Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-02-15
Progress of the Movement
To WIN Votes for Women
BY IDA Hustled HARPER.

called attention to it's isolated position. en-
tirely surrounded by states which had
enfranchsed their women, and said: THE
sentiment in favor here seems to be over
whelming among all parties. He urged
the legislature to pass the bill, and II
had only three negative votes in the
house, while it went through the senate
with the greatest enthusiasm. The gov
ernor also advocated an equal guardian
ship bill.
Governor Gives Aid.
Gov. Stewart Of Montana strongly urged
the amendment in his inaugural message
and the same day received the delegates
to the suffrage convention, which was in
session at Helena. Ten members of the
house offered to introduce the bill. and
the day it was voted Miss Rankin.
the state leader, was invited to a seat
with that body. The vote stood I5 to =,
and in the senate there We're only two
votes in the negative.
The first measure passed by the legis
lature of South Dakota was that for the
suffrage amendment-in the house by
to 30: in the senate by III to p it's chief
opponent man of the name of Wipf.
In the language of the Pierre Capital
Journal: There was a grand rush to
get aboard the limousine with the ladies.
South Dakota has three times defeated
such an amendment in the last twenty
that it will accept IT this time. North
Dakota has been much less progressive,
never having submitted the question.
News from there at the present moment
is conflicting, but some sort of a suffrage
bill seems to have passed the senate.
Beaten in Minnesota.
The measure for submitting All amend
ment was defeated in the Minnesota SEN
ate by 80 to SO. but the women are hop
ing to have it passed by the house and re-
considered by the senate This seems
doubtful. although over 800 prominent
men have signed Il declaration in its
favor.
The question there will probably wait
for, the verdict of the two Dakotas. al
though the women now vote for library
boards and on all public school matters.
by consent of majority of the voters.
Gov Carroll of Iowa recommended suf-
frage amendment in his inaugural. and
the applause from the women In the gal
leres was SO overwhelming he could not
proceed for some time. The bill has been
introduced in both houses, but its adop-
ton would be miracle.
The Iowa Legislature has made a foot
ball of the woman suffrage bill for the
past forty years, passing it through one
house or the other at least dozen times.
but never through both at the same time.
There has always been a strong state
suffrage association, and i'm 1860 ii pre-
scented petition of over 100000 sigma
lures Since 1894 all women have had a
vote on issuing bonds and increasing the
tax levy.
Situation in Texas.
A suffrage bill has for the first time
been introduced in both houses of the
Texas legislature and the women are to
have hearing in a few days This is
also the situation in Missouri and New
Jersey.
The Michigan legislature has not yet
taken action on resubmitting the amend
ment Gov. Glasscock of West Virginia
and Gov. Tener of Pennsylvania have
recommended i'm their messages that the
question be sent to the voters. The reso-
luton having passed both houses of the
New York Legislature by an overwhelm-
ing majority, the women have now to
work for it's passage through second
two years hence Altogether it looks
if the suffraSistS had about all they could
manage for awhile and should not ask
for any more. The time has certainly
come when all women who believe in
equal suffrage should put their shoulder
to the wheel, or their hand to the pillow,
or i'm some way should help to get 1t. The
woman who says she believes in 1T and
then sits still and does nothing ought to
be disfranchised when 1t is finally obtain
ed Send to national headquarters some
contribution big little, and designate
in what state it shall be expended. Help
in some way to bear the heavy burden
of these campaigns.
Carried Electoral Vote.
In Washington. Colorado and Utah
women were made presidential electors
and Mrs. Margaret Whitcher. the Utah
elector, was designated to carry the
D~o
ed States. She arrived on time and de-
livered it promptly. The man from
Arizona didn't know when he ought to
be there and was several days late.
Women have refrained from comment
because they are not throwing bricks
at Arizona men these days. but If it
had been the presidential elector from
Utah wouldn't the newspapers have
bristled with remarks about woman's
incompetency to assume the political
duties of man? In Colorado the presi-
Dental electors drew lots to decide
who should go to Washington, and the
woman did not happen to win
Colorado elected her first woman state
senator. although at least dozen have
served as representatives: Senator
Helen Ring Robinson is of New Hamp
shire birth and was educated at Welles-
ley, Barnard and Oxford, England. She
has lived seventeen years in Denver.
and led the women few years ago i'm
the movement to prevent renewal of
the franchise to corrupt water COM
pany, which succeeded. She was re-
ceived with cheers by her brother SEN
ators at the opening Of the Legislature.
Her husband is a lawyer she has
daughter in the high school and is a
noted housekeeper
Utah had woman state senator for
a number of years and last fall elected
four women to the lower house. of
which other women have been MEM
bers. Colorado also elected and re-