White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-06-16
MISS ANNE MARTIN
DEFINES PLATFORM
AND WAR PROBLEMS


the first woman to run for the senate
of the United States, spoke at the
Bio Hall last evening as an an
nouncement of her purpose in max
ing the run for the senate
Miss Kate Mullen, who is here for
the day on her way to Reno, spoke
briefly OF the opportunity for Nevada
to fulfill a national need by sending
fhe firsi woman to the United States
senate aud quoted letter from
! Frank Walsh in which he expressed
"A desire to help Miss Martin in her
campaign and said Your splendid
conception OF democracy. broad ma
tional viewpoint and economic train
ing all make me sure that YOU will
always be found on the side OF he
producing masses in the giant stfug
gle already staged between producer
and profteer.
DIR Margaret Long OF Denver said
lthat she had come TO work for Miss
Martin because the women of Cole
RADIO were proud to have a western
woman first in the senate and hoped
that Nevada could send woman
there before New York which had
won suffrage later
Miss Martin discussed her platform
and declared for her unqualified sup
port of President Wilson and of the
government to win the war. She
said THE immediate problem before
all thoughtful people is the winning
of the war; the ideal OF German
autocracyy threatens our very civil
ization, the war must be won
through death TO this ideal and
through the fulfillment of the demo-
cratic ideal She spoke of her own
two brothers in France and paid
tribute to the various activities of
women that lessen the horrors of
war. After she had dwelt upon the
necessity of supporting every war
activity and of achieving the maxi
mum In production as war measure
she touched upon the reconstruction
| by again declaring her support of
President Wilson in his plan for a
League of Nations to prevent further
wars.
Is regard To her own candidacy
she said. The welfare of women
and the welfare OF the nation de-
mands that the administrative abil-
! ity of women be used in the higher
Legislative bodies; in this time of
stress when We are conserving our
every resource to fail to use the brain
power of women Is to deprive the ma
ton of fifty per cent of its available
constructive ability. My entrance
into the senate is not so much a per-
sonal thing as it is the symbol of
the entrance of women into the high
est position of service to the nation. :
She spoke OF the winning OF suffrage
as one step and of the entrance OF
women into higher governmental Of
fee as the second step and as con-
tinuation of the suffrage struggle.
She continued: For women to fail
to accept this opportunity for service
is 10 neglect a duty which the war
has made imminent; women are
needed as administrators not only for
the winning of the war but In the
taking OF terms of peace and recon-
struetion that shall follow"
Miss Martin declared for state and
national prohibition and said in re-
gard to prohibition as a war meas
ure: 1--WE know that food will win
the war; We also know that billions
of tons of food stuffs are used every
wear in the manufacture OF beer and
wine, enough to feed an army OF men.
Prohibition as a war measure is then
measure of patriotism and as nee
essary as economy In regard to the
family flour barrel and sugar bowl. :
In regard TO labor Miss Martin said
that she stood squarely behind the
findings of the Taft-Walsh war board
findings and expressed her intention.
IL elected, to make permanent the as
surance to every worker living
wage. sufficient to support a work
man and his family In dececny and
reasonable comfort. She said Now
is the time to look forward to the
interests of labor after the war. The
demobilization of millions of men,
the cessation of war industry ana
the entry of women into idustry
present tremendous problems which
must be solved so as to give the pro
ducing masses this right OF a demo
cratic government 10 a decent Twins
for all England is already organ
izing to that end and President WI
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