The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-02-14
limited Request Will
Be Called to
Congress.
1wsnty.Four Societies
Hold Meetings
Today.

heard in the setting VI t"' PIOi'i hN'
,ros+;on Already a number of them !
qf aro cabIed 10 Washington, asking to !
10 allowed to vote on equal terms with /
the men in the plebiscIte to be taken !
To-Day. at meetings OF tWenty-tou |
romen : organizations, a vote Will be T.
taken on the question OF memoriailZing !
eonoress TO Grant to Hawaiian women
tbe same right to cast vote for or
'aoa5nst prohibiton as is to be granted /
tfer husbands and their brothers. !
The leading women of the Territory
are At the head of this movement. Mrs. |
Walter F. Frear, wife Of the Governor
at Hawaii. has thrown herself INTO the
work earnestly and with her are the
presidents Of practically every women 5
society Of Honolulu.
viii Vote Anyhow.
II it is learned that congress will not
give to the women of Hawai- any word
* 10 the preservation of her home and
her children. the women viii vote new
ertbeless, on the same day and during
the same hours as the men. Their vote
NAV he straw vote, but in effect
It will probably be as potent as that
Of the regular results of the regular
polls.
Congress Has Power to Agree.
The leading LAWYERS of the Territory
agree that congress has full power to
grant the right of the ballot to the
women of Hawaii at the plebiscite,
should il see fit. The plebiscite is to
test public opinion and what is the ma
ortv opinion of the women in this
question is quite as important, if not
even more important, than the major
i.y opinion of the men.
Not Suffragettes.
The women Of Hawaii are not suf-
fragettes. They are not demanding any
poutral equality with men, nor are
they DESTROYS of taking any part in any
election. They do want, however, to
be allowed TO register their votes on
the prohibition question, a question IN
which they have direct and vital in
teIeSt
representatives of some twenty or
CARNATIONS met yesterday and mapped
out plan OF campaign. Yes erdav
some organizations met and took imme-
date action. Today there Will he meet
ms IN scores of PAGES of organizations
whose membership Includes thousands
OF women. Tonight. the result of these
e meetings will be cablcd ON to Wash
ingt0B
All Women Interested
Tho women of II,v,-,-; .ro I,,ir,rr 49,,
on this matter without distinction OF
caste, social condition, color, wealth or
cTeed. The College Club. the women 5
ataetlc clubs, the Hawaiian women ;
SeeleteN, the church organizations. the
Teachers IN he schools, are ali in line.
Inc meetings yesterday were those
OF TIE Ladies Aid of the Christian
'huicb, The tpworth League of that
ehlIch the Woman 5 Board of Missions
OF the Christian Church. The Epworth
League Of the Methodist Church and
'ae Ladies Aid Society Of that church,
and the Christian Endeayor Society Of
hawaaha0
Meetings Today.
Al the meeting of the representa-
societies ve,terGaT n,on ' tTa ,,,o.tina
as ia vbs, na ,."' ~ upo" lNe f y, ol
may take WITH roforo, ol,,'u % . INA y, ,~' II
FSeq vote on prohibition, il was de
e-Hea 'Aat meetings of the several or
sani@ations should be heId and that
eue action taken at such meetings
eaouiu De reported by their respective
V oatet g.. at meeting to be held at half
house Of cent? al'T TiI loon d, '4' PARISH
u central Union church
What Is Wanted.
ne question and the only question
:, ,5;I De decided by each organization is
rI SaAL IL We As AN oBGANIZA.
H ri9S JON WITH OTHER ORGAN
ToTTv a a. R R, 4. THAT TILL