The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-16
SUFFRAGE NOTES

Milwaukee, Aug. 16.-The American
Federation of Catholic societies will
not approve or disapprove or woman's
suffrage. The subject will not be de-
bated or brought up for discussion
i during the convention if leading
churchmen here can prevent it. This
was made plain when Archbishop
Messmer declared in an address in
reference to organizing the Catholic
women Of America. that the subject
should be Stunned. Keep the ques-
tion Of suffrage out of this discussion -
he said 1--WE will not declare for or
against 1t. The church has not yet
decided what it's stand is. We are not
prepared to discuss the great princi-
pies that underlie this problem, one of
the greatest and most important Of a
! generation"
Washington, Aug. 16.-Jane Addams
| of Chicago, last night addressed a
mass meeting marking the conclusion
of a conference here of the National
| Council Of Women Voters, represent
ing about 100000 feminine voters in
several western states. Miss Adams
said women should have the franchise,
not only to bring about intelligent
humanitarian legislation but in order
to be in a position to follow 1t into in
| te1ligent enforcement. The final session
of the council discussed plans FOR a
new bureau Of political education for
women. The council endorsed moth
| erhood pensions, minimum wages for
women, health certificates for mar -
riage, the working mems compensation
| act, extension of the eight-hour law,
| teachers pensions, red light" district
adjustment by law, industrial training
schools for delinquent girls and anti
capital punishment laws
Miss Janet Rankin, who is attending
the Woman's Suffrage convention in
| Washington, D. c., will arrive in the
city Tuesday morning for a few days
visit as the guest of Mrs. e. M. Dar-
row, 71S Eighth street south Tuesday
afternoon Mrs. Darrow will give an
| informal reception for her guest and
every person in the city interested in
suffrage is cordially invited to the
| Darrow home to meet Miss Rankin.
During the afternoon Miss Rankin will
talk on the session at Washington and
the results of the last campaign.
Washington, Aug 16.-Miss Jane
Addams and Miss May Mcdowell of
| Chicago, who are here for the meeting
of the National Council of Women
Voters, called On President Wilson to-
| day and expressed their appreciation
for his retention in office of Miss Julia
Lathrop, head of the childrens bureau
Miss Lathrop, accompanied the party
and all three talked briefly with the
Fpresident. about the. work OF zthe chill
dren's bureau, in which the president
expressed enthusiasm and interest.
Preaching the cause of "votes for
lwomen" from house to house, speak
ers for the National American Woman
| Suffrage association have gone back to
Bible times for an inspiration for pub
licity. The suffragists have, launched
| a campaign on the roofs of scores Of
apartment houses with which the ma
| tional capital is dotted and women or
ators of national repute have been
drafted into the aerial squad. In one
i fashionable quarter of the northwest
Isection the apartment buildings arc so
closely packed together that speakers
| for the cause" have been enabled to
! address audiences on two and some
times on three roofs at one and the
same time. The roof garden rallies
are said by the crusaders to be highly
successful, as 1t enables them to reacn
unbelievers who will not attend their
street meetings. =
The suffrage meeting arranged by
the Woman's Welfare league for Miss
Jeanette Rankin, field secretary of the
National Woman Suffrage association,
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at the home of Mrs G. P. Noyes at
Manitou Island. Miss Rankin will give
an address on suffrage. There will be
conference of the Welfare league at
IL a. m. Monday at which Miss RAN
kin will discuss campaign methods
Following the meeting she will be en-
| tertained at luncheon by Mrs. Joseph
Stronge at Manitou Island. Automo-
bile parties will be taken to the meet
ing by Mrs. William Goodkind, Mrs
I'll. Quinlan, Mrs. G. P. Noyes, Mrs
George M. Kenyon and Mrs M. ]
Dooley. Mrs. w. A. Cameron, will have
charge Of those who go to the meeting
on the 1850 train. Those who go by
train are requested to get off at White
Bear station where they will be met
by automobiles.
| Washington, Aug. 15-WhiIe their
| unconverted sisters were insisting be-
| fore the house rules committee that a
majority of their sex did not want the
ballot, delegates to the National Coun-
\ Gil of Women Voters today met to dis
cuss ways and means for winning suf-
frage throughout the country This
was the closing day of the councils
three-day conference. The sessions
were devoted to consideration of poll
cies and reforms to be pressed In 1914
At the morning session the principar
subject considered was the legislative
proposals to be advanced by women
| next year, in those suffrage states In
which the legislatures meet Miss
Helen Todd of California led the dis
cussion. Reports on suffrage condi-,
tions In Alaska were made by Mrs.
James Wickersham, wife of the dele
gate from the territory; in Illinois by
Mrs. Claudius u. Stone and In Kansas
by Mrs. Victor Murdoch wife of the rep-
resentative from that state The con-
ference ends tonight with a. public
mass meeting. The anti suffragists
had their innings today when. led by
Mrs r. w. Scott OF New York, presi-:
dent of the national association oppos-
ed to woman suffrage, they appeared