The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-08-04
Several Interest sting Addresses
Delivered Last Eve
TWO men SPOKE ALSO
Senator Andrews and Dr.. G. A.
Cahoon Gave Support to
This Cause

eff Minnesota don't get in line with
the suffrage states pretty soon it
will be left at the tail end of the
| procession" Such was the opinion
j of the well-known suffragists who
visited Mankato last evening, en-
route to Pipestone, where a big suf-
frage conference is to be held.
/ Twelve states are already ahead of
Minnesota, and more are declaring in
favor of woman's suffrage every day,
and 1t will be country of universal
| suffrage eventually-why not now?"
| Those in the party of suffragists
from the twin cities were the state
1 president, Mrs. Andreas LELAND, Mrs.
Albert Mcmahon, Miss Florence Mon
ahan, and Mrs. Charles F. Moller of
Pinewood, Mimi, who came over in
big red Packard car, which was COW
! cred with suffrage banners. Miss
! Humphrey of Minneapolis came by
train in time to be at the meeting
! last night The women are each to
deliver addresses during the program
at Pipestone. Several other notable
| speakers who had intended to make
the trip were prevented by illness
4
Minneapolis the tourists stopped at
| towns enroute and gave street adj
! dresses. They arrived in ST. Peter
about $3.50, and delivering addresses
| at street meeting when Joined by
| Mankato delegation, who came over
| in automobiles to meet them and es-
cort them to this city. The first
| Mankato car to join the suffrage
party was that of Mrs. j. w. Andrews,
with Mrs. Andrews, Mrs. G. H. Traf-
ton president of the Blue Earth
county suffrage association, Mrs. H.
N. Stoddard, secretary, Mrs. d. G.
Willard, treasurer, and Miss Ruby
Westenhaver of The Free Press.
Other cars soon joined the suffragists
! as follows:
Those in Delegation.
Mrs. w. j. Morehart, county or
ganizer of suffrage work; Malcolm
Morehart, Miss Francis of Chicago,
Mrs. w. R. Hammet.
Judge and Mrs. Evan Hughes, Mrs.
! J. j. Davis, who was participant
in the big suffrage parade in Hyde
Park, England, and later in the big
Chicago parade, and her sister, Miss
Frances Minor, and Miss Allie
Thomas.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. D. Fritz of The
Free Press, Mrs. j. R. Brandrup,
| well known club woman, Mrs. A. O.
! Scott, Mrs. F. D. Sleight.
| Dr. and Mrs. C.. j. Holman, the
latter also a well known club woman,
Mrs B. F. Pay, Mrs. ]. P. Messer and
| Miss Florence Messer, of Cedar Rap
ids, Ia, Mr.. and Mrs. F. NJ. Currier.
! Mr.. Currier is president of the Man
kato Commercial club and former
mayor of the city; and Mrs. w. l..
Comstock, wife of Judge COmstock.
Mrs. A. E. Quimby Mrs. A. o.
! Bjelland, Mrs. John Johnson, Mrs.
! George Fischer, Miss Jessie Beckett,
! Miss Lottie Maiers, and Miss Faith
Graham of The Review.
Judge and Mrs. Lorin Cray.
About $50 p. m, the tourists
! formed in line, and with cars dec
Grated with suffrage pennants, drove
into Mankato, parading Front street
as far as Sibley Park and back to
the corner of Cherry and Second
streets.
Fifty People at Banquet.
About fifty people sat down to the
| suffrage banquet at Mitchel's cafe
about 1880 last evening, after which
the street meeting was held on the
street corner opposite the Grand
theatre, the addresses being delivered
| from an open automobile, and at
tended by a large audience of men
and women, among whom could be
seen a number of the prominent law
yers of the city.
Senator J. w. Andrews presided
as chairman of the meeting, and
gave a graceful speech explaining his
stand on the suffrage question be-
fore he introduced the speakers.
| 81 honor these women who have
come to talk to us tonight on suf-
! frage," he said 81 honor them for
| the cause for which they are work.
ing. The women of today are not
asking for privilege, but the right
that belongs to every citizen of the
land. l have always been ardently
in favor of suffrage. When an UNI
BIASED mind hears the arguments
the owner cannot help but be con-
WINGED of it's rights" DR.. Andrews
held up to ridieule the attitude of
the suffragists and the old theory
that women do not want to vote,
stating that in Colorado As to SO
per cent of the total vote cast was
cast by women.
ooh, shame on America-shame on
our free institutions, when we men
deny our women the right to vote,
right which even the foreign
countries are giving to their women. .
| Mac We'll Received
The senator's speech was enthus-
iastically received, and each suffrage
speaker was received with applause.
When, in the course of the evening
| those in the audience who favored
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