Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1914-09-25
Greeted With Very Enthusiastic
Crowd. Everywhere-S Speaks
From Platform, Auto and Train

night at the opera house when
Dr.. Anna Howard Shaw deliver
ed a powerful address on the
question of woman suffrage. She
s'is without question the best orator
who ever talked to Beach audi
ence and from the beginning to
the close the large crowd which
filled the building continuously
applauded her remarks. Her
argument, logic and delivery was
strong and powerful and never
before were local people given
! such true vision of the question
of equal suffrage. DR.. Shaw is a
very elderly lady but her address
was full of force and eloquence;
sincere and convincing.
A question box had been pro-
vided prior to the meeting and
some one asked her the question:
What does a woman know abouu
WARP" With awful truths she
answered this question, and pic
tured the inmate knowledge of
war being learned by the women
right now in England. France,
Germany, Russia and other coun-
tries now engaged in the greatest
war of history; she told of the
hardships and suffering and the
heartaches of the countless moth
ers who have no voice in the MAX
ing of wars; how her sons were
%cared for through twenty years
of labor, toll and worry only to
be shot down in a. minute by
machine guns. What does
women know about WARP" Who
knows more about war than wom-
EN-"
Every point and argument
against suffrage was taken up and
exploded by the logic and
reasoning of her forceful talk.
She has the language of an orator
at her command and with the
charm and conduct of a mother
she carried tIer audience along
approvedly throughout her entire
talk. She brought message that
will be needed by those who
heard her.
At the beginning of the meet
ing Mrs. T. E. Hudson introduced
Mrs. E. M. Darrow, of Fargo,
who gave a talk on the suffrage
work in North Dakota. she be-
ing at the head of the state organ
ization, while Mrs. Hudson who
is at the head of the local organ
ziation, also gave a short talk.
These were followed by Dr.Shaw
who was introduced by the may
or
The next day the Beach ladies
gave reception at Senator How.
efson's home and a large mum.
Der turned out to meet an con.
verse with the noted American
lady.
The following sums up Dr.
Shaws tour Of the state taken
from the Faro Forum:
With most enthusiastic meet
ing at Beach Sunday evening. Dr.
,Anna Howard Shaw, the notec
suffrage worker who has honorec
this state with her presence dur
ing the last ten days, ended he,
North Dakota campaign, anc
went from Beach to Miles City
Mont, Monday. Dr.. Shaw's tou
has indeed been a triumphal one
and the enthusiasm which ha
erected her all along her route
has exceeded even the mos
glowing expectations. One con
>tinuous ovation has been given
and at every point on her sched
ule, where even short stol
could be made. crowds hav,
greeted her and she was present
ed with uowers. word tribute
! and social functions. The big
gest meeting yet was held at Bis
marck. where the crowd out t
hear her was so great that owe
100 men had to be turned away
The armory was decorated wit
banners sent up from Minneapoli
and Miss Marjorie Stickney
daughter of the leagues distric
vice president, Of Dickinson. san;
: 1t was said by those who hear'
y her, that Miss Stickney's voic
was equal to that of profession
al singer. Mrs. Mary ]. Hudson
a district president, and wife O
a prominent banker, had charg
of the meeting at Beach.
During the first six days Of he
North Dakota tour, DR.. Sha,
made sixteen speeches, a remark
able record for a women of he
years. DR.. Shaw's reception q
Minot was thought to be the be:
one of all until she reached Bi.
marck and Mandan and othe
towns between. At Wimbledon