The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-12-08
LYON BILL is
NOT POPULAR
Is Ignored When Brought to
Attention of Federated
Women's Clubs
GOV. IS ANTAGONISTIC.
Woman Sufragists See 1t as
Wooden Horse of the
Trojans /

T\hICATlONS are that the election
A.aw ini'atnI by Secretary of state
J J.. Lyon, however much eclnt may
ho'' marked it., launching, Is to have
bard s.rddmg In fact. It already Is
beginning 10 bump against the boul-
.dnrs
The first discovery the secretary
made along this line was when bp pre.
-'NIcI % copy 10 GOV X t. Williams.
II" never learned what the stutrs chief
. executive thought about it for. ns he
.alrI told bis friends, the governor dId
mot read It. However. the other state
Official, regard the bin. 10 Is evident
'urN ar" not getting behind IL. that is.
Those who say cuckoo tu the governor.
every uiternncc They win br les.
friendly since the governor at Tues
days meeting ~ the state bonrd OF
equalization, made II known that tbe
/ secretary Of state is persona non grata
WIN him bv offering the hitter p.r.
~ohal aifront Usually he hn, ignored
/ HE secretary
SOP to Suffragists
Moreover irmudcl men Of wbat-
ever party do not approve the measure
helhg proposed and even the son
thrown "ut ip the woman suffrngists
mas lgnomiuou-.y failed of result I'm
/ I'I'r I" prominent club woman
JUST prior tU fhr uuuuHI meeting ~ th.,
stale Federation of Wnmen's Clnhs
,','"'N u'd a' Nowata, Secretary
lyon calling attention 10 the provision
l"r woman suffrage In his messura
"sAeu Iof ITS endorsement by the state
"IEdhlIhtion The letter was read ha.
iorr thai body hy Mrs McWborter
i''h motion of Mrs. Tom Hope OF OK.
''nolla 'ity now president ~ tba
H'''' federation, consideration OF ths
. 'f''rr was postponed aud il was mar
asalh brought to the convention. -,
tputiuu. '''ions at-
Mt Lyons negotiations with the
I sNle Woman's sntfrage organization
p were nor more successful. I'm a Iet,sr
TO hrs Adelin G. Stevens OF OkIahoms
Nv president Of the league, he called
attention 10 tlte, woman suffrage nrnvt
sion In ihr Initiated measnro "o'-
cd II the SUFFRAGE o,.',.aia., anu ask
10 assist IN m. -w,r., ~, m'lon ' desired
crs to tl. rrritt,p. an, g. curing sign
for It's enactment Ia nnu,Iar ampaigh
TinJ =, ny P,Pnihf vote
we gave the matter consideration.
, said Mrs Stevens 10 The Times. Tues.
uhy evening "hut found that we conld
not give n nur ,rJ.rg.,n"n, "v w Vouiu
ernl rpasrn. and ,,r,t.,,i.n vi seN'
Il bore the rpr,,,r. ~ - D'vhuso
san bias. Our ,,n.n,,,., ,A.'eine p"r,''
measure nuor,g,I A., ..',.'',,.i ''. ''"'' uie
ycrs and discussed 4, ,.,n, l'aI ,", Ia"
tbo vnrInr. ,a,t,,,, ' WI" 'eauers OF
result turned dnn.,' ~. l..'','N' ana as
sltiou Wc Jisc,,,,.,, =, W." Prop"-
.culated to pler, th, ,,..,,t', IT "aS 'u'-
In the hands ~ - 'y,,'r'' 't,, lnotiiihery
Democratic nort, "a, p"r'y- -ihe
cover tbot 1, v.o. ,'",u NOT nlN-
Improvement oyor ~, guy IeNPec' hh
cent that II dIl nat, ,''Srul Jaw rA'
Wumnn suffro,lst. u., .u''7 'o 'I'
I'm both tho Ror,Ii, "u,' friends
parties who likei,. r.o,,i, snu HociallS'
enemies ~ opr c,nsn ov,one Oltirr
give our countonano. We were I"
measure such 49, A., "l" ana To
pnspd Tho fnct 4, u 80" u"u pro-
more frl,udly IN me- , n"'e oeen
crnts '"e Deho-
Dcmosr,ts No, p-,
Nt. r.-..,',.' WV ,'"f'uiy
n,rs'noi,,' n.y. V' ~ "u''''Ieu mat while he
n..,,. '",u,'u WohlaI sufrrage, his
',,, wa, "'' "t"'''' II, we regard as
,t' ~ .T. "u''.'wus ] ,, nus asserush mat
, n "'' "'"'' iprral eiecuon law In
,,,,, "'',' ,,',,'''E hSsUciaung the,
5 ,.,oa.,,, m,,' ,uc "St ''ause OF me
.,'.,,.. '""7"'N i" counting the
Z. ,rr.,.' .... ,......
{ ,r,,.....I 1n, ,,, '"'l'y''on Oh mr' Lyons
- r.n,'iI.,1 ,aW we IeSuIueu II very
, .n,n, r' "''u'' u',.,, a." view OF the taet'
D l,",.,,I .p.,I''NS aireauy havs
, ,,,r, n "" '.'.,,.',' u,rasuit' we res
, ,,, - v'"'N lli''auVe meas-
, a.. WI" '"- .,'" pu' ou' 10 cohiuse
4 .,,,,,.,.... ~" s' NV 'uen thht DOM,
a '',,''' ,''' '",' vi Sutrlcleht hum-'
w "e'o'nc Avs
1 J." .,., .'N ,4s' u ,n",N'e" secretary Ly-
4 -n, ''.', .,,, ,,''' NV 'l"u SVNuleu between
, wv, ,"I "'u .'' 7,Euu,ur'N 10 the petition.
81 'u' n,"' " W I'S ''ule lor several days
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