Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-03-28
SUFFRAGISTS JUBILANT.
They Have just Received Contribu-
ton of 2,4OO, Which Clears
Their Campaign Deficit.

A contribution of $4,000 to the
Iowa Suffrage campaign fund, which
was announced last week at state
suffrage headquarters in Des Moines
completes one of the most remark.
able financial campaigns ever con-
Quoted by a state suffrage organiza-
ton, While the name of the donor
has not been announced, it is under
stood that the subscription came
from former Iowan who has been
greatly interested in the success of
the suffrage cause In her native
state. This is the largest individual
contribution made TO the Iowa cam
paign fund and enables the suffrage
association te clear up the last of
the deficit remaining from the cam
paign which closed last June.
Suffrage leaders were unusually
jnbilant when they received word OF
the arrival of the check for $2,4OO,
as this sum was all that was requir-
ed to make up deficit of approx
mately $4,000 in the campaign
fund. The completion Of this big
money raising task within a period
of eight months after the close of
campaign in which they were de-
feated is particularly gratifying to
lsuffragists, as it indicates that the
suffrage cause has lost none of its
strength as the result of the defeat
of last June Immediately after the
close of the last compaign the suff-
ragists began a movement to raise
enough money to clear away the in
debtedness, and in spite of the heat
or the summer months they were
able to reduce the deficit by several
thousand dollars. DR.. Effie McCol
lum Jones was placed in the field to
conduct the financial campaign,
making an extensive tour of the
state in which she made appeals for
funds. Since January DR.. jonas has
been working in Iowa in the interest
of the organization and finance
work, 49,
Now that The deficit has been
eliminated the suffra gists do not pro-
pose to allow the financial side of
the campaign work to lapse. Miss
Anna B. Lawther, the state presi-
dent, is deroting her time to the
placing of the suffrage association
on a sound financial footing which
will enable it to be ready for any
emergency. With a campaign fund
which will enable them to carry on
active field work, the suffragists
propose to keep their organization
busy preparing for the next suffrage
referendum.
''The contribution of $2,400 which
we received" said Miss Lawther,
will leave no doubt in the minds
OF the average person that suffrage
s a live issue in Iowa. The fact
that the women of Iowa after a
heartbreaking effort which ended In
ta defeat last June, could raise
Eenough money to pay of an indebt-
edness of $4,000 within less than
a year is indication that the cause
has not lost in strength. 1t is a feat
which has rarely been equaled by
any political organization, and one
which will live long in suffrage an
nails. If the women of Iowa can
raise $4,000 to pay off the debts OF
a campaign which ended in defeat
suffrage is not a dead issue by any
means. We respectfully call the at
tention of the men of Iowa to this
feat in financing as indisputaoie evil
dence that the women OF Iowa az
want the ballot. and are prepared u
make even greater sacrifices TO brinl
about this extension Of rights"
How fat does a woman nave 10 o.
before she ought to quit wearing