The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-04-20
Miss Haaey's Talk Inspires
Local 'WorkersNto Greater
Activity'in Struggle sfor'the
Right to vote.
MEMBERSHIP GROWS
Chicago Woman Says Men
Refuse to Correct Wrongs
and Abuses FOrcingfActiOn
Upon Women.

Members of the Womans Franchise
league are jubilant over the new life
which is said to have entered not only
the league but the women of Rich
mond and the work which Miss Mar
garet Haley, of Chicago, pointed out
for them
In spite of the numerous other at
fractions in Richmond Saturday night,
about 100 attended Miss Haley's lee
ture at the high school, including sew
eral men interested in womeE's rights.
The Garfield orchestra played and
several of the club members made
short speeches preceding Miss Haley
talk
Miss Norman, president of the
Women's Franchise league, reported
that sixty members are now enrolled
in the league several of whom have
been added in the last few days. She
believes prospects for civic activity
among club members are better now
than they have ever been.
Mrs NJ F. Johnston introduced
Miss Haley, but spoke for some time
regarding the cleaning up work the
women could do here. She suggested
that Richmond women take hold OF
the cleaning up movement here IN
case the men do not act fully in the
matter.
Plan Suffrage Parade.
There is great enthusiasm among
the members of the league over the
national suffrage day celebration
planned here Open air meetings will
be held and the women will carry
their banners through the streets in
automobiles. The program for the
day has not been completed.
Miss Haley, although unacquainted
with local conditions, suggested some
of the things she believes women can
accomplish here by telling what the
women of Chicago did when aroused
to the necessity Of their influence in
civic affairs.
1T was not until women of Rogers
Park, an aristocratic section Of Chi
/ cago, saw the little white hearse pass
ing their houses repeatedly carrying
little victims Of the epidemic of scar
let fever there, that they were aroused
to activity Miss Haley said. AN in
vestieation was made. The women
banding together, found out the cause
or the epidemic and took measures to
stop It,
not only the members of the Suf-
frage league, but all members of
women's clubs in the city should CO.
operate to work against graft, misap-
preparation, neglect or nealtn condl-
lions and other abuses the men are
permitting to exist.
Find Election Frauds.
Last year the women even investl-
gated the election of city officers and
found that the present mayor of Chi
cago was elected because he had 49,
600 votes from repeaters at the polls.
unequal assessment of property
was investigated and the women are
now taking steps to have the wrongs
corrected 1t was found that graft has
resulted in the saloon and restaurant
keepers being taxed sums as low as
ten cents, whereas honest women who
own unpretentious Cafetieras pay as
much as $25 because they do not
bribe the officials. One of the big
tasks the women there have before
them is to have the school land prop
erly used.
THE same conditions exist in every
smaller city on smaller scale. 1t is
time women had voice in those mat
ters The men have shown that they
will not correct the wrongs and
abuses Graft. misrepresentation and
! neglect exist everywhere where men
have exclusive charge. Morally. so
, cially and from an ethical standpoint.
the women owe it to strive to better
conditions