The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-11-29
How Women Wou New York State.
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the late afternoon 10 eXcnanBe
reports on the days work and
get new ideas and fresh enthusi-
asm for the morrow. No work
was too large or too small, too
great or too menial, and so we
went forth day after day to in
terview our voters in their hand
some Offices, or at the corner gro
Gerry and even in the barber shops
and saloons. We had a large as
sortment of beautiful posters and
these we placed in windows of
private houses, in stores and
Offices and even pasted them our
selves on board fences. We dis
tributed literature at the sub
way stations, at factory entranc-
es, at movie houses and in the
lobbies of theaters and hotels.
Every day at noon we held sew
eral street meetings. For this
purpose we had automobiles gay
ly decorated with American flags
and yellow pennants. We would
drive to a busy corner. stop the
car, the speaker would stand up
on the seat and Immediately a
crowd would gather. | did very
little street speaking as we had
wonderfully gifted and Drained
women for this. but my work
was to mingle with the crowd
distributing literature and ans
wering questions. We had sew
eral interesting experiences when
we went at night to the various
political clubs and asked permis-
sion to present our cause to the
men there assembled. In every
instance we were cordially receiv-
ed, listened to with attention and
generously applauded.
Of course | attended many of
our big mass meetings and |
marched in the Suffrage Parade
the Election District Captains
marched in body, two thousand
sixty of US dressed in dark tailor
ed suits, small black hats and
yellow ribbons bearing the word
CAPTAIN" Edgar was in the
mems part of the parade. You
should have seen him marching
ahead of his division carrying a
huge banner, It's an inspiring
thing to march up Fifth Ave-,
the first street in the world, per-
haps, while the bands play and
the sidewalks are lined with cheer
ing thousands.
On the fifth day Of November,
everyone of my 3S7 registered
voters received from me a per-
sonally written note asking them
to vote yes, on Amendment, Num-
ber one.
On the sixth day Of November,
| rose when the clock was strik-
ing four. At 5.15 | left home.
1t was still night. Of course the
stars aud street lamps were shin
ing but many men were abroad
hurrying to the polls or chatting
in groups on the street corners.
There's something indescribably
friendly in the atmosphere of a
city street at five O'Clock on a
crisp November morning and so
| greeted every man passed:
good morning, hope you're
going to vote for US taday" and
the answer came cheerily, Sure
| am lady" or Pm with you
madam"
There was a tremendously ex-
citing mayorality, contest in New
York this fall with four candi-
dates in the field and they all
had watchers at the polls and
these with the poll. clerks, the
chairman of the board, the Hon.
est Ballot men, the policemen
and the woman watcher made
quite a crowd, there were nine
teen men and myself behind the
rail in our district. We inspect
ed the ballot boxes, the booths,
the challenge lists and at six the
polls were declared open. All
day | sat at the right of our
chairman where l could look at
every man who came in to vote
FOR or AGAINST US. | tried to
guess which it would be while |
checked off the name in my book