Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1904-01-14

Mrs. Lee Calvert, Friday, January 10,
at 2 80 p. IN.
The executive committee of the
Oregon State Equal Suffrage as
sociating held a meeting at the
home of Mrs. Henry W. Coe
Portland. The object of the meet
ing was to circulate petition to Sc
cure vote on an amendment to the
constitution at the next June election
forbidding the disfranchisement of
any citizen on account of sex. The
signatures of s per cent of the voters
of Oregon is necessary to give force
to that petition.
Mrs. A c.. Duniway, the chairman,
in an address said "The pioneer
women of Oregon who believe in
equality of opportunities for all the
people never hadd so much cause for
encouragement as now. p"
Miss Francis Gotshall offered the
following preabmle and resolutions,
| WHICH were adopted:
Whereas, We have only the brief
period of one month in which to
complete our initiative petition, and
we, being rated under existing laws
with idiots, insane presons, criminals,
Cinnamon, not natl We born, and In
dians not taxed, are naturally short
of funds with which to circulate our
petitions; therefore,
Resolved, That we appeal most
respectfully to the honorable voters
of Oregon for their assistance in this
emergency. We point with pride to
the noble record they made at the
June election of 1900, when nearly
two-thirds of the counties of the state
gave us a majority vote ON the equal
surtfage amendment; and we are
morally sure that we will not now
appeal to them in vain.
Resolved, That we respectfully
invite notaries public throughout the
state to assist us by circulating our
petition, and by taking acknowledge
ments without charge, of all petitions
that reach them.
Resolved, That we rely upon the
sagacity and foresight all public
spirited men OF Oregon for pushing
this work to a speedy completion.
| Resovled, That the aid of all
women's clubs, unions, fraternal as
sociations and fraternal patriotic
orders is likewise solicited and con-
tributions i'll money are saked for, to
be sent to our treasurer, in sums,
whether large or small, to be used in
this crisis.
Resolved, That we. respectfully
invoke the aid of the public press in
the prosecution of our work in this
crisis; and we will deem it an es-
pecial favor If the newspapers will
open their columns for contributions
for this purpose
Mrs. II. W. Coe offered the follow.
ing:
Whereas, The enfranchisement of
the women of all the states of the
Union is hut the question of little
time, we call upon the voters of Ore
gon to lead IN this patrioio work of
genuine expansion in the states bor-
dering on the Pacific ocean, thus set
| ting Washington and California an
illustrious example. - Adopted.
Mrs. NJ. c. Athey, who was voter
when residing in Idaho, moved that
an appeal be made to the men and
women of the four equal suffrage
states, also to the states and national
suffrage associations for cooperation
and funds in this emergency The
resolution was adopted
Following is the full text of the
petition as approved by the commit
tee:
To the Hon. +. l. Dunbar, secretary
Of state for the state of Oregon-We,
the undersigned legal voters of the
state of Oregon, respectfully demand
that the following. proposed amend
ment to .he constitution shall be sub
mitted to the legal electors of the
state of Oregon, for their approval or
rejection at the regular general cleo
tion to be held on the 9th day of
June, 1904, and each for himself says
| have personally signed this petition
and my residence, postoffice and vot-
ing precinct are correctly written
after my name.
Section 2, article ii, of the consti-
tuition Of the state of Oregon shall be
and hereby is amended to read as fol-
lows:
Article 2. In all elections not
otherwise provided for by this consti-
tuition, every citizen of the United
States of the age of 2l years and up
wards, who shall have resided in this
state during the six months imme-
diately preceding such election, and
every Ierson of foreign birth Of the
age of 2l years and upwards, who
shall have resided in this state during
the six months Immediately preceding
such election, and shall have declared
his intention to become a citizen Of
the United States one year preceding
such election, conformably to the
laws Of the United States on the SUBJ
iect Of naturalization, shall be en-
titled to vote at all elections author.
lied by law. 1t is expressly provided
that no one shall be denied the right
to vote on account Of sex.
The chair explained that all peti.
tions must be filed with the secretary
Of state by February 6, and all persons
circulating petitions are urged to Sc
cure as far as possible the names Of
voters who were registered in 1902.
Arrangements were announced for a
mass meeting Of the association to be
called in the near future.
Mrs II. W.Coe was appointed chair.
man OF a committee to procure a place
for the proposed mass meeting and TO
invite well known men to speak. Mrs.
W. A. Dalton was appointed chairman
OF the music for the meeting. A
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