The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-01-17
SUFFRAGE WORK. !. ! !.
DISCRIMINATION ! !. | ! 1 | |. !
COUNTY TODAY
Miss SI.ayrina 2 Engle Here
q From the Il q National Or
ganiEzaittiion. ii
ORGANIZE BY DISTRICTS 5.
Lead ders Will Be Appointed
toS Hold Meetings And
4 Distribute Literature.

4 4 4 i4s. r ~ .
Miss LaYina Engle, national sun
!fags organizer, who works in con5unc.
stiong with the National Suffrage organ
ization, arrived in this city this morn
sing at ten O'Clock from her home in
SWashingto and will at once take up
the work OF organizing this section
ofSWest Virginia for effective work to-
ward the ratification of the Suffrage
amendment to. ths State constitution
(which will be placed before the peo-
pleS in the fall election Of 1916.
This afternoon Miss Engie will be
IN conference with mcmb rs OF the
state Campaign committee at the Man
;sley6hotel. and plans will be formulated
for5an immediate and active campaign.
Mrs. Lenne Lowe Yost, vice president
OF *the$Wes Virginia Equal Suffrage
league, arrived hero this morning from
Morgantown, and with Miss Margaret
mckinney, also a member OF the CAM
paignE committee, met Miss Engle ana
the Scommitte lat once got down to
work. Other members OF the campaign
COMMITTEE are Mrs. ]. Gale Ebert,
president OF the state suffrage league,
SoflParkersburg and Mrs. Eugene war
rem. member OF the national executive
committee Of; Huntington and DR.. Har-
Tiett JGnes, of Whs cling. The other
members OF the committee will con
feFsw1Ih Miss Engle during her stay
I'm this city.
Itais tho plan to organize the mag
isterial districts with an. effective Or
Raiiizati ion. "a leader will be named III
each district who will hold meetings
and distribute literature. Live organl-
cations will be maintained IN Ealr- y
mont, Mannington, Winfield, rant, y. Liz !
coin Paw Paw, Union, Fairmont mae
and Union inde penasht. y Its =
ffiets Il It will be impossible to effect
oreanizationSuntil better weather sets
~ hut, IN, the more accessible DIS
trictstwork will begin at once.
fIE is Thought that Warrington dis.
trict will be Sthe first to be organized
ana Miss Eng1e will probably oeg1n
work there tomorrow.
She will spend come time IN the
state and will be assisted by members
OF the local political equality clup:
Miss Engle spent some time in the
southern part OF the state during the
early fall an dattendcd the state meet
ing OF the West Virginia Suffrage
fieaemue "a al Huntington in November. She
isEregarded as one of the best cam
paign workers in the employ OF tne
national Organization. She Is youns
woman Of pleasing personality with
great zeal for the cause she repre-
scents. ss
An enthusiastic meeting OF the FAR.
mont Political Equality club was hela
sonSS Saturday night at the home OF MIS-.
Allie Raymond, one of It's most ar
4 dent members, and ut this meeting,
dams were laid to secure funds to car
IN on this work Of organizing the
state and creating sentiment for the
cause There seems to be little oppo-
sition in. this section Of the state
fhe southern part Of the state the anti
siiffragfsts are planning to organize
toFdefeati the cause but no such nave
mas yet been started in this sectlon.
TheSsuftragists In many localities pc be,
Iieve the anti.suffrage element VIII
prove! j! a boost to the cause and the
Organization OF such a body Will tena
t0R arouse interest in the cause anu
thus create sentiment.
No stone will be left unturned IN
the state toward the ratification OF
the suffrage amendment as the suffra,
gistss fare rallying to the standard ana
will do their utmost to carry 1t 70 VIC
tory IA November, 1916.