Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-21
PART or FEDERATION ELECTION
MAY De ihvALlpATED THRU
!, NOMINATIONS.
TOO MANY CANDIDATES
FROM CITY OF DAVENPORT
Miss Alice French startlss Delegates
BY Her Plea That Nation Should 3.
Prepared For War-says We Should
Net Wait Until Corn Field. A..
Tramplsd by Artillery.
Special to Times-Republican.

Iowa City, May 21.-A mixup in the
political circles Of the eleventh bien-
NAL convention Of the Iowa Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs may drive the
biennial election back to the floor to-
day.
At late hour Thursday night it
vas undecided whether a Davenport
woman was elected to any Office or not
and II she were, it may necessitate
another election.
Three Davenport women are on the
ticket. and ballots were cast turnout
the night. Inasmuch as the constitu-
ton provides that only one candidate
is permissible from any single city, it
ic believed that. il any Davenporter is
elected to an office, the election, SO
far as that Office Is concerned, will be
invalidated. In such case, the con-
vention will revote on the Office or
offices in question, and name a win
ner. or refer the matter to the board
for the later selection Of a member to
fill the vacancy that must thus be
created. This is the view Of Mrs.
Emma Fox, of Detroit, Mich, author of
Fox's Parliamentary Usage For
Women's Clubs" who il here conduct
ing school In parliamentary usage.
Miss French startlss Biennial
A dramatic plea for greater pre-
paredness for. war by Miss Alice
French OCTAVE Thanet) featured the
evening session at the Iowa Federation
of Clubs biennial. The famous Iowa
author made a stirring plea for a
bigger army and q stronger navy,
arguing that 1t was the surest pro-
lection against an attack by foreign
foe. Some 1900 men and women arose
and sang the "Star Spangled Banner"
1t the conclusion Of Miss Frenchs adj
dress on Safety First" :
Wait not until your Iowa corn
fields are trampled down by artillery;
prepare for war now. There is nothing
chat SO insures peace as preparedness
COR war" Miss French declared. "We
have even been unprepared. Look at
he civil war and the Mexican trouble.
Our optimism and our cowardly in
lolence have kept us unprepared. His
tory shows that nations were never
permitted to have peace unless they
we're prepared to fight. Better peace
at any price say some and 1t takes
.wo to make q quarrel say others.
But what is to prevent the man who
Is prepared to defend himself from go
ing after some rich piece of property
which he covets?"
Pleads For Larger Navy.
Miss French drew a spirited pic
ture Of what might result from the
nation,s unpreparedness for war. She
devoted the greater part Of her adj
1ress to plea for a larger army and
navy and for thorough preparation as
the only safeguard for peace.
I'VE do not want war, but we may
need 1t with our trampling Of the
weak and sucking of the strong, with
our wealth and with our grasping and
our greed" continued Miss French.
who shall not say that we do-not de-
serve the lightning Of His terrible
swift sword?''
In the fore part Of her address Miss
French indicated her hostility to the
woman suffrage movement, expressing,
among other things, that 1t would serve
to unsettle the home. However, she
made q plea for a broad-minded wom-
an who would be capable of doing
things.
Bailey on eeautifyins Towns.
Mr.. Henry Turner Bailey, of Boston,
gave an address on "Beautifying the
Home Town late Thursday afternoon.
He spoke in part as follows:
Begin with your own front yard.
Make It clean, keep it green, and free
from little geometric flower beds. Mass
your flowers and shrubbery where they
will help tie the house to the lot. The
house should appear happily at home
b In the lot, living on good terms with
the greenery about It,. Improve the
back yard. Substitute beauty for
ashes and the garment OF praise for
the spirit Of heaviness.
Organize a town bettermen council,
composed Of representatives Of all the
influential organizations in town. one
from each. Give this council official
stationery. Of the most impressive
sort, to use with the people. This coun-
zen should begin its campaign Of edu-
cation by writing personal letters OF
commendation to all citizens who have
manifested an interest In their home
I grounds It should secure a column
once week In the local paper and
keep 1T filled with readable and en-
lightening matter. Other activities
which such boards have found helpful
Z are these: The placing Of receptacles