The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-07-18
Democratic Party Lauded For
WOnan's Rights Plank
Reps Criticized For Making
Ii A State Issue

Before ABOUT LOU Oh tne representa-
tive women of Mt. Vernon, Miss Zara
dupont, president of the Ohio Woman's
Suffrage association and Miss Eliza
beth ]. Hauser, chairman of the organ
ization committee of this state, gave
most interesting talks on equal suf-
rage Friday afternoon at Riverside
park.
The refreshing GOODNESS and beauty
of the park made it an ideal place for
the meeting which was an enthusiastic
congregation.
Meetings have been held in different
parts of the county throughout the
week and local organizations of the as
sociation have been effected at Fred
ericktown, Centerburg and Gambler
Miss DUPONT, who addressed the
meeting first was introduced by Miss
Ila Williams and her address, which
was highly interesting, was along the
lines of the advisability of granting
women the ballot.
Telling of the vile housing conditions
| of the tenement districts in our cities,
of the unsanitary surroundings caused
| by these conditions and, of the prevent
able diseases of which little children
are the victim as a result of them, Miss
dupont stated that the ballot in the
| hands of the women of the country
would exercise enough ct ntrol to les.
sen if not to eliminate them absolute
ly. The speaker dealt with the relief
the ballot in the hands of women
would give to the working women
and illustrated her argument with a
reference to the minimum wage law
which has been enacted in many oi
| the states where the women have the
right of equal suffrage with the men
Miss DUPONT said that the main rea
son why suffrage had not been grant
ed the women was because of thai
phase of human character which tends
to make people ultra-conservativ'
when any radical change from an es
tablished custom is proposed.
"The Chinese" she said, "offeret
the same objections to abolishing tn,
custom of binding the feet of the gir
babies that are offered in the Unite'
States against giving the women tn,
vote, namely, If we do, the womel
will not stay at home any longer an
take care of the family"
! The entire address was replete wit
reference to the states where equa
suffrage has been adopted and tn
good resulting from it's adoption wa
clearly stated.
Miss Hauser's speech was mainl
upon the organization of the associf
! ton and it's work with reference to a.
J tempting to secure the ratification c
equal suffrage by the political partie
of the country.
She commented upon adoption of
suffrage plank in the platforms b
( both the Democratic and Republica
= parties at their conventions this yea
and especially upon the fact that
was adopted by the Democratic part
as national issue whereas the r.
publican party at the Chicago CONVEX
ton had added a clause to the resol,
ton providing that each state shoul
e settle the question for itself.
S Following Miss Hauser, Miss AliC
IS Goddard president of the organizatio
S at Gambler, made a short speech
t. which she expressed the hope that IL
ladies of Mt. Vernon would see fit
1t organize and if they did so that
d might be possible for the other orga
4. izations of the county to hold joil
Ie meetings with Mt Vernon at state
vs. times.
c. Miss Hauser then stated that an O
S. ganization might be effected befol
the meeting closed or that commi