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ADVOCATES ff MIS SUFFRAGE WIN APPIAUSE AT LARGE MEETINGMrs. Coffin, Miss Laughlin, Mrs. Hargrove and I. N Stevens of Denver Speak on Question at Meeting Held By Commonwealth Club.Mr*. Lillltn Harri* Coffin, preiid*nt of th« Woman’* Club Uugeo of Cill-fornia, who advocated Woman Suffrage . at th* Parlor Laefur* Club laat night, iMiaa Gail Laughlin, who apoka far Woman Suffrag* at the Parlour Leo-turo Club laat night.What was to have been a debate of the woman suffrage- Question, as out. lined in wits’- !=t !i=sps Aiiiajidment Ko. I, to be vctcd upon at the special election on October 10th, proved to be a strong rally 111 support of the proposition, at a meeting held at the Parlor Lecture Club last night. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Commonwealth Club, and was presided over by J3. SI, Manhelm,Miss Gail Laughlin of Denver, Colo., one of the speakers, was particularly gcod from the oratorical standpoint, and her talk dealt with bed-rock principles most interestingly.In opening the meeting, Mr. Man-helm stated that- there were always some people who were free to express their disapproval of the idea, but when It came to facing un audience, they. were not so ready to come' forward. He denied any specific, application of the remark.Mrs. Lillian Harris Coffin of San Francisco, Who hud much to do before the last legislature in getting the proposed amendment submitted, was Introduced as the flrat speaker. Her argument ’was brief, saying that It was difficult to realize that any argument should be needed at .all. The women were simply askingthat the' word male .be stricken from the state constitution, V--. .That word. was. written there In the . “days-of - ox-teama-and' the .vprnirlc' schooner, and -iB certainly os much out of flats as Is Jlie oi-taafn iti, cun- j trast with the flying machine, she1 ■aid. fiuch a. constitution could not - be-triad#' today; and 'for 'that“»asotr Jt should now be removed. This legal obatruotlon rIio u Id not longer he permitted to remain In the constitution,'’ declared the speaker.MADERAN SPEAKS.-----------Mrs. Robert L. Hargrove of 'Madera, vice'president of the Stato Federation of Women's Clubs, followed with a brief resume of the growth of the seniment In favor of woman suffrage among the clubs. “Two years ago, said Mrs, Hargrove, the mere mention of the nub joes met with .decided disapproval at club gatherings and was always left off the proKrtim. last year, at a slate gathering Longzcn by the process of naturalization, cuulil have In him the profound feel-flTrTrr::! ut the American woman, nor could lie understand the in nailing or the names of Washington and those who assisted him in gaining freedom for an oppressed people, and yet sho Is not permitted tr vote, white he is.STEVENS SAYS JUSTICE.I. N. Stevens of Denver, Colorado, xald lie hud been in the state two days and had made tlireo speeches, but had not found one man openly opposed to WOmfin suffrage. He contended that the question ' of woman suffrage was. kq fair and so just that it Is hard to conceive how women, under a democratic form of government could oppose -it. Slcvens traced the eource_af human.government -back to the days of tho-cave dive He re. when force guv© the strongest man ht« position us a ruler ovcr.hfH fellows, and that Idea has come down. In a large measure, to- the present dav. Bar-bsntnn ideals, maintained unconsciously, and because' the responsibility Jn matters of government wag riot spread upon all the people, was cfled as a reason why today the large' corpora-Usjis. arc .conducting till the enterprises, or nearly all, that are yielding a profit, while the government Is oper--ating those Institutions which arc con-,os,i-: Ho- also said that tiiearsuinuuts now licnrd against wo-•kkff suffrage have .been.-used before, against giving the bullot to men.Referring to how woman su ft ra.noAOl’Kdll in P/lJ'Vr'til/V tl.n • •suffrage was unanimously carried bv a vote representing more than T0.060 women in this state.. Vdmen own property and take much Active ri part In the promotion of the ;J!«W*0:-W^9y%.-.®!»v*'»w?d,- yet- they; Cannot demand the' same rights as Wouid be granted them if they could vote. “Two hundred years ago my people rami, to this country. euld Mrs. Hargrove; they fought the Indians, and braved the struggles and the storms that ensued.” Which led her •to-contend-that- no man,- made'a clti-Get the Best PaintsThere arc many kinds and brands of paints. Some sell at what seem‘to be »high prievr, and others-eell at !ow prices. The difference is nut a real difference of prices. It is a difference, in quality. We have the beat of ffihSnTTmiltw ‘auK we eeiHhtr-iii prtocK tliat-iire as low as 1a' possible for the high grade of paints.BALLWALL PAPER GO.:,;^14-16-J:STTS:£ET.^?‘Th®iLiH._Polpoid.o._Uic. speaker- said that in the_ residence section of Denver - per cent more women voted than men; that at the last election. 35.000 women were registered and 31.00D of them cast .their- ballot.SPEAKER FORCEFUL. ~«.hiir,-Qail•• La,l,Bhlin' sl*° oif Denver, f mD 1,UB ht'Ctl « “Ctivu worker in the., cause of woman euf-trnge, made an aggressive and convincing argument, and received a deal ot applause as she proceeded. She cotildn t understand the logic of an nrjrumcnt nj-ainst woman suffrage, she saw. In the faeo of the fact that men who were not property owner# Were 1.. anything about It, whiletnat was usually one of the llret oblee-tloos offered by those opposed to granting woman tho franchise.female suffrage ha# not made 'h oli’V heuv':n~,,ot 3’ct' «lic -said.‘I has,.ni,nle conditions a great -deal .belter.. Iu^olora,io-the firstlaws Elm . 9 wc,™lt;tn 'ere granted theright to vote were calculated to give some attention to the moral quest Iona as well as the ertf]i:nrrcial .onosrWH75Fr seemed to huve oeeuplud tho minds of the sterner aex before the adroit of woman In politics hi that, stato,I articular stress was laid on the fact Hun Colorado leads the whole country-in- the-protection of children. People even from across tho water! have declared the juvenile court system, tlrst worked mu In that state to bn.the finest in the world. In Colorado. continued -tlm speaker, people consider-the children os Important a crop as Is grown in the state, and they bellevo in giving every boy anti every glr! an equal chance to make good, oven though their parents may ah,c to B,vc thcm 11 CONDEMNS STORY. t »\V ?r,tr,clc which apponred in the Journal.some. tltite ago, wiiteti bo* been much used bv those opposed to grunt lag women the elective fr«nch|sc. came in for a deal of severe criticism, and Hiss Laugh/ftc-itecfar«1 that the whole story- -wris * -•.“Vbrlcatlon. - She handled Mr. t,tuic the article, without gloves, ntuf recited considerable his- in connection -with the matter.told how prominent1 h«lv lt;R t olorado hud lcen offered isoo to write it story against woman suffruw- ,lt;l,vl wr»l Iliac alio p.t .one© rnfuswd. Barrio 1pcr* bail published nn nrliale in Peafsou s e“l ^!Tcn vo,,B1?- 1,irh prompted !l?“! the- Tkiblishcra—of tho Ladles'- Hnnin I*'”’ Journal p. send Runic t» Colorado to ,-1, 1 get up such a story as they wanted lanlt;l!mTJ in=1*lfEvamts knmcn ttiat IbusyThat subtle symptom uf ' MM-' die Age when the eyes full to sec.... . 5 Knmcn.. . Oining to Renvcr. 'fhe women .r tlial city decided that they would!1- -fKr.tut bun no interview and would not i1’10 any thing to do with him in nn.v I ,R lei. In His article i„. quoted !V,M Sjouo of me most prominent tvometi of !a|. lull stale a- ..i.jij)i!aing- woman suf- {nrid I I'll fil’, site fciild. And since till, publl- Incm f till: Tiurrie nrtic.lc. they l,ava .i*'1* enylng (he ulleged Inter- *!«lt;■tiens. licet1 nti.iudlni! v.itb ri slroitR tdea .rx- I prcssnic (,„■ h„w; nn o.i.dmr tcrt,i mi. tlic fact wuuld be lte.rnlrled over I- mitimt that I'uiirnrnlft liarl lie woman suffrnfi,. aim nil men t. she W-'-ted with much applause.mntmil a vote of thanks wits **-' 10 ‘l1'1' ■Pt'Hk.w by the lneni-n ni,. r nmnmnwenlrli dub for s tnp db'Cii'isi'iig of Hi*, question.OnR A N'T1 A P’f vjt a tvtliavt
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Fresno Bee
Fresno, California, US
Fri, Sep 15, 1911
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