The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-10-21
MOMAKS
PARTY SPEAKS IN EUREKA
Miss Anne Martin Outlines Pur-
pose of Woman's Party to Large
Audience Monday Evening

Ine INdliOldi WOiiidu . Pal y WV
had been announced to address the
people of Eureka and vicinity. ar
rived here from Elko by auto late
Monday afternoon, and at the hour
appointed for the meeting a large
number had assembled at the Opera
House to hear Miss Martin discuss
the Woman's party issues. After
rendering a number of selections on
Main street, the Lobster Club Band
opened the meeting in the hall by
playing a patriotic number. Mrs.
Rudolph Zadow. president of the Eu-
reka branch of the Woman's Civic
League, presided at the meeting
and introduced the speaker, briefly
stating that Miss Martin was here to
explain why the Woman's party was
organized. and what it was endeavor-
ing to accomplish.
Miss Martin spoke entertainingly
for about an hour and a half, re-
viewing the history Of the Suffrage
movement from the time Susan B.
Anthony drafted her amendment in
1874, and among other matters taken
up and dis cussed, said;
"The only power that has kept.
will keep or ought to keep the coun-
try out of war is the power not of one
man but of the popular WILL" de-
clared Miss Martin, while discussing
the plea of a certain type of campaign
speakers: Support the President.
He has kept us out of war;"
las a matter of actual fact the
reason we have not gone to war is
because the people of the United
States have ardently desired to re-
main at peace" said Miss Martin.
IF the mass of the voters had de-
sired war as they wished for pre-
paredness measures. we should have
gone to war long ago. because we
have a president who has yielded as
has no other president in our history
to emergency demands. But public
opinion, organized and un~organized,
has been against war. The result is
we have kept ourselves out of it.
"At this critical time" said Miss
Martin, lit is important that we as
a nation should put into the hands
of women the power to stand be-
tween the country and precipitate
warfare than to attach ourselves to
a single individual because he has
kept us out of war; We will have
many presidents in the future with
whom the people of the United States
will have to deal and upon whom
they will have to impress their will,
1t is the duty of a democracy to see
that the will impressed upon the
president of the United States is the
will of the whole people,"
Miss Martin concluded by saying.
1.-The vote of peace-loving women ir
the twelve free States will not sup
port Wilson because he has kept Us
out of war; 1t will be turned against
Wilson, because he has opposed the
entrance of women into the nationa
electorate, the greatest safeguard
against war that any nation coulc
have.
President Wilson and his support.
ers are asking the women of the
country to vote for him on the GROUND
that he has kept the country out Of
war, while at the same time he is
using all his great power as president
to deny the women of this country
the right to say whether or not theil
sons shall go to war"
Miss Martin emphasized the non
partisan policy of the Woman's party
stating that the Woman's party wa!
supporting no party and no candi
date, but was opposing President
Wilson and the Democratic candi
dates for the Senate and Houst
throughout the twelve suffrage
States because of the hostile RECORD
the Democratic administration ir
| Congress under President Wilson hat