Whatever we may think, gentlemen, of the question of woman's rights in general--and I think we know what we _do_ think--there is no doubt that the influence of women makes for purity in civic politics.

I am glad to inform the committee that Mrs.Buncomhearst and her friends have organized all the working women of the city who have votes.

They tell me that they have been able to do this at a cost as low as five dollars per woman.

Some of the women--foreigners of the lower classes whose sense of political morality is as yet imperfectly developed--have been organized at a cost as low as one dollar per vote.

But of course with our native American women, with a higher standard of education and morality, we can hardly expect to do it as low as that." * * * * * Nor were the women the only element of support added to the league.
"Gentlemen," reported Dr.Boomer, the president of the university, at the next committee meeting, "I am glad to say that the spirit which animates us has spread to the students of the university.