Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-22
IOWA EQUAL SUFFRAGE WORK.
ERs START PRELlMiNARIES
FOR LOCAL LEAGUE.
MISS DUNLAP, STATE
PRESIDENT, PREslOEs
With Other 5es Moines Workers Miss
Dunlap Explains Movement and Tells
Women Why They Should Want the
BalIot-Attorney General cosson Al.
dresses Night Meeting.

political equality presented - them for
the first time at q joint meeting OF the
various wonens clubs Of the city, held
at the Congregational Church. The
meeting was a great success and the
large church was well flied with al in
terested audience. AS a result Of the
meeting preliminary steps were taken
to organize !oca! political equality
league.
Members aud officers Of the Iowa
Equal Suffrage Association. who were
in attendance at the meeting and gave
short addresses on the subject. in
Guided Miss Flora Dunlap, president OF
the association; Miss Mabel Lodge.
state organizer; Mrs. George Cosson
and Mrs. P. J. Mills, al OF Des Mo!nes-
Miss Dunlap, who IS ao- only presi-
dent Of the association, but IS the first
and only woman member os the Des
Noines school board. and head resi-
dent Of the Roadside settlement. pre-
sided at the meeting and gave the
opening talk, bringing cut il a most
concise and forceful way the reasons
for women wanting political equality.
ans responsibility 10 her house
hold and her vital !nteres. in the
civic conditions Of her community. She
then explained her viewpoint saying
tina, a woman IS more interested ana
realizes the absolute need Of faithful.
sanitation inspection. fool inspection,
milk inspection. and everything per-
tanning TO the sanitation and health OF
the city and the home. She compared
the presenI-day woman with the great
grandmother who had supervision over
everything that was used II the home
from the food TO the clothing while
nowadays woman depends entirely up
on outside sources for everything, even
the water we drink comes from sony
public utility which Is governed by pol
tiles. In the latter women have no
voice, and in asking for the vote IS
only asking for a way 10 O. woman's
work better. Miss Dunlap cited sev-
aral reasons why women are better
qualified as inspectors, mainly because
Of their training. Without ma vote the
woman OF today IS entirely dependent
on outside and second hand help. For
her second reason Miss Dunlap, spolG
of woman's vital interest in the chilc's
education. which comes thru the pub
lie schools. The schools and school
boards are controlled entirely by the
men and that the woman. who IS lar
more interested in the way schools are
conducted. as Vet hava no voice in the
matter. Miss Dunlap also went on 70
say that the Iowa laws were so fair to
women that they do no, have the emo
tional appeal that the women OF the
factory and big industry states. such
as rila cotton states Of me south. and
the far western staes WHARF, there ara
few women 10 many men. but the
cause remains Just the same.
Mrs. P. J. Mills gave an interesting
talk on the suffrage work and organ
izarions il. Des MoiHes. She told ot
how the FIVE suffrage clubs were or
eauized and conducted and OF many IN
terest.ng incidents IN connection WITH
aer subject.
Mrs. George Cosson said that De-
nlocracy is the basis Of women SUI
frage. that thru equal suffrage women
will learn to work togerher and will
come together on an equal plane, that
there viii be no social distinction when
women participate in pohtics, and
women VIII not De asked on what So
cial stratum she belongs"
=,
izer. told IN an interesting way OF the
different organizations II the various
states, the work they are doing and the
success they have met with. She also
gave her views on equal suffrage,
bringing out several very good causes.
She spoke Of certain legislation thai
men viii not take care of and that
women can not control certain existing
conditions without the vote. such as
health ordinances, and the public
schools. Miss Lodge said that If the
women were organized on election day
il would De an easy matte. TO ask the
men simply to vote for equal suffrage
She also spoke OF the way that the
eastern suffrage organizations have
learned TO defeat candidates TO public
offices who are opposed TO the move
ment. 49,
Committee Is Named
To take charge of the work Of or
ganizing locally Miss Dunlap named j
I committee Of eight women. They are
Mesdames II. ]. Howe r e Sears, W
E. Smelling, Henry Pappe, f. NJ. Single
ton, NJ. S. Mcfarland. W. H. Arney
and A Janney. Ninety FIVE women
signed cards signifying themselves in
favor of suffrage.
DR.. Pauline l. Myers Townsend Han
son turned over to the committee at tn.
close of the meeting bank book show
ing a balance of $500. placed to the
credit of the new movement. The banI
account dates back to 1909, when the
former Political Equality Club -four.
ished.
Preceding the addresses of the after
noon a reception was neld in order
that the women of the city might meet
Z the visitors. The hostessss at the re-
ception were those who issued the in
8 vitations for the suffrage meeting
Mesdames Sears, Mcfarland, Smelling
Singleton, and Howe. Mrs. H. W
Spaulding, of Grinnell, was also one Of
the guests Of honor.
Cosson Talks at Night.
Attorney General George Cosson Ter
his support to the movement locally b
8 conserving to address an open-ail
: meeting in the court house park. Mr.
4 Cosson was greeted by a large audi.
q ence.
Attorney General cosscn spoke
8 briefly and rapidly, saying that it wa.
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