The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-03-08

Wilson Voices
Pleasure at Act
by North Dakota

o'sfndTck, ". y. President
Woodrow Wilson, in a personal
letter to Governor Lynn J. Frazier,
read before the state senate, con-
graduates North Dakota upon tho
adoption of woman suffrage, his
letter foIIowing:
MAY I not express through you
my feeling Of sincere qualification
that the legislature of North Da-
kota should have passed a bill
the same suffrage privileges that
have been extended to them in H.
'inois? My interest in the extern
sion OF suffrage to women is, az
you know, very great, and feel
that every step in this direction
should receive h most cordial en-
dorsement and public recognition.
cordially and sincerely yours,
WOODROW WILSON,"
My dear Mrs. Catt:-
1 am greatly pleased to hear that the
legislature of North Dakota has passed
a bill granting to the women of tina;
the Women Of Illinois enjoy. 1 should OF
course have been pleased to learn thai
they had granted suffrage in full but
this Is splendid, nevertheless. I feel
sure that you M your organization
are making the right lind of a fight in
these states and I think all in all con-
sidered you r achieving great sue
cess.
The more states which grant woman
suffrage, the more conclusive will be
the argument in the other states. be-
cause a state once giving this privilege
Will never take it away. 1t undoubt-
eddy contributes most substantially
and effectively to cleaner and more
wholesome politics. | hope to see the
movement cnntinlo Sfot, hu etotn =, ~
til Ne shall have it throughout the
union.
Very respectfully,
ssigned) VIM. z Borah
The North Dakota Votes for Wo
nen League is supported entirely by
voluntary contribution. These con-
tributions are from local leagues and
individuals. The books of the organ
lzatlon are audited and are always
open for inspection. AT the yearly
state meeting in October, Il yearly re-
port is made n a new budget voted
on.
10 carry on an educational cam
palgn is expensive. 1t takes money
to buy literature. stationery. postage
and to pay expenses of speakers. A
HEADQUARTERS is necessary for r~eceiv-
ing and sending out mail and liter
allure. This means rent, light, heat
and telephone.
No salaries are paid except to a
stGnographer when necessary. The
officers OF the league do the office
work and pay their own travelling
expenses.
If every believer in woman suffrage
would contribute something. no mat
ter how small an mount it would
give the Votes for Women league
ample funds for carrying on the work
for organization and education, and
this work adequately done would in
a very short time bring full suffrage
to North Dakota women.
My dear Mrs. Catt:--
I have read, with great pleasure, of
the action of the Legislature of North
Dakota in passing the bill granting to
the woInen Of that state the same suf.
frage privileges they have in the state
Of Illinois. l only regret they did not
go further. and | do hope the governor
will sign the measure.
l hope the legislatures of the differ
ent states before which the question
is now pending will extend the right
to women, n l would like to see the
constitutional amendment go through
before congress adjOurns.
I wish to congratulate you and your
co-workers on the success you have
accomplished, and assure you Of my
best wishes for national suffrage.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) Charles Curtis
Dear Mrs. Gait
Allow me to congratulate you and
the cause o represent upon the re-
cent action Of the North Dakota legis-
lature in charging woman's right to
vote. as we'll as the recent action of one
house of the Tennessee Legislature. This
shows that the movement for equal
suffrage retains its vitality. AS 1 have
often said: M power can prevent a
free people from sooner or later making
this government a government by all
the people; a democracy in fact as
we'll as in name"
Sincerely yours,
. (Signed) Moses E. Clapp.