The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-03-19

to co operate with them in every re-
spect for better government.
The meeting was disappointed wher
the announcement was made that Sen
ator J. +. Haycraft of Fairmont. who
was on the program for an address
had sent word that he was i'll ant
could not attend.
Address by Dean Vance.
The closing address of the evening
was delivered by William r. Vance
dean OF the law school OF the state
university. In opening his address:
which was short and to the point Dear
Vance said that the present time sig
naliZes new era in political life. Ii
CongratulatinG the women on obtaining
suffrage, he did it seriously or gravelI
for he considered the task the womer
have taken upon themselves as a yer,
T, serious matter. 1t means no less thar
an unlimited partnership in the gov
Hrnment In assuming their duties Il
was urged upon the women to vote
wisely and rightly. In doing this they
must not forget that the great bust
ness of the government is to arrive
at some method Of co ordination Of
ideas. dealing with the government
That task of reaching CO. ordination
is one of the greatest the new voters
will be called upon to work out tC
perfection. The greatest contribution
women will make to political ques
tons will be idealism.
In closing his address. Dean Vance
set forth his instructions to the new
citizens in none points vital to soot
government They were:
Go to the polls; be thoroughly in
formed on the questions upon which
YOU are to vote; ally yourself to the
particular party which best expresses
YOUR ideals of government: do not re
fuse public office when offered TO you
or called to it; CO. operation with such
societies as the Red Cross, ETC., to be
fair in all political policies; to be
tolerant especially to political oppo-
nents; to be generous and cheerful in
face of defeat and among all of the
obligations of the participants in gov
ornment, and above the fact that We
IRE republicans or democrats that we
are Americans, and will place the in
terests of state above those OF indi-
viduals and you must be willing to
suffer and serve just as heroically as
the boys did on the fields of Flanders
and France in order to better your
state, and your nation"
Dean Vance's address was listened
% with marked attention.
The Morning Session.
Miss Wells. first vice president OF
the Minnesota League of Women
Voter president at the opening OF the
meet ing this morning.
The invocation was offered by Rev
L. Ross Paden, pastor of the PreSby-
terrain church.
Following the above. the audience
was favored by piano solo by Miss
Helen Black and violin solo by little
Miss Muriel Kuebler.
The opening address of the morn
ing session was delivered by Mrs. J
w. Andrews. who made deep im-
,rcssicn on the audience in the
points she brought out.
Following Mrs.. Andrews address
the conference on child labor was
taken up. and Mrs. II. Il. Sylvester
took the chair.
DIR. Helen Hughes Hielscher said
that the Development Of the child
has much to do with the history OF
the advancement or the world. In
fact all degrees of advancement oil
the world We're based on child de-
velopement. DR.. Hielscher said that
she was more than pleased to address
the women, for they are, and have
been prominently fitted to deal with
problems of child welfare. They are
the natural educators of the human
race, and at all times and in all ages
they have been working toward the
betterment of the child. Thus wom-
ell are the hand maids of the Lord,
and He has placed in their hands the
molding of the future citizen in the
development of the child.
One pleasing thing to note was the
presence of labor-s saving machinery
of the present day which permits of
the mother to devote more time to
her family. Women over sixty years
ago began to look cut beyond the
the home into the world their chill
dren will have to live The speaker
said that the mothers found much in
he laws. which they did not think
for the best interests of the growing
race. The women used every en-
deavOr to get the ear Of congress in
tLcr efforts for bctterment of the
laws. It was here that the tragedy
Of the struggle commenced.
women found that they had
no legal voice. for the ballot is the
voice OF the nation. She went to the
palaces of justice and asked for that
voice. She knocked for over forty
years on the doors of congress for
admittance, but she was not admitted
until congress knew that she would
kick in the door it it were not soon
opened to her." (Applause)
DR.. Hiclscher >said that the work
accomplished ty the originators OF
the suffrage idea had now turned over
the work to their sisters to perpetuate
and perfect it. ~.
1.-The field of the development OF
the child calls to you from the graves
OF millions OF children, who were the
victims of preventabe and cureable
diseases" said DR.. Hielscher. in citing
the many ills of children, which
should be corrected if we want the
best citizenship to rule in the future.
Duties Of Visiting Nurse.
Mrs. J. r. Brandrup spoke on the
dgties of the visiting nurse. The
speaker said that such person well