Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-03-02
PAPERS OF STATE
FAVOR SUFFRAGE
Iowa Editors Testify as TO
business Of Cause.
WOMEN ARE ENCOURAGED.

WOMEN ARE ENCOURAGED.
Support Of Influential Newspapers Ex.
psotsd to Prove Big Factor IN Bring.
ing Success Next Juns-Edueationai
Campaign Receives Big Impetus at
Hands Of Leading Papers.
lf there Is any doubt as to women's
claim 10 the ballot the average Iowa
editor will be able TO testify as 10 the
business OF her claim. judging from the
cordial support given the cause In
majority OF the newspapers Of the
state One thing which encourages the
sufragists to believe that they will
win Is the suppoSt given their cause by
the states most Influential newspapers.
In campaign Of education this as
sistance Is invaluable.
Here IL what some of the states best
known editors think and write about
equal suffrage:
Tribune, Des M0ines.-The mere fact
that nine-tenths Of the luminosity
against woman suffrage comes from
the friends OF the liquor trafilc ought to
be enough to suggest the lineup to ev-
cry intelligent citizen
Republican. Humboldt. - Equal SUI.
frage should carry In Iowa. II should
carry on one thought alone-that the
ladies want to vote. Every thinking
man knows that they know Just a.
much about politics as the average
man.
iowans Net Discouraged.
Telegraph Herald. Dubuque. -Them men
and women behind the suffrage cause
In Iowa. far from being discouraged by
the defeat of the project in New Jer-
sey. Massachusetts,, New York and
Pennsylvania. appear to have gathered
determination from the setback In the
east They believe the conditions In
the more conservative east do not pre-
vail In the more progressive west.
Gazette. New Hampton---Norwsy w0-
men vote; it's coming In Iowa.
Plain Talk. Des Moines-There has
never been a period In Iowa history.
whether In a territory or In a state.
that the right to vote was limited to
taxpayers. Iowa was one Of the first
states TO adopt universal manhood suf-
frage. Let US hope that In June next
she win again lead for the further ex-
tension OF democracy by granting the
right OF suffrage TO all citizens.
Record. Anita.-The doctrine of
square deal" equal rights and special
privileges to none certainly means that
women should be entitled to vote.
Should Have Equal Rights.
Citizen. Iowa City, There Is
no good reason why the women. who
do their share Of work In the world.
should not have equal rights with the
men In determining the kind Of gov
eminent under which they are to live.
Gazette. Cedar Rapids. Woman suf-
frage would carry in Iowa by an over
whelming majority u the men were
generally convinced that their wives
wish the privilege OF voting and would
vote.
Register. Des Moines.-- VIM suffrage
prove per cent stronger In Iowa than
In Pennsylvania? WIN 1t prove per
cent stronger than I'm Pennsylvania
outside of Philadelphia II so. the suf-
fragists have the fight won. As far as
can be determined by study Of condi-
lions, Iowa Is naturally more inclined
to equal suffrage than Pennsylvania.
The facts Of the case are such as 70 In
spire the suffrage leaders OF Iowa with
confidence. despite the natural depres-
sion that comes from losing three
states at once.
News. Usage News II for wo-
man suffrage. II has not always been,
but the arguments are oyerpowering
once they are carefully considered
Suffrage for women Il an eyentuality
as certain as the tides or seasons, and
the man who sets his face against Il
must expect TO be overwhelmed
No Longer Joks.
Progress Review. LAporte--The Iowa
equal suffrage movement was for a
long number of years considered to
be a joke, but II h now well past
that stage. II u now but little over
eight months until the question Of
Votes for women" viii BE- decided by
the voters Of the stats. and II n sure
guess that they will be given the fran
chise.
Bulletin, Denison- We believe there
Is no doubt but that sufYrage win carry
10 Iowa at the June primaries next
year.
Chronicle, Pella.--We feel sure that
the men of Iowa largely favor equal
suffrage II they should express their
opinion on the question without allow
Ing IL to be complicated with other
questions.
Acorn. Oakland. - Better results are
expected In Iowa. where men have a
broader and better view Of the wo-
man suffrage amendment II VIII. how
ever, pay the women Of the state to be
alert and working.
Democrat, Boone.-The men (of the
west, know that the women have
stood shoulder to shoulder with them
In every task and trial necessary to
transform the wilderness into the gar
den spot of the world. and
that IL why the women OF 30 many
western states now have equal suffrage
with men. The women Of Iowa are
certainly alive to the issue and are
leaving no stone unturned to achieve
their ends next year.
suffrage 10 Coming.
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