The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-15
ms, CHAMP CLARK
ARRIVES IN CITY
ne Il speaker e House q Repre-,
..,t..ices says That Suffrage
For Women e Here, Not
Coming.
sHE HAS MANY REASONS
VS.. clark viii Speak Today at the
hamilton Chautaqua on the Sub
Ieet "The Burden Of
an Honor"

e. representatives, ho.o
II 3 word to use when speahns "
Il anal suffrage. and not conllhs.
d s ssrs clark advises the women OF
/. Waokuk and Iowa that votes ior
nam il here now. that eventually
.ueryone will believe In this ana that
4 nov should prepare themselves LOT
she duties which the ballot VIII I'M
i nose upon them. 1899 -,
4 night at 1885 o'clock from her nome
4 q bowling Green. Mo. She is 70
/ meal. - this afternoon at the chautau-
81 s spa at Hamilton. Last night she
Vas Vas the guest Of the Keokuk Coun-
Nv club at an hours informal recep-
zion Il. She is being entertained,
Il -hiIe in Keokuk and Hamilton, by
NJ and Mrs. Warren H. Orr, OF
I 10 Champ Clark Jr. was .
r1as s mate and fraternity brother OF
II Mr.. Orr. ~, 80
Mrs. C. F. Mcfarland met Mrs. Clark
i: mon her arrival. She was accom-
nanied by Mrs. Bergenschmidt. Mr..
nrr,s sister. From the station they
/ drova to tie Mcfarland residence in
order to give Mrs. Clark night
view of the great power plant and
dam from the Mcfarland home.
from here they drove to the Coun-
try club where large crowd was
waiting to meet the distinguished
guest OF honor.
MRS. Clark consented to an inter-
view with q Gate City reporter, and
told Of her belief in the equal suf-
frage dogma.
Not a Formidable AFFAIR.
ut is not proper to speak, Of suf-
frage as coming, said Mrs. Clark 1T
8 d here now. The women should pre-
pare for 1t. The ballot will give
" hem certain responsibilities that
u they must be prepared to meet. To
me, suffrage has never been the for
Z midable thing that 1t seems to have
4 been to many. For one thing, 1t has
d been a belief in our family for years
\ And the delegates from the suffrage
( states were all for Mr.. Clark four
years ago, and no one can say that
the Clark family does not show gratl-
tude.
eventually everyone will come to
believe in the proposition Of equal
suffrage for both men and women. II
has passed the state of going to be,
It has come already. 1t will not be
long until we all will believe in its
principals.
"The women must be prepared for
the ballot. They should be getting
ready now. I was in California not
long ago, and saw what those wom-
en- had done to prepare themselves
for the privileges of suffrage. We
must be prepared for those duties 1t
/. will bring"
80 None Against Suffrage:
This advice to be prepared is time
ly for the women Of Keokuk and
Iowa For at the next state election
the proposition of amending the con-
stitution to include votes for women,
will be voted upon.
Il can tell you any number OF
reasons why / am SO in favor OF
equal suffrage" Mrs. Clark said, as
she said goodnight to the reporter,
but do you know, can't think OF
any which could be advanced against
equal suffrage"
Optimism 10 Contagious.
Mrs. Clark Is enc Of the most en-
thusiastic women In America in the
!. matter Of the ballot for women. Oc-
. cupying the position which she does
In national affairs, she has opportun-
ity to know and to study the atti-
tude Of the various public men on the
subject. Her optimism over this
movement is contagious. and speak
Ing with the authority which she
does, one may we'll believe that the
women OF this country have the bal
lot
Mrs. Clark is rather tall and she
speaks as IL measuring her words.
choosing the words and phrases
which. best emphasize the point she
is trying to make. She is very cor
dial in her manner Mrs. Clark has
been doing considerable literary
work along with her platform efforts.