Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1920 — GIVE WOMEN A SQUARE DEAL [ARTICLE]

GIVE WOMEN A SQUARE DEAL

Tenth District Democrats Favor Admitting Them as Candidates. At the meeting of Tenth district Democrats held in the west court room at the court house in this city Saturday afternoon, perhaps one of the most important matters acted upon was the passage of a resolution without a dissenting voice favoring the admission of women as candidates to county or any other office in the district on an equality with the men. So far as known the Tenth is the only district in th*, state that has gone this far. The admission of women to full suffrage is not yet an accomplished fact, but it is expected will be so in a few days, when enough states have ratified the suffrage amendment to make this possible. The meeting Saturday was very well attended indeed and was one Mw -the most enthusiastic district ■ meetings held in the Tenth district in a long time. It was opened by District Chairman Lehman of Crown Point, but Mrs. Ura Gwin, district chairman of the women’s organization, was made permanent chairman ot the meeting, a position which she filled with ease, dignity and excellent ability. The men visitors from other counties in the district were very complimentary in speaking to one another of the excellent choice made for chairman of the district organization of women. Short talks were made at this meeting by Mr. Lehman, Mrs. Gwin, Mrs. Maude K. Taylor (of Chicago, who is a member of the national organization of Democratic women), G. E. Hershman of Crown, Attorney Conroy of Hammond, and several others. Also by John Isenberger of North Manchester, who is a candidate for the nomination for governor. Mr. McCullough, the other Democratic gubernatorial candidate, could not get here, having engagements elsewhere in the afternoon that prevented him from reaching here even for the evening meeting, which was also held at the same place and was addressed by Mrs. Taylor, Mr. Isenberger and Mr. Hershman. Only about 10 days remain now for filing petitions of candidacy for the primary of May 5, and it behooves all who wish to become can-> didates for any precinct, county or district office to get a move on and see that their petitions are on file before the time limit expires.