El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-06
WOMEN FIGHT.
FOR VOTES
IN WEST
Expect to Add Four States
to the List of Suffrage
Commonwealth.
ARIZONA HAS UP
SUFFRAGIST BILL

Washington, D c., April 6.-3Iale
voters in four states of the union viii
this year approve or reject constitu-
tional amendments extending the sur
frage TO women. and it may be that
two more states viii be added to these
four. 1t is already certain that tie
question viii be submitted TO q vote III
Ohio, Wisconsin, Oregon and Kansas.
The proposition to submit the equal
suffrage question to the voters mas
passed one house OF the legislature OF
Michigan, and one house Of the legis-
lature Of the new state Of Arizona So
il may be that in the elections TINS
fan the suffrage viii be extended 10
women in six states, thus doubling the
number of stars on the suttraglsts flag
Ohio Is In Line.
In Ohio a new constitution IS Delng
formulated by a constitutional con-
ventiOn. and the convention already
has adopted, by an overwhelming ma
iority q provision for woman suffrage,
which Will, however, be submitted 10
the voters separately from the new
constitution, so that II IS possible Tor
the new constitution to be ratified ana
the woman suffrage clause TO De re-
jected-
The status Of the campaign in the
four states where the question already
has been submitted IS exceedingly IA
vorable TO the suffragisU's cause, II one
may accept the claims OF the leaders.
OF the campaign, as gathered from
various leaders OF the sQual Suffrage
cause, is given below It is hardly
necessary to say that the opposition is
not willing to accept these statements,
but they are given here as representing
what the equal suffrage campaign lead
ers claim
In every. county in Ohio an organiza-
ton is planned. and in most Of them
the workers are already actively in
the field It IS intended that the same
effort Of personal appeal to every man
voter in the state, which brought ABOUT
the victory in California, shall be re
peated in Ohio with as many new de-
vices for creating public sentiment as
feminine ingenuity can devise A house
toulouse canvass IS now being MADE 10
enlist volunteer workers in the differ
ent towns, and all through this summer
the rural districts will be covered by
suffraglst campalgners VINO, oy means
of trolley and automobile trips, VIII
keep a continual series OF public meet
ings in operation In all of the larger
cities headquarters viii be kept open
The Ohio Federation OF Labor, at its
recent annual meeting, passed resOlu-
lions to the effect that as a body. and
through its individual members, every
effort would be made TO secure- the sub
mission Of woman suffrage to be voted
upon and the adoption Of the same
when II IS presented to the voters OF
the state
Wisconsin to Decide IN Fall
In Wisconsin an equal suffrage
amendment is to be voted upon this
fall Though the sentiment there
seems strongly in favor, Il is recog-
nized that powerful interests are IN
active opposition and the aid of the en-
tire country viii be enlisted in this
campaign The Wisconsin Suffrage as
ISOLATION is one OF the older organlza-
lions in the country and has always
been actively interested In creating
suffrage sentiment even before there
seemed a possibility OF enfranchising
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suffrage association Of the state is alb
solutely non-partisan, 1t IS welcoming
the aid Of all political parties II IS
therefore endorsing the action OF the
woman's national committee Of the So
cialist party. in the petition they are
preparing to submit to congress
though representative victor Berger
asking for a constitutional amendment
giving the franchise 10 women. While
many suffrsgists do not feel that there
is much influence in petitions present
ed TO congress, they are co-Operationg
10 make this Berger petition mar
vel in size as well as Importance.
Many Enthusiastic Meetings.
But that is only a minor feature In
the Wisconsin campaign. Never have
greater number Of enthusiastic meet
ings been held for the cause OF suffrage
than are now in progress In the oif-
ferent Wisconsin towns. One OF the
novel features Of the campaign was
the suffrage tent at the Wisconsin
state fair last fall, at which suffrage
literature and buttons were distributed
and continuous meetings were held.
Addresses were made by prominent Vts-
tting suffrage women as well as by
the leading men Of the state, and as q
central means Of reaching people from
all parts OF the state the state fair
tent proved a great success. Wiscon-
sin has a stanch supporter OF the cam
paign for woman suffrage in Senator
La Toilette, who says that "co-suffrage
like cO-educat ton will result in e bet
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ship and q truer democracy" With
such a champion and with active chair
men. for every county, and headquarters
established IN each large town, and
suffrage debates going on in every col
lege, the suffragists feel that the Wis
cOnSin campaign is well under way but
the ants stiu claim the ultimate
victory.
In Oregon many men are actively In
terested IN furthering the progress OF
the campaign for woman suffrage
mems league for woman suffrage has
been organized in Portland and the
Commercial club consisting OF the
leading men Of the city, has started
big movement to secure votes for the
women OF Oregon The men interested
in the movement are preparing to es-
tablish equal suffrage clubs all over the
state. The oregon State Federation
OF Labor has declared actively for wo-
man suffrage, as has also the State
Grange and several other Organizations
It is said that the men OF Oregon are
contributing more literally to the sun
port Of the wOmen's movement than
they have done for any former state
campaign and that the strong influ-
ence Of its geographic situation be-
tween California and Washington. the
last two states to enfranchise women.
VIII also aid the vote for the amend
ment which viii be taken next Novem-
Der, thus making the Pacific coast line
solid for suffrage.
Kansas SuffraEisfs Hopeful.
In Kansas there is a feeling among
suffra gists that the campaign is likely
10 prove successful because the women
in that state have had municipal SUI
frage for years and its success has been
generally conceded. The first woman
mayor in the country is Mrs. Wilson Of
HunneWel. Kansas. and there has
been a large number Of other wo-
men who have held municipal offices
IN that state. The mayor of Hume
nell had difficulty with her council
men. who opposed her efforts to have
a clean. dry town, and conducted meet
ings without notifying her and turned
down all Of her appointments after she
had named every reputable citizen OF
the town" The governor Of the state
ordered q special Investigation Of the
EunnewelI difficulty, with the result
that custer proceedings were brought
against the councilmen by the attorney