The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, November 1, 1920, Page 12

".movement let us bear in mind the need of the . Anti-League Women Will Vote; Will You? For a Real Victory Winning the Election Not Enough—Must Gei_; Benefits for° the Masses DITOR Nonpartisan Leader: We fre- quently hear the statement that in the near future there will be a real Non- partisan victory. This brings to the active and wide-awake thinker the de- sire to know just what goes to consti- tute such a victory. Many are in the League for the prestige or power to be derived therefrom, others because they think that the progressive student should incline toward the latest thing in politics. Then there is a third class who are Nonpartisans because they think that they are the thing to be. Not until we can convince these classes of their error will we be as firm and immovable as we have the right to be. Politics are not to be put on and .. off as we would adopt the latest caprices of fashion. If we hope or expect to in any way right the wrongs of humanity we must go into the game, not to win for mere glory alone but for the higher and greater cause of making lighter the burden of the na- tion which has been forced upon its people by a false system. . In pledging allegiance to the Nonpartisan majority, not the individual gain or triumph. Let our aspirations be to lessen the common need, to make easier the every-day struggle for the necessities of life. Let us strive to enforce the proper laws but to annihilate superfluous variations of such laws. MUST PUT ASIDE THOUGHTS OF PERSONAL AMBITION ‘We will not only ask but we will retain the public confidence. We will witness a victory that need fear no defeat. The people do not want a temporary relief from the enemy. They do not want a halfway overthrow of the present power that rules by might. If there is a weak point in our ranks it should be strengthened by us before it is discovered by the opposition. Of course we are not perfect. At the same time we must aim at a grade of perfection that is so far removed from anything the people have ever known that they will trust us be- cause they know from experience that we have - their interests at heart and are their friends. Let us set aside all thoughts of selfish ambition and unite in the great fight for right. Having - but one mind, one desire, one purpose, the over- throw of the false system of exploitation of the . masses by the minority, the abolition of graft, gain and greed and the establishment of a gov- ernment of equality and justice. Then, and not until then, will we realize our great desire, a real Nonpartisan victory. EDNA CLYDE WOOD. R. 2, Ronan, Mont. -~ 160 Clubs in Minnesota Nonpartisan Women’s clubs in Minnesota have passed the 160 mark. North Dakota had only 160 clubs a short time ago but has been increasing, just as has Minnesota, and still holds the leading place. Colorado, Montana, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Idaho are other states in which the new wom- en’s movement has been showing lots of “pep.” The clubs are not only growing in numbers but in size. Nearly all of them report doubled member- ships since they were started. . : FROM COLORADO Editor Nonpartisan Leader: Idalia Ladies’ Non- partisan club met and organized September 4, 1920, with eight members, but now has 16 members. The club meets every Saturday until after election. During these meetings we have decided on the following: To deposit our funds in-the bank and do a check- ing business. To have the members make a campaign drive, visiting every house, beginning 10 days before elec- tion, ; To award a prize t} the members bringing in the o ings, put up a 10-room, two-story house in. e e e S S et O A B R O SO / 4 most new members during the next three months. To have a booth in Idalia election day to instruct voters. To secure leaflets having printed on one side the state candidates and on the other side the county candidates. g To send for 50 booklets, “Truth About North Da- kota Taxes.” The study of the Nonpartisan Leader article: “League Pledges—Were They Fulfilled ?” was taken up. MRS. CORA DOLING, Secretary. Idalia, Col. Anti-Leaguers Active Interests opposed to the Nonpartisan league are spending thousands of dollars in ‘an effort to get the anti-League women vote to the polls on election day. In St. Paul and Minneapolis women canvass- ers have made three separate tours of the apart- ment house and hotel districts, interviewing all women, learning their party preferences and seeing that they are registered. In Montana a woman lecturer has revived the old “free love” lie against GOSH 1 PITY THAT BoDY POLITIC NOW MA'S GOING- —Drawn expressly for the Leader by W. C. Morris. the League in an effort to influence women against the organized farmers. Registration lists indicate that women are more generally registered from the so-called “silk-stock- ing” districts, where the idle rich reside, than from the working class districts, where the women have more cares and duties than politics. The country women must, therefore, vote without exception to offset the loss that the League and labor tickets may sustain through the possible failure of work- ing women to vote. THE “WE'LL STICK” SPIRIT Leaguers of Sunnyside, Wash., showed fecently that the “We’ll stick” spirit works at other times than election day. John Ubanks, a Leaguer, lost his house and furniture by fire when he was away - from his farm and his wife was in the field. Two weeks later his League neighbors gathered and, with three practical carpenters to direct proceed- o days. Now Sunnyside League women are plagning a series of quilting parties to fix the Ubanks family up witk bedding before cold weather starts in. PAGE TWELVE THE FARM WOMAN'S PAGE / I : FALL CLEANING : 'Have You a Club in J Your Neighborhoed? Prizes for Best Letters Tell What You Have Done to Help the Cam- paign and Get a Book mey | HAT have YOU done to help win the #| election? The Nonpartisan Leader will give five prizes for the best fact zletters, telling the personal experi- ences of women writers in helping to elect League candidates this year. _ Here are the rules: : All women who read the Nonpartisan Leader are eligible. Letters must not be more than 200 words in length. ; s Letters must be receivgd in the Leader office on or before November 12, 1920. : Letters must beai®the true name of the writer and must tell her actual experiences in helping the League at this election. < - 4 . The writers of the best five letters will have their choice of either Herbert E. Gaston’s book, “The Nonpartisan League,” or Charles Edward Russell’s book, “The Story of the Nonpartisan League.” Women of practically all League states have organized Women’s Nonpartisan' clubs, -which will be a big help on election day. Ex- periences in organizing and conducting a club might make a good letter. WOMEN ARE ACTIVE IN ALL LEAGUE STATES + In Montana and Minnesota Women’s Non- partisan . clubs have operated refreshment, booths at picnics and fairs, donating the prof- " its to the League campaign fund. St. Paul women have pledged themselves to interview - 10 voters apiece before election day in behalf of League candidates. All of those experi- ences would make good letters. But what we particularly want to hear about are cases of women who have can- vassed their whole townships, cases of women who get out to vote in spite of all difficulties, and. cases of women who see that all other women of their neighborhood get out and vote, and vote right. Do what you can to help win the election, and then write the Leader about it. Address “Woman’s Page Editor, Nonpartisan Leader, Box 2075, Minneapolis, Minn.” = Write your name and address plainly and say whether you would prefer Mr. Russell’s book or Mr. Gaston’s book, in case you win the prize. Federation in Montana Women’s Nonpartisan eclubs of Valley county, Mont., have formed a county‘federa- tion. Such federations can be organized in any county ‘which has five or'more clubs. The county federations can then form a state fed- eration to take charge of state affairs. Officers of the Valley county federation are: Mrs. Aura C. Perry, chairman; Mrs. C. H.’ Mikelson, vice chairman; Mrs. I. I. Wattrud, secretary; Mrs. E. Kamerad, treasurer. _ May W. Johnson, secretary and treasurer of _ Glasgow Club No. 2, reports the organization of the federation. . A HOME LAUNDERING- “Home Laundering” is a new pamphlet by the United- States department of agriculture. It dis- cusses the arrangement of a home laundry and equipment needed .and also touches upon the co- operative laundry question. It will be mailed upon application to the Department of Agriculture, %ashington, D. C. Ask for Farmers’ Bulletin No. 99. % { WORLD FACES LOWER BIRTH RATE Because of the increased male death rate during the war, 50 per cent of the unmarried women of France will be unable to find husbands, according to data of the International League of Red Cross Societies. There is now a surplus of 1,500,000 French women under 45. Every European nation, to some. extent, is faced by the same problem. Lowered birth rates will result. : e