The New Era from Topeka, Kansas • 8

DiUGETERS OF TREMEWERiP ready they have some of the anti-suffragists on the run. The enemy has read "the writing on the wall" and has scampered off lest he be caught and weighed in the scales of justice and found wanting. in i ti 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 in 1 1 1 1 1 mi 1 1 1 1 1 1 mi 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 the suffrage cause and with her energy and push is doing much to forward the cause of woman's suffrage. Mrs. Lillie D.

White, one of the editors of the New Era, and who for the past few months has conducted this department so ably, has moved to Chicago where she will make her future home. Mrs. White is a forcible writer and the suffrage cause in lShe openetk her month with -wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness FOPULAKOHUNPOPULAK. How often we hear this remark, or something similar to it: "Oh yes, I EDITORIAL MANAGER EYA L. CORNING- Kansas loses one of its most iu suffrage, and when it be- exponents.

The people of Kansas comes popular you will find I am with you." Reforms are never popular, and the comparative freedom the tide. And to stem oppression talk of woman's sphere As though it had a limit. will not altogether lose the power of her pen, however, as she will from time to time talk to the people through these columns. Mrs. White is an earnest reformer, au advanced thinker and a talented writer.

She There's not a place in earth or heaven, There's not a task to mankind given, Thert's not a blessing or a woe, There's not a whiper yes, or no, There's not a life, or dtath, or birth That has a leathers weight ot worth Without a woman in it." women of the present century enjoy was not purchased by popular movements. It took courage on the part of a few brave determined souls; it took persistent and continued striving after that which seemed unattainabh and a firm, unwavering devotion to principle. All advantages enjoyed is deeply interested in tlie lman- cipation of woman from the thraldom of slavery, and is the author of the tin book entitled "The Coming Woman." The New Era extends to Mrs White its best wishes, and hopes he will meet with success in her new We have thoughts and aspirations, We have hopes and cubage all. And we mean to haste 'Hwning And to eed -ur country's call. Let us rift the clouds of error; 9 Let not freedoms light bum blue.

Wnen the veils of mist shall vinish, Truth will blossom forth anew. Then will buds of premise fl 'nsh, Gems of wisdom he rt-vei'ed. When she comes with healing wer Ar tru'h's scepter braely wield. As we enter the arena Let our lamps be trimmed and bright, That its halo my encircle Souls who grope in sorrow's Speed the car of woman's Let her bv bro hers side, Take the helmet. of salvation, Human liberty to guide.

Let us utilize ech talent Throbbing in the human breast, That our people all may cheYish Freedom, and be fully blest. field of labor. by the women of to-day have been secured by the brave women who had the courage to work in aa unpopular cause. If we would aid in the movement we must net wait for its popularity, but rather silently determine whether we are for or against it, aud then act. Woman's Chronicle.

JOINT-MEETING. The Woman's Progressive Political League and the People's party. Le-igue met at their rooms on 5th st. last Frida? night. The hall was well filled and a good and interesting pro gram was carried out.

The speeches of the women were good and to the point and the men who spoke favored woman's suffrage. Good music enlivened the ocCHsiwii. Judge Riner, of Wyoming, who is presiding over the United States circuit and district cour's at Topeka, is an earnest believer in woman suffrage. He says that in YTyomiug woman suffrage has proved a great success in purifying politics. The politicians who use corrupt and dis-leptuable means to accomplish their purposes have been suppressed, and only honest men can be elected to office, because as soon as the women find out that a candidate is dishonest they proceed to fight him regardless of politics.

Let this idea percolate fully into the minds, of the Republican politicians of Kansas, and not one of them would vote for woman saffrage next fall, and hisis exactly the reason why many of their leaders Let old customes be forgotten, Live not in the ages past; Lend your might to aid the present Then will justice reign at last. As I look on the horizion Visions greet my longing eye. And I feel the day of freedom Now is surely drawing nigh. Yes, the tide of thought is rising, Surging, heaving on and on; And I know it is the symbol, Of a new and brighter dawn. On, oh women, on to action! Speak and let your thoughts be heard; Pierce the foe that lurks around you By each thought, and act, and word.

Spread your sails upon life's ocean, Aid by every oble deed; Let false prejudice be banished, And "let woman take the lead." WOMAN'S PROGRESSIVE POLITICAL LEAGUE Meets every Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock, at 51(5 Harrison st. All women interested in economic reform, and woman's equality, are cordially invited to attend. The officers are Mrs. Bina Otis, president; Mrs. Breidenthal, vice-president; Mrs.

Hargtave, secretary; Mrs. Heller, treasurer; Mrs. Biddle, chaplain. oppose it now. Kansas Cornoner.

Perhaps this is why democracy, with which certain alleged Populists were willing to fuse last year and this, are so solidly arrayed against suffrage. WOMEN ACTIVE. FREEDOM'S ARMY. EVA L. CORNING.

Brothers, do you see that army Proudly marching to the fray? Firm ai thoughtful come they forward; Tis the women of today. Not with voice of angel sweetness, Not with steps of fairy tiead, But with love's magnetic arrow She will pierce the darkness dread. Woman bursts the bars of bondage Which have bound for years so long, And steps forth into the glory Of a new and brighter dawn. She is coming! comir.g!! Nations feel her thrilling power; She has blazed the lights of freedom In te darkest midnighc hour. Like a slave unto his master Woman has to creeds been bound.

Now alone she dares venture To regain her sto'en crown. Welling from the heart of woman Comes the thought, "might I not Then a step, and she advances To secure the living prize. True, it is the coming woman Worlds have waited for so long. And she smites the foe before her With a courage brave and strong. Onward, onward, is her motto; Truth and justice must be won; She will triumph in the battle Which by her is well begun.

From the crystal fount of knowledge Flowing through the cliffs' of time, Woman drinks its And inhales new thoughts sublime. And she gleans the golden blossoms From minds rich and fertile soil. She will slay the stinging serpent Which around her loved ones coil. Woman, like a true evangel Comes to help, to lead, to guide. Soon with ballot, she will enter In the work so grand and wide.

Hear the voice of duty calling! Now the truth it must be told, Woman grasps that mighty weapon To protect within her fold. Nations looking on now wonder At the progress she has made. On, and ever on she marches; Nature's law must be obeyed. In this battle waged for freedom We've inlisted for the fray, And our conquest we shall herald, As shall dawn that splendid day, We are coming, brothers, coming; Quench ye not the living fire. Woman's voice shall sway the nations, Build 'th oppressor's funeral pyre.

Who shall say her voice be silenced? Who shall bid her pen be still? She has moved the hearts of millions With a loving tender thrill. Let us look upon this army With a true and kindly pride, For it comes with loyal mission, A WICKED PARROT. Wonder the Old Ladjr Was Taken Sisters, we invite you to send in The women of Kansas are going to make a vigorous campaign this year for the amendment. They wdlmake the earth resound with speech and song. Woman's voice will be heard in this campaign.

They are ranging your thoughts. Let us put them in print. Let the Daughters of the Back. An old maiden lady who strongly objected to "followers" has as a companion a grey parrot with a wonderful faculty for picking up sentences, according to the leathered World. One day the old lady had JNewLra be heard.

Articles on any subject pertaining to home and gov their forces aud have rolled up their ernment will find room in this de partment. Who will be the first to speak. They have decided that they cannot her a breach of the secure their inalienable rights by 1 lower ordinance. Th so irritated the fk'l that as a wind-up to the re- meekly sitting down and waiting for it to come to them. The past and present are ample proof of this fact.

Mrs. Tucker, editor of the Review of Minneapolis was a delegate to the Alliance State Convention held in this city this week. She is one of We must work if we would win If women should not wield that sovereign weapon, the ballot; why not? Who has the right to forbid woman this privilege? Should not women be entitled to the same privileges cital of her woes in the hearing of her fellow-servants and Polly, who happened to be with'thera. she ex-claimed passionately, "I wish the old lady was dead. The parrot lost no time in showing off its newly-acquired knowledge when next taken into the drawing room, to the alarm of its elderly mistress, who superstitiously thought it was a warning from Another world.

Sho at once consulted the vicar, who kindly volunteered to allow his own parrot, which could almost tne most etlective workers in the reform field and wields well the pen. Mrs. Tucker made the New Era a pleasant jall while in the city. Mrs. Cruin of Burliugame, member oE the executive committee of the ITT i- woman's Progressive League of Kansas, attended the Alliance con-vnention this week, and called on us and freedom of thought and action that men are entitled to? Should not brother and sister stand on the same plane of activites, enjoying the same honors and privileges, working for each others interest, and for the advancement of humanity? These are the questions which are before the people for thought and discussion and must be answered soon.

Truly this is a progressive age. Men are thinking, women are thinking, and seeds of thought are being sown every where. The jwomen of Kansas are working noblv, and al- Mrs Cram is one of the progressive women of Kansas and is a power in preach a short sermon, sing psalms, cNic, to be kept for a short time with the imp ous one. in order to correct its language. To this end they were kept together a small room for a few days, when the lady paid them a v.sit in company with her spiritual adviser.

To their intense horror, immediately the door was opened, the lady's parrot saluted them with tha ominous phrase: 'I wish the old lady was dead!" the vicar's bird responding w.th all tho solemnity of an old parish clerk, The Lord hear our prayer. reform work. Mrs. utis. President of the Pro gressive League, has been chosen vke-xresident of the State Alliance Mrs.

Ottis is an enthuastic worker in.