The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-06

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the wife -,f Governor stubbs. and the
treasurer the wife Of the edftors WIZ
liam Allen White. Another woma"
sufYragi,t now pounding away nam
mer and tongs At bleeding Kansas
In Miss Laura Clay OF KENTUCKY.
daughter Of the celebrated Cassius a.
Clay.
In Michigan-one OF the fve states
TO vote on this issue this iait-tne
equal suf1ragists have the governor On
their side, while the state grange. the
most powerful organisation In ne
oommonw ealth, has in the field COM
mittee of women who are question:
ing each candidate and canvass'ne
every county.
II win be surprising to many thas
rnman .u1raee has been defeated 90
often hitherto in Oregon. which De-
cause of its adoption OF 50 many new
isms has sometimes been dubbed tins
New Zealand Of the New World ana
the psychological laboratory OF the ma
ton"
The propositt IN after being defeated
nearly 3 to 1 in 1884 came within .
very narrow margin OF winning At the
next test, in 1900. At the three SUP
seauent tests 1t has not made nearly
SO good 4 showing. In 1906 the vote
was 47.075 to $500: in 1905. $3.50 to
ss,s5s, and in 1910. 5S.4ss u $500.
Ne, Organise 70 HE'S.
In addition to the woman sunra81stS
themselves. two Interesting factions are
at work In their campaign Of this
autumn One 10 . new. nation-w vice
and friendly organization Of men.
-.
for Woman Suffrage. which has NOT
yet chosen Q president. but whose sec
rotary in Omar e. Garwood. assistant
district attorney Of Denver. who 10 now
helping the sufYragettes OF Kansas.
This league is a6iliated with IN inter-
national organization II the same name.
whose president 10 Sir John Cotton. Of
England The other faction in question
IL the likewise now National Assocfa-
ton Opposed to Woman Suffrage. whose
president IL Mrs. Arthur N Dodge, OF
New York and under whose mothsriy
wing are seven or more State crgani-
cations. ofncsFed BY such women a. Mrs.
Elihu Root, wife Of the New York
Senator. and Mrs. Richard watson
Glider. widow u the editor Of the Gen.
fury Aaga4ine.
when I asked At woman Suffrage
DDS would be resorted to in any 81
the i've States now In the balance. I
got this reply. prompt and emphatic:
The only militant methods used In
equal suffrage campaigns in this coun.
try are resorted to BY the opponents Of
our cause"
W00e0 1t PaRtY Heo01aa4tosu.
A said. this great campaign -
waGed By the national BODY Of equal
sunragists u purely noa-partisan- Bus
here Ia New York I IND . corps %
suffragettee cooperating With each
Of the big parties national committses.
Conserving these Dr.. Anna Shaw and
her generals vouchsafe no information.
Republican Chairman Hilles's chie1
woman campaign general, who has an
once with him In the Times Building.
10 Mss Helen var1ck Boswell who
committee" She 10 . New YorN womans
noted for skin - IN organizer. and .
su6ragist who slready during the cam
paign for equal franchise has stumped
the Middle West with her chief essis-
tant. Miss Mary Wood. secretary oe
her bureau.
This womanis department. Of the Taft
committee 10 also assisted By IN al.
vteory board presided over By lGra
Nelson Herrick Henry. who. during the
present year. organized the woman'S In.
dustrtal exhibition ~ the GrenA Cen.
trail Palace and acted - chairman %
the voman's titanic Keller committee.
The Bull Moose party has three wo-
man national committeemeu, lGtsa
frances A Pellor, Of New York. Miss
Jane Adams Of Illinois, ana lGrs. lisa.
bel W. BIaaey. VINO was . CaltforutS
n g.