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republic ever instituted among men, were in our organic law, every man and woman is guaranteed equal rights in comparison with every other civil privilege in the greatest commonwealth of that great Republic, Iowa. We have here in this imperial State two and one half million of the most progressive, the most patriotic people in the world. We have the finest system of education and enlightenment that obtain any where. We have the means of spiritual instruction unsurpassed anywhere beneath the stars ans stripes and yet are we satisfied with the advancement that has been made. In our devotion to the highest interest in life and government, is there that in our experience which occasions us keen disappointment. That American opinion is on so indispensible a scale that the ideals of sacrifice which inspired our fathers to suffer to the utmost to advance our institutions are satisfactory managed in this generations that have come upon us. Now this is primarilly to say that we have not despaired, that an improvement is come and if it does come it must come because of the stimulating influence of the women of our state and country. I esteem it fortunate that women have the right to participate with us at the ballot box in determining the policies of the parties and the knowledge of candidates, but one step further they must assume and that is the direct burden which attaches itself to active participation in effective affairs. We have tried the experiment in Iowa for the last year and find that women can serve satisfactorily on
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republic ever instituted among men, were in our organic law, every man and woman is guaranteed equal rights in comparison with every other civil privilege in the greatest commonwealth of that great Republic, Iowa. We have here in this imperial State two and one half million of the most progressive, the most patriotic people in the world. We have the finest system of education and enlightenment that obtain any where. We have the means of spiritual instruction unsurpassed anywhere beneath the stars ans stripes and yet are we satisfied with the advancement that has been made. In our devotion to the highest interest in life and government, is there that in our experience which occasions us keen disappointment. That American opinion is on so indispensible a scale that the ideals of sacrifice which inspired our fathers to suffer to the utmost to advance our institutions are satisfactory managed in this generations that have come upon us. Now this is primarilly to say that we have not despaired, that an improvement is come and if it does come it must come because of the stimulating influence of the women of our state and country. I esteem it fortunate that women have the right to participate with us at the ballot box in determining the policies of the parties and the knowledge of candidates, but one step further they must assume and that is the direct burden which attaches itself to active participation in effective affairs. We have tried the experiment in Iowa for the last year and find that women can serve satisfactorily on
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