Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-09-02
: Most Remarkable Organization.

hU~l ItIil;tfkdDlt LIBERALIZATION.
That is what Francis NJ. Bjornman
saws in ND(i,r regarding the work Of
Mrs. Emma Smith DeNoe. President
Of the Washington State Women Suf-
frage Association, in bringing about
year ago last February, the submits
sion of aD enabling act for Constitu-
tiOnal amendment striking the word
male from the Qualifications for vot-
ing by the State Legislature OF 20 to
i in the House and 81 to l. in the
Senate. ard this at a time when there
had been no special revival of Senti
ment from any cause in any part of
the country, and over twenty States
had rejected such a proposition.
How she has accomplished so much
and how she promotes her ever active
campaign, is thus described in her
own words quoted in CoVter. "Wo-
man are fundamentally construc-
tive, and we Washington suffragists
are living up to our characters by
holding to purely constructive lines
of work, )" says Mrs De Voc. I'VE
never trouble to fight or refute per-
sons OF views CONTRARY to our own
Our policy is to take for grantel-as
far as pOSsible-that every body is
with US. When we are confronted
with opposition we ignore it if we
can. If we can't. we meet it with
sincere and tolerant consideration,
Or-in the case of irrationally preju-
diced persons whom it is impossible
to answer-with good-humored rail-
lery. By nature, despite the current
ideas to the contrary, women tend
strongly toward cooperative methods
of work. and in this respect our or
ganization is as feminine rs q bee
hive.
Each woman has her own little
job to do, and she does it-be it bill
sticking or speech-making-with all
her might for the good of the cause.
OF all feminine characteristics, the
strongest is perhaps altruism. and in
our movement we plan to give it the
widest possible scope. The conse-
quence is that the women, finding an
OPP ortunity to do the work they like
in the way they like, flock to us from
all parts of the State. Our associa-
ton is immensely popular. We lack
neither workers nor money-and we
are growing so fast that we hardly
keep up our registration lists. A
great many men are with us, too.
We have convinced our good brother
that We are not going to break up the
home nor take away masculine pre-
negatives, and he has come over to
our side. We have friends, even
among the politicians.
With every copy of Votes for
Woman" goes ont a big yellow suff-
rage poster, different with each issue,
which the subscribers are bound by
their loyalty 10 the cause to put up
in the most conspicuous spots avail
able. A postmaster's wife hung hers
in the post Office, and a grocer's wife
hers in the grocery. A woman run
ming a rooming-house hung hers in
the front hall, and a genial boarding
house mistress put hers up in the
dining-roOm, where it still furnishes
the leading topic of conversation. A
hostess tackled hers up in the
parlor and let it do its duty while she
entertained her New Years callers"
During the municipal campaign in
Seattle, the women distributed 25, 900
hand-bill at the doors of political
meetings. At county fairs, grange
meetings. picnics and excursions they
are always on hand to sell or give
away their handbills and posters,
their papers, and their Votes-for-
Women buttons, pins, badges and
banners.
And yet their chief source of in
come is a cookbook, "The Washing
ton Women S Votes for Women Cook.
book"