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Show CANDOR Last week Mayor Dever of Chi-cabo Chi-cabo addressed the Illinois Federation Federa-tion of Women's clubs: "I don't want to say anything unpleasant. un-pleasant. Let me remind you, however, how-ever, that before you were given the franchise it was urged that woman suffrage would bring purity and cleanliness into public office. "I am wondering if our hopes have been justified. I don't think they have. It is not chargeable to women any more than to men, and I want it understood I favor the franchise to women as their natural right. This is no time for empty compliments. If we cannot now have clean government gov-ernment in Illinois and Chicago with organizations like these great women's wo-men's clubs to help us, what can we do? Woman with her franchise has proved a disappointment. She is not taking advantage of the opportunities opportuni-ties placed in her hands. She has failed to come up to expectations." |