The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-10-11
GREAT AUDIENCE
HEARS DR.. SHAW
One Of Americas Most Noted
Women breaches Gospel
Of Woman Suffrage.
AUDITORS ARE sWAYED
Convincing Arguments Are Ad-
vanced Why Women Should
Vote the Same as Men.

DR.. Anna Howard SHAW, honorary
president OF the National Woman
Suffrage Association. adGTusued an
Immense crowd in the court house
hcre Tuesday night. Tho room was
packed like RardiRCs and maay werO
unable to hear tho speaker "a thoy
could not get in. Sho was given rnpt
attention. She swayed har audience
TO both laughter aud toars. DR..
Shaw said:
Mrs. President, MIR. Chairman. la
and Gentlemen:
1t almost seems Incredible that Il
should BIO necessary 10 speak upon
the subject which has called US to-
gether here tonight. 1t would bo in
credible, II Il were not equal to tho
preaching OF the Gospel OF Jesus
Christ-that It Ia absolutely essential
after all these years to proach tho
Gospel regularly and to keep on
preaching II, and preaching 1t, and
preaching II, in order that the people
may beliete. Now. II we havo to
preach the Gospel year In and year
out, century after century, in order
to make men and women desire the
right things spiritually, we ought not
to feel as II 1t were incredible that
we have to preach other gospel ovol
and over again to make mon see the
justice Of a principle.
The Difficulty Of our position is moi
SO much that people are opposed to
1t. but that people do not think. II
people would only think for few
minutes, absolutely feel sure that
the Acknowledgement OF the women OF
this country would appear to them
as the most ridiculous thing in our
nation. think in one hundred years
| from now some Mark Twain or other
comedian. will write a humorous his
tory Of our country ana tnat the most
humorous thing OF all will be the at
titude of this nation toward its won.
en-. There Is no other country IN
the world which has subjected ita
women TO the political indignity which
Is imposed upon the women OF the
United States. ! know some Of you
will not think II is true; but an
going to prove 10 you thai It Is true
German women are governed by Gen,
man men. II is not right, nor fair
but there Is tie between people Of
the same race, the same nation, tn,
same blood, the same country. which
does not make 1t so great an indig
nifty that German men govern German
women as 1t would II German MOI
governed English women; but in I'm
) gland English men govern EnglIsl
women, and in France French mel
govern French women; but in thes,
United States, every kind OF mar
under the sun governs American WON
en-fGom black to white, from red Il
yellow-therc isn't race Of mer
upon which the sun shines that doe,
not contribute to the government O
native born American women. and M
other nation has ever subjected III
women to the control OF any men out.
side OF their own race, their own PEG.
pie. Yet, women of this country con.
trolled in that way have been pro.
testing for nearly seventy years
against this indignity. Now, We
know there are some women who dc
not protest; there are some women
who are perfectly satisfied with con.
ditions as they are. They do not oh.
ject that in this country men have
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