The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-02-22
SUFFRAGIST IN
ATTENDANCE At
THE CONVENTION
MRS. FRANK J. SHULER OF
NEW YORK WORKING
FOR OKLAHOMANS.
Marie Adams)

81 have been sutfragist all my
life. In fact, think was born u
suffragist," said Mrs. Frank J. Shu-
Ter of New York City, correspond
ing secretary of the National Am
erican Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton, who came to Ardmore yester-
day, by invitation, to attend the con-
vcntion of the Oklahoma State
League OF Young Mems Democrat
ic Clubs, in session today at Con
vention Hall, and also to present
to the women OF this town the great
question of suffrage, which at the
present time is one OF the most vital
in national affairs, and which is now
one of the most important in the
lives OF women.
That the women may have an op-
portunity to hear Mrs. Shuler speak
on this subject, a mass meeting has
been called for 9:30 o'clock tomor-
row morning in the former Cham
Der of Commerce assembly room at
the courthouse. Every woman in
tcrested in this important measure
is asked to attend the meeting and
hear the truths presented by this
great worker. In addition to sut-
trage proper, Mrs. Shuler will tell
something of the war work being
done by the sufragists.
Mrs. Shuler who is chairman OF
campaigns, came to Oklahoma the
early part OF January. At that time
there was not a suffrage organiza-
tion in the state, but when she
leaves in very few days, at the con-
clusion Of her survey, there will be
at least thirty. In every city and
town in the state she has visited,
Mrs. Shulcr has been warmly vel
coined, both by men and women, and
in every instance she has left an
organized body of active and en-
thusiastic women to carry on the
work. 1t is up to the women OF
Ardmore to show by their attend
ance at tomorrow's meeting their
sympathy for the suffrage cause and
that they are in line Tor all that
stands for the betterment OF their
sex, in fact that they are progressive
and up-to-date.
Mrs. Shuler has been actively en-
gagged in the work of the suffrage
cause for twenty years and has had
much experience in mobiilzing wom-
en- and organizing them for action.
She has held many high positions
in the suffrage organization and in
club work. She is the only woman
in the United States who has had
the distinction OF presiding over a
political convention. 1t happened
in the spring of 1912, when the Pro
gressiye party held its convention
in Syracuse, N. Y, at which time
she was delegate from the Buff
falo district. Recognizing her ex-
ecutiye ability, the chairman, VIII.
liam r. Hotchkiss, took occasion to
call her to the chair to preside.
81 think what Oklahoma most
needs now is a suffrage campaign
which is not spectacular said Mrs
Shuler. "No sutfragist would want
a spectacular campaign, or any
thing that would SAVIOR OF such, il
war time. But there should be Z
propaganda campaign which woulC
mean the distribution OF literature
for the purpose Of arousing the mer
of the state to the necessity of com
ing out TO vote for the referendum
and also to awaken the women tC
the fact that suffrage is but anothe,
step in the progress OF women
Women in their club and federation
work always demand high idea
the social and industrial welfare o
wonderland the next step, natural
ly, must be their political welfare
We must not forget that condition
in Oklahoma are rather more ia
vorable than they are in some O
the eastern and middle-westerr
states, but that in itself should max
the women of the state more desir
Gus Of securing equally good con
ditions in all the other states il
the union"
"The legislature in 1917" sal
Mrs. Shuler, passed the suffrag