The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-05-29
WHO ARE OUR !. ALL1Es7.

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Anna Duphff N us president 81 +, I
the Indiana Equal Suffrage. -associa-
Organized labor. ,xs ~.s,r >.
No other movement for, the uplift
and betteEments of h naanity 4excent,
perhaps the, suffrage +uapyementA HAS
been SO greatly misunderstood and.
m1srepresented; as the; labor: r. moye-.
ment. ,>, a,n .s>,, -
10 whose TWhee aa*eo never than an,
insight to .thes tEue; purpose tofb the
1anor orsanHattons IDS seems: but, the
"lld unreasoningsd iseontent 70, of,f. the
MOD united ,forranM violence which,
Will secure & the demands: sthey: make
OF the capitalist and his system. 10 & !,
- Likewise 70 othoss who have never
seen the heart ofe,the Y.o1uam moyes:
ment, it Is Il but the ,fanaticjsm and Iay.~
ster1a OF dtseontented: wiNes and, dis
appointed sptnsters -. :::: e-;-,:
The inspiration, and, ,souls 4of these
great movementstra are the < same and.
the heart-throb .1ofi the :slaho1e move
ment is in ACCORD with the vheart-throb
OF the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, forfbotl1 are
porn OF an earnest desire for, con-
ditions OF >Arcadiah purity and jus='
tice. -..:- x>s..
Her ElFst Knowledge:
My flrst knowledge of the true ,pur-
pose of organized labor came to me
through my work for the suffrage
cause. ..: 49,, ,.,
Ehe suffrage moNen ent in Indiana
had been rsstings for many years,
when, in the spring of 1907, Mrs.
Harriet Taylor Upton of Warren.
Ohio, came to this state and reorRan-
lied the Indiana Equal Suffrage asso-
citation. At this meeting there was
a small body Of women and two men,
who stayed throughout the two days
sessions. AZ could be expected of
these brave men, they have ever been
earnest supporters of the association.
One, labor leader of state and ma
tional prominence was a valued
counselor and member of our advis-
DRY committee to the end of his
earthly career, which came at the
dawn of this new year. His last pub
Tic address was in behalf Of woman's
enfranc hisement. In his last hours,
from his bed Of pain, he was always
happy to give counsel and good cheer
to the suffrage workers of the state.
speak Of the. late Oliver. P. Smith
OF Logansport, Ind, whose efforts to
protect the weak and secure human
equality have done so. much for his
fellow creatures.
With surprise learned that organ
lied labor was not the creature of an
tgnoble desire to overthrow existing
society,". but came of a longing for bet
ter conditions and life on a higher
plane.
Organized. Labor True.
!. have found the most Intelligent,
sincere and sacrificing allies Of wom-
an suffrage in the ranks of organized
labor that have found anywhere.
Early in its history the American
Federation Of Labor declared in. favor
Of political equality Tor women. The,
labor leaders of, the United States:
were among the first to recognize tho
share Of woman In industrial dem
ocracy and cali the women of Ameri-
ca to the double duty of civic, and in:
freedom" \
somettmes TIE sbaxeh,. mems. clubs.
farmers' sooiSttess lid even women's
clubs refuse to cGnsfder the woman
but the labor organize
tons will always give the. question
courteous consideration.
In February, 1914, the United Mine
Workers assembled iii indianapolis. |
This great convention Of 1900 dele
gates was held at the expense OF !.
of dollars per day, but with
all the press OF business I was granted
ten minutes Of that valuable time to
speak on woman Suffrage. Never
were men more attentive or courteous
than those brave miners, who re-
ceive my message with applause and
gave a unanimous vote to reaffirm
their endorsement Of woman suffrage. /
Has Deeper Understanding.
The organized 1aborer has a more
intelligent understanding of the wom-
an question than the professional
man, the business man or the farmer,
and as have said before, the bust
ness mems clubs, ministerial associa-