Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-08-19
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SUFFRAGE NE VS.. =

The woman suffrage measure, SEN
ate Bill No, 8, will be voted upon,
November 8; 1914. 1t will be on a
separate ballot, and requires ma
jorityt Of all the votes cast at the
election. Every man who votes and
fails to vote on this question will be
counted as voting against it.
The church Of England has taken
"a long step toward equal rights for
women. Sitting in solemn conclave
lat Westminster, the representative
church council, consisting Of the two
houses of the convocation of Canter-
bury and York, and the houses Of
laymen Of the two provinces, decided
to give women an equal right to vote
with men in the election of church
councils. y
The cause Of church suffrage for
women was championed by the Arch
bishop of York and the Bishops Of
London and Southwell; put 1t was a
workingman who put the case in a
nutshell. He declared that the ex-
clusion of women was wholly illogi-
cal; the church accepted the work. Of
women, but refused them the privi-
leges granted men. Where would the
church be If it were not for the de-
voted and unpaid work of thousands
of women? The argument seems to
have struck hone. The bishops vot-
ed in favor of justice to women, %
to 3; the clergy, 80 to Is; and the lay
men, 76 to ".
As IA protest against the European
war, .the women of New York are
planning a monstrcus demonstration.
1t is proposed to have great street
parade of women, gowned in funeral
black, to show their sympathy for the
women who are suffering through this
war. s.. i1
The wcmen demand perpetual
peace conference; also, the disarma-
ment Of Individual countries, and that
there be al international army and
navy, instead. They declare war on
war.
The provincial council of Natal
South Africa, has passed two ordin-
ances, one granting the municipal
franchise to women on the same
terms as it is exercised by men, and
the other comforting upon women the
right to sit and vote on town coun.
ellis and local boards.
Mrs. Lille B. Bowers of Fargo has
been speaking on Scientific Temper
ance and Woman Suffrage in Bow
man, Adams and Hettinger counties.
She has organized local w. c. T. US
at New England, Regent, Burt and
Bentley. A little later she will give
Illustrated suffrage lectures along the
line Of the Northern Pacific from
jamestown west.
Mrs. Edna F. Salln0ns, State w. G.
T. U. superintendent of the depart
ment of franchise, has been working
for suffrage in the northern part Of
the state, and is especially success
full as money raiser, as we'll as a.
campaigner. Mrs. Salmons is big
farmer. and is preparing to go into.
stock raising upon most extensive
basis. AS a beginning she is erecting
on her fine farm, east of Cando, an
up to date hog house, with dimen-
sions Of 20 by 80 feet.
4 The Housewives league, of 100000
members, has sent out a call to inves-
tigate foodstuff prices from every an
gle, that consumers may be protect
ed from dishonest dealers, who are
raising prices because of the Euro
pean situation. A letter was sent to
President Wilson asking him to urge
the merchants Of this country to main
tain their level prices during the
European was, and to refrain from
speculation in foodstuffs.