Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-10-29
GERMANS FAVOR
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
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German-Amerlcan Alliance had come
out against woman suffrage at IN
earlier date; nevertheless | got a
hearing there and many men changed
their point of view. They only needed
enlightenment on a subject they were
p%rejudieed against and did not I'M
derstand.
Thousands and thousands of people
do not yet understand, and the edu-
cation must go on. Sometimes l ask
myself. "Where have all these good
people, men and women, lived, thai
they have escaped knowing some
thing about votes for women, n the
duty that is theirs to secure enfran-
rchisement?" only the other day a
postmaster was astonished to hear
that the question is to be voted upon
by the people of Wisconsin on Mo-
vember 8. There are, of course, selfish
interests which will line up against
us, against everything, even against
progress and human freedom. But
we will be victorious In spite of this
kind of opposition.
Meetings like the one at Chrestline
proved this. There / spoke after a
band concert to 700 people, all eager
to hear and to debate. At the farm
ers' meeting in Nevada the men stood
solidly for ar hour and a half, then
debated for another hour, and even
after that wanted private informa-
ton. In Lacrosse, at the conclusion
of the meeting. the Rev. ]. N. Rapp,
secretary to the Right Rev. James
Schaebach, bishop of the Lacrosse
diocese, declared for the bishop that
the plea had carried conviction to
him and that he is now for woman
suffrage.
l was in Toledo on election day,
serving alternately in two parts OF
the city at the polls. The sentiment
was very friendly, only once was I
asked why l did not stay at home
TO mend the socks" All the other
men discussed the question seriously
and intelligently. Toledo went in
favor of woman suffrage by a ma
jorlty of 1000 votes. I wish to pay
tribute to those men Of Toledo: to
pay tribute to 249,420 men who voted
for woman suffrage! Twenty-four
| counties voted in favor of the amend
ment.
It is the unanimous expression of
opinion Of the women Of Ohio that
the campaign has merely beer inter-
rupted by the election of September
3 and hat 1t must be continued until
Ohio women become enfranchised.
The two and a half months which
/ have spent campaigning in Wiscon-
sin have brought me even richer and
more varied experiences. OF them |
shall speak more fully at the State
convention of our New Jersey WON
an Suffrage Association, which is to
he held in Trenton on November s
and .. We are hopeful that the ques-
ton will be decided %favorably in Wis
eonsln. Many women are working
faithfully for this end. Besides the
large number of American women,
who give their best efforts to the en-
reimbursement Of their sex, there are
living in Milwaukee two German
women, Mrs. Clara Neymann and
Miss Martha Heide, who have the
cause at heart. The former witnessed
the organization in Berlin in 1904 of
the International Woman Suffrage
Alliance. At that time eight nations
~confederated. Today. eight years
later, twenty-eight nations belong to
the International Woman Suffrage
| Alliance, demonstrating the world
wide majesty OF this movement,
which will continue to sweep on vic
toriously until the mothers OF the
race arc liberated. and God can let
His sun shine upon n free humanity.