Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-05-27
SUFFRAGE MEETING
H. AT PULASKI M. E.

Bloomfield, May 25.-The suffrage
meeting held at the Methodist Eplscopa
church in Pulaski Monday evening was
very we'll attended Four AUTOMOBILES
the John Burgess. H. L. sprowls, H. e
Taylor and c. D. Fortune cars car
ried people Interested in the campaign
| "vote for women Mrs. SproWls
and Mrs. Ben Schlegel, the two ladies'
In the country who with their corps
Of helpers have been so actively en-
gagged in the work, were present. Mrs
Schlegel making very short but 70
the point talk.
Hon. l.. w. Anderson opened tne
meeting and called upon Rev. Won
Hagen to offer prayer, at the conclu-
sion of which Mrs. Sprowls made
short talk and introduced each speak
err. The first to talk, Rev. Won Hagen,
pastor Of the Bloomfield Baptist church,
said in part:
when a small boy heard Susan B.
Anthony at Topeka. Kas, and have
been an ardent supporter OF women s
suffrage ever since. and never nave !
neglected an opportunity In my pulpit
to help the mothers and daughters out
to have a say at the ballot box" Rev.
Won Hagen says it is unconstitutional
to deprive womenkind Of the ballot,
that taxation without representation Is
tyranny" and that was the great cause
that brought about the revolutionary
war. Rev. Won Hagen went on to tell
his familiarity as a settlement worker
in the city of Chicago with the nine
teenth ward corruption and how Jane
Adams. a woman not privileged 10
vote. had succeeded in making such a
bettered condition of affairs.
H~ chr
quartet composed Of Mrs. Ben
Schlesel. Mrs. Joe Ford, Miss Jones
and Miss Alice Jones, sang beautiful
song.
Mrs. C. D. Fortune was then called
upon and said that the injustice Of not
allowing women to vote incensed her.
and that she was not a public speaker
nor a public worker. but she could not
keep still when there was a chance to
boost for votes for woven.
Mrs. Joe Ford Of Cleveland township.
said she was proud Of her districts
showing in the straw vote canvass that
had gone strong for woman suffrage.
Mrs. Ben Schlegel Of Grove township,
said in her straw vote canvass 1t had
been intimated that the place for wom-
en- was at home with her work, but
that the beauty Of it all was that her
work never left home while she was
away, it was all right there to be done.
She also said she had been told Stiles
was a bad place for her to go to vote
but in contradiction said Mr.. Schlegel
had voted there many years and was
lust as nice when he returned from the
polls as he was when he departed to
vote. a.
Prof. H. c.. Brown said he thought
his wife, mother and sister were Just as
capable Of voting as the foreigner, negro
or other lords of creation" The
mother, whose influence the child car
res into eternity, by all means should
be allowed the ballot. The pages Of
history are covered with names Of great
and patriotic women. Our women have
brought about many reformatory move
ments. Prof. Brown said there is no
argument against women voting, 1t Is
just an ti-political scheme. ~.
Mrs. Souers said she was hurridly
called to make a talk and these few
remarks she drew from the store house
Of her own conviction. Her talk was
replete with good reasons why wom-
en- should have the ballot.
Representative Anderson made a
splendid talk, though short, it struck
straight to the heart Of the vital rea-
sons why women should be privileged
was that he noted that all the men In
the house who voted against women
suffrage were the very men who cast
their vote in favor Of the saloon. There
We're many other good reasons offered
by Mr. Anderson that could be used
in the campaign for woman suffrage.
S. A. Stockwell state senator from
Minnesota, whose wife has been presi-
dent Of suffrage movement in that
state ten years then came forward
and gave strong plea in favor Of the
ballot for women.