The Washington herald., 1912-01-09
NEWS or WOMAN
SUFFRAGE CAUSE
In Both This and Foreign
Lands.

Lady Aberdeen, in an address before
the Public Health Congress OF Great
Britain, declared that in order to popu-
larize any great movement and bring it
into the habits and homes of the people,
II must have the support Of women or
1t will fail
The names of Susan B. Anthony, Betsy
Ross, Clara Barton, May Arkwright Hut
ton, and other prominent women Of his
tory as well as many now living, both
local and national. are to be perpetuated
in the State of Washington by having
voting precincts named after them in va
rious cities.
Mrs. BIankenburg, wife OF the mayor
OF Philadelphia, says: 'T have lived to
see the women Of Pennsylvania become
owners Of their own property and their
own clothes; I have lived to see them
partial owners of their own babies; have
lived to see them able to collect their
own wages and write their own checks;
and hope to live to see them become full
citizens and people in the eyes Of the
law"
The women OF Persia are joining in
the national demonstrations against Rus
sia. They have organized professions,
the mosques and addressed meetings in
the public squares. 1t is reported that
they are doing their utmost to enforce
the anti-suffrago boycott, smashing the
windows of shops where Russian goods
are sold, and compelling men to remove
Russian collars.
Many OF the theaters in California are
using slides showing the women casting
their ballots at the recent elections. This
is being done IN support Of the amend
ment granting the franchise 10 women,
which the anti-suffragists are attempting
to have revoked.
In France a bill has been introduced
TO grant municipal suffrage to women,
and petition for giving them the par
liamentary vote has been accepted by
the committee of the chamber Two hun
dred and forty members Of Parliament
have pledged themselves to the measure
The bill enabling women to become
members of county and borough coun-
ellis in ireland has passed both the House
of Commons and OF Lords This is the
second act of Parliament which the Irish
Woman Suffrage Association has sue
ceeded in putting through
The Bishop of Oxford. England, at the
Representative Church Council a few
days ago, made a motion to include the
votes Of women in the election of repre-
sentatives in various church conferences.
lie added that. in view Of the fact that
women were doing nine-tenths OF the !
work Of the church. the present situation
with regard to their vote on matters
which so Intimately and obviously con-
cerned them was really scandalous.
From my large experience as a bishop |
Of the Catholic Church in Wyoming, where |
We have had woman suffrage for FORTY |
two years" says Bishop Keane, Of Chey-
enne, Il am convinced tnat women vote |
as honestly. cOnscientiousIy. and fnteIIi- |
gently as do the men-to say the least |
also find that women are not active |
politicians or officeseekers. have |
never known but one woman in Wyoming |
who made herself obnoxious in politics |
As to the Catholic women in nv diocese
do not find that the right of suffrage |
has draw them either out OF their homes |
or out of the church. / think there need |
be no fear of that result
The woman suffrage party of New York |
City is conducting a series of Sunday !
night meetings at the Broadway Theater. |
which will continue through the winter. |
Many of the best-known ministers OF the |
city are cooperating with the party in |
teaching the religious side Of the woman /
suffrage movement.
Now that the California women have
won suffrage, they are being asked what /
is to become of the women's organiza-
tions. This was answered by a member
of the California Political Equality
League as follows: THE usefulness OF
our league, which did phenomenal work
in the suffrage campaign, will be contfn-
ued along humanitarian lines All the
members of our executive board are
vitality interested in humanitarian meas
ures- We shall also keep up with the
political situation, and will keep Informed /
as 10 State and national movements in
politics"
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