The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-30
SUFFRAGE
LEADERS MANY
=. one Thousand In State, Org aniza-
.;o, Finds In Summing Its Forces
Preparing for
Campaign.
|pEAKERs ARE COMING
,hos. Who Attend Conference In ST..
paul VIII be In This State to d.
Talk for the
Measure.

paders over the state. The number
increasing daily and these with the
rores of women who are working un'
ar their direction, together with the
tote hoard and the organizers, forms
snlendid organized body, working
br victory for equal suffrage on June
The past months have been months
4 foundation work. Out of the ninety
ine counties of Iowa, there are only
bout five that have not full county or
(anization, including county and town
hin chairmen, or an executive COM
hittee which is working on complet-
no the organization. The months Of
{pril and May will see effective WORK
4 the part of this big organization of
vomen.
| Mass meetings, canvassing of the
oters, and much personal work repre-
ents something of the suffrage &C
bvities. Men and women of national
Srominence will come into the state
| ring these remaining weeks to give
ectures and talks formal and in
ormal, for suffrage. Some of the
Ipeakers of nationwide prominence
6clude Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait,
resident Of the National and Interna-
tonal Suffrage associations; Lieu
|enant Governor w. Y. Morgan OF Kan
las; Henry J. Allen Of the Wichita
Beacon of Kansas; Mrs. Mile R.
trumbull, Portland, Ore, secretary of
he Oregon Child Labor commission;
Hiss Lutte e. Storms Of Milwaukee,
|ecturer of note, prominent leader in
hub work and the library field; Miss
Harriet p. Vittum Of Chicago, social
|ervice worker; Attorney Omar r.
6arwood of Denver; Mrs. Agnes Rid
(le member Of the Colorado legisla-
lure; Mrs. Ben Hooper of Oshkosh,
Wisconsin, prominent suffrage work
)r; A. J.. Weatherly of Lincoln. Ne
)raska; U. s. Senator VIM. S. Kenyon.
Speakers to -FOUR State.
At the close of the Mississippi Val
by Suffrage conference which will be
leld in Minneapolis in May, the big
|peakers at that gathering, will come
INTO Iowa and tour the state. 1t Is
|ossible twenty Of the biggest speak
PRS at the conference will be in the
(roup.
In addition to those named, there
Ire many other men and women
whose names are we'll known, plan
hing to come to Iowa for'the closing
weeks.
The Mems league for woman suf-
rage which is cooperating with the
Noman's Suffrage association, has
in ten counties and in
thirty other counties, organization IS
veil under way. Men Of state promi-
lence in business and the professions
ire taking a part in the movement.
Message From kansa1.
Governor Arthur Capper' of Kansas
one Of the most ardent suffrage
Importers in the country and is lend
ng his influence to the movement in
oWa. Being unable to come to Iowa
o take part in the speaking cam
,algn, Governor Capper is working for
ne cause through his newspapers and
arm papers. This letter to the voters
I Iowa Is another contribution the
KANSAS governor has made to the
owa suffrage cause:
l am very glad of the opportunity
Q write you Of the practical results
II equal suffrage in this state. It is
lot a theory nor an experiment nor n
ream with us. We have tried 1t thor
ushly in Kansas. We have had
qua! suffrage in every city in Kansas
N all city Offices for twenty-seven
ears and full and complete suffrage
throughout the entire state for the
asst TWO years. We know what suf-
rage will do. And I say to you. that
lter a complete and thorough try-out.
overwhelming majority of the peo-
lie or Kansas. men and women. are
ow enthusiastic supporters of equal
ulrrage and there is not the slightest
sessiolllty that the policy will ever be
bandoned.
Makes for Better State.
We recommend equal suffrage to
ne people Of Iowa because we know
lat IL has made Kansas a better,
Ieaner, happier. more prosperous
.aoe: More specifically, It has given
cream elections-the rowdy. the
'uehneck, the boozer, the ward-heeler
ave been put out Of business at the
oiis. The combination between the
lGious liquor element and corrupt
oiie'cal parties was completely de.
Lroyed when the women of Kansas
ecame voters. All the political