The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-08-08
SUFFRAGE NOTES

The stars in their courses appear t
Pc battling for the women. On the yer,
heels of woman's victory in Illinoi
came the statement that women hat
won the high prizes in Europe the pas
year for experiments in chemistry anC
proficiency in art.
Now comes one Poebel, distinguished
scientist and linguist of Pennsylvania
university, n deciphers a tablet dus
up from some ruins, and believed tt
be the oldest record of mans writing
On this tablet is a history of the
creation and, according to the pro-
lessor who translated it, this account
asserts that a woman created the uni
verse. What's the use of fightine
against such odds? If woman created
this world surely she should have some
say as to it's operations. Incidentally it
may be observed that whether she Gre
ated 1T or not she has always managed
to have a say as to it's running.
Now that science has come to wo-
mans aid and proved that to her
original effort we owe all. good things
such as baseball games, %banquets, and
political parades, mere man might as
well retire into that obscurity which
best BELTS him n watch woman
properly manage a world which she
created.
The only reason women may hesitate
TO accept the honor thus suddenly
thrust upon them will be the feeling
that If they acknowledge hat they Gre
ated the world they. may have diff
Guilty in explaining why they did not
make a better type of man.
Birmingham, Ala, Aug. Ss-The un-
usual growth of the movement in this
state is due largely to Mrs. Pattie
Ruffner Jacobs of Birmingham, presi-
dana nf%+l~ A IL, .- TSz.-
association, n Mrs. Oscar r. Humid
ley, president of the local Equal Suf-
frage association.
Mrs. Hundley is the wife of Judge
Hundley, a man of wealth, prominent
in public life, and one Of the leaders
IN the Chicago progressive conven-
ton. She is a daughter of the former
mayor Of Birmingham. She has the
sympathy and aid of her husband in
the movement, and is devoting much
time to it.
The suffrage campaign at Washing
ton really was launched last night
when a big meeting on Pennsylvania
avenue was addressed by Miss Mabel
Vernon Of Wilmington, Del; Miss Doris
Stevens Of Dayton, O., and Miss Bessie
Harding Stubs Of Chicago.
"A young woman named Smith
couldn't go to high school as her
brothers did for Massachusetts pro-
vided no educational opportunities for
girls in her day. So she sat on the
school steps, straining her ears to
hear the boys ~recite; and when a for
tune came to her in later life, a
school for young women was her first
aim. And that is how we have
Smith college with its 100 pupils
said Prof. Emma M. Perkins, pres
ident of the College Suffrage league of
Cleveland, O., at a recent meeting.
Professor Perkins, who was reelected
president, is also a member of the
Cleveland board of education.
The senate in Washington left off
work for two hours yesterday while
members heard arguments in favor
of suffrage. Big delegations
of suffragists from many states we're
present. The house was not in ses-
sion.
The women urged the passage Of
the Chamberlain resolution to amend
the federal constitution to confer
votes on women. Many senators an
nounced their sympathy, a few say
ing they were opposed.
Last night the suffragettes gave a
big banquet at which more than a
score of members of the house and
senate and other public men were
present.
Senators, Thomas, Ransdall, Ashurst
and Owen were speakers and they
encouraged the ~suffragists with the
declaration that the were
bright for the passage of the resolu-
ton.