If the men would see
that no bad men voted, the women
would keep the bad women away from
the polls. She said one objection was
that it took too much time, and that 1t
took woman away from her home
duties.
Voting doesn't take any more time
than shopping" she declared, and If
the women have the ballot, the politi-
clans who want your vote will send a
nursemaid to the house to take care
of the children while you vote"
The influence of women on the IL
quor question was discussed by the
speaker.
At the close of Miss Barbour's ad-
dress, the Rev. J. F. Sanders, and the
Rev. j. o. Ledbetter made talks, the
substance of which were that some
thing should be done towards an or
ganization to push the equal franchise
movement forward in this city.