The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1915-02-20
TELLS EAsTERnERs
ABOUT THIs STATE
Interview With Miss Anne Mar
tin Published in New
York Paper

Miss Anne Martin, president OF
the Nevada Equal Franchise Society.
who has been in the East for several
months, has returned to her home in
Reno. Miss Martin spent some time
in New York City, and the following
is taken from an article in the New
York Sun of January 26:
Miss Anne Martin. president OF
the Nevada Equal Franchise Society,
who has been in New York for some
time telling how the vote was won in
her State, has returned to her Nevada
home to exercise her civic duties now
that the women of her State are
recognized as voters.
First of all, Miss Martin intends to
call a convention of all suffrage organ
izations in the State and change the
Nevada Equal Franchise Society into
the Nevada Civic League.
I'VE simply change from suffrage
into civics," explained Miss Martin,
who has been staying at the National
Arts Club here since making her ju-
bilant report at the national suffrage
convention in Nashville. This Civic
League will be a non-partisan body
with branches all over the State.
Fortunately. we shall not be OBJ
liged to spend time organizing
that is all done; we shall merely
change the branch suffrage societies
into branch civic associations.
"Our legislative committee, Of
which Miss Bird Wilson, lawyer
and the only woman stockbroker in
Nevada. is chairman, has definite
program in view.
''Some of Nevada's laws are motor
iously bad" continued Miss Martin,
though they are no worse than
those Of many other States.
I'VE want, first, toraisc the age
of protection to Is. Second, to OBJ
tain the use of schoolhouses as civic
centers. Third, to make child labor
laws 1--WE have not much child labor
in Nevada, but such laws would be a
good preventive). Fourth, a better
community property law. Five. a
law making the mother equal heir of
child's property. Sixth. abolition of
capital punishment.
More than $4,000 women were
enfranchised by the suffrage amend
ment passed on November 8. There
are only 10000 men voters in the
State and they are divided into three
political parties of approximately
5000 Republicans. 5000 Democrats
and 1000 Socialists. So if the women
remain non-partisan in their Civic
League they will be strong power
for good government.
Descriptions or even references to
the West never seem complete with
out the stage properties of cowboys,
Indians and citizens with bowie
knives in their boots!'
I'm the case of Nevada, the evils of
gambling and divorce are nearly al
ways dragged in. 1t is not generally
known, it seems, that Nevada has a
conservative divorce law in force,
with years residence qualification.
and is also no longer a wide open
gambling State.
I'VE people who were born in Ne
vada and who were educated in her
schools and her State University and
have travelled since and studied in
European universities, are always
glad to get back to the sagebrush
State where there is still much for
us to learn.
Nevada has not only untold min
ing resources, but vast agricul-
tural future in which the United
States Government is showing its
faith by constructing extensive dams
and canals for the storage and dis
tribution of water. And those sage
brush deserts which to the tourist at
the Pullman car window look unin-
viting and even hostile, can and have
been made to blossom like the rose.
"On suffrage tour this Summer
by motor, stage and horseback. dur
ing which we covered 5000 miles visit
ing every mining camp or farming
community that had rs voters in it,
we often noticed that even in the
deserted mining camps. with their
straggly streets and cabins. often