The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-04
MESSAGE BROUGHT
by MRS. TRUNbOLL
nreoon governor Sends Word to the
Men of Iowa That Suffrage
Ia Success in That
State.
WHAT WOMEN ARE DOING
1 LEGISLATION Directed by Women is
Aimed at Terrible Black Plague
and DIsorderly
Houses

Mrs Mile TrumDulI, secfeldAy "a
me child labor commission OF oregon,
and a representative of the National
American Women's Suffrage assocla,
don. was the guest Of the local Equal
Euffrage association yesterday. one
spoke twice in the interests OF SUI
frare-at a tea at the nome OF Miss
Founker, and at an evening meeting
m the Y. W. C. A building. Mo-e
Fra, a hundred women were at the
afternoon meeting and more than fifty,
were at the evening meeting.
Mrs. wmona E. Reeves, chairman
of the local association, presided
Mrs. H. c. Brown, chairman OF the
membership committee. read the ron
OF members, which was one OF the
Interesting features of the afternoon.
showing as ii did, the interest which
the women in all parts OF the city
city have in equal suffrage. The
membership is over five hundred,
number Of new names being added
yesterday. Mrs. Brown thanked the
members VINO had aided in the work
OF occurring signatures, and spoke
with particular appreciation of the
work of Miss Carrie B. Gilmore, who
mad gotten 149 members.
The program for the afternoon
opened with a piano solo, Polonaise
In g sharp minor, by Chopin, by Miss
Clara Gertrude Fry, followed by two
vocal numbers by Mrs. Florence
Wright Schouten, who sang The JOY
OF the Morning, and Beneath Thy
Window, Miss Katherine Younker
playing the piano accompaniment
Following the address, Mrs. Schouten
sang the suffrage march song, which
Ia set to the tune Of The Battle Hymn
of the Republic. Tea was served at
the close of the afternoon, Mrs. Will
liam Lowitz and Mrs. Addison III. Ricn
presiding at the table, and tea was
served by eight young women.
Mrs. TrumbulPs address was
very clear, straightforward speech in
which she answered some OF the
arguments made by the antfsuffrag-
lists and told some of the experiences
the women had in Oregon, her home
state, and some of the things they
had accomplished.
The Message to iowa Women.
She said: when | asked the gov
ernor of Oregon for a leave of alb
sence as secretary of the child labor
commission, in granting it he asked
If I would bring message to the
men of Iowa for him. He said, Tell
the men of the east that / consider
the enfranchised women my best citi-
zens and that equal suffrage is a sue
cess in this state The women of
Oregon sent this message to the WON
en- of Iowa, that their homes are just
as well kept and that their children
receive the same careful attention
since they have votes for women,
that they did before their enfranchise-
ment
"You some times hear it said by
men that as soon as women want to
vote they are willing that they should
have the privilege. 1t has been dem
pnstrated that when women are given
the privilege they exercise it, they
want to vote and they do vote. Some
times you hear man say 4 am afraid
OF the women's vote II a woman
can be trusted with her husband s
honor, if she is fit to be the mother
of his children, she is surely to be
trusted to express her opinion and
her convictions at the ballot box. We
are free American women, free to ex
press our opinions 364 days in the
year, but on the 365th day we can't
20 within hundred feet OF the only
place where our convictions on ques
tions OF government and taxation
count--the ballot box.
Women Who Pay Taxes.
Some men say am willing tc
give the ballot to women who pay
taxes. Every woman who buys groc
cries pays taxes, because the grocer
gets the income from which he pays
his taxes from the sale of his goods
Every time you pay five cents to ride
on the street car you are helping &c
pay the taxes OF the street car com
pany Some times it is said thai
divorces increase In suffrage states
Statistics overthrow this argument