Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-07

time when there was such great enthu-
siasm for equal
Great Enthusiasm suffrage as now.
In Pennsylvania e sns the netw sampa,5s
ing the fact that the suffrage as
ISOLATION of that state is one Of
the oldest and most active in the
country. The election of Rudolph Blank
enburg as mayor of Philadelphia is the
most important event connected with the
history Of woman suffrage in that state.
as he has for many years been stanch
advocate Of equal political rights and
has never failed to speak in public to
that effect. AS compliment to the
mayor-elect, even before his Inauguration,
the annual meeting of the Pennsylvania
Woman Suffrage Association was well
coined to Philadelphia by brilliant il
Elimination Of City Hall. in which the
words Votes for Women formed con-
spicuous feature of the decorations.
One of the newest events in PhiladeI-
mems League for Woman Suffrage, COM
posed Of a large percentage of the police
force OF that city. In Pittsburgh also
the suffrage sentiment has become strong,
so that the passage Of a suffrage amend
ment in the Keystone state has lately
taken on an aspect Of probability that is
almost surprise to the leaders. Mrs.
Blankenburg, who for years was the
president of the Pennsylvania Suffrage
Association and has worked increasingly
to obtain better laws affecting all condi-
tons of women summarized the situation
briefly in a recent address by saying: Il
have lived to see the women of PennSyl-
vania become owners of their own prop
erty and their own clothes. / have lived
to see them partial owners of their own
babies. / have lived to see them able to
collect their own wages and write their
own checks Now, I hope 1 shall live to
of the law
In New York the concurrent resolution
to strike the word male" from the state
constitution was introduced this year
into the senate by Stephen Stilwell of
New York city. This bill is practically
the same thing as the amendment propos-
ed by the State Suffrage Association in
1911, which was favorably reported by the
senate committee on judiciary. This
year number Of societies have organized
cooperative committee for legislative
work. Among the newer of these or
CARNATIONS are the Mems League, the
College League. the Political Association,
the Equal Franchise Society and the
Woman's Political Union. Each Of these
organizations represents a large and in
f1uential membership and the woman suf-
frage party Is now recognized as a dis
tinct political influence.
y
In Iowa the Mems League for Woman
Suffrage has become a considerable
org anization
Men in Iowa Strong and, at a
For Woman Suffrage. ,s mtet manth ne ia
Des Moines. steps were taken to secure
organizations Of men throughout the
state whose members are pledged to put
forth every possible effort and to stand
ready to respond to every reasonable de-
mand for aid in securing the enfranchise-
ment of the women of that state.
In the southern states the suffrage
movement has made rapid progress with
In the past year. In Tennessee the equal
suffrage convention at an enthusiastic
meeting recently discussed a conStitu-
tional amendment for that state which
will amend article g. section ], by follow
ing the word he with the words "or
She wherever it appears in that section
Active county organizations are now be-
ing formed in that state and a campaign
for this amendment is we'll under way.
The Tennessee suffragists have also been
actively helpful in the organization of a
strong equal suffrage association in Biz
mingham. Ala, which already includes
among its members member of the city
commission and other prominent men, as
well as many of the leading society wom-
en- of the city.
witch the Aldndma Suffrage ASSOcla-
ton held it's recent meeting in Mobile the
mayor of that city, whose views did not
seem to have been known in advance,
declared himself an enthusiastic and un-
equivocal believer in woman suffrage He
based his advocacy Of the measure upon
the ground that women have proved
themselves capable not only Of making
politics more honest. but of rendering
more effective the whole political ma
chinery.
In Louisiana the work Of women has
for many years been potently felt in New
Orleans, and taxpaying women already
have school suffrage throughout the state
In North Carolina the chief justice of the
supreme court of the state, Walter
Clark, made strong suffrage speech re-
Gently. indicative Of the attitude of many
progressive men Of the south upon the
woman question. In Georgia there is a
State Suffrage Association with active
branches in each Of the important towns
and also at Athens, Ga. there is mems
league for woman suffrage which is Wig
orously championing the cause.
The organizations opposed to woman
suffrage minimize the Importance of all
these various activities and declare that
in all of the suffragist organizations in
the country there are not more than 1900
members.