The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-04
2 WOMEN CLUBS
IN BIG ROW OVER
The GOVERNOR
Both Want Chief Executive All
to Themselves Jan. 20.
Each Invited Him To Deliver
an Address.
HE ACCEPTED INVITATIONS
Now Native Daughters and Kan.
Day Club Women Scrap.
Neither Is Willing To Share
Honor With the Other.
HE ACCEPTED INVITATIONS

topeka C1uD WOIIlG1 lldNO AlOt pAS7
cipitated a new row in week. Now
they are cooking a new one. 1t con-
Germs and interests prominent wom-
ems club leaders in all sections of
Kansas. And the row concerns the
right, title and interest of the women
to one or more speeches by Governor
Capper Kansas Day January 20.
Since the club women-and Incl
dentally a few church organizations
to the mat concerning the vile,
evil and deadly cigarette, a turbulent
calm existed-on the surface. But
away down at the grass roots the
leaders were Matching new source of
trouble to be added to an extensive
repertoire of troubles. There isn't
a bit of foolishness about this new
row, either. The new trouble is devoid
of camouflage, barrage and smoke
screen maneuvers. 1t is an out in the
open, hand to hand combat with the
states own beloved and native born
governor as the unwilling victim re-
gardleSS of ultimate results.
How Row Started.
1t all happened this way Two
separate, distinct and more or less
antagonistic female organizations
asked Governor Capper~ to make
speeches Kansas Day. He accepted
both invitations, just as any perfectly
obliging, unselfish and ambitious
governor might Now both female
ernor shall make just one speech.
They are determined. that speech shall
be before their club. And if the gov
ernor makes just one speech, he is
certain to guess wrong so far as one
side of the row is concerned. If he
makes two speeches, he must exercise
wonderous tact and diplomacy in
breaking up at least one prolonged
luncheon party. And two speeches
may not prove better than one.
You see it was like this.
The Women's Kansas Day club is
an old established and very formida BILE
and dignified organization. Each
Kansas Day it holds an afternoon ses-
sion. Many native daughters come to
the meeting from all sections of the
fatty, firmly and sometimes rather
abruptly refused to permit a mere
man to talk at one of the meetings
This year the women decided to honor
Governor Capper. the states first ma
tive son governor. So he was invited
to speak.
While the Women's Kansas Day
club was busy with these plans, the
Native Daughters of Kansas were in
executive session. Their membership
is composed of Kansas born women.
Being the native daughters of Kansas
members of the club decided they
should in right. justice and proper
spirit t-old their meeting Kansas Day.
They also decided they should honor
the governor with an invitation.
Governor Equal to Task.
So the Native Daughters invited the
governor to speak. He accepted. The
Women'S Kansas Day club also in
vited the governor. Having made as
many as fifteen speeches a day in a
campaign, the governor didn't regard
thef second invitation as an unusual
test. So he accepted the second in
vitation also.
That night members of Native
Daughters told their friends The
women of the Kansas Day club told
their friends. The two sets of friends
compared notes. The next day the
Native Daughters "froze" the women
women of the Kansas Day club came
right back freezing the Native
Daughters
OF course the governor didn't mean
any harm. After all, governor is
only human. And when a governor
desires to5 graduate from the COVER
nor's chair to the United States sem
ete. he would rather speak twice than
once Somehow, tho, the club women
couldn't get the right view of the
matter.
Now both sides are making strategic
retreats an a Tances.
Mrs DeWitte G. Ne1lis, command
ing the forces of the Native Daughters
is driving toward the first trenches
of the women's Kansas Day club in
massed formation They assert thev
invited the governor first. It's their
meeting, anyhow. And some other
things.
Have Endurance Contest.
With Mrs. A. Marburg commandins
the ranks of the trained and carefully
organized women's Kansas Day club,
the club has sent word it is ready for
battle. In fact Mrs. Marburg has led
thanking movement that seems to
have cut off the NeIlis forces. Under
Mrs Marburg's command, the women's
Kansas Day club has increased its
talent. The plan, as outlined by first
trench observers, indicates an endur-
ance speaking and eating contest
with the clubs members and guests
doing both the eating and speaking
If the thanking movement is sue
cess, the women's Kansas Day elut
will begin its operations about an hour
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