The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-03-23
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In Iowa and Missouri, the women
are campaigning again strongly after
reverses. In Iowa an initiative and
referendum measure, which may heir
suffrage. Is before the legislature
Champ Clark is supporting suffrage In
Missouri.
In Texas an amendment was pre-.
scented to the legislature, after q pc
tition had been introduced signed by
more than 100000 names. This was
the biggest petition ever organized In
the South. If Texas is divided into
two states, as proposed, the western
half, to be called jefferson, will prob.
ably start with woman suffrage and
prohibition.
The southern states are moving for
straight suffrage which means
striking the word male" from the
constitution. The movement for presi.
Dental suffrage is strong in the north
ern states.
Other Advances.
With nationwide presidential suff-
rage the women believe they can cas-
lily force a United States constitutional
amendment for universal adult suff-
rage. Presidential suffrage bills have
been introduced In Minnesota, North
and South Dakota Vermont, New
Hampshire and Rhode Island. Suffrage
workers predict at least two of these
states will give presidential suffrage
this year.
In Ohio, the suffragists under the
leadership of Mrs. Elizabeth Hauser,
are laboring to put suffrage amend
ment before the people a third time.
They have been defeated twice, but
won't stay licked" Their last defeat
was encouraging as showing relative
gain in votes for suffrage. ..-.-
New Mexico is the hardest nut to
crack in the whole United States. The
constitution provides that an amend
ment must pass both houses of the
legislature and then be ratified by
two thirds vote Of the people of every
county This was the provision in the
proposed constitution which caused
President Taft to veto the Statehood
bill. Now Mexican women are look
ing for suffrage by way of the Federal
Constitutional amendment route.
The National Suffrage association
has reprinted as a leaflet the article
of George Creel in the Pictorial Re-
view for March, entitled "Chivalry VS..
Justice" There will undoubtedly be
a wide demand for it.
Woman demonstrators and farm ex-
perts in every county in the United
States to cooperate in all matters OF
rural home betterment is the predic-
ton of DR.. Bradford Knapp, head OF
farm demonstration work in the south,
under the department of agriculture in
Another peace movement has been
and directed by suffraglst,
Miss Katherine Devereaux Blake,
school teacher, who last summer CAM
oaigned in Montana and is now organ
ger for the Empire state campaign
Through her efforts and
inspiration the Twentieth Century
Children's Crusade has presented to
Secretary Bryan the children's peace
petition, two miles long, and bearing
he signature of $4,000 children, rep
nearly every state in the
lnion. At a meeting Of the women's
peace party in Washington on Febru-
Try % Miss Blake explained that the
IRA ctical object of her work was to
nculcate in the minds of the children
love for peace and a realization of
he horrors of war. Three-fourths of
he pages of school history, she said,
ire devoted to war and it's glorifica-
ion.
Miss Pauline Witherspoon, the only
ycman among thirty aDplicants who