Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-03-11
TWELVE MILLION
WOMEN To VOTE
FOR PRE- ES|DENT
NEXT CAM P PAIGN
Mrs, Carrie Chapman Gait Is
sues Statement Showing
Tremendous Power of Fair
Sex at Ballot Box in 1920,
SUFFRAGE EXISTS NOW
IN TWENTY-THREE STATES
Great Convention Soon to Be
in Session at St, Louis and
Work for Ballot win Be
PLANNED Again,


New York, March 10.-More than
100000 women in the United States
over ? years of age are eligible to
vote for the next president in twenty
three states where women may vote,
according to an estimation by Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait, president of the
National Woman Suffrage association
at its Golden Jubilee convention to be
held in s., Louis, March 24-29. Fifty
delegates from each voting state are
invited to join the delegations at st.
Louis from the 100000 members of
the National American Woman Suf-
frage association.
THE National American Woman
Suffrage association has invited wom-
en- voters to national convention in
order that'they may organize nation
ally and unite their forces with those
of other lands" said Mrs Gait.
There is an obviously important ma
tional program Cor women voters. The
great diversity o. laws which concern
women and children in our several
states Is a continual menace to the
safety and welfare or the unfortunate
I and uniformed.
''The laws of the states could be
unified and improvements added even
in the states more liberal in their laws,
if women voters would agree upon a
proper constructive program. 1t is u
fact so obvious that it needs no dem
onstration that If one section of the
country Is much behind the times in
education and legal protection TO
women and children its civilization
is bound 10 prove a deterrent influ-
enCe over the whole nation. There
fore, ii lecomes the duty of all for
ward looking people to see that the
laws of the whole nation are unified
and that the standard by which to
measure the proper program for each
state Is the code of laws of the most
advanced states.
Women voters should contribute
more to their nation and to the world
than they do when acting from q To-
Called viewpoint Those who live in
the valley do not know what Is to be
seen from the mountain top The OPP
portunity to climb the mountain and
to view all humanity In its struggle up
ward toward permanent democratic
institutions and consequent perma-
nent democratic institutions and con-
sequent permanent peace is here. The
opportunity to extend a helping hand
to those who are likely to find the
path rough and thorny is here. The
woman voter with the vision of COM
ing freedom for the race in her soul
will not hesitate to offer her service"
continued Mrs Gait.
The biggest bureau of suffrage
propaganda in the world has been Of
ganized by Mrs. Gait with funds she
was bequeathed ty Mrs. Frank Leslie.
widow Of widely known editor and
publisher. When Mrs. Leslie died a
few years ago she left the bulk of her
fortune to Mrs. Gait to be used for
the advancement of the suffrage
cause The actual figures are In the
neighborhood of $780, 900.
Mrs. Gait, who has an abiding faith
that the only reason anybody opposes
woman suffrage is because lack of
knowledge of its fundamental signfi-
canoe, decided that the most effective
way to advance the suffrage cause
was through the further education of
the entire public on the subject of suf-
frage.
She formed the Leslie woman suf-
frage commission, the members of
which were to serve with her in the
supervision of the expenditure of the
Leslie fund. On the commission are
Mrs Raymond Robins, president of
the National Woman's Trade Union
league: Mrs Percy V. Pennybacker,
former president of the General Fed
GRAFTON of Womens clubs: Miss Mary
Garrett Hay, chairman of the Women
Suffrage party of New York CITY; Mrs.
3rthur Livermore and Mrs. Thomas
eucklin Wells.