Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-15
SUFFRAGE. WORK
IN NY0Rk STATE
President Of State Association
Addresses National Con-
vention.

I Nashville, Tenn, Nov. l4.-Mrs
| Raymond Brown, president OF tle
New York State Woman Suffrage AS
! sociatiol, reported to the American
Woman Suffrage Association at the
closing session Of it's convention here
tonight on the progress OF tho cam
paign in New York state to win the
popular referendum on the suffrage
question there in November, 1915.
"Our enrolment Of men and women
who believe illwoman suffrage mas
grown" she said, from $4,000 a year
ago to 265,0O0. ~
"The stunt which We have set our
selves this winter is to completely
canvass both the men and women o:
the state. f. 81" @Fr>'! II,
Perfected Reorganization. f,% a} &
THE first year CT our campaign
has been largely given to perfecting
our organization and to building mp
our machine for work. AS a result,
after,:twelve months work, we, have
al out of the $50 assembly districts
in the state fairly well orga lized, ana
the other nine assembly districts IN
process Of organization. ~ 4. y
In the larger cities these assembly
districts are organized by wards or
election districts. each with a captain
and campaign committee in charge OF
the work in that district, In tho
country the club is still the unit and
there are now 4c2 of these clubs at
work. 2- ~ ts3 ':fe,s
each election district is making q
card catalog Of the voters with their
sentiments on the subject CT suffrage.
The returns are both interesting and
encouraging. =, The average is from
three to seven to one opposed.
Among the women it is even greater.
OF 40 women, interviewed in ono
town, 1858 declared in favor. One
districts that had forty-six enrolled
suffragists five years ago now has
nearly 1900. A. 10y .'tl'
.> III 4 Paying Expenses. H. +
"WElen our campaign began! every
county in the state reported that it
could not finance it's own campaign.
1t was a serious question where the
money could be found. A budget OF
$4,000 was planned for the year, and
each campaign district was assigned
a certain part of this sum- with the
idea of making each district self.sup-
porting. Although a year was given
to raise this $4,000, the entire sam
was pledged and paid Within eight
months. Many Of the districts have
become entirely self.supportiag. 3
."tWe have set out now to raise
S15O,o00 for the last year of the cam
paign. each district being again as
signed its proportion OF this sum.
The last two weeks in October were:
given to money.raising all over the
state, and We are. practically assured
of that sum. I @:."
..rr,s Press Is For It. '.~,. o.
',"Mahy Of the newspapers have
been our staunch allies. At a conyeN'
ton of editors in Syracuse recently
fifty.two out Of sixty editors present
gave a written pledge to support the
movement. g %s;2.i.& =, ,-. 49,
"Desides distributing quantities Of
the suffrage newspaper literature we
have given away 100000 spocia:
leaflets and have sent out 5000 post
ers done By well-known artists. 1000
advertising posters, anG 10000 road
side posters. =
1--WE have had meetings literally by
the thousands (between 5000 and .,
CC0). We had suffrage tents o.
booths at 1O2 county fairs, at which
$4,000 "Votes-for-Women"a drinking
cups were given away >;ls,.,. .s
.%2"Not an officer or leader in: the
movement III New York state is paid
Most Of them are contributing not
only their service but their own ex
peiises.t VIC have now a great army
Of suffrage workers. 81
III efficient organization and tho
devoted service or thousands OF wo
men can win a popular referendum il
New York state we are bound to wiz
[ in 1875 f. ~ ,ss5ssr a ~