The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1918-12-03
SUFFRAGE WORKER
WILL VISIT IDAHO
TO URGE ACTION

10 URGE ACTION
MRS. FRANCES e. BEWER WILL
UNDERTAKE TO LINE WOMEN
OF GEM STATE UP SOLIDLY
BACK OF CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.
Mrs. Frances E. Brewer of New
York, formerly Of Indiana, will ar
rive In Boise today, Friday. to &C.
quaint the women Of the city and the
state with the Importance of Idaho
ratifying the federal suffrage amend
ment, which all suffrage factions be-
lieve will pass before January 1, and
of as Importance to the international
suffrage movement.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, thru
whose efforts the Idaho women gain
ed suffrage, writes to Mrs. s. H. Hays
chairman of the women's committee,
c. N. D., and to- Miss aMrgaret Rob-
erts, president for Idaho of the Ma
tional Council of women Voters, as
follows:
Letter From Mrs. Gait.
be interested in the fate of woman
suffrage. As you doubtless have been
informed, women cannot secure the
NOTE by the state method in several
states and in consequence the work
ing suffragists of the country have
concentrated their attention upon
the passage of the federal suffrage
amendment. 1t passed the house on
e J.nuary 10 of this year and has been
hanging in the senate for the want of
two votes since. One of those votes
has been secured and we think we
have the other. We are expecting the
passage of the amendment before
Christmas.
Reason for Prompt Action.
Were there months to intervene
between the passage of the amend
ment and the legislative session Of
the various states there would be
time enough to plan ratification
campaign after the federal amend
ment had passed congress. 1t is GER
tain, however, that the amendment
cannot now pass the senate and.
reach the several legislatures before
January l.
"Forty-two legislatures sit this
winter, and we believe we can secure
ratification in 81 of them, thus max
ing certain the passage of the amend
ment and the enfranchisement of all
the women before the next presiden-
tial election.
"The only enfranchised state Of
which we have and doubt is Idaho,
because it has no existing suffrage
organization. We believe that %
states, including Idaho, should ratify
the amendment within the first two
weeks of January. If the amendment
reaches them in sufficient time. In
order to assure ourselves Of the exact
condition in Idaho we desire to send
a representative there to talk with
the women.
Why Mrs. Brewer Comes.
1--WE have selected Mrs. Brewer of
New York to go to you with definite
message about the obligation of
women voters in the country to the
new democracy in Europe, and, she
will present to the women Of Idaho
an invitation to join in new move
ment which we are proposing with
this end in view. She will go there
also, with the expectation Of organ
izing some kind of ratification COM
mittee, the duty of this committee
being, first to secure ratification with
in the first two weeks of January,
if the federal suffrage amendment
has passed the senate; second, to Sc
cure resolution calling upon the
senate to submit the amendment,
provided it has not already passed
the senate.
Has Friends in Idaho.
"Mrs. Brewer is a charming wo-
man, an eloquent speaker, and wo-
man who we are proud to have re-
present us. The president of the
University of Idaho was a classmate
of hers in college and she would like
to visit Moscow also while west.
There are other places In both south
ern and northern Idaho where l
think she would do well to stop and
talk to the men and women about
the need of immediate ratification
and about the new women voters
movement we are proposing. She
was one Of the leaders In the recent
New York campaign for the Repub-
LEANS"
Arrangements will be made upon
Mrs. Brewers arrival for a general
meeting of men and women when
she can give her message and plan
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