The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, July 5, 1920, Page 8

¥ B ! i ¥ e i i Answermg Mrs. . divine right—and every dishonest power since the world began ‘has tried to hide behind' it. “the reformer, was merely stating a fact, not laying i ber of the leisure class? _better president than he? HAP Philadelphia Woman’s Letter Draws Scores -of Replies ; In the Woman’s Page of June 14, under the headmg. “Is This ‘Woman Right 7"’ the Leader puhlmhed a letter from a Philadelphia woman who said she was the wife of a-*cleéver business' man.’” She attacked the League movement, de- - Tiches. . 'We have a Women's Nonpartisan club in our township. It isn’t ‘as -elaborate as the clubs Mrs. H. A P. belong: to, but it is_educational and . education is'what we want. - Litchyille, N. D. MRS, BERT BERG. 7 - claring” that ‘it was all wrong and ‘that the world should always be divided into a “leisure class” and a ‘‘working closs.” - -Since ‘publishing this letter we have been fairly deluged, with replies from farm women from all over the }i’.ni;'&ed Sta WOMEN’S CLUB OFFICERS. tes. Here are a few of the answers to Mrs. DITOR Nonpartisan Leader: Mrs.. H. A. P. must misunderstand the whole thought and purpose. of the League. It is for the establishment of a lei- @ sure class that the League is working,; but: a’ different kind of leisure class from that which she seems to have in mind. There are three classes of people who deserve to" live without supporting: themselves by work—the young (children and students), the sick and the old. But this can be only by the elimination of the class of well-to-do idlers who live on the earmngs ex- torted from the child workers and old people. 1 have lived among the “leisure class’” much of my life; I have well-to-do as well as poor friends; but I have yet to meet any. member of the ‘“leisure class” who was doing anything worth while for art or science or humanity. (with the possible exception of a few welfare workers). ‘We do not need a class specially trained for poh- ticians and 'governors; we need: to do away with such pests and have a'government by the people. “God and mature” have not ordained that there - should be rottemmess. and graft and: profiteering. That is the argument the kaiser used—the theory of These are the officers of the Women’s Nonpartisan club at Prmceton, Minn., one of the many live new _clubs erganized in that state. Left to right are -~ "Mrs, Val Mott, president; Mrs. William Hjelm; ‘Mrs. George Henschel, secretary, Mrs. Swen ; Anderson, Mrs. Mary Stubbs, vice presxdent. Christ, down divine law, when he said, “The poor you al- ways have with you.” 3 We workers are mot envying the rich; we do' - not seek to tear down our government. We seek to strengthen- it and ' purify it, that our children and- our children’s children may have an equal chance with the children of Mrs, H. A. P. ; I wonder how much Mrs. H. A, P. really knows of - Editor: Nonpartisan Teader: Why is a wife ex- pected to put in every hour at work that her hus- band’ does, with no right to share in the money made as he does? When wife goes to the bank for money she. finds it belongs to Mr. Se and So. She has to take a check signed by her husband or leave poverty or the results of the practice of her selfish - the money alone, although she he]ped to- put it theory? I wonder if she was ever a girl fighting - there. her. own way? I wonder if she everisaw her sick When 2 man dles his wife takes one-thlrd and father robbed and put in the poorhouse by & mem- children or other relatives the rest, and many law- 1 wonder how much she yers’ pockets are filled settling the estate the hus- knows about life and the world, beyond the confines = hand and wife have both made. Is it the same. if of her sheltered home and a little “charlty work”?. ' the wife dies? No, husband is keeper of all that Spokane, ‘Wash, A. G, - " has been made and o money has to be spent’to MINNESOTA AND NORTH D AKOT A ‘settle the estate. I, for one, believe that part of WOMEN DO NOT ENVY RICH: - - Editor Nonpartisan Leader: T hope Mrs. H A, P. will get every Leader prmted ‘after this; she will find much useful information. ' You tell us you live : without' work. --Are you not ashamed to say it? You quote the Bible, so I'will, too, and say, “Those who 'do not work shall not eat.” ’ _” Do you really think that art and literature belong only to your class? “Some of the greatest artists the world has known came from the poor and as for literature, friends and relatives from the cities are surprised to see our mail coming and our bookcases filled with up-to-date books. " You say there must be a rich class as an example ; for the poor. Oh, my dear, some people would a thousand times rather be poor than : some of the rich of today. I don’t know how old you are, but if you have kept your eyes open for the last 25, 30 or 40 years, you know how some of the Wealth ‘has been accumulating in 2 few hands by the sweat and toil of the poor and yet many of these would rather re- main poor than copy the cruelty of the rich. ' = ye: 2 g Tamagrack, Minn: MRS. H. J. FRIESTAD "‘ newspaper business. ‘She has been S : SR L .. “publisher ‘and editor of the Nor- Editor Nonpartisan lLeader: ' Answermg Mrs. H ' folk Press for the past 10 years A, P.; T am the wife of a-Nonpartisan farmer. Ifit - She has: ‘been state food -and weren’t for the farmer I'd like to know how some of ~ hotel inspector ‘and founded the these idle rich would live. ‘And speaking of lower ‘Northeast Nebraska Editorial a classes, how many of the “clever business men” sociation, of which she was raise large families? T have found some of the = merly president. : best statesmen have sprung from the working peo- . - At the nommatmg conventxon j ple, foriinstance; Lincoln: Could there “have been a’ ‘three candidates’ were considered. Rt . Mrs, Weekes got 36 of the 56 votes on the first ballot: ‘and ‘her: nomx— : PAGE rgc.m same for the wife. ‘If a woman can help' make a during her hfetune w1thout someone’ else taking two-thirds? ‘ MRS P..J. G / Fesaenden, N. D League Candldate for ,_’ #]RS. MARIE WEEKES, chosen recently as-the League candidate for congress .from the third dlstrxct, ; ~of Nebraska, is the i first woman candidate for congress from Nebraska and if -elected will be. the second woman to sit in congress. ‘Mrs. Weekes was born on a Nebraskg. farm in 1881, _graduated from high school at the head of .her class, taught school for i We do not envy the ndh, why should we" Wev have too many things to make us happy thhout" they ask are: Equal nghts for Women the law is all nght but believe it should be the : " ‘home and pay for it why isn’t she worthy to use it by a Nonpartisan league convention - Women Ask Reforms : cratic Conventlon ISAPPOINTED ‘at their failure to re- : Progresswe Platform Submitted to Demo- appearing before the Democratic na- forms. ‘ganizations in seeking Democratic planks is ‘the " labor committee of the women’s bureau of the Dem- . - The principal planks ocratic national comm1ttee £ 2, Approval of collectxve bargaxmng. *2. Opposition to use of m;unctxons in labor dxs— - putes. il N 3. Abolition of child labor under 14 years 4. Approval of eight-hour day inindustry. = = = 5. Minimum wage standards and equal pay for . men and women when doing equal:work, @ . LT 6. Government control of sugar refineries, gtam : elevators ‘and packing plants. = 7. National system of employment agencles. - e 8. Continuation of women’s bureau in United . . States department of labor and representatlon for women in: government boards. . 9. Laws for protection of mothers’ and chlldren 10.-Legislatior to encourage co-operation; 11. Insurance for ‘all workers against accxdents, disease, unemployment and old age. It is interesting to note that mearly all the re- : forms asked nationally already have been inau~ ' “gurated in North Dakota under the Nonpartisan: league administration. The women are thus asking' the Democratic party to follow ‘the lead of the i League. Will the Democratic patty pledge its candldates wE to carry out this program? It will be interesting to watch'and sée. One thing 'is certain—that League" representatives, no matter on what ticket they may *. be elected, will work to carry the North Dakota program into effect throughout the natlon NEW WOMEN’S CLUB ' Edltor Nonpartisan’ Leader: = A Women’s 'Non- : partisan club' was organized at Woburn, N- D, June 18, through the activity of Mrs. Ralph Inger- son. It has a charter membership of 10. Mrs. In- gerson was elected president, Mrs. E. J. Marks - vice president, Mrs, C. L. Olson treasurer and the _writer secretary. : mterestmg, instructive and entertammg that every ' We hope to make this club so woman in the community will want to join us. Woburn, N. D, 5 SEND PICTURES TO LEADER . The Leader will be glad to print on_ this page . pictures of Women’s Nonpartisan club meetings: When your elub has its next meeting get a picture - taken and send usa prmt Congress in Nebraska nation for the position then was made unanimous. ' Mrs. Weekes has been a supporter of.the political:” ' and economic reforms sponsored by the League for many years. ‘Although her paper is Democratic . she has sapported ‘Senator - Noms, Repubhcan, and other progressives whenever they crats. tional Demoeratic conventio; - She received 5,262 votes, 1,020 ‘more : ;than the Democratic candrdate fo A vcongress, though makmg no cam "fer Th'omas Mills; League lecturer; . on' lns receut visit o Norfolk. S_ 1 . MARIE WEEKES ceive better treatment in the Repub-; ! lican national platform, women vaters' from many sections of the country are - * tional -convention at San Francisco, : askmg that party to go on record for needed re-" One of the most active of the women's or- MRS, JOHN McCANN. ' were opposed by reactxonary Demio- : A% the “recent pnmanes Mrs.» soan ML ' Weekes-was on the ‘Bryan slate'as 0 0 candidate for ‘delegate to the ma- . N