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World War I
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Milwaukee Journal Letter
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Schools; German; Churches; WWI; Politics; Culture;
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This letter is written by the Milwaukee Journal asking Metcalf about how he controls German influence within Iowa and how Wisconsin could follow suit.
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Perry Olds
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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1918;
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Letter
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English
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Metcalf Collection, box 7, folder 4, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City
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Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Des Moines, Iowa; Polk County
1918
Churches
Education
Politics
Wisconsin
World War I
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Letter Regarding German Language
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German Language; Politics; Post Office;
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The Buffalo Center Commercial club sent in a letter regarding getting rid of the German language in and around Buffalo Center. A group of farmers gather at the post office and speak in German everyday and the club wants to get rid of this. The purpose of the letter is to ask what the club can legally do to get rid of the language
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T. A. Wilson; S. Wing
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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2/18/1918
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English
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Box #7, Folder #5
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Buffalo Center, Iowa
1918
German Language
Politics
Postal Service
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Agriculture and Food
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Farmer's Union and Disloyalty
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World War I; Babel Proclamation; Council of Defense; German Language; Anti-Germanism; Farmer's Union; Labor; Agriculture; Non-Partisan League; Tax Payers; Politics;
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Dedham teacher writes regarding the dis-loyal actions of the Farmer's Union.
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Unknown
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa
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4/15/1918
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TEXT
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Box #14, Council of Defense, Governor's Office: Harding, Research Group #43, S61/07/05
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1918-04-15; Carroll County; Dedham, Iowa;
1918
Agriculture
Anti-German Sentiment
Babel Proclamation
Council of Defense
German Language
Labor
Non-Partisan League
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World War I
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Thanking Metcalf in Recent Endeavors
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Politics
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Official letter from Governor Harding thanking Metcalf for recent political and business endeavors.
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Unknown
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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12/5/1917
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Letter
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English
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Folder 8: Box 6, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
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Des Moines, Iowa; Polk County
1917
Politics
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Letter regarding recruits in the Motor Mechanics Regiment
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Politics; Business
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Letter asking for a kind favor of the 15th instant thanking for the information sent earlier. Within the last 2-3 days recruited two men for the motor mechanics regiment and believe the work in Iowa will be extremely helpful. Writer closes the letter by placing on the mailing list.
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Unknown
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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1/21/1918
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W. E. Hall; Sanford H. Freund
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English
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Box #7, Folder #2
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St. Paul, Minnesota; Iowa
1918
Business
Minnesota
Politics
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Letter Regarding New Appointment to a CoD
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Politics; Advertising;
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Letter regarding the appointment of J.W. Frankelberger as the successor of Ed M. Smith on the Madison County Council of Defense. The writer regrets the resignation of Ed M. Smith and wishes he could continue his job.
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Unknown
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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2/1/1918
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Ed. M. Smith; J. W. Frankelberger
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English
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Box #7, Folder #4
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Winterset, Iowa;
1918
Advertising
Politics
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Resignation Letter from Harding
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Politics
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Harding explains to Metcalf his reason of resignation, pertaining to being called into active duty
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W. L. Harding
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State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
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12/18/1917
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English
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Folder 11: Box 6, State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
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Carson, Iowa
1917
Politics
W. L. Harding
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Education
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Letter to University of Dubuque President Cornelius Steffens about the circulation of the school publication titled Dubuque Evangelist.
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Politics; Protestantism; Presbyterianism; Finances; World War I; Education
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According to an archival note from the University of Dubuque, this document was probably written by William O. Ruston, who was the president of the school from 1904-1908, about the circulation of the Dubuque Evangelist. William Ruston discusses two constituencies of the publication: Germans and non-Germans. Ruston identifies financial concerns and discusses the care needed to address the needs of both constituencies during the war. Ruston speaks to precarious situation of Germans in Dubuque during World War One. The document includes specific information about subscribers and finances.
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William O. Ruston
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N/A
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Archives of the University of Dubuque in Dubuque, Iowa
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10/11/1919
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N/A
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N/A
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Letter
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English
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TEXT
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Archive Collection at the University of Dubuque
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1919; Dubuque, Iowa; Dubuque County
1919
Education
Finance
Politics
Presbyterianism
World War I
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GERMAN-IOWAN NEWSPAPERS
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<div style="text-align:center;"><strong>Ein Aufruf für Männer</strong><br /><br /></div>
Die Frauen von Iowa, welche gegen das Frauenstimmrecht sind, kämpfen für die große Majorität ihres Geschlechtes.<br /><br />Sie wollen nicht, daß die Männer von Iowa ihnen das Stimmrecht aufzwingen sollen.<br /><br />Sie wollen nicht den Zank, die Bitterkeit, und die Notarität, welche unzertrennlich sind von einem politischen Kampfe.<br /><br />Sie haben Vertrauen zu der Loyalität von ihren Männern, Vätern und Söhnen, und sie leiden nicht unter deren Herrschaft.<br /><br />Eines der größten Frauenrechte ist frei zu sein von den Regierungssorgen und dem Hader der Politik.<br /><br />Sie haben jetzt das Recht. Warum soll es von ihnen weggenommen werden?<br /><br />Zwingt ihnen nicht etwas auf, von welchem nicht Gutes kommen kann; aber von welchem viel Uebels kommen mag, nicht nur für die Frauen selber, sondern für den Staat und alle die in demselben wohnen.<br /><br />Fragt nicht, daß die Frauen die Sphäre verlassen sollen für die sie von der Natur bestimmt sind – eine Spähre die vom Mann nicht gefüllt werden kann – um im Bereich der Männer zu treten, ein Bereich für welchen sie physisch nicht geschaffen sind.<br /><br />Zwingt nicht die Mutter, Frau, Schwester und Tochter in die Politik. Zwingt nicht die Männerschaften auf Frauenschultern.<br /><br />Männer von Iowa, wir appelliren an Euch die Frauen von Iowa in dieser Krisis nicht zu verlassen, daß Ihr zu den Stimmhaften am 5 Juni geht und „Nein“ stimmt in der Frauenstimmrechtfrage.<br /><br />Die Frauen die kein Stimmrecht fordern.
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<div style="text-align:center;"><strong>An Appeal to Men</strong></div>
<br />The women of Iowa who are against women’s suffrage are fighting for the majority of their gender.<br /><br />They do not want the men of Iowa to force suffrage upon them.<br /><br />They do not want the strife, bitterness, and notoriety that are inseparable from political battles.<br /><br />They have trust in the loyalty of their husbands, fathers and sons, and they do not suffer under their reign.<br /><br />One of the biggest women’s rights is to be free from the worries and quarrels of politics.<br /><br />Currently, they have that right. Why should it be taken from them?<br /><br />Do not force something upon them from which no good can come. Indeed, much bad can come from it, not only for women, but also for the state and all who live in it.<br /><br />Do not ask that women should leave the sphere which nature determines for them – a sphere that cannot be filled by men – to step into the realm of men, a realm which is physically not made for them.<br /><br />Do not force the mother, wife, sister and daughter into politics. Do not force them to shoulder the burdens of men. Men of Iowa, we appeal to you, do not leave the women of Iowa alone in this crisis. Join other eligible voters on June 5th and cast a “No” vote for women's suffrage.<br /><br />The Women Who Do Not Want Suffrage
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<em>Waverly Phoenix</em>: An Appeal to Men
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Women's Suffrage
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"The Women Who Do Not Want Suffrage" make their case why they should not be given the right to vote in the upcoming constitutional referendum on 5 June 1916.
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Waverly Phoenix
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Waverly Phoenix
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May 17, 1916
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jpg
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German; with English translation
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newspaper article
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Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa
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Women's Antisuffrage Committee ("Die Frauen, die kein Stimmrecht fordern")
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State Historical Society of Iowa
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<a href="https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/iwa/suffrage/">Women's Suffrage in Iowa: A Digital Collection</a>, Iowa Women's Archive, University of Iowa
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microfilm newspaper collections, State Historical Society of Iowa
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GERMAN-IOWAN NEWSPAPERS
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<h4>Das Frauenstimmrechts=Amendment.</h4>
<br />Zugleich mit der Primärwahl am 5.<br />Juni, in welcher die Kandidaten für die<br />Staats= und County= Aemter (Ämter), die im November zu wählen sind, nominirt (nominiert)<br />werden, findet die Abstimmung über das<br />Frauenstimmrecht statt. Wird diese an=<br />genommen, so wird die Constitution des<br />Staates einverleibt und die Frauen in<br />Iowa besitzen das Stimmrecht. Wes=<br />halb mit dieser so wichtigen Abstim=<br />mung nicht bis zur Herbstwahl gewartet<br />worden ist, läßt (lässt) sich leicht erraten.<br />Nämlich bei dieser wird, da dann Prä=<br />sidentenwahl ist, nahezu das volle Vo=<br />tum des Staates abgegeben, bei einer<br />Primärwahl aber stimmt nur ein Theil (Teil)<br />der Wähler, sogar nur ein kleiner Theil (Teil),<br />und da sicher alle Freunde des Frauen=<br />Stimmrechts stimmen werden, so ist da=<br />mit die Annahme weit leichter durchzu=<br />setzen, wie wenn ein volles Votum abge=<br />geben wird. Die Frauenrechtler in der<br />Legislatur haben sehr schlau gerechnet,<br />indem sie die Frage in einer Primär=<br />wahl, statt in einer Haupt= und Gene=<br />ralwahl, den Wählern unterbreiteten.<br />Eine solche wichtige Frage hätte doch<br />unbedingt dann zur Abstimmung kom=<br />men sollen, wenn das größtmöglichste<br />Votum zu erwarten war, wo jeder Bür=<br />ger stimmen würde. Aber nein, das<br />paßte (passte) dem allmächtigen Mucker= und Suffragettenthum, welche die letzte Le=<br />gislatur ganz und gar beherrschte, nicht<br />in den Kram und so wurde die Angele=<br />genheit zu einer Zeit zur Abstimmung angeordnet, wo man sicher ist, nur ein<br />kleines Votum, keinesfalls ein volles<br />Votum und damit die wirkliche Mei=<br />nungsäußerung der ganzen Bürger=<br />schaft des Staates zu erhalten.<br /><br />Von dem Ausgang der Frauenstimm= rechts=Wahl hängt wahrscheinlich auch<br />die nächstjährige Prohibitionswahl ab,<br />die entscheiden soll, ob der jetzt schon<br />bestehende Prohibitionsblödsinn kon=<br />stitutionell werden soll, was bedeutet,<br />daß (dass) wir die Trockenheit überhaupt nicht<br />mehr los werden oder nicht. Wenig=<br />stens ist immerhin eine Möglichkeit eines<br />freisinnigen Sieges ohne Frauenstimm= recht vorhanden — mit Frauenstimm=<br />recht aber absolut nicht. Deshalb wäre<br />es sehr zu wünschen, das (dass) sich unsere Li=<br />beralen und Gegner der politischen<br />Gleichberechnung (Gleichberechtigung) der Geschlechter etwas<br />mehr rühren, wie sie bis jetzt gethan (getan)<br />haben, wenn ihnen überhaupt etwas an<br />der Ablehnung dieser Frage liegt. Um=<br />somehr (umso mehr), da alle günstigen Aussichten bis<br />jetzt auf Seite der Frauenrechtler liegen.<br />Die meisten der Governors=Kandidaten,<br />auch der sogenannte demokratische, der<br />Herr Meredith, haben sich offen für das<br />Frauenstimmrecht erklärt. Desgleichen<br />die meisten Aspiranten für andere<br />Staatsämter. Die Anhänger des Weib=<br />lichen Unterrocks betreiben außerdem<br />eine viel regere Campagne (Kampagne), offen und<br />mehr noch im stillen (Stillen), als die andere<br />Seite, die sich außer einigen vernünftigen<br />Frauen, die selbst gegen ihre Hinein=<br />zerrung in unsere Politik sind, noch<br />nicht rühren.<br /><br />Bis zum 5 Juni sind nur noch einige<br />Wochen hin und soll noch eine starke<br />öffentliche Bewegung gegen das beab=<br />sichtigte Weiber=Regiment eingeleitet<br />werden, so ist’s hohe Zeit. Es muß (muss),<br />wenn überhaupt Hoffnung vorhanden<br />ist, die Frauenrechtler zu schlagen, da=<br />rauf hingearbeitet werden, daß (dass) ein mög=<br />lichst starkes Votum in der Wahl abge=<br />geben wird, denn nur darin liegt augen=<br />scheinlich einige Aussicht, den Ansturm<br />abzuschlagen. Die Gleichgültigkeit der<br />Massen, die diese Primärwahlen gegen=<br />über haben muß (muss) abgeschüttelt werden, so<br />daß (dass) so viele Bürger wie nur möglich,<br />nicht nur die Befürworter des Frauen=<br />stimmrechts, sich zum Wahlplatz begeben. (Iowa Reform.)<br /><br />[Transcribed by Cassandra Bertolini]
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<em>Waverly Phoenix</em>: The Women's Suffrage Amendment
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17 May 1916
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Waverly Phoenix
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Waverly
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waverly-suffrage.jpg
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1916 Women's Suffrage Amendment
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The Women's Suffrage Amendment
The referendum on women's suffrage will take place together with the June 5th primaries, in which voters will nominate candidates for state and county offices for the later November election. Should the measure be approved, the state constitution will be amended to grant suffrage to all women in Iowa. We can easily surmise why such an important referendum was not postponed until the November election. In November, when the presidential election takes place, nearly the entire state will turn out to vote. During a primary, however, only a fraction of voters, even a small fraction, will turn out at the polls, and since all friends of women's suffrage will vote, the amendment will pass much more easily than with a high voter turnout. The suffragists in the state legislature have slyly brought this referendum before voters during a primary election rather than a general election. Such an important matter should have been placed on the ballot when nearly every eligible voter would go to the polls. But no, that didn't suit the all-powerful yes-men and suffragettes who completely dominated the last state legislature, and so the matter was scheduled to come to a vote at a time when there is certain to be a low voter turnout, anything but a full turnout that might be a representative measure of opinion among all citizens.
Next year's Prohibition referendum will likely depend on the result of the women's suffrage vote. This second referendum will decide whether the current Prohibition nonsense shall become constitutional, i.e., whether we'll be rid of temperance or not. Without women's suffrage, there is at least the possibility of a victory for personal liberty; with women's suffrage, absolutely not. For this reason, it would be quite useful if the liberals and opponents of the political equality of the sexes would rouse themselves more often than they have up to this point, if the failure of this referendum is of any concern to them at all. They have all the more reason to do so, since the suffrage camp has the more favorable prospects at the moment. The majority of candidates for governor, even the so-called Democrat, Mr. Meredith, have declared their support for women's suffrage, and the majority of aspirants for state offices have done the same. The petticoat supporters, moreover, are conducting a much more vigorous campaign, both in the open and quietly, than the opposing side, which has hardly lifted a finger, with the exception of a few sensible women who are opposed to being dragged into politics.
There are only a few weeks left until June 5th. If public momentum against the proposed women's regime is to develop, then it's time to act. If there is to be any hope of victory over the suffragists, then we must work towards generating the largest turnout possible, for therein lies apparently the only chance of heading off the coming storm. The apathy of the masses towards primaries must be overcome, so that as many citizens as possible, not only the proponents of women's suffrage, make their way to the ballot box.
(Iowa Reform.)
German-American Women
German-Language Newspapers
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Waverly Phoenix
Woman Suffrage