The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1916-03-20
"VOTES" women
PLAN TRIP West
Thirty-Six Non-Voters Leave
April 9 for Visit to
Twelve States.
TO BOOM WOMAN'S PARTY
Immediate Enactment Of Susan B. An
thony Suffrage Amendment to
Be Advocated.

Miss Ella Reigel, OF Bryn Mswr, who
will head tho Congressional Union dele
Cation Of thirty-sIX non-vOtlng women on
trip through the enfranchised States
Of the West. is a cousin OF the famous
DUPONT family Of Delaware and one OF
the largest contributors 10 the suffrage
cause in this country.
She Is a member of the national finance
committee of the union, OF which Mrs.
Lawrence Lewis, Of Philadelphia, Is
chairman. This committee has raised TO
date Sic. lo2.79 to carry on the Federal
amendment work.
The trip through the West on the suf-
frage special will begin Sunday, April 3.
Immediately at the close OF a conference
of suffrage leaders from the Eastern
States. to be held at Cameron House,
headquarters of the Congressional Union.
p Madison place northwest At the con-
ference the ENJOYS will be formally elect
ed and their departure made a sPectacu-
lar feature OF the meeting.
Announcement Of the plan TO form a
woman's party Of women voters TO help
secure the nationwide enfrsnchisement
of women has been received with en-
thusiasm in the West. Gov. Capper, OF
Kansas, and the State officials there
will welcome the ENJOYS when they
reach Topeka. Miss Mabel Vernon, ma
tional organizer in that State, is ar
ranging a reception and mass meeting
at which the platform OF the new
woman's party will be outlined and sp-
peals made by the various Eastern
speakers to the women Of that State
to lend assistance 10 the big offensive
move on the dominant party in Congress.
VIII Visit Twelve States.
The trip will extend from Kansas
through the twelve voting States. includ-
ing Colorado, Wyoming. Montana, Idaho.
Oregon. and California. The first stop
after leaving Washington will be at
Chicago and from the city the envoy
will go directly to Kansas City.
The cities to he visited are Topeka,
Wichita. Denver Colorado Springs. Will
! Jams. Grand Canyon. Prescott, Phoenix,
, Los Angeles. Bakersfield. San Francisco,
Reno. Stockton. Sacramento. Portland,
Seattle, Spokane, Great Falls, Helena,
Butte, PocateIlo, Salt Lake City, and st.
Louis.
At Salt Lake the trip through the vot-
ing territory will end in a big mass
meeting or conference OF Congressional
| Union members in the voting States 10
which leaders from each of the Western
States will go. At this meeting dele
gates will be elected 10 take to Congress
the resolutions of the women voters in
support of the national amendment.
Leaders in the Congressional Union s
! fight for the passage OF the Federal suf-
frage arnendment by the siNty-fourth
4 Congress are assured that the power OF
the 100000 women voters in the ma
tional elections can enfranchise all the
women Of the nation. They point out
that ninety-one electoral votes are cast
by the twelve enfranchised States; that
~ ha gg,r -
the House, and one-fifth of the Electoral
College come from States where women
vote.
since the opening of the present Con.
gress the Congressional Union has con.
Quoted a nationwide campaign TO Sc
cure the passage Of the amendment The
fight has been carried back home" and
waged in the districts of the representa-
tives who opposed suffrage. At Wash