The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-06-21
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with incalculable force. All the stuff
rage states are helping in this job,
too, as the congressional delegates at
Washington can testify. woman
voter can urge congressman to vote
right on women's measures in a way
that is effective
Mrs. Codding on Program.
Mrs. ]. K. Codding. wife of the
warden of the state penitentiary, is on
the program for this afternoon. Her
speech eulogizes the women of Kan
sas for their patriotism and their work
in building up the state. She declared
that the Kansas woman has given her
sons to the army without faltering.
when in camp or on the field of
battle, it will he the teachings of
mother that will hold him up to his
moral standard, make him a good
fighter and true and, when victory
to the defeated foe and a protection
to the women and children
Mrs. Codding closed with an appeal
that women should be watchful to see
that no relaxation of laws or morals
follow the war declaration.
There is tendency in this stress
to overlook the enforcement of the
safeguards which have been thrown
around the schJCl and the care of
women" she declared. LAS mothers,
we should teach the great danger of
such a course in the conduct of our
public affairs
other speakers of the day are: Mrs.
Waite, Mrs. DeWitte c. Nellis, Mrs.
III. o. Garvey, Miss Effie Graham,
Mrs. A. Marburg, Mrs. Melissa Hoff-
man and Mrs. Mitchner.
Mrs. NelIis on "Kansas."
One of the afternoon addresses was
by Mrs. DeWitte C. Nellis, on the
subject of the Kansas Native Daugh-
tiers. Kansas" Mrs. Nellis said, lis
the concrete result of the. thoughts
and deeds of the brave and unselfsh
sons and daughters of pioneers, who
are the foundation stones upon which
our present citizenship is built The
new generation cannot realize the
sacrifices made in early days by the
builders of the state for the principles
that make our state great. My earliest
recollections are filled with stories of
those early hardships and heroic
deeds.' Mrs. Nellis told of the work
of her father, the earliest resident
minister in Kansas, who preached
from his pulpit, abolition, prohibition
and equal suffrage. She gave an &C
count of the organization of the early
suffrage societies for campaigns. our
native daughters and adopted daugh-
tiers should acquaint themselves with
the lives of those pioneer workers"
Meaning of BallOt-Mrs. Carney.
Mrs H. o. Garvey, president of the
Kansas Federation of Women's clubs,
made an informal address on w hat
the Ballot Has Meant to Club Wom-
en-" 1.-The women of this state" she
said have learned the value of suf
frage, first by the exercise of the mu-
nicipal franchise, and in later years,
by state and national suffrage. 1t has
given US in legislative work, sense OF
power, which we could use directly
in gaining the measures that women
wanted, which is UNNECESSARILY super
ior to the old indirect influence
method. Men are taking an interest
in the work fostered by women. They
are asking our help as they never did
before, and we have the joy of know
ing that we are useful to the good
measures they are furthering, as they
are useful to the ones In which we
are interested. 1t is making for CO.
operation between men and women,
and it gives to club women the means
of putting into effect the good meas
ures of their corporate planning.
Miss Graham Tells of Combats.
Miss Effie Graham, author, speak
er and club woman, was on the pro-
gram for a speech on Council and
Combat" There are noted councils
in our state, and there have been and
are yet to come some noted combats-
It is only when combatS are between
individuals for personal gain that we
deprecate the situation. When wo-
men join to fight common enemy
there is power in the combat. Suf-
frage won in this state because able
women wanted it more than anything
else.
since then little has been done for
women. There was no need for us to
win such an achievement and then
pass the power so gained over to those
who really have no good feeling for
the cause. These people are willing
to garner our votes for their own
granary and take the plums for their
trucking friends. After suffrage car
l,-in ha ~ n
arena. We have said that women did
not want to hold office. The men of
Kansas were willing, when suffrage
carried. that women should have Of
flee. But when we held back, the
masculine office seekers sought our
support, and now, after four years of
suffrage. we have not as many women
in office as states that have not the
suffrage. We need a second free day.
i''Any group of enfranchised people
in a commonwealth, who are not con-
sidered capable of doing the work of
that state in a high or low plane, is a
detriment and danger to the states
life. Witness the colored people Of
the south and the un-Americanized
foreigners where they are congregat-
ed. Councils and combats are need
ed now to secure for woman an equit-
able recognition in public life. Kansas
women must sink their personal COM
bats for this. We must stand to-
gether without worry as to who shall
stand first in the line"
Mrs. Marburg's Stories.
Mrs. A. Marburg was on the pro-
gram for a speech on kansas and
Her WomenfolkS." She brought to
the meeting the sauce of humor and
the spice of variety. Her speech was
made up entirely of short stories of
men and women and war
Mrs Mitchner on Temperance
Mrs Lillian Mitchper spoke on THE
| Temperance Zone" Mrs. Mitchner is
president of the Kansas w. c. T. L.,
| and she urged upon the association an
active interest in the problem of ere
ating and maintaining the temperance
| zone around the military camps. She
spoke of conditions of vice and intern
perance that threaten the camps.
| Extend Association Work.