Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-01-25
sUFfRAG|STS ID WORK FOR NEW
 CONSTITUTION Believe That Convention Would Acknowledge Right of Women to Vote. TWO MEETINGS WILL
 BE HELD IN CITY Miss Josephine Miller of Little Rock Arranges for Discussion of Plans to Organize for Cooperative
 Effort.

IldL tie WOlIleH OI Al kdIlSdS are centering all their energies in behalf of a constitutional convention and new constitution for Arkansas, in the confident belief that the new constitu- ton will grant suffrage to women, is the statement made last night by Miss Josephine Miller of Little Rock, na- tional organizer for the American Womans Suffrage association, who is spending several days in Pine Bluff to strengthen the fordes of the organ ization here, preliminary to the cam- paign in behalf of the constitutional dpnvention and for woman suffrage
 Miss Miller has hec headquarters at the Hotel Pines, and will remain here until Saturday, when she will go to Stuttgart, to continue her activi- ties along the same lines. She has al ready arranged for two big meetings here, one tonight at o'clock, at the chamber of commerce assembly haR and the other tomorrow afternoon at 3:3O o'clodk, also at the assembly hall
 The meeting tonight will be for all
 
 alike. Miss Miller will make a talk and she can make most interesting, entertaining and instructive falkland in addition there will be talks, it was announced, by c. S. Alexander. presi- dent of the Merchants and Planters bank, c. H. Triplett, president of the National Bank of Arkansas; Sam Le- Co1 officer of the meeting. T G. Parham will introduce the speakers
 The meeting tomorrow afternoon Will be for women only and there will be full and free discussion of the plans of the campaign, and especially Of the ways and means of strengthen ing the organization for the approach. ing d dampaign.
 Sentiment Is Favorable.
 In an interesting interview last night, Miss Miller stated that the sen. lment in Arkansas on woman suf. rage has shown a most wonderful and most gratifying change in the past year. Prominent men and wom- en in all parts of the state, in the cities and in the rural communities as we'll, are actively engaged in fur therlng the cause, and everywhere 1nere are most favorable indications.
 we have the hearty cooperation or GOV Brough in our efforts" said MISS Miller, "and the governor very kindly gave me authority to say so."
 MISS Miller explained that bi!; granting the presidential suffrage to tne women of this state had been in. ,roduced in the general assembly, but ,ater 1t had been withdrawn, after t nad been decided ::le better plan would be to have the women unite in tnelr efforts for new constitution. ana 10 have written in that constitu- 'ion the right of suffrage for women. Il am satisfied there will be sonstitutlon,' said the suffrage lead el' and it is fact of general knowl- euse mat all the recently adopted con. s.'utlons contain clauses granting :as .e oallot to women, hence I am sat ,...eu ra4. Afkansas women will soon be young with their fathers. brothers and husbands"
 ,,, Not Militant Organization. MISS Miller, in reply to an inquiry. s.d ssated that American Woman's suf- iase +;as assodation is separate and dis tn nnot rom the Congressional Union .ol .o woman Suffrage, whose militant caa. au.'cs in Washington during the re- m @ past nave caused So much com +nr;o .n. ana have received so much mo- .ety. frany. The American Woman's suf- tha ase ea association is seeking to obtain or e .1 ballot for women not only by adt aaon.: me various states, tut also by the ama" p'.on of a federal constitutional huihent. ha;s This latter means is evon e used by the excrtion of what resa sa pressure can be obtained on rep s;osVe s;en.atlVes of the various congress br ai rai,.t talstricts, in congress, and not
 m ml1tant methods.
 asaa nne American Woman's Suffrage to t.'atlon Sa is non-partisan, and as is Souts expected, it's members in the
 'n and West are most friendly to