Norwich bulletin., 1913-04-17
SUFFRACISTS FILL TOWN HALL
Final Meeting of Campaign Here Under State Association Rev. J. H. Melish of New York the Speaker Equal Suffrage Advance in Democracy, He Argues.

to power, political consciousness. In-
 numerable women are feeling that there is something in the community which they can do for the common life, through their higher education, and community works leads to the cause of woman suffrage. They feel the need of suffrage to carry out their community work Year by year we are having an increasing number of highly educated women and they are feeling their political consciousness.
 Economic Independence.
 Next is the economic independence
 woman suffrage. Why has woman gone out of the home? Because she wanted to? No. Because her work has gone out of the home; the work which woman has, done since the year one. Modern machinery and invention have taken her work from the home to the factory and she has done the only thing poSSible-She has followed pass Judgment on officials who have supervision of conditions under which she must work; she wants to elect men who will prevent disasters like the Triangle building holocaust. The working woman is now face to face with the same problems as the man and should have the same power to adjust them and control cond1t1onS. She has endured and suffered and now she has seen a vision. Can any man who believes in democracy stand up and say that she shall not have what she needs for protection out in the world today. A few see what is best for the whole and strive to gain it. They know what women want better than women themselves and the greatest obstacle to advance is the indifference of the women them selves.
 New Standard for Office Holding.
 It is time for some standard of ft- ness for office and perhaps the wo- men can set a new standard of hon. esty and efficiency for public officials and legislators. The speaker proceed ed to tell of the unsanitary and pit ifu1 conditions under which many people live in New York city due to the dishonesty of public officials and grafters and said that the death of the many little children due to these conditions was nothing less than mur- der. I believe, he said, that when the women realize the connection between foul food, foul tenements and poor schooling and the government, they will take the greatest interest in mu- nicipa1 affairs. Woman's primary in terest is in the child and when she sees the relation between the vote and conditions surrounding her child she will go after the vote- believe we need the helpIof the women, and to- gether we can solve the municipal problems. Municipal problems are nothing more than problems of house.
 
 deal with these than the woman? The world is opened up for men and wo- men-a world they can conquer to- gether. We are in the midst of a great revolution today and there is work to do in the country and in the state. Washington at Valley Forge spoke of his confidence in the men of Connect icut and I believe the men of Con- necticut will take a stand in this strife worthy of their forebears of '76.
 Dsapprovess of Militants
 In answer to a question as to wheth- CT women would use the vote when they got it. the speaker said he be- 1ieved it would require considerable effort to get them to vote, but that many of the men did not take advan- tage of their privilege and duty now in voting. He said that the woman should have the vote whether she wanted it or not. He said he entirely of the militant suffragette of England but said that there were 500 equal suffrage organizations in England. only one of which was mil itant. He believed that the militant injured her own cause. ] Rev. MT. Melish answered a number of other questions and a collection i was taken for the support of the equal suffrage work. The meeting broke up at about 9.45.