Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-03-12

| Woman SUFFRAGE Association. from a
handful of earnest progressive women
| ~surmounting obstacles. ridicaile and
fra ditions- has grown to a member
ship of nearly a Thousand women or
aanized in twenty-five auxiliary
IIessues. established in the following
| cities and towns of the state of New
| Jersey: Arlington, .: Bayonne, Eliza
beth. Jersey City, Newark, New Bruins
| wick, Madison, Mo'ntclair, Moorestown,
| Orange, Ocean Grove, Passaic, Plain
field, Riverton, Sum init. Trenton, Vine
land, West Hoboken. Westwood, Vino
nah. Most of these leagues. organized
for the object of promoting the senti-
ment for woman suffrage. work for
civic betterment. and all are recognized
as a power for good in their respective
communities. their members being rep
|:resentative women of their cities and
towns. Many of the leagues are COM
posed of men and wofnen.
we were looking wa TO the day
when we should De strong ana lnlueh-
tiat enough to ask Tor an amendment
TO tho constitution OF tine stAte OF rev
Jersey granting wonieih tHA right 10
vote. when TWO years ago new FORCES
ASSOCIATION ana the hquaa INC
oociety was olSaii@eu a. SaSlie ohi'
~ W" N-
u NoM o. cts' ns nEp
.is svV 1ouas' ooiiso
"ene "uu iliiuentiat me- 80
: ~ sooie.S uoon sno
~ eoIhptu ee.s""I.se 80, "l
mus US neie touay. a 70 W.
uAioo : eIS'1. 'nc
"oiiah MI" inv" '''S." "a
dred In mann bershin and a4t1iated with
the state Association. Orr greatest de-
sire was a~ccomplsh-d wban at our
convention in Plainheld. 1910. 81 Mems
League for Woman S,,ffrage was or
anized NOT only MANY ste,tes in tbe
Ir,,op have tbe s,nnor+ Of a Movie
r.eoa,. Vor Uonon sufroos Tnter-
n~ation., Mans Iaaope for w,onan S,f-
Sro 90 yyas o-rgoni7e6 LOST wear In stool
-, Sraaen ~ +ha Ir+orna+;ona1
w. s,e-oao AiI;n,na r,,hio,-
-, .hw .atton. ho,ana ~
,m, ~ - -
Inc WOMEN u NC" 'eises WIN ue-
sire 10 Vo'e afe nOiosnns women
anu patriots WHo ons 70 pIolect cniiu-
hoou' VINO ASK lor the i4sh1 i" iapor'
VINO wish 10 serve he state, anu tnere-
lore neeu the "eapoh Oh q Iuh cltlzeh'
the paiiot'
Gentlemen, IN pointing TO the
achievements or men and women in the
six equal suffrage States, in h name
of the joint Legislative committee, I
ask your honorable body not whether
you decide favorably or not, but to re-
port the woman suffrage resolution out
of committee TO our present Legisla-
ture." .,~-'f
MI. ,r.I,na, sco,,,. ,dd
The spooob oe MIS- Nro1,rda coo+t
traa s,,-er of the wonon's 1,rade Irnion
Taog,a a on .ytvb,, yrorr,,nr wonoon
yvont tha vatan sho s,id-
~ am yane of the renresentativas Of
the organized hot trinmerx, Of New
ark n 7 with a membershin Of over
1 600 women. who have indorsed WON
ems suffrage and protest against being
d-isenfranchise because we need the
ballot to help us to secure laws that
will protect our labor. and because we
are part of the people who feed and
house and clothe the world. and be-
cause we earn our own living and are
no charge upon the community or
State, and any women that can do
thai under the present economic sys-
ten ought not to be classed as an
imbeeile. lunatic or idiot.
Everyone knows hat the women
are ava from the homes working in
all kinds of industries, but all per-
sons are not yet convinced that they
are there nom necessity rather than
from choice. Such is the fact, how
ever.
In industry we have learned a great
many things --hrst, that we must form
trade unions like the men to protect
ourselves and our brother working
man. wno IS very often injured by the
low wages PAM TO women.
h trade unions have educated
them along the lines OF fire prevention,
sanitation plcketing laws, injunctions,
police administration, liability of union
FUNDS for co~nfiscation, n we know