Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-26

own state and those OF persons OF repu-
tations best able to- judge of conditions
there; and protest against the pre-
tence that Mr.. Irish in any sense
speaks for the state Of California.
Defends Women Voters.
preceded by band. the speakers
rode thru the business district in an
automobile arriving at Faneuil hall
shortly before 1888 o'clock. Samuel
j. Elder was unable to attend, so
Phillip NJ. Clark presided and intro
duced Miss Todd who said that she
was sent here by the voting women
Of the west. primarily to defend the
name of the voting women OF the west,
falsely blackened.' She said the west
ern women and men believed in fair
play and that Colonel Irish had just
as much right to campaign here
against suffrage as she had to cam
paign for it, IL he told the truth. But
we are tired she continued. of the
circulation of reports that are false
and this meeting was called to clear
the good name of the western women
voters
mis- Todd said that she didn't
know Colonel Irish. so wired for in
formation. She read the kilograms
received. One was from the editor OF
the San Francisco Bulletin to the eff
feet that Colonel Irish was 'roundly
Kissed in that city for his arguments.
Another telegram. all of which were
in answer to alleged statements by
Colonel Irish, was from CHIEF Justice
Angelotti of the supreme court of
California. saying that suffrage was
entirely satisfactory in that state.
Suffrage Fixed Policy.
"A telegram from United States
Senator Phelan said that no question
has been raised in California by any
we'll informed persons as to the wis
dom of suffrage and that it was fixed
policy of the state without the slight
est danger of repeal. One from Mable
c. Deering said that Irish does not
hesitate to misquote' In the opinion
Of Miss Todd, one of the most import
ant was from Attorney General Webb
which she held was an answer to an
effective argument used by the colonel
1t read: The records Of this office dc
not show that any women have ever
been convicted. or charged with cleo
ton frauds The speaker also read a
resolution passed by the California
legislature this year. Miss Todd asked
her listeners to look in the newspapers
and see if the kilograms We're printed
and, if not to ask the papers why they
were omitted.
Miss Todd spent considerable time
on the alleged statement by Colonei
| Irish that only the omen of the I'M
derworld voted in California. She said
, that S4 per cent of all the women In
Los Angeles eligible to vote voted the
first chance they got and asked IT. in
view OF this. Colonel !rish's alleged
statement was not absurd She said
the vote in California in 1914 for all
candidates was 9266S9. while the vote
in Massachusetts that year was 49,
2O3, this despite the fact that there
were million more people in Massa
chusetts than in California. IF a man
slams one women he gets put in Jail
she said, hut If he slams 100000
women he gets paid for doing ie.'
Not Guilty Of Frauds.
Miss Todd, said that the only at
tempt ever nIadesta take away the vote
fro mthe women of California was
when they fought for the anti-vice
bill 4 don't think. she said, that
women are better than men. but
think they are as good. When you give
a woman the vote you get what is
good for life, not for political ma
chimes
'The suffragist spoke to a consider
able extent on the benefits of the mini
mum wage BILL which the women hat
placed on the California statute Books
and compared it to similar law iI
Massachusetts. holding that it was far
| superior to that here. Then Miss Todd
said: 4 will answer Colonel Irish's best
objection He said that women can
not be soldiers. For every man who
has died on the terrible battlef1elds of