The Washington herald., 1912-08-06
NEWS NOTES or
EQUAL SUFFRAGE
Movement Is Growing in Strength
Both Here and
y Abroad.

The International Retail Clerks Pro-
tectIve Association, with 100000 men,
| bGs. Endorsed equal suffrage at its
Columbus convention last week. H. ].
Conway, Of Denver, introduced the reso-
luton. which favored woman suffrage
not only for Ohio but also for the en-
tire United States.
Arizona is the sixth State to announce
. suffrage campaign which is to be ter
minated at the polls this fall, but It
is the only one to raise the question by
| initiative recognition. The brand-new
constitution Of Arizona provides that
ANY amendments to this constitution
/ may be proposed in either house of the
Legislature or by initiative petition
ngned by a number of qualified elec-
tors equal to Is per cent OF the total
number of votes for all candidates for
governor at the last preceding general
election" The Arizona petition was
signed by IS per cent more than the
necessary number Of electors. Now
that the petition is filed the Arizona
women are making plans for vigorous
campaign. They have asked the. organ
ize-s Of the Wilson, Marshall ratifica-
ton meeting to give places on the plat
form to Mrs. Munds, of Prescott, and
Mrs. Parish. of Phoenix.
A despatch from Brussels says: The
menace OF a national general strike In
favor OF Universal suffrage is begin
ming to take definite shape. The Labor
Federation has appointed four commit
tees charged respectively with the de-
velopment Of propaganda, the creation OF
a central fund, the acquisition. storing.
nj nd OF ri ~ ri Of ST
titles Of food. and the quartering Of
children of strikers among Belgian and
foreign families during the strike"
Oregon women feel that they did good
work among the Elks during their con-
vention week in Portland. The Elks
from California. Washington. and Idaho
wore votes for women buttons. and
'cheerfully announced that woman suf-
frage is all right; We know because We
have tried it,
The New York Evening Post Of July
10 devoted an entire page to the suffrage
campaign in Ohio. A Post editorial of
the same date says "Ohio suffragists
have carried on their political activities
in a distinctly 'womans way Fusing
the practical with the ideal. they early
laid hold of the fact that summer time and
open air go well together. and inaugu-
rated a kind OF gala march through the
State, with street corners and country
roads as their assembly places PEN
nants have waved, music has been requi-
sitioned. and color has played its part.
To many in Ohio, politics has long been
allowed to mean something opprobious.
The idea that delicately natured women
might he drawn into the unsavory prac-
tices Of the politicians has been particu-
larly repugnant. II should be soothing
to discover. from the Ohio record, that
they are not drawn into It: that they
can't be; that they find way around.
Rural Maryland will soon be canvassed
by a caravan party of suffragists from
the Just Government League. who. it
Is said, Will campaign through several
counties in gypsy style.
Portugal has admitted limited num-
Der of women to the Parliamentary fran
chise under the new electoral law. About
a year ago. by a legal decision, Portu-
ruese women were declared eligible for
the franchise on the same terms as men.
Only one woman. DIR. Carolina Angelo
Cwho has since diedD. was placed on the
register. her application having caused
the test case which the court decided
in her favor. The Senate has now grant
ed ,or limited the vote to women over
twenty-five, who pass a certain educa-
tional test. For men. by the new law.
there Is property qualification. but 1t
is so slight that manhood suffrage Is
practically established. The number of
women enfranchised will, II is said, be
small.
Mabel craft Deering, of California. !
writes, in the West Coast Magazine. An
other interesting point is the sort of
women who are registered in San Fran
cisco. 1t has always been the cry of the |
that the best women will !
not vote and the worst ones will San
Francisco is the largest city In the United |
States having equal suffrage. The women |
OF the so-called best districts, the arls- |
tocratic quarters. and the qua rters which |
are built up exclusively with homes are |
all registered.