Evening journal., 1915-06-14

The Iowa Federation Of Won ems
Clubs in its recent convention Mt
Iowa City put itself on record through
the passage of resolutions as not only
endorsing woman suffrage. but eN-
pressing its willingness TO take an
active part in the campaign for the
ballot, which to be waged in Iowa
between now and June, 1916.
The active support of the cluo wo-
men will mean much 70 the Iowa
campaign. Iowa is the twonty-eighth
State in which the federation has
given additional support to rhe Cen
eral Federation's endorsement OF
equal suffrage
Governor George W. Clarke Of
Iowa says in the recent suffrage cdi-
tion of the Des Moines Register and
Leader:
"The mere right to vote which the
adoption of the pending amendment
to the constitution viii give 20 the
women of Iowa is not the only advan-
tage it will bring to them. 1t viii
bring to them a more real and deep
er sense of value and meaning of
life. Their relation to the affairs Of
the world will be Of immensely great
er significance. The feeling of a
subordinate or less eficien, relation
will disappear. A participation in the
direction of public affairs VIII quicken
the intellect, strengthen the character
and enlarge the vision"
Vice President Marshall has declar-
ed his belief in equal suffrage, ac-
cording to a recent press bulletin Of
fhe Southern States Woman Suffrage
Conference. II says:
ce-President Marshall approves
of woman suffrage. He is most ra-
tional in his assertion. 4 sincerely
believe that tho mothers of this land
skrdld he allowed to vote on public
questions. but / do not hold the be-
lief that equal suffrage Is a cure-a,l
toy everything bad in ouf society
No reasonable man CT woman re-
CARDS suffrage as a panacea. but il
is the one remedial agent for legis-
lative conditions which react on the
social body
1t is reasonable TO infer that tho
demand of men and women voters
can bring about better conditions
than the vote Of one sex alone
I
Most of the stories told against
woman suffrage collapse on investiga-
ton. It. was telegraphed all over
the country tr1 cthe day that a wa-
man in Paris f.... haG bought another
woman's vote. When the matter was
sifted, It was found TO be a false ac-
cusatiOn got np for the express pur-
I no ~ ffrstf ~.
Thomas Osborne was lately reported
as saying, in an interview in the
Worcester Mass 5azette, that equal
suffrage would increase crime. Mr.
Osborne writes 10 the Gazette
81 never SAID anything OF the kind
Tie who'll inteiv,ew is highly mag.
II ative. and II il ! am credited with
number of eXcfessiOas which arc
absolutely contrary TO my views. an
moi a suffragist: but as for suffrage
increasing crime, I think such an idea
is nonsense"
The California House Of Represen.
tatives concurrad with the Senate in
passing the resolution relative 10 tho
correction cf erroneous reports re.
; garding California's experience under
woman suffage." Governor Johnson
has already signed the bill which
puts the State on record for woman
suffrage and which once and for al
denies that the equal franchise has
not worked out well there. The full
text of the resolution is as follows
Whereas. The issue OF woman suf.
frage is pending in many States in
the Union; and