Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1918-10-25

eligible TO vote nau pTOSeu tuey "o"e
ed to vote by signing a petition asking
the Oklahoma men to vote yes on the
woman suffrage amendment, Novem'
ber 5rh Every county in the state Is
represented on the list. Four nun
dred and i.ty towns have con-
tribu,e1 to the huge total. In the last
primary election 155,0S4 men voted
The signers to the suffrage petition
exceed the combined gubernatorial
vote of the two minor parties. They
exceed majority OF the gubernatorial
vote of the dominant political party.
They exceed one.thrd of the combined
gubernaturial 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 9Th there are "a days. IT
seems sure that by November 9Th the
names on the suffrage petition will
number 100000.
county seats and the hundreds OF aux.
liary 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
a 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 a husband and four
sons in France worked far into
the night on her farm that she
might give a few morning hours to
canvassng among her neighbors. A
woman with husband in the service
and five children to care for gave her
only recreation time to securing
names. as she said, that she might be
lone Of those who hath done what she
could"
And who are they. these 55,O44
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
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Oklahoma men. who trust the pro
gressive. generous spirit of their men
to give them what they ask"
They have more than their faith tc
sustain them in this belief. From ur
and down the length and breadth OF
: the state have come offers of helI
from the men. The women sought
only woman signers to the petition
Yet never has 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 or
October 10Th by large delegation ol
women headed by the officers OF tht
Oklahoma State Suffrage campaign
committee. The names were received
by Governor Williams and the large
number Of capital officials all in favol
of woman suffrage. including Lieu
tenant Governor NJ. f. Trapp. secre
tary of state J. L. Lyon. auditor E. Il
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 M
Gault. corporation commissions
Campbell Russell. clerk of suprem,
court William NJ. Franklin. Chief Jus
tice J. F. Sharp. Judges Kane. Hard.
and Turner OF the supreme court. "
A. Durant and A. NJ. Mckinney of tn
school and land office.
The procession went out to the cap
tol through streets lined with sunrag
posters. Most of the private home
had suffrage posters in the window
, and the business houses had their wir
downs decorated in honor of the event
Following the ceremonial at the car
itol the petitions were placed in tn
Kerr store window for the weekend.
I Display Through State.
Each county will show its own pet
tons. Tulsa will have parade O.
October cath, Muskosee. Creek. Wasi
ington. Nowata. Ottawa and Roger
joining
Muskogee county will have a parad
in Muskogee and the names will late
, be placed in store window.
r Nowata petitions will be hung in
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