The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-04-16
THE WORK or THE. woMAN's
SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION

L SH0u III IN E%aliO&lai WUtAidAA S1l
frage convention.
Mrs. Trimble-Woolsey. of Kentucky.
/ whose grandfather and great uncle
drafted jointly the first bill eve
| drawn on the American continent { o
secure to married women control of
their property, declared before the
convention that she intended to try
to vote at the next election, and if
restrained to carry \ question to the
United States Supreme Court. Said
she:
1T was not until after the adop-
tion of the Federal Constitution that
the States began to change the basis
of representation from taxation to
sex-a thing they mad absolutely no
right to do. But Notwithstanding even
h wors phase of the matter, the
first constitutions of only three out
Of the thirteen original states used
the word male" Tennessee and
Georgia coming in shortly after
wards) as a qualification for voting.
Voters were only required to be free
men. twenty-One years old. which
white women certainly were and free
holders, which women as owners OF
property certainly were. and to reside
a certain length of time in the Com
monwealth. Thus women are by right
voters today IN eleven of the eastern
and Southern states. as well as in the
four Rocky states.
.tNon usage 5as not forfeited this
right to the ballot. Where duress or
fraud have been perpetrated, owner
snip is not lost (women are prevent
ed from the use of the ballot by dur
ess and fraud and the Federal Con-
%stitution besides strictly prohibits
any state from taking away from Il
citizen a vested right.
AT the next election I intend to
offer my vote and if it is refused |
shall take the case to the L. S. Su-
prene Court. Since women could vote
as fre~eholders in the British colonies
and as such mnder the first State
Constitution, I want to test as to
whether this government protects the
vested rights of women as well as its
other class of citizens"
Washington April 15.-Mary N.
Chase. president of the New Hamp-
SHIRE Woman Suffrage Association
presented a report showing rhe chief
effort of the ear in New Hampshire,
IN addition to securing names to the
National petition, had beer the prac-
teal conversion of the state grange
to Woman Suffrage.
A paper or discussion on the sub
iect was required i'm every local body
by order of the lecturers and in nat
way the movement was brought to the
attention of 10000 members of the
grange. Some fifty or more Grang-
ers competed for a prize for the best
essay on woman suffrage.
Governor Quimby and Mrs. Qui:nby
are members of the state association.
Mrs. Chase reported, and their names
head the state petition.
Washington. April ia sympos-
ium on open air meetings was N OF
the features of the afternoon session,
at which some of the open air work
ers exchanged their experiences and
gave their ideas for the best success
of open air gatherings.
Susan w. Fitzgerald, of Boston, de-
clared three tnings essential to the
successful out of door speaker in the
cause of equal franchise. They were
she said, a logged determination to
make good no matter what occurs
oh1tR vi SOO' q US ~
understanding of the audience. a pow
ct of mental adjustment and a sense
of humor.
Some people stop from curiosity
when they see a woman speaking,
said Mis- Fitzgerald.
Many stop because they think ii
is a Salvation Army meeting, OF some
one advertising patent medicines.
Others stop because il is warm and
they are lazy and it is easier to
stand still than to mov on.
You've got to go where the people
are" comseled the speaker. 1T is
absolutely useless to expect them to
come to you. The audience not only
will not come of the t~horougnfare to
a quiet spot, hut won't cross the
street.
This means you have got to a
the question Of noise, and we found
that a trolly transfer point or some
equally busy place was about the best
for the meeting. 1t is hard to have |
to talk down the noise of cars, but II
is a lot more encouraging than to
talk 20 nobody.
There's no use having a pr~earrang
ed subject. If you find they do not
respond to your points drop them and
take up something hat does hit them.
The plea of democracy. the need of
the working woman and the tax pay
ing argument tell best" said the
speaker