The Washington times., 1914-11-05
SUFFRAG|STS ELATEO,
GAINING TWO STATES
News That Montana and Nevada
Are "Free" Cheers Leaders
in This City.

News that Montana as we'll as Ne
Nada had voted to cnfranchise womer
brought forth expressions Of glad sur.
prise from Washington suffragist lead
ers. today, who already were we'll
Pleased to learn that even one of the
seven campaign States had been won
for the cause.
Have we really won in Montdna?'
exclaimed Mrs. Glenna Smith Tinnan
of the National American Woman Suf-
frage Association this morning, when
she heard the news. well. that Is
grand! We have said all along that il
we got one state out of the seven at
this election. we would he satisfied; two
Is n brilliant SuccC ss.
We never feel that we have lost,
she said when asked for an expression
regarding the five States that voted
against woman suffrage. you can't
lose what you've never had. you know,
and every State that we win over is
just that much to the good, for the
suffrage cause
Encouraged In West.
A telegram was received at the as
ISOLATION headquarters from Mrs. Me-
dill Mccormick, chairman Of the ma
tonal Confessional committee, who is
now in Chicago, stating that she felt
greatly encouraged by the results in
the West, and plans to continue the
hight with renewed vig0r.
Details of the results in the West,
as they become available. show that
our victory was even greater than we
had at first supposed said Miss Alice
Paul, head of the Congressional Union
for Woman Suffrage. Not only have
we won the vote in two States-Mon--
tana and Nevada-but we have proved
to the Democratic party that the wom-
an vote Is worth considering.
The figures now available, she said,
indicate that. out of forty-two Demo
cratic candidates whom we campaign
States, thirty-two were defeated. These
figures speak for themselves. The
woman suffrage cause has won great
victory"
Missouri Ohio and the two Dakotas
refused to grant equal suffrage.
The vote where women now have bal
lot privileges. however. was small. The
number of votes cast by women In ILL
nois fell off greatly. and in Kansas
where Mrs. Eva Morley Murphy was d
Progressive candidate for Congress, ir
the Sixth district. she came out third.
Nebraska In Doubt.
In Nebraska, where the result is still
in doubt, the women already have pre-.
pared to continue the campaign with
out a halt, in the event that the bal
lots Tuesday went against them. The
women believe that their chief enemy is
liquor, and, il necessary to continue the
fight for another two years, they may
include prohibition with the suffrage
movement.
The same determined spirit to finally
win prevails among the women Of Ohio
who were defeated in their quest fol
the ballot by majority now estimated
at 125. coo. There were more than 1000
COZ votes cast on the question. Mrs
j. +. Stone. president of the State
Suffrage Association, said that. prob
ably a new amendment would not be
proposed for several years, but that g
campaign of education would continue
in the State.
Suffrage workers have conceded thai
Missouri is lost to them. Leaders at
tribute thei rdefeat to the fight agains
the county option amendment. Tht
legislature, which meets in January
again will be petitoned by the womer
to resubmit the suffrage question tc
the people.
The men of North Dakota refused the
ballot to women by a vote of three tC
two. The cities especially went against
suffrage. Plans for the future are al
ready being started by the women. and
they have signified their intention tC
continue their campaign