Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-21

| frage workers, where MIS- AlNLiSSIoi
was the speaker for Maine. 1t is hoped
that a little later in the season Mrs
Garfield may return to again lend mel
efforts to the work.
! The State campaign committee dis
cussed many matters Of interest and
importance at it's monthly session in
Portland, May IS. In her report, Mrs
Deborah Knox Livingston Of Bangor
chairman Of the committee, said that
it was possible to give only fleeting
glimpse here and there of the endless
round Of duties which devolve not only
upon the chairman but upon all those
associated with her in the carrying
out of the campaign plans.
She spoke in detail Of the work OF
Mrs. Mary Grace Garfield in Piscata-
! ouis county; of Miss l.. Lola Walker in
/ Sagadahoc, An6roscoegin and Frank
I lin counties: of Mrs. Katherine H. Mil
I lard Of North Adams. Mass. in Penob-
J scot county: and of the recent coming
! into the State Of Mrs. Albert McMa-
hon. who has had wide experience In
campaign work
Mrs. Livingston also spoke Of the
work which she has done in the field
! Of the ten days speaking tour Of Mrs
Sara S. ellison of Boston, Of the circu-
lartzation OF the clergy Of the State
and the progress Of other details Of the
j work
! I'VE are finding splendid support
! wherever we can reach the people. u
she said in closing, land we feel sure
that victory shall be ours if everybody
does his or her part"
A most interesting inter- COLLEGIATE
pnze essay contest has come to a
close in Maine within a few days. This
: is the contest arranged under the di-
rection of the department of scientific
! temperance instruction of the Maine
w. Z. T. u, of which Mrs. Beulah S.
= OAton OF Rockland is superintendent.
The general subject for the ESSAYS
was, Relation of individual Absti-
nence to the Prosperity of the Nation. -
and special theme topics were, Per
manehcy of Natural Life as Affected
; by lntoxicantS"; THE Principle of
Proh1bltion"; why National Prohibi-
tion?"
! Inc essays were graded on clear
ness Of thought, accuracy of state
ment, and originality of thought and
the maximum number of words was
Sooo and the minimum number 5000.
! Two prizes were offered. the first
twenty-five dollars and the second fif-
teen dollars. and the first prize ESSAY
will be entered in a National contest
prize 500. The Maine college prize
fund was the gift of the following
prominent men of the State, Gov. Carl
p. Milliken. Ex-Gov William T. Cobb
Ex-Gov. William T. Haines, U. S. Sen
ator Bert Al: Fernald. Congressman Ira
. q. Hersey, Hon. Norman l.. Bassett
Hon. Harry NJ. Smith and Hon. Ed
ward NJ. Lawrence
Inc work has been taken up at the
University of Maine under the direc-
tlon Oh Prof. Roland p. Gray at Colby
under Prof. Harry Brown, at Bowdoin
under Prof. w. 3. Mitchell, and at
Bates under the direction of the tenn
perance department of the Y. NJ. c. A,
The essay work is being more and
more taken up by the colleges and uni
versities throughout the country and.
last year the $500 prize went to a stu
dent in the University of North Da-
kota. In 1915 a Maine boy in Dart
mouth won the prize.
Mrs. Deborah Knox Livingston.
chairman of the State suffrage cam
paign committee. addressed the Mems
Club of the Baptist church. Rockland,
on the evening of May II.
Mrs. Katharine H. Willard of North
Adams. Mass. was the speaker before
saltwater Grange, May 16, and on
Sunday evening. May 20, will speak at
church service in Fairfield From
Fairfield Mrs. Willard will GO to Port
land. where she will make her head
quarters for the present.
1t is significant fact that Dr. Anna
Howard Shaw of New York. honorary
| president of the National Suffrage As
ISOLATION, has been made chairman OF
the Committee on Women's Defense
,, Work, section Of the Council OF Ma
| tional Defense. This committee. OF
which DR.. Shaw Is chairman repre-
sents all the women's organizations of
the country which arc working for war
| relief. There are eight members be-
sides DR.. Shaw and two OF these are
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, president
Of the National Suffrage Association.
and Mrs. Stanley Mccormick, second
vice-president of the Association,
Those who recognize the importance
of the ballot for women believe that
governments derive their just powers
from the consent of the governed.
that democracy is "a government OF
the people, by the people. and for tho
people; that women are people and
are governed: that no state can he n
true democracy in which one hair the
people are denied the right to vote:
that women need the vote for the same
reason that men need It: that because
laws regulate a womans life and the
lives of her children. and because they
tax her property and may even sen.
tence her to death. she should have
the right to share In the making Of the
laws; that democracy bids everyone
stand up and be counted. and that on
Election Day no one may bo counted
for more than one.
II you believe this Join the move.
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