The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-10-24


women. 81 years old and otherwise
eligible to vote had proved they wa1.1
ed to vote by signing a petition asking
the Oklahoma men to vote yes on theI
woman suffrage amendment. Novem.l
ber 5th. Every county In the state isl
represented on the list. Four hun
dred and fifty towns have con-
tributed to the huge total. In the last
primary election 155.0s4 men voted
The signers to the suffrage petitionl
exceed the combined gubernatorial
vote OF the two minor parties. TneyI
exceed a majority OF the gubernatoriai
vote OF the dominant political party.
They exceed one-third of the combined
gubernatorial note OF all three parties.
And the story is not yet ended On
October 18th when this article went to-
press 55.349 women had signed the
petition. Every day hundreds of sig
natures are sent into the state head
quarters. From October 18th to No
vember 5th there are "a days 1t
seems sure that by November 5th the
names on the suffrage petition will
number 100000.
All the suffrage committees in the
county seats and the hundreds OF aux.
iliary town committees. which have
circulated the petition. are still re
cording names. All report. almost
every woman In our town signed" mo
opposition here" "all the Red Cross
workers signed" every woman with
husband in France is for It." From
carefully compiled figures the percent.
age Of women signing Of those ap.
preached is placed at 81 per cent.
There are stories OF real sacrifice
showing the high spiritual resolve OF
the women canvassing Many women
trudged through the ankle-deep burn.
ing sands under the summer sun.
One woman with husband and four
sons in France worked far into
the night on her farm that she
might give a few morning hours to
canvassing among her neighbors. A
woman with husband In the service
and five children to care for gave her
only recreation time to securing
| hoAhCos uo ShC odi0s tndt SnC Aih6nt OO
zone Of those who hath done what she
could
And who are they. these 55.044
women who want to vote? They are
the women who live on the farms.
They are the women who work in the
shops and factories In the cities. They
are the home women OF every town in
Oklahoma They are the mothers and
wives and daughters and sisters OF
Oklahoma men. who trust the pro.
gressive. generous spirit OF their men
to give them what they ask"
They have more than their faith to
sustain them in this belief. From up
I and down the length and breadth OF
! the state have come offers Of help
from the men. The women sought
only woman signers to the petition
Yet never has q petition been dis
played for women TO sign with out
fathers and husbands and brothers
asking for the privilege OF setting
down their names. And the names
up into the thousands.
On the opposite page is the list OF
county seat towns which have signed
up for suffrage more than a majority
OF the women eligible to vote and the
entire list Of towns in which enroll
ments have been taken-446 In all.
Petition Taken To Capitol.
The monster petition was taken out
to the capitol at Oklahoma City ON
October 18th by q large delegation Of
women headed by the officers OF the
Oklahoma State Suffrage campaign
committee. The names were received
by Governor Williams and the large
number of capital officials all in favor
| OF woman suffrage. including Lieu.
tenant Governor NJ. z. Trapp. secre
tary OF state J. L. Lyon. auditor Z. b.
Howard. state treasurer. William L
Alexander. superintendent OF publ
instruction r. II. Wilson. Commission
er of Labor Claude E. Connolly, presi
dent board of agriculture. Frank NJ
Gault, corporation commissioner
Campbell Russell. clerk Of supreme
court William NJ. Franklin. Chief Jus
tice J. F. Sharp. Judges Kane. Hardy
and Turner OF the supreme court. w.
A. Durant and A. NJ. Mckinney Of the
school and land office.
The procession went out to the capi
tol through streets lined with suffrage
posters Most Of the private homes
had suffrage posters in the windows
and the business houses had their win
downs decorated In honor OF the event.
Following the ceremonial at the cap.
itol the petitions were placed In the
Kerr store window for the weekend.
Display Through State.
Each county will show its own peti.
tions. Tulsa will have q parade on
October cath. Muskogee. Greek. Wash
ington. Nowata. Ottawa and Rogers
joining.