The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-11-04

I women
Mrs. ]. Corbet. of Valencia, presi-
dent Of the shawnee County Equal
Suffrage association, is severely III.
ard VIII not he able to carry on the
suffrage work until her recovery How
ever the vice president Will act n her
place and viii call d meeting some time
soon.
The organization of the Second dis
trict IS being carried on by Mrs Gene
We've Chalkley. the president. assisted
by Miss Helen Eacker. Five OF the
ten counties OF that district have al
ready been organized. A suffrage tea
was held Thursday IN Lawrence at the
home of Mrs. Strong. the wife OF the
Chancellor of the University, and
little later the workers expect to give
the teas in every FIVE or six blocks of
rhe city Mrs Matte Kimban. of Man
haitian. reports that the work OF organ
izing the Fifth district IS progressing,
and three more counties OF that dis
trict are ready for work
The work in Topeka is being ably
looked after hy the Good Government
Club watch has begun its campaign Tor
a thousand new members Auxiliary
clubs viii be formed in all the voting
precincts Of the city. and the en-
tfsusiasn with which the work is being
entered by those not heretofore inter
e<ted j an earnest of what the CLUB
VIII accomplish in winning the woman
wis have 50 far been inactive
The following Is from letter re-
ceived from q California woman, who
formerly lived in Kansas, which was
W ritten lust after the recent election;
The one black day in which the Wom-
en- Of California thought they had lost,
ONLY made success the more glorious
Ever since then women have been
holding meetings Of rejoicing and they
arc registering very fast. The election
December ;. which is to be city cleo
ton viii be important, and II looks as
though every woman would be out 10
vote. The Womans civic Club IS over
running and . new civic evening club /
for men and women viii be formed /
soon. How liberal the moneyed women
OF the coast are It was refreshing ~
read Of their offers Of help
The women of California. as wen as
those Of states that are trying for the
suffrage and have not yet voted on Il, !
are watching Kansas Wisconsin ore
~ n and Kansas VIII all vote on the
amendment at the next national cleo /
tion.
AZ the National Suffrage convention /
in Louisville Mrs Anna Howard Shaw. I
the president. announced that for IN /
hrst tine in their history. they couid ,
r4uorr two sIates=Na shington and +
Cal5forr fa-erlfranchised during the
wear The visitor from Kansas replied 4
Twins at this meeting. but triplets al
the next
Approximately one million women /
viii Be eligible TO vote AT the next
election. and of that num- !
Der one-half of them were enfranchls-
e7 At the last election in California +
Colorado has $50. o00 Washington +
$4,000: Utah 5000. Idaho. 10000, +
ana wyoming. $1,000 There are over
fifteen million women in the world
Who are enfranchiSed- Kansas was the
frst state TO give full school suffrage.
Kentucky had previously allowed
women to vote in school elections Il
they were widows and property own
ars Kansas is the only state that kas
given women municipal suffrage tex
ceut Of course. the states that give the
full elective franchise 10 them). and
that law was incorporated with the
in 1851. T Kansas men
pass the amendment Novera Der ?.
1912. the number Of women who viii
hc eufranchised in the state viii be
about $4,000
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