The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-18
SUFFRAGE NOTES
In Theory.

IL NSNuC " lhS bou1SSs III
paper is publishing from time to time
short articles on Woman Suffrage, not
because we are fighting for 1t, but be-
the women Of the Southern
States Woman Suffrage conference re-
quested us to do this. We do most
anything the women tell us to do and
when a majority of the southern women
want suffrage, the men are going to
They would improve politics, for every
body knows anything is better with
women in it."'-Lafayette County Press.
In Actual Practice.
The chairman of the house commit
tee on constitutional amendments cast
the deciding vote against the woman
suffrage bill. This prevents Georgia
from securing any recognition
by the legislature. + "
The, resolution committee of the Ma
tional Educational association has ap-
proved woman suffrage and equal pay
for teachers. This is in line with the
advice of President Swain of Swarth-
more college, who in a recent address
said, Let women teachers vote"
Florida suffragists are active. The
Orlando Equal, Suffrage League will
study Florida laws. concerning m
The league has been given space in n
of the two daily papers for suffrage
articles and news items. Last Febru-
airy 1T had a suffrage booth in the mid
winter exposition and plans to have an
other during the coming year.
The Pensacola Equal Suffrage Lea
que on Labor Day Sept 7th., will get
out a special edition of the Journal, the
Pensacola. The league will also have
a booth at the Tri-county fair and has
been promised a suffrage day during
the week.
The Jacksonville Florida Equal Fran
chise League is getting out a special
edition of The State" Compliments
are in order for the generosity of the
press. ,
Equality association at Marble House
Newport, r. l., was a marked success.
The meeting was arranged by Mrs. Bel
mont to afford her daughter, the Duchess
women prominent in the reforms which
interest the Duchess. The Southern
movement for. Woman Suffrage vas
most ably represented by Kate M. Cor
among the most logical and interesting
of the occasion. ~ 49,,
The vote that refused to give Louisi-
ana women the right of suffrage was,
so to IL, with II absent. Seven or eight
speeches were made by those favoring
the privilege, and even though the
time was extended not a word was ut
tered by the opposition; about whom
the Jennings Times-Record says: The
minority that defeated the proposal
was simply the voiceless weight of
sullen, sodden, obsolete prejudice, I'M
able to explain plausible reason for
itself.-Gueydah News, Gueydan. Louis
lana. ...s.E ,
Anti-suffragists boastfully claim 80
per cent of women do not want to vote.
But when they attempted to organize.
in st. Louis, they found difficulty in
sustaining the boast. They were Unable
to effect an organization and the few
opponents of Votes for Women"
acknowledged failure to stem the over
whelming suffrage sentiment for Wo-
man suffrage in Missouri. The question
will be voted on in November wherezit
is confidently expected that missouri
women will obtain the ballot, making
have equal political opportunities with
men of the state.
The. nod of a peasants head Is said
toshave misled Napoleon and caused his
coat tail defeated a favorable commit
tee report on the Georgia Woman
Suffrage bill. The measure was dis
cussed for nearly three hours in the,
committee, and the vote was a tie. The
chairman indicated by his questions
and actions during the. discussion that
was on the fence and clearly unde-
cided. One of the opponents of the
bill who led the fight, jerked the coat
tail of the chairman and whispered to
him, and In evident obedience to the
jerk and the whisper, up went the hand
of the S~irresoblute chairman and the bill
was lost by this one vote. However,
Georgia women mean to press the
measure for a debate on the floor of
the house.
Virginia suffragists are making the
summer schools the point of attack at
present. The Albemarle County Lea
que, headquarters. university of Vir-
ginia, arranged for Mrs. Desha Breck-
enridge to speak before the University
Summer school. The meeting was an.
enthusiastic one and attended by teach
ers from all over the state. Miss Ro-
berta Wexford, secured a permit to
establish a permanent Suffrage Inform
alton Bureau In Cabell Hail., where he
summer classes are held, and someone
is always on hand to answer questions.
This league has offered a prize to the
teachers nor the best suffrage essay.
The name of the winner will be an
nounced just before the closing OF the
summer school.
Mrs. George II. Phelps. formerly Of
this city and now of Bowbells, enter
tanned Miss Beaulah Amidon Thursday
Grove and Miss Inez Grove of Crosby.
held a very successful suffrage meeting,
III that city. In spite of the fact that
a circus was in town Miss Amidon held
the audience which had been previously
following the circus ban and address,
speak In Mohall today.
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