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WOMEN DISCUSS BALLOT
Suffrage and Training for Girls Subjects Before W. C. T. U.

Multnomah County W. C. T. U. held a county institute Tuesday at Calvary Presbyterian Church. The subjects up for papers and discussion were women suffrage and industrial training for girls. Mrs. Alice Hanson opened with a paper, “The Power of Women Without the Ballot,” showing the good work done during the ages, in spite of great obstacles. Mrs. Houston told of the need of the ballot to enable women to carry reform measures. A discussion followed, in which emphasis was laid on the need of a direct method of attack through the ballot, rather than an indirect one of petition through personal appeal. Mrs. Markham told “Why the State Needs My Ballot,” showing that in the states where the ballot prevails the first work has been to obtain legislation protecting women and girls and children in the labor world. She quoted from the Governors of states where women vote, testifying to the good work accomplished therein in passing and enforcing good laws. Miss F. Gottshall gave reasons “Why I Want the Ballot.” She said: “It will give me the power to correct many abuses. I can work for the safety and protection of little children any young girls. Let us prepare ourselves for the ballot.”
Mrs. Lora C. Little spoke on “Harmful Drugs,” speaking of a long list of soothing syrups, headache powders and the like which contained opium, caffeine and cocaine and are highly dangerous. She condemned many soft drinks.
After a lunch hour in the basement, the programme was taken up. Mrs. M. L. Hidden told of the social and red letter days of the W. C. T. U., which have been observed for many years, Mothers’ day being one of them, and Frances Willard Memorial day another. Mrs. L. H. Additon and Mrs. L. Baldwin talked on the girl problem, emphasizing the need of proper training of these, “for the girls of today are the mothers of tomorrow.” They advocated an industrial training school for delinquent girls, and the need of preventive and education work in their behalf. They emphasized the need of woman’s vote, as well as old-fashioned mothers.
Mr. Crichton enumerated the laws for the protection of women and girls on the Oregon statute books, and urged the need of having them enforced. A medal contest was held in the evening. Fine music was interspersed with the readings.

WOMEN DISCUSS BALLOT
Suffrage and Training for Girls Subjects Before W. C. T. U.

Multnomah County W. C. T. U. held a county institute Tuesday at Calvary Presbyterian Church. The subjects up for papers and discussion were women suffrage and industrial training for girls. Mrs. Alice Hanson opened with a paper, “The Power of Women Without the Ballot,” showing the good work done during the ages, in spite of great obstacles. Mrs. Houston told of the need of the ballot to enable women to carry reform measures. A discussion followed, in which emphasis was laid on the need of a direct method of attack through the ballot, rather than an indirect one of petition through personal appeal. Mrs. Markham told “Why the State Needs My Ballot,” showing that in the states where the ballot prevails the first work has been to obtain legislation protecting women and girls and children in the labor world. She quoted from the Governors of states where women vote, testifying to the good work accomplished therein in passing and enforcing good laws. Miss F. Gottshall gave reasons “Why I Want the Ballot.” She said: “It will give me the power to correct many abuses. I can work for the safety and protection of little children any young girls. Let us prepare ourselves for the ballot.”
Mrs. Lora C. Little spoke on “Harmful Drugs,” speaking of a long list of soothing syrups, headache powders and the like which contained opium, caffeine and cocaine and are highly dangerous. She condemned many soft drinks.
After a lunch hour in the basement, the programme was taken up. Mrs. M. L. Hidden told of the social and red letter days of the W. C. T. U., which have been observed for many years, Mothers’ day being one of them, and Frances Willard Memorial day another. Mrs. L. H. Additon and Mrs. L. Baldwin talked on the girl problem, emphasizing the need of proper training of these, “for the girls of today are the mothers of tomorrow.” They advocated an industrial training school for delinquent girls, and the need of preventive and education work in their behalf. They emphasized the need of woman’s vote, as well as old-fashioned mothers.
Mr. Crichton enumerated the laws for the protection of women and girls on the Oregon statute books, and urged the need of having them enforced. A medal contest was held in the evening. Fine music was interspersed with the readings.

SUFFRAGIST DECLARES T.R. IS HALFHEARTED

Espousal of Cause Criticised [sic] at Meeting by Mrs. Helen H. Greely.

Theodore Roosevelt’s recent editorial in the Outlook was mde the butt of criticism by the New York suffrage leader. Mrs. Helen H. Greely, one of the speakers at last night’s reception of the Portland Woman’s Suffrage League in the home of Mrs. J. G. Gauld, on King street. The editorial was declared to be a half-hearted espousal of the cause and based upon grounds that the leaders of the movement care very little about while Mr. Roosevelt himself was referred to as the “Omnipotent Oom of the Outlook and Oyster Bay.”
In speaking of the editorial’s superficiality, Mrs. Greely said that it was very apparent that he had missed the fine significance of the movement, and that while he wrote of duty that it was that very high conception of duty that had laid the foundation for the entire movement.

“When our republic was founded the women,” said she, “began to realize how important was their duty to the state and then and there began to work for a chance to express it. it came first through the granting of educational rights, then civic and now is coming in the recognition of their political rights.”

An amusing incident occurred during the evening, when Mrs. Greely, in telling of the blind prejudices that had once been held in regard to higher education for women, told of a stubborn old Newburyport citizen who exclaimed: “What public moneys to educate shes? Never!”  In telling the story she happened to turn to the chairman, William D. Wheelright, who in his introductory speech admitted no allegiance to the cause of woman’s suffrage. A furtive smile crept over his face when the allusion was made to the “stubborn Newburyport citizen” and at the close of the meeting he announced that he himself had been born in Newburyport, and possibly in order to disprove his own stubbornness he registered as a member of the league, along with some 25 other guests. Although it is one of the youngest leagues to be formed, the Portland Woman’s Suffrage League is destined to be one of the large leagues in the state and doubtless will wield an important influence, as its membership includes some of the best-known club and society women of the city besides many well-known business and professional men. Other speakers at last night’s meeting were Miss Anita Whitney, of San Francisco, and President Foster, of Reed College.

ROOSEVELT MADE FUN OF BY WOMEN
Suffragist Says His Editorial for Cause is Superficial and Sloppy.
HE’S DUBBED “GREAT OOM”
Mrs. J. G. Gauld Is Hostess in Reception for Leaders of California Campaign—200 Hear Plea for Cause of Equal Rights.
Referred to as “The Great Oom of the Outlook and of Oyster Bay, who has told the farmers’ wives how to dress and the stork how to fly,” laughter and sarcasm were heaped upon Theodore Roosevelt by members of the Portland Equal Suffrage League last night when they gathered at the residence of Mrs. J. G. Gauld, at 252 King street, to hear the leaders who were prominent in marshalling the women suffrage forces in California to victory last Fall.
The reference to Colonel Roosevelt was made in connection with an editorial by him appearing in a recent edition of the Outlook, in which he espoused the suffrage cause. Mrs. Helen Hay Greely, woman lawyer and representative of the New York Equal Suffrage League said:
“In a six-page editorial in the Outlook, he was flopped again. We do not, however, regard him as an important addition to our ranks. The editorial is superficial and it is sloppy, and you don’t have to read more than three pages of it to see just how sloppy it is.”
Some 200 persons attended the meeting, including a number of prominent business men. William D. Wheelwright acted as chairman of the evening and introduced the speakers, who, besides Mrs. Greely, were Miss Anita Whitney of San Francisco, and President Foster was announced to speak against the suffrage cause. Mrs. Solomon Hirsch, president of the league, and Mrs.  Andre Fouilhoux, its secretary, arranged the details of the meeting.
Votes Held as Protection
Mrs. Greely, the first speaker, made an ardent plea for the ballot for woman as the one means whereby she could obtain better conditions for the more unfortunate of her sex.
“We do not pretend that the ballot for women will prove a panacea for all ills, “ she said. “The ballot for woman is merely giving the working girl that protection that not a working man or a business man in Portland would be willing to give up if a move were made to take it from him. It is the carrying out of the doctrine that that man of sorrows, that man of grief, preached to the multitudes, that they were to love their neighbors as themselves.
“Just as men,” she said, “who sit in their offices and are willing to grow rich on the earnings of girls and children, who are compelled to consume their life’s vital spark in toil at starvation wages commit murder at longing and introduced the speakers, who besides Mrs. Greely, were Miss Anita Whitney, of San Francisco, and President Foster, of Reed College. President Foster was announced to speak against the suffrage cause. Mrs. Solomon Hirsch, president of the league, and Mrs. Andre Fouilhoux, its secretary, arranged the details of the meeting.
Votes Held as Protection.
Mrs. Greely, the first speaker, made an ardent plea for the ballot for woman as the one means whereby she could obtain better conditions for the more unfortunate of her sex.
“We do not pretend that the ballot for women will prove a panacea for all ills,” she said. “The ballot for woman is merely giving the working girl that protection that not a working man or a business man in Portland would be willing to give up if a move were made to take it form him. It is the carrying out of the doctrine that that man of sorrows, that man of grief, preached to the multitudes, that they were to love their neighbors as themselves.
“Just as men,” she said, “who sit in their offices and are willing to grow rich on the earnings of girls and children, who are compelled to consume their life’s vital spark in toil at starvation wages commit murder at long distance, the women who sit comfortably at home and are indifferent., commit murder at long distance by refusing to assist in a cause that will redeem and help these poor fellow members of humanity.
Help for Workers Seen.
“The working girl with the ballot will get just a little more attention from her employers when she demands no night work and no nerve-racking labor at long hours. By our having the ballot we can help them.”
She compared civic communities to large families that have been going along “on one leg” because they have had no mother at the head of them—gave to the woman with the ballot the place of the mother in the family. She said that women did not want to become identical with men. They wanted to help their own. Sex, she said, and they wanted to have a great deal to say about prevention before it became necessary to correct. She said their objects would take a long time to accomplish and would not be done in a generation.
Miss Whitney told how the suffrage movement was sweeping around the world, citing the abolition, by imperial edict, of bound feet in China and the doing away with veils by the women of Turkey, in support of her assertions. She denied that the ballot in the hands of woman is undignified.
“The ballot,” she said, “is a silent expression of opinion on a stated question on a certain day. Who will tell me that a silent expression of opinion is unwomanly?”
Opposition Laid to Sentiment.
President Foster, in speaking against women’s suffrage, said that in his experience the side of the opposition was not so much a matter of argument as of sentiment.
“Yet,” he said, “I believe that sentiment is well founded. The suffragists I have come to believe, from the close study I have made of the subject, have all the argument in their favor. If a man were to oppose it on the merits of argument wholly he would surely hang himself.”
Refreshments were served after the meeting by Mrs. Gauld, the hostess. Mrs. Greely and Miss Whitney expect to do active work in the state in the suffrage cause during the coming campaign.

ROOSEVELT MADE FUN OF BY WOMEN
Suffragist Says His Editorial for Cause is Superficial and Sloppy.
HE’S DUBBED “GREAT OOM”
Mrs. J. G. Gauld Is Hostess in Reception for Leaders of California Campaign—200 Hear Plea for Cause of Equal Rights.
Referred to as “The Great Oom of the Outlook and of Oyster Bay, who has told the farmers’ wives how to dress and the stork how to fly,” laughter and sarcasm were heaped upon Theodore Roosevelt by members of the Portland Equal Suffrage League last night when they gathered at the residence of Mrs. J. G. Gauld, at 252 King street, to hear the leaders who were prominent in marshalling the women suffrage forces in California to victory last Fall.
The reference to Colonel Roosevelt was made in connection with an editorial by him appearing in a recent edition of the Outlook, in which he espoused the suffrage cause. Mrs. Helen Hay Greely, woman lawyer and representative of the New York Equal Suffrage League said:
“In a six-page editorial in the Outlook, he was flopped again. We do not, however, regard him as an important addition to our ranks. The editorial is superficial and it is sloppy, and you don’t have to read more than three pages of it to see just how sloppy it is.”
Some 200 persons attended the meeting, including a number of prominent business men. William D. Wheelwright acted as chairman of the evening and introduced the speakers, who, besides Mrs. Greely, were Miss Anita Whitney of San Francisco, and President Foster was announced to speak against the suffrage cause. Mrs. Solomon Hirsch, president of the league, and Mrs.  Andre Fouilhoux, its secretary, arranged the details of the meeting.
Votes Held as Protection
Mrs. Greely, the first speaker, made an ardent plea for the ballot for woman as the one means whereby she could obtain better conditions for the more unfortunate of her sex.
“We do not pretend that the ballot for women will prove a panacea for all ills, “ she said. “The ballot for woman is merely giving the working girl that protection that not a working man or a business man in Portland would be willing to give up if a move were made to take it from him. It is the carrying out of the doctrine that that man of sorrows, that man of grief, preached to the multitudes, that they were to love their neighbors as themselves.
“Just as men,” she said, “who sit in their offices and are willing to grow rich on the earnings of girls and children, who are compelled to consume their life’s vital spark in toil at starvation wages commit murder at longing and introduced the speakers, who besides Mrs. Greely, were Miss Anita Whitney, of San Francisco, and President Foster, of Reed College. President Foster was announced to speak against the suffrage cause. Mrs. Solomon Hirsch, president of the league, and Mrs. Andre Fouilhoux, its secretary, arranged the details of the meeting.
Votes Held as Protection.
Mrs. Greely, the first speaker, made an ardent plea for the ballot for woman as the one means whereby she could obtain better conditions for the more unfortunate of her sex.
“We do not pretend that the ballot for women will prove a panacea for all ills,” she said. “The ballot for woman is merely giving the working girl that protection that not a working man or a business man in Portland would be willing to give up if a move were made to take it form him. It is the carrying out of the doctrine that that man of sorrows, that man of grief, preached to the multitudes, that they were to love their neighbors as themselves.
“Just as men,” she said, “who sit in their offices and are willing to grow rich on the earnings of girls and children, who are compelled to consume their life’s vital spark in toil at starvation wages commit murder at long distance, the women who sit comfortably at home and are indifferent., commit murder at long distance by refusing to assist in a cause that will redeem and help these poor fellow members of humanity.
Help for Workers Seen.
“The working girl with the ballot will get just a little more attention from her employers when she demands no night work and no nerve-racking labor at long hours. By our having the ballot we can help them.”
She compared civic communities to large families that have been going along “on one leg” because they have had no mother at the head of them—gave to the woman with the ballot the place of the mother in the family. She said that women did not want to become identical with men. They wanted to help their own. Sex, she said, and they wanted to have a great deal to say about prevention before it became necessary to correct. She said their objects would take a long time to accomplish and would not be done in a generation.
Miss Whitney told how the suffrage movement was sweeping around the world, citing the abolition, by imperial edict, of bound feet in China and the doing away with veils by the women of Turkey, in support of her assertions. She denied that the ballot in the hands of woman is undignified.
“The ballot,” she said, “is a silent expression of opinion on a stated question on a certain day. Who will tell me that a silent expression of opinion is unwomanly?”
Opposition Laid to Sentiment.
President Foster, in speaking against women’s suffrage, said that in his experience the side of the opposition was not so much a matter of argument as of sentiment.
“Yet,” he said, “I believe that sentiment is well founded. The suffragists I have come to believe, from the close study I have made of the subject, have all the argument in their favor. If a man were to oppose it on the merits of argument wholly he would surely hang himself.”
Refreshments were served after the meeting by Mrs. Gauld, the hostess. Mrs. Greely and Miss Whitney expect to do active work in the state in the suffrage cause during the coming campaign.