Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-18
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Special to Times Republican.
Washington. April 18.-Mrs. W.. H.
FELTON,. OF Gainesville. Ca. was very
Interesting visitor 1t the rooms OF the
congressional committee It the Ma
.tional Suffrage Association this week.
Mrs. FELTON, Is nearly 30 years Old. but
she 10 as alive and alert ~ many wom-
"a who are thirty years younger. Her
husband served In congress more than
. quarter Of century ago. being one
81 the f,r.t independent democrats
elected. in the SOUTH, Mrs. FELTON, 10
here to attend q meeting Of the Daugh-
ters Of the American Revolution.
Sure am going TO see that scrap"
cine said. "You get thousand women
in hall with all their different ideas
and there will be something doing.
Thsre are ten elections ind guess
there are ten nominations Tor each po-
sition::'
Mrs. Felton's SISTER. MrA Mary L.
NcLsndcn, 10 president Of the woman
suffrage association Of Gsorgia. my
sister has been fightin9 the unequal
battIe in GeorGia for more than TWEEN
~ years" said Mrs.. FELTON,, but We
arc beginning to sso some hope now.
the other day . postmaster in Georsia
told my sister, ! am with you. will
help you get the ballot
s'I war one Of the women who
started the tight against the woman
convict caups whore women were held
Vi q condition worse than slavery. I
also. started the movement for taking
uttle boys tout Of peni.entiaries. We
..o~u 1o1,<, n~Pnvno arhNol0 for those
children, and there has been great
Improvement in the condition Of tho
women convicts. was called crank.
but did not mind that. always said
that it took q crank to turn things.
"The southern mon are coming over
to the suffrage movement and will
Tell you why. When We get presi-
Dental primaries It win be found that
an Of the western and northern states
that have granted women suffrage will
have great advantage over those
states which have not given suffrage
to women. Then the men will say.
Come on wife; come on sister; let that
hoe cake burn: let that child 90; come
on and vote!' They will be obliged
to grant women suffrage in order to
maintain their power in the politics of
the nation. President Wilson and
Secretary Bryan are both pledged to
presidential primaries" said Mrs. Fell
ton, and then added: "Of course some
pledges may be avoided"
The men will cease to make bug
$50 Of the danger Of negro women
voting" she said. "The negro men do
not vote in the south and the negro
women are not going to try to vote IT
the men do not; besides the voters
must register and pay poll tax and
the negro women are not going to reg
lister and pay . poll tax no more than
do the negro men. Then there is this
fallacy about bad women. Bad women
want to conceal themselves and their
identity and they are not-going to reg
lister.
II am for woman suffrage because
the ballot belongs to me. am one of
the people. am, taxed to support the
government and al Of the government
institutions and I have q right to vote
for those who make the government.
must obey the laws or I am punished.
hav&a right to make the laws by my
ballotsths same ~ any other citizen"
sSs Mfss FELTON,. Is. also an author and
has written . volume on politics IN
Geor1ia telling largely Of the expert
snces her husband had in that state.