The farmer and mechanic., 1915-11-02
"V0TES FOR WOMEN" IN
KANSAS CALLED SUCCESS
Governor Arthur Capper Say. I
Would Carry Almost Unanim,,,.j
II Submitted to People Nsaiu

Nouiu AIRY Nlmo>t tnanima1f~t.
Ii Submitted to People \caiu
The following is a letter Ser-
by Governor Arthur Capper. VT
sas. under a recent date:
Many persons, interested 5-
success Of the equal suffrage
paiSn now being conducted r,
ork- Pennsylvania and Mas.
SettS have requested me to W..
| your paper as to the results of -
suffrage in Kansas, | am glad
that It has been a success III
State. and If the question We're
submitted to our people il
carry almost unanimously. An
| teal parties here believe in +
| The adoption of woman Sra
IN Kansas has made it easier to ....
men Of good moral character To c.t5.,a
and harder to foist man Of sr..fg
reputation on the people. Ele,r.r
day IN rural Kansas. with the women
| voting. is more like a big neigh r.~
hood picnic than d political fight
The extension of equal suffraga +,
the women of Kansas has had inf-4
diate effect for good
1t has impelled all political parties
to include in their programs ana n}.,--
forms humanitarian projects .-5
moral issues which prcviouslv +b.
had ignored
1T has made imperative mar.
careful selection of nominees.
THE immediate passage of w~e
humane and beneficial laws for ina
safeguarding of women and children
and the betterment of conditions :
living, which followed the adoption
Of equal suffrage laws in Kansas .s
fofds convincing proof that the Dr-
frame hlSlng of American women
most important step in the advanc--
ment of State and national progr.s~
/ kansas is proud of her new etI-
zenS and appreciates the great Yarr
they are taking in every movement
which has for its purpose the better.
ment Of the State.
The extension of suffrage IL Is n-
sas women has not caused Them NJ.
neglect their homes in the slightest
degree. What time they devote ,o
politics is not taken from their hoJ Sos
hold work, but from pink teas ana
similar functions. Their spare time.
. formerly devoted to social functions
7 is partly spent now in the study ana
discussion of economic and political
questions. No woman is neeIecftn-
E her home when she is trying to a-
prove the conditions under which he
and her children live
1T is claimed by anti-suffrI4l4t
that the influence of Womens votes
has been deleteriOus 10 the social
fabric of the State. The direct Cons
trary is true in Kansas. Women I'll v
discuss vital governmental issues.
along with the men. and with a keen
f appreciation of their new responsible
t tiles of citizenship. The participation
of women in public affairs is having
a wholesome effect in cleansing The
= State of spokesman politics and IS max
O ing for higher ideals III both public
and private life
THE aptitude Of the women in poll
I ticaI affairs has challenged the ad-
I miration Of the men, instead of their
2 resentment. The women have not at-
+ | tempted to foist themselves into office
but in a modest way have insisted or
clean candidates who stand for The
best in social educational and p0lu-
:, :, cal progress.
q cordially and earnestly invite ae
> Eastern States to send their best ant
= keenest business men to investiea y
= conditions in Kansas with particular
II reference to the results achIeE
Il through equal suffrage and prohibl
: ton. All Kansas will welcome then
i and give them every assistance to Is
certain the actual facts. for our pe0
i pie wish the world to know Of th'
e blessings and the benefits Of prohIb
a ton and equal suffrage as they haE'
n found them.
s The saloon has never been foLa.
:, on the right side of any question. Ih
: most hostile and bitter prote q
7. against woman suffrage always haN
e come from the vice and saloon ele
q ment-the evil, corrupt and rough
s neck element in politics. This
smelling crowd has always fought fa
a the sanctity and purity of the home
"a by voting sOlidly and invarlab.
q against woman suffrage and ever
a other question of real value in actH
= ally betterng the condition of o