The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-05-14
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woMAN's WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS.
How Colorado Was Carried For Woman
Sufrage-The Women Worked.

| How Colorado Was Carried For Woman
Suffrage-The Women Worked.
Now that the story of how Colorado
was carried for woman suffrage has
| come out, the charge that women do not
| want to vote will be refuted forever,
so far as Colorado women are concern
| ed. The history of the battle and vic
tory is as inspiring as the story of the
Boston tea party. Aug. 1 wealthy
Denver lady gave the use of room in
the Opera House block to the suffrage
| work ers. They had almost no money,
but they had stout hearts. Immediate
ly they prepared sets of suffrage resolu-
tons and sent them out SO that they
would be read III every county conven-
ton in the state. Some of the 90 coun-
ties had two or three conventions, and
it required $50 sets to go around.
The result was that two-thirds of the
conventions Endorsed the resolutions,
and many of them put a suffrage plank
into their own platforms. Next suf-
frage leagues were organized In every
hamlet in the state. These did work
in appointing meetings and distribut-
ing Leaflets as the ladies called
their tracts. No less than IS, 900 of the
tracts gave instructions on how to vote
for the bill. The country schoolhouse
everywhere did valiant service for the
women. The trustees allowed it to be
opened to the suffrage speakers. Speak
ers We're sent everywhere, well known
ones if they could be had; if not, then
the neighborhood women took it ON
themselves to address the meetings, and
some of these quiet home keepers sur
prised themselves and all their ac-
quaintances by developing into really
effective and ready takers. Besides
that the ladies laid siege to prominent
political leaders of all parties and won
over almost every lawyer and preacher
in Colorado to their cause. Neither
were the newspaper editors let alone.
They received every kind of document
sent out. The women labored with
them, too, and these gallant editors OPEN
ed their columns for discussion of the
question and in many cases advocated
woman's right to the ballot with the
imperial 1--WE" The ladies did not let
their efforts lag for one day, but held
meetings up to the last evening of the
campaign. So Colorado was carried
for woman suffrage by over 5000 ma
jority.
Some intelligent people labor under
the impression that in Wyoming and
Colorado women may vote for all officers
except national ones, such as congress
men and presidential electors. This is
mistake. In both these states women
vote for all candidates. state and ma
tonal, just the same as male voters do.
An eminent literary man" is said to
have replied on being asked if he would
like to be introduced to. lady who had
the reputation of being sarcastic, Eek
cuse me, but am as afraid of sarcas-
tic woman as am of a mad dog" Dear,
dear, the poor man!
I am-therefore I can
At a brilliant performance of ''Er-
mimic the other evening noticed par
ticularly the exquisite and artistic cos
tunes of the actors. Then I observed
on looking at the programme that all
these wonderful costumes the women
wore had been without exception de-
signed by men. Why should men design |
women's artistic costumes? Are there |
no women who can do it!
ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER
Tea Cozy.