Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-04-03
ENGLISH SUFFRACETS
ARE CONFIDENT THAT
THEY ARE Near GOAL
Labor Party Makes Suffrage Ono Of
Its Planks-Women Point to Sue..
cess of World Wide
STA Move.

London. Special: Pressure Of the
demand for suffrage will be kept up by
women of England with u%nrelenting
vigor during the year 1914, according
to announcement from the National
Union of Woman's Suffrage Societies.
only along constitutional lines. will
hold it's annual council in February to
map out Its political campaign, which,.
it has already been decided, will be
begun with a great mass meeting In
Albert hall on February IA Ito voice
from all classes throughout the coun-
try for a government measure for
wOman's suffrage"
In review of the work OF the past
year 1t is pointed out that increased
pressure has been directed upon the
government in constituencies repre-
sented by anti-suffraget minister's, n
upon strengthening the position of the
labor party, the only party in the house
Of commons which has made the wom-
ems cause an integral part of its policy.
The whole work has been concentrated
on the demand for a government
measure, attempts during the year pre-
vious for a bill introduced by private
members or an amendment to the
governments franchise bill having
both failed.
A recent bye-election in South Lam
ark is cited as showing the activity of
the women. In helping to sweep away
a liberal majority. and reduction OF
h liberal strength is also reported in
many important constituencies.
The review continues:
mot long ago Sir Edward Grey adj
mitted hat the record of the house of
on the woman's suffrage
s~uffragists it has been profoundly un-
satisfactory, the success of the advance
In the country is only the more sig
nificant. The pilgrimage in July from
Edinburgh to London was the great
est demonstration which the national
union, or indeed n suffrage society
ever produced.
"At a time when resentment against
militant methods was at its height, the
country villages and the great towns
showed their appreciation of law
abiding propaganda, by hundreds of
hooliganism there were. but they gave
way rapidly before the general good
will which was above all demonstrated
in the great final mass meeting in
Hyde park or July 26.
"The support for woman's suffrage
from responsible citizens is represented
by favorable resolutions from nearly
200 county. town and rural district
councils, and from the, branches Of
nearly all the trades unions in the
country.
practically all the greater woman's
organizations support woman's suf-
frage, including the National Union Of
Woman Workers., which has once
more discussed the question this year,
and of the so suffrage societies exist
ing, the national union alone has n
membership Of nearly so. 900. while be-
tween $4,000 and 10000 Friends of
Woman's Suffrage rave been enrolled
up to date. About $4,000 has been
administered from headquarters dur
ing the year and the total number of
meetings held is considerably over
2,70o.
"One danger during the year has
been averted. The passage Of the man.
hood suffrage bin was rendered i'm.
possible in the face of the unredeemed
pledges. After the speakers ruling
and the -postponment of the bill till the
n Of the session was decided upon,
the annual conference of the labor
party by 2 to l passed a resolution
opposing any further extension of the
franchise to men without the inclusion
OF women. In the following September
the trade union congress adopted q
resolution consuming the government
for failing to redeem it's promises about
women's suffrage and demanding a
government reform bill which would
include women. Finally the year has
marked the growing strength of the
movement in the church indicated by
| the sympathetic attitude OF the church
| congress at Southampton and the let