The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-29

this is not the first defeat Every
big thing that lis done comes through
fighting and difficulties. But the days
of fighting are past The progress
sive wing of the republican party has
Endorsed equal suffrage"
The, speaker then read indorse
ments of the project from members
of the conservative or stalwart Sec
ton
Woman's Viewpoint Best.
''Womans life, the life of wife and
mother. give her valuable view
point" he said. st is natural that
women should be first in pure food
agitation, child labor movements and
sweat shop agitation. They are for
clean cities, and all that helps to up
lift the morals of their children. The
reflex action on the men is good.
Now, only a few women take interest
in the issues of the day. With the
women voting, 1t will lead to a better
and wider discussion of issues
around the family council, and will
lead to wiser and better conclusions
on the part of the men. Women at
the ballot box will raise the integ-
rity of public servants. Women have
rights, many of them have estates,
many earn their own living 1t ia
simple justice that they should have
some expression in the laws Of the
land"
In England at one time it was
necessary for man to own a donkey
in order to vote. If his donkey died,
or he had none, then he couldn't
vote. This leads to the belief that
1t was the donkey and not the man
that controlled the voting. Mr. Thorne
said. And" he added, Il believe
there's few samples of this animal
voting today in this country"
The speaker attacked the fanciful
creation of hot air and lace to which
extremists have tried to make Of
women Of the present day. He at
tackled their theories of this butterfly
who few years ago was a slave but
who is now painted as an airy little
piece Of humanity who must be put
on a pedestal. Must she abandon
all pratical things and chirp and sing
for man he asked.
Would Push Away Pedestal.
"She must share in the worlds
work. Knock the pedestal out from
under her. let her get her feet on
solid ground. Put her on an equal
ity with you. Let her be what she
is, human being, respected and hon
ored. In cave days, she was mans
slave. We have elevated her to the
other extreme. Let US welcome her
as fellow human being, endowed
by the Maker with the same intellect
and power. 1t would be a splendid
act of chivalry, of knightly courtesy
and Of true wisdom to welcome her
as citizen in the government of the
new world"
The illustrations, stories and argu-
ments which the speaker used in his
suffrage talk evoked frequent ap
plause.
Iowa MoIding Men.
Iowa is great state with a great
future" Mr.. Thorne declared, in
closing. He drew a little contrast
between. the ideals of the east where
knowledge, wealth, the possession of
great grandfathers are considered
essentials, and the west where action
and ability counts most. Here in
the west you can listen to the music
of Gods factory he said, where
you are molding and forming the fin
est type of mankind on earth and on
the shoulders of you people must fall /!
the task of wrestling with and solv- |
ing the problems of the day"
A number of the officers and direc- !
tors of the Civic league were seated |
on the platform last evening. They |
were Mrs. Winona p. Reeves. Miss
Caroline Baldwin, Mrs ]. J. Ayres, /
Miss Nettie Younker Miss Rachael
Roberts and Miss Ida Gordon
Howell