Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-20
RIVALRY FOR OFFICES
PROVES GOOD NATURED
Mrs. N. s. Mcfarland Chosen First
Vice President, and Mrs. z. 8. Hynds
Financial sserstary-G. A. Mote
Gives Addrsss Of Afternoon - Other
Features Of the Program.

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The election was without incident, and
nothing but good-natured rivalry re-
suited. The method Of election DIFF
fered from that Of recent years. in that
the; nominating committee reported Two
names as candidates for each Office,
instead Of one. and the Offices were
balloted on separately. Mrs. NJ. s.
MCFARLAND was the other nominee for
president.
Other officers elected by the club
were: First vice president, Mrs. M. S.
Mcfarland; second vice president, Mrs.
May F. Montgomery; recording sec
rotary. Mrs. Eta Agnew: correspond
ing secretary, Mrs. J. T. Pound: finan-
ciaI secretary. Mrs. F. S. Hynds; treas
urer. Miss Minnie johnson.
The club has enjoyed a prosperous
year under the leadership Of Mrs.
Stewart and is steadily growing. both
in numbers and interest in the various
lines of endeavor taken up. and the
coming season Is looked forward to
with pleasurable anticipation. Direc-
tors will be chosen later, as will also
the various department leaders, the
choice Of the latter being left to the
respective departments. and then rati-
fed by the club as whole.
Mote Gives Address,
The address of the afternoon was
given. by G. A. Mote, and proved most
interesting and entertaining. Mr.. Mote
took as his subject, Something Of the
Past and Little of the Future" AL
tho his address was of a semi-political
nature, he avoided partisan politics.
While he believes in partisanship, he
said some things are above it, and
party loyalty should never be permitted
to crush out patriotism. He won the
sympathy and undivided attention Of
his hearers by his opening remark,
that he believed we were on the
threshold Of equal political opportun-
tiles, and, that personally he was. glad
of It, The whole address was pervaded
by the thought that women should be
awake to their opportunities, and the
influence on politics they are certain to
sooner or later exert.
The speaker thought that we are too
much inclined to get the idea that the
present Is all that counts; to judge
men and movements wholly by mod
ern standards. and said that tho he
had no fault to pick with the present,
we should remember more than we do,
the debt we owe to the past, and our
duty to the future. We owe much to
the common people. he said. as much
or more than we owe to our great men,
and in their welfare, lies the welfare
and future Of the race. Money can not
take the place of manhood. We want
results and want them instantly, to toe
great a degree, many times. He called
attention to some of the problems
pressing upon the present generation.
and said that they embodied in reality
but one question, that Of equal oppor-
tunity. Among the problems he touched
upon were those of the regulation OF
corporate wealth. reciprocal duties be-
tween capital and labor, compensation
\tor injuries attributable to unpro-
lected machinery, preventable diseases,
iltemperance, conservation Of our ma
fpnal resources, and the question of
hinest politics. this latter in view of
K! III vote sure to be granted women. He
Weighed the barter and sale OF politi-
offices and, in closing, called at
trton to the fact that the general
tfM Of thought today is away from
pbRrty rights and toward human
rht.
Qhsr Features Of the Program.
Feeding the elections a very en-
joSbe program was given. in charge
of ID business department. Of which
Mis- linnie Russell is chairman. It
opetdwith vocal solo, "Life's Merry
MoE' (Bailey). by Miss Marian
q SmiI Who responded to an appreci-
alive eIcore with 1.-THE Sweetest
Flow Tat Blows" .((Hawley). Miss
SmithlsS sang at the close Of the pro-
gramgivAg II Hear You Calling Me-"
(MarsalD, and responded to another
encortwitl number from "The Isle
of FTsiony Miss Ella Tug was ac
ccmpalst Il Miss Smith in all but the
"a last nhbert which she sang without
accomIhinat.
A reaing v Mrs James McNally,
Back ; Grssby's Station" (Riley),
was ais enjoed. Mrs. McNally re-
spondedp an Moore with short Sc
lection. FromHand to Mouth"
Guests|reseT at the meeting. from
out Of ton we, Mrs. L. q. johnson,
Of Steam at R1k; Miss Methfessel,
Of Cedar Ills; al Mrs. ]. NJ. Fort Of
Minonk, II
R4ofs REPENT DEAD.
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