The San Francisco call., 1906-09-10
WOMEN WILL WORK
IN CAMPAIGN.


BERKELEY. Sept. s.-Pending the
dawn Of the day when women in Cal
ifornia are TO cast ballots with the
lords Of creation" the members Of the
Alameda County Equal Suffrage 81
ciety have decided TO improve the time
By picking out the good men from the
had among candidates, especially
among aspirants for seats in the Legis-
lature.
This plan Of campaign was decided
upon at the annual meeting OF the So
ciety yesterday at the home of Mrs.
c. c. Hall on Benvenue avenue.
Incidentally the society went on rec
orc as favoring the efforts of union
labor men to secure patronage for
union-made goods. Resolutions cover
ing the union labor matter and the
plan to indorse selected candidates
from tickets put up by the various po-
liticsl parties in the State were pre-
pared and presented by Mrs. F. A
Williamson. a prominent member of
the society. The resolutions arc as
fellows:
Whereas, Since both the national
Federation of Labor and the State Fed
Grafton Of Labor have publicly Endorsed
whereas. The several crafts of said
federations have adopted a label TO
protect their work from competition
with that class Of laborers who have
q low estimate of a living wage, from
the evils Of the sweat shop system and
from the horrors of child labor; that
we as sufragists recognize the justice
Of the said method adopted by them;
Resolved. That we declare ourselves
in sympathy with the labor movement
and that we will encourage the pur-
chase of goods bearing the union label.
Whereas, The laws by which we are
governed are dependent on the moral
integrity and intellectual status of
our lawmakers; therefore be 1t
Resolved, That suffragists use lneir
all powerful influence in the election
Of honest, fair-minded men to the State
Legislature.
FOR SUFFRAGE CAMPAIGN.
Prominent advocates of woman suf-
frage from San Francisco and other
cities around the bay were in attend
snce at the meeting of the society.
Various speakers reviewed the work OF
the society during the last year, which
included the forming of new suffrage
clubs, the sending Of aid to the suffrage
campaigners in Oregon, supplying the
press with suffrage articles and obtain
ing the Endorsement Of various edu-
cational. political, industrial and
other conventions for the idea Of equal
suffrage.
Mrs Austin sperry of San Francisco.
president OF the State Equal Suffrage
Association, gave an account Of the re-
cent campaign for equal suffrage In
Oregon. She said that many seemed
10 have taken fright at the idea of
equal suffrage in Oregon. Mrs. Sperry
said that il was part OF tho work Of
the equal suffrage advocates to prove
that the women OF the State desired
suffrage. and that they were .nteili-
gent enough to demand and to use II.
Organization was a prime requisite to
accomplish this end.
Mrs. Ella F. Greenman, discussing
the suffrage matter. said:
The economic Question is the ques-
ton OF the day. Capital has arrayed
itself against the cause of woman as
was witnessed in the Oregon cam
paign. The only body of men who
really and heartily indorse woman suf-
frage is the labor party. They do not
DO so because they are better or have
more sentiment, but because it is a
matter Of bread and butter. They must
raise the workwomen to their own
standard IN order to maintain their
own economic position, Women should
have a broad conception of all politi-
cal movements OF the day.
A MATTER OF EVOLUTION.
Mrs. c. c. Hall. later elected presi-
dent OF the society, said:
think women should study care
fully the economic questions Of the day.
Equal suffrage will come as a matter
OF evolution. and systematic education
along the lines of economics will help
q great deal
Mrs. T. A. Williamson comm the
stand OF the Independence League in
indorsing equal suffrage, and described
her Impressions of the Republican con-
vention at Santa Cruz, which she called
'boss-ridden." She said:
The exhibition given by the great
Republican party In California when
il bowed last week to the dictation of
a boss at Santa Cruz should provide a
startling and valuable object lesson
for the honest, 5ustice-loving men who
train with that party. 1t should in
spire an open revolt at the ballot box
against such a shameless display of
corrupt politics.
Mrs Horace Coffin. president of the
Equal Suffrage Society in San Fran
cisco, said:
We expect to carry equal suffrage in
the State in two years. When the men
learn that we do not propose to rev.
Olutionize the existing order of society
and that nothing more radical than the
granting Of a right to women will have
occurred the end viii come in this fight
OF ours.
Mrs. William Keith, wife of William
Keith, the painter. and president of the
Berkeley Political Equality Society,
said:
I think il is absurd to wait until all
tht women want to vote before trying