The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-08-04
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suffrage were asked to raise their
hands the majority of the hands went
up, which was also true at st. Peter.
The slips of membership in the or
ganization were also willingly signed
by large number of people,
Mrs. Albert Mcmahon, who is one
of the most enthusiastic of workers
for suffrage, was the next speaker.
To-day, when the United States
is facing such a live issue that the
president has felt constrained to say
that he is in favor of it, and when
the republican candidate for the
presidency in his speech last night
announced that he was in favor of it.,
when the electoral vote in the equal
suffrage states numbers ninety-one,
it can be seen that suffrage is the
great question of the day." She told
of the origin of the vote, and stated
that woman's suffrage was not an
experiment as it has already been
tried in twelve of the states with
great success.
Right to Protect Homes.
"The time has come when women
need the ballot to protect their bus
mess interests. They must have the
ballot to protect their homes. They
are only asking for the right to pro-
tect their homes. No home is what
it should be unless both father and
mother cooperate together, and
they have both the mans point of
view and the woman's point of view"
She scored the old argument about
women becoming unwomanly if given
the vote and going to the polls.
eff we can associate with men all
the year around and not become I'M
womanV, why should fifteen min
utes at the polls make us so?" she
asked. Then she told of the mistaken
theory that suffrage would dispell
mans chivalry to woman.
mo chivalry of man equals the
courtesy of a politician to his con-
stituents," she said. She told of the
giving of the vote to the foreigners
who come to our shores and the fear
of giving the same right to the
women, who were generally well
educated as about third more girls
than boys graduate from the schools
1--WE would like to feel that the men
and women of Minnesota will stand
back of the women at the polls, and
work toward their getting the vote,'
she said
Remarks BY Rev. CahoonI.
DR.. G.. A. Cahoon, pastor of Cen
tenary Methodist Episcopal church,
was introduced and gave talk that
was short and to the point
81 believe we are united in our
respect to these ladies who have
come to talk to us about this great
REFORM" he said. at is sweeping more
and more throughout the land. l
believe in woman suffrage because
| believe it to be just and right.
believe if we are to have a govern
ment with the consent of the gov
erned, it should not be with the con-
sent of half Of the governed, but
with the consent of all, women and
men, If we are to have a government
for the people it should be for all
the people. l believe in woman's
suffrage because the church believes
in it. | was a delegate recently of
body of our own church, and voted
for a resolution putting the Methodist
Episcopal church on a basis of
working for woman's suffrage. l be-
lieve it to be for the best interests
of the country, and believe in it be-
cause the saloons are against it. One
of the strongest arguments in it's
favor is Home and Motherhood AS
Bryan said, it isn't fair to let those
who rob and despoil to vote, and tie
the hands of the mother when she
wants to protect her children"
Miss Florence Monahan, in brief
talk assured the crowd that it would
have been much p1easanter for the
suffragists to have remained at home
this hot weather, but that they had
come because they believed wom-
ans suffrage the most important
question of the day.
Must Get to Work.
"It seems that Minnesota must get