The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-07-16

| is now in session in Budapest. Kansas
/ women are represented there by Mrs
George w. Whitcomb, the wife of
| Judge Whitcomb of Topeka, and wom-
| en- everywhere are interested in it's
| work and purpose. A letter from the
| president of the League of Interna-
| tional Amity, in which he contends
| that suffrage is now world issue and
| the womans party a world party, is
| in part, as follows:
| European journalism is still agitated
with itself for having been laid hold
| of by feminism through the Buda pest
Suffrage congress. Even conSerXa-
| tive a paper as the Berliner Tagblatt
| forgot itself and printed besides all the
news, two editorials in one week on
| suffrage.
Suffrage arguments and harangues
were not in the program-that is all
past as necessary=in these internation-
like a solid phalanx of statesmen and
parliamentarianss constructing policies
for political and simultaneous action
in every corner of the globe. They
almost forgot to pass a resolution in
favor of woman's suffrage, for the
convention assembled was so taken up
with the consideration of the great
reform questions which should be
burning the conscience of every ballot
caster. 1t was sight to see the huge
Redout building crammed at every
meeting, and pOrtentious world meas
ureS being welded into form for ac-
ton. and by women who often differed
as widely in opinion as they did geo
graphically. Iceland shook hands with
South Africa. The one had to battle
ice and cold in reindeer sledgeS, and
the other had to struggle for her
cause in a land both warstricken and
raceridden.
The government of Iceland paid for
two delegates to Budapest, and took
the money from the post funds, the
people having voted to forego one post
each month for a year, that they
might be represented and receive the
great message back. These two dele
gates were made central figures dur
ing the whole week. We can hardly
think what their being there involved
in sacrifice to a whole nation.
The measures and resolutions pass
ed upon in Buda pest had increased in
Importance over those of every other
previous international meeting. Among
ticing lawyers The whole standard
of representation was astonishingly
high. One felt the strength of accu-
mulated experience as well as that of
a large backing of actual voting citi-
zens. This made the convention such
an one before which the opponents
and reactionary institutions may well
tremble.
The press syndicates and Geographic
news bureaus were all there and for
the first time in Europe gave the de-
alterations full recognition with ample
reports. The worldly world had ceased
to be careless and was obliged to treat
wOman'S suffgrage as no longer a sem
timent but necessity. The word
''sisterhOod' was seldom spoken, but
it was the thrill behind it all. The
woman's party, has from the start
been forced to be an international
party, and has laid low the boundaries
of every state where humanity needs
a cham pion. The inter-relatedness of
the race is dawning on many world |
groups, which heretofore have been in
the cloud of petty patriotism. 1t is
portentious for the next decade.
Every great political party has
started with high ideals which too
soon became deadened with sounding
silver and tinkling titles The wom- |
ans party has begun not only with !
high ideals but with a world platform.
And we may we'll question. have these
women passed through the fires of
truth sufficiently through their long
working and waiting to hold them
selves above the petty disintegrations
Will they be able to preserve them
selves. when a political factor. for the
races regeneration? /
Every onlooker in Budapest would |
unanimously cry aye"
Miss Nettie Robinsons and Mr.. Mont !
Garnett were married this morning at !
Mrs. H. l.. Strohm. 1929 Western
avenue The bride is a daughter of
former assistant state labor commits
sioner. and formerly made her home
in Topeka. She is a graduate of the
Topeka high school, later going to
Kentucky to live. Mr.. Garrett also at
one time made his home here. He
is now in the lumber business in Seat
tie, Washington, and he and his bride
have gone to that city to live
Guests at a thimble party given by
Miss Jessie McCarter Tuesday morn
ing for Miss Sara Robinson. of FL