Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-12-22
WOMEN VOTERS
HOLD CONVENTION

At the first annual convention of the
League of Women Voters held at the
Curtis Hotel, Minneapolis, Mrs. N. o.
Stadium, chairman. and Mrs. J. S.
Hilleboe, of WARREN, and Mrs G. r.
Gillespie, Of Stephen, delegates from
Marshall county, were three of the
seven delegates who represented the
Ninth district, and attended the meet
ings as we'll as luncheon rendered the
out Of town guests by the women of
st. Paul and Minneapolis.
Mrs. Summer T. Mcknight, newly
elected president Of the Fifth District
presided at the luncheon meeting. Mrs.
J. w. Morrison, Of Chicago, told how
civil service laws may. be nullified by
machine politics. The League would
be instrumental in sorting and correct
ing all information of this sort, and
thus aid women in : arriving at the
truth. She also said at "a mass meeting
held in the auditorium that the
Women's League Of Voters was the
child and a very vigorous child of the
Woman Suffrage Association, which
latter organization it's work being COM
pleted at this meeting, drew the curtain
across the stage of it's activities and
ceased to- exist, except lin history.
About 700 women attended the lunch
con and it was an inspiration to listen
to the high aspira lions and ideals the:
leaders of this great organization have
for women, in the construction Of bet
ter laws and through various forms of
legislation making our T. s.. a better.
place In which to. live and bring up our
families.
Mrs. Charles L. Tiffany, director of
the borough Of Bronx, New York City,
for the League of Women Voters, be-
lieves few women will run for state and
national offices, she told Minneapolis
women. Mrs. Tiffany was one Of the
four national speakers who appeared
on the program at the mass meeting
held at the auditorium. The other
SPEAKERS were Mrs. J. w: Morrison of
Chicago, Miss Mary Mcdowell. of
Chicago, and Mrs. F.. Louis Slade, Of
New York. Mrs. Tiffany declared the
reason women will also be- iii the min
Ority for natiOnaf;and state offices is
: the fact that many Of them could not
hold: these offices without neglecting
their homes and that this is not what
the women intend to do with their vote: =
Miss Mary Mcdowell, national chair
man Of Women in Industry, spoke in
very interesting and appealing way on
the unjust laws governing wage earn
ing women, and she told of a great
many instances in connection with her
work to illustrate the fact that the
majority of women in industry were
underpaid and were not protected by
laws which would regulate their hours
Of rest, recreation, and the care of their
children. Miss Mcdowell is known as
the "Angel Of Chicago''-
Mrs. f. Louis Slade, of New York
City, paid very fattering compliment
to the women of Minnesota when she
told them that Minnesota was the best
organized state in the whole National
League of Women Voters. And the
women Of New York recognized this
fact and told Mrs. Slade to come to
Minnesota and see how they did it.
At the luncheon we also had the op-
portunity Of seeing Mr.: and Mrs. Her
bert Hoover. + Mr.. Hoover told the
women he had come on a mission that
involved neither race nor politics, but
the support of the more than $500 900
starving children In Europe. He told
as so would keep one child alive until
the next harvest and asked that every
family plan to have one Of these Gin
visible guests" at the holiday time
Mrs. Walter H. Thorp emphasized
the need for rural women keeping in
touch with the city organization and
announced publication Of monthly
paper by the league to be known as,
''The Woman Voter. Mrs. Thorp will
serve as editor, Miss Emily Kneubuhl
as associate editor, and Miss Gladys
Harrison as business manager.
We also had the pleasure Of hearing
Mrs. T. G. Winter, who addressed the
luncheon December 9Th. Political
parties as of old are dead. The issues
are different now, more social, more
o0m1aon sense government. Nine-tenths
o( good government is living it, the
ether one-tenth is the study of it.
Know your local government, what
kind Of police, kind of milk, water, etc.,
We have. Government, like charity,
begins at home. = E-zz@@~
We also heard Mrs Dieudonne, Min
nesota chairman Child Welfare Com