The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-18
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quorum.
| Section 4. A majority Of votes
| cast shall constitute an election.
Section s. Vacancies shall be
| filled through nomination and
election of o4icers and board OF
directors.
ARTICLE vi. Section /.
Committees shall be appointed by
| the president upon demand Of the
work of the federation.
| Meet Once Year.
| ARTICLE VII. Section 1. The
| meetings Of the federation shall
| be held once year and upon call
by the president or upon written
request from three members.
ARTICLE VIII. Section 1. A
quorum shall consist Of twenty
five (25) women.
ARTICLE TX Section ! This
constitution may be amended up
on demand Of the work Of feder-
| alton by a two-thirds vote Of those
! present at an annual or called
meeting Of said federation.
"Civics" Too Small.
"The Civic league could have done
| the work that this organization has
undertaken If it had sufficient organ
ization back of it, said Miss Brown,
before submitting the proposed con-
stitution.
"'The constitution as presented is
only in embryo and we shall be glad
to receive suggestions and make
changes"
One of the articles which calls for
payment of twenty-five cents as
dues, annually, was explained by
Mrs Hornish as means of lending
dignity to the work at hand.
Financial Angle.
eff a woman feels that she is fin
ancialfy interested in a thing, no
matter how small, her assistance will
be the greater" she said.
Mrs. F. c. Edwards, wife Of the
Rev. Mr.. Edwards Of Trinity Metho-
dist church, was one OF those oppos-
ing at first the name Of the organ
ization embodied in the constitution.
"Why not call it the 'Women's Fed
Grated Law Enforcement club?" she
asked.
COR the Cleanup club" suggest
ed Mrs. S. E. Hancock.
pressing the public's view of the
WOulSA lSuSA IIAoAh WeS~1 oAoSN'SSN ~
some length.
Trouble the Judge.
'The Third street gang as the
state agents call them, are said to
be laughing at u.s." said Mrs. Hornish.
But we are in this for serious bust
ness. We are going to trouble the
judge until we get real law enforce
ment."
as it better to be inundated into
silence by gangs who laugh at us or
to weep bitter tears at results be-
cause of inactivity now, twenty
years later?" asked Mrs. 0. W..
Weyer.
Relates Incidents. -.
Mrs. Hornish related the incident
of a Second street woman who is
said to be lying i'll in bed. She was
informed that the police were to make
a raid one afternoon. Pearson is
going to raid us again and I don't
want to lose fifty dollars worth of
stuff like l did last time" the woman
is said to have told her informant.
when the soldier boys came
at Christmas time" continued Mrs
Hornish 81 am told that one Of them
was drunk and clinging to two COM
panions for support before he reach
ed Fourth street. He couldn't get
by the Third street gang.
Girls Drawn in.
young girls from our very best
homes are being drawn into these
nets of vice. 1t is for us to protect
our boys and girls. We can only do
it in union for in union and numbers
thera ia siren 9Th !"
Miss Ada Starkweather, a national
figure in Young Women's Christian
association work, spoke to the fed
Grafton.
Behind Great Movement.
ct is fine thing that the mum |
icipalities of the country are taking |
a cue from the government in estab- |
fishing better physical. moral and |
spiritual standards" she said. "You !
women are in a great movement for |
betterment To make the home town |
a better place for these soldier boys |
from the war"
Committee Named.
A nominating committee was made |
up of Mrs. Young, Mrs. John Elgin,
Mrs. H. w Huiskamp, Mrs. Hancock
and Mrs. Maude Larson.
An executive committee is compos-
ed OF the following women:
Methodist Protestant church-Mrs. |
A. B. Grout, and Mrs. Harvey Miller.
St Johns Episcopal-MissE Eleanor
Brown and Miss Cora Parsons.
Second Presbyterian-Mrs. Geo.
Gunner, Mrs. Maude Larson and Mrs.
5 E. Hancock.
Y. w. c. A.-Miss Laura L. Null
ord and Miss Martha Hornish.
Swedish IntheTm-Mrs. C. w.
ANTI and Mrs. S. S. Franzen.
Salvation Army-Ensign Kuhlman
md Ensign Koppell.
Unitarian-Mrs. Chas. Wickham
md Mrs. H. O. Whitney.
Baptist-Mrs. Vincent Phillips and
drs. H. w. Huiskanp.
Trinity NJ. E.--Mrs. John Elgin
md Mrs. Della Hopkins.
First Christian-Mrs. Roscoe Lowe