Show relief society hears plea to use ballot exercise franchise to correct ills his of nation churchwomen are urged breed women ol of the I 1 D S church were urged to make full use of the voting fran franchise chize as a means meana of correcting the ills which afflict the country at the semiannual relief society conference thursday in the assembly hall the conferences held as a prelude to the general conference of the church attracted a capacity crowd and at the afternoon session a few women were unable to find space in the hall ball which seats about people the responsibility bf women in seeing that able and efficient persona son are elected to public office was ampha emphasized B laed by mrs J ulla julia A P lund general secretary treas aurer of the association and one ot of the speakers at the afternoon I 1 session the franchise mrs lund said 1 I ie B the big highest h at duty duly 0 f citizenship iz and there are some aspects of government for which women are peculiarly responsible we do not advocate a separate w comans womans s party as men and women e domene re qually equally interested in good government but in view of the tact fact that our government functions through the party system it is the duty of every citizen men and women to accept party responsibility always remembering in that country comes first ano ana party second must attend primaries mrs lund told the women that lat they cannot dispose of their full political duty by merely voting in the final election but they must attend primaries and see that good candidates aro are selected to vote on la in the elections at the tha primaries she commented we sometimes have the lere leffe of choosing between A good and a bad candidate whereas at r an election it occasionally happens that we must choose the alie lesser es be r of two evils the speaker mentioned some of the political matters in which women should take a keen interest listing hating efficiency in government federal ald aid tor for welfare work taxation education child welfare women and ch children ildron in industry and the tee legal status ot of women |