Rock Island Argus., 1914-01-22
SUFFRAGE LEAGUE
MAY BE RESULT0F
A MASS MEETING
Rumor Says Women of City viii
Launch Organization at the
Illinois Tomorrow.
MISS H. E. VITTUM SPEAKER
VIII Tell OF Responsibilities That
Come With Power Of Ballot
Ticket Prepared.

With April drawing near at which
time the women OF the state OF Illinois
win have the first opportunity 70 vote
since they were granted suffrage.
women all over the state are organizing
with the object in view OF making fun
use 10 the very best advantage. OF the
power given them through the ballot.
Rumor on the streets today gives the
information that the women OF Rock
Island are 10 thus organize al a mass
meeting TO be held tomorrow after
noon at the Illinois theatre. II is un-
derstood that an equal suffrage asso-
citation or league is 10 be inaugurated
with the purpose OF promoting the
best interest Of the city and state. \
tentative slate OF officers has been
made ont. il is understood. and will
be presented for the consideration OF
the women. the ticket being headed
with the name OF a prominent woman
OF the city who has declared her deep
interest in the question Of the power
OF the women in shaping municipal ar
fairs
Miss Harriet Vittsm Of Chicago. a
settlement worker and advocate OF
the full use OF the power given women.
herself a woman OF much force and
ability and one vino has accomplished Z
remarkable results in her home city /
since the enfranchisement Of women. F.
viii address the mass meeting which IS !
called for O'Clock. She will take as
her subject "Woman's Place in NUM- I
ipal Life" and viii dwell on the great I
responsibilities that have come to .
women with the use OF tue ballot and .
viii tell OF the best ways in which to
bring about results for the city. In
her address recently before the civic
department OF the Woman's club Of
Rock Island she placed a great re-
spousibility upon the women of Rock
Island by saying that with the power OF
the ballot in their hands and with a
majority vote over the men of Rock
Island. they could no longer blame the
men for any conditions that may here
after exist IN the city. Her plan is to
organize the women of the city into
precincts and sub-precincts and begin
a. once a campaign for the education
Of the women in public questions. This
il is understood viii be the result OF
the mass meeting tomorrow after
noon
Change Of Sentiment.
Women who with the first announce
ment OF the fact that they had been
granted suffrage. declared their lack
OF interest in the question and who
then declared that they would at no
time make use OF their privilege have
been very surely converted to the
other side and are now very enthus-
iastic and anxious TO take their proper
place in the management OF the af-
fairs of the city and state. The re-
formation has been so gradual but per
sistent that they themselves can hard
" account for the change and can
scarcely believe that any other idea
OF their rights had ever existed in r
their minds. The women all over the 2
state who have done great things and
who study the trend OF the times are
convinced that the power to do great "
good is in their hands and are anxious
20 assert this power. While the con-
stitution Of the WOman's club OF Rock ,
Island does not bar politics or the or
SanizatiOn OF suffrage departments :,
within its body. II IS pretty generally
Understood that such shall not be the =
case The meeting therefore OF to- q
morrow afternoon IS not to be con-