Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-06

amendment giving the franchise to wom-
en-. While many suffragists do not feel
that there is much influence in petitions
presented to Congress. they are CO.
operating to make this Berger petition
a marvel in size, as well as importance.
But that is only a minor feature in the
Wisconsin campaign. Never have a
greater number
Many Meetings Of enthusiastic
Are Being Held. heId for the
| cause of suffrage than are now in pro-
! gress in the different Wisconsin towns
| One of the novel features OF the cam
| paign was the suffrage tent at the WIS
consin state fair last fall, at which suf-
| frage literature and buttons were dis
| tributed and continuous meetings were
| held Addresses were made. by promi-
nent visiting suffrage women, as well as
| by the leading men of the state. and as
a central means of reaching people from
| all parts of the state the state fair tent
| proved a great success Wisconsin has
| stanch supporter of the campaign for
| woman suffrage in Senator La Toilette,
| who says that ''co-suffrage, like CO.
education. will result in a better balanced,
more enlightened citizenship and a truer
| democracy" With such a champion
| and with active chairmen for every
| county, and headquarters established in
| each large town. and suffrage debates
going on in every college, the suffragists
feel that the Wisconsin campaign is well
| under way, but the ''antis'' still claim the
| ultimate victory.
! In Oregon many men are actively inter
ested in furthering the progress of the
campaign for woman suffrage. A men $
league for woman suffrage has been or.
ganiZed in Portland. and the Commercial
Club, consisting of the leading men of the
| city. has started "a big movement to secure
votes for the women of Oregon. The men
! interested in the movement are prepar-
ing to establish equal suffrage clubs all
over the state. The Oregon State Fedora
ton of Labor has declared actively for
woman suffrage, as has also the State
Grange and several other organizations.
II Is said that the men of Oregon are con-
tributing more literally to the support
of the women's movement than they
have done for any former state cam
paign. and that the strong influence of
it's geographic situation-betwee Cali
fornia and Washington. the last two states
to enfranchise women-will also aid the
vote for the amendment which will be
taken next November. thus making the
Pacific coast line solid for suffrage
~
In Kansas there is feeling among
to prove successful. because the women
| in that state
Kansas Advocates have had munich
Feeling Hopeful. years yea s'As and it's its
success has been generally conceded. The
first woman mayor in the country is
Mrs. Wilson Of Hunnewell. Kan. and
there have been a large number Of other
women who have held municipal Offices
in that state. The mayor of Hunnewell
had difficulty with her councilmen. who
opposed her efforts to have clean. dry
town and conducted meetings without
notifying her and turned down all OF
her appointments after she had named
every reputable citizen in the town.
The governor of the state ordered a
special investigation of the Hunnewell
difficulty, with the result that custer pro-
ceedirgs were brought against the coun-
- Cilmen by the attorney general of the