Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-11-19
women ARE DIVIDED
on PLAN MRS. Gait
ADVANCE SUFFRAGE
Portland Meeting Proves Very
Interesting-Visit to Rose
City Accompanied by Dis
agreeable Welcome.

Although the strongest condemna-
ton of the publicity accorded the visit
of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait and the
other visiting suffragsts was given
by Mrs. Gait she had full house and
there was standing room only" in the
gray parlor of the Multnomah hotel,
where women representing scores OF
women's organizations met to hear
what Mrs. Gait had to say about the
need for ealing special sesscion of the
legislature, and to express her views.
on the reason why a league for wom-
en- voters should be organized, says the
Oregonian, Portland.
Mrs. Gait was very decided in her
statements concerning the publicity.
She said it was "unfriendly, disagree
able, discourteous inhospitable, and
that the meetings had not been cor
rectly reported" and she added that
she didn't know but that her coming
to Portland had mussed things up
worse than they heretofore had been
mussed"
SUGGESTION is ACCEPTED.
In spite of this statement, and all
though most of the leaders had ex
pressed themselves as either opposed
TO the formation of an additional
woman's organization or could not see
any need for II on the ground that
the organizations now in existence
are doing everything the league
wants TO accomplish, the Portland
women courteously decided to act
upon Mrs. Cats suggestion and leave
II to Mrs. Elliott Corbeit to call Il
meeting of representatives of all the
women's organizations OF statewide
influence and the legislative council
to determine what Oregon shall do
with the league for women voters.
The biggest fight of the confer
ence was over the question
of asking the governor to call spe-
cial session of the legislature to rat
ify the federal amendment
SOUTH AGAINST AMENDMENT.
Mrs. Gait explained to the delega-
tion the reasons why the solid south
could not ratify the amendment. She
said that many of the congressman
of the south had fought against rec
Ognizing the 14th and 18th amend
ments and could not, therefore, accept
this amendment She said that rati-
fication before January is urgent be-
cause the southern legisia lures that
meet then are sure to oppose the
measure. Mrs. Gait said that Tennes-
see cannot ratify because of a clause
in its constitution that Florida has
the same situation and that they
have to put ten states In the discard.
nat ISdNeS 20 anu Oi NlitSc view DSi
sey is corrupt politically, is one OF
the wettest states in the union and is
in one OF the worst political inesses
imaginable and so one would regard
it is highly doubtful
BURDEN DECLARED SHIFTED.
OF one New England state Mrs, Gait
said the governor is an old man
strongly opposed to the adoption OF
the suffrage measure and the leu
tenant governor is in favor OF It. and
unless the governor shall be called
to his heavenly home ratification
probably won't come"
She enumerated tho dangers in
which the prospects of ratification
stand and the reasons why she came
to this state to ask for the women 10
take up the proposal of special ses-
sion.
Those who don't ratify now put the
burden heavily upon others" said Mrs
Gait. She proposed then that repre-
sentative committee he appointed
which should raise little money, that
a letter be written telling why Ore
gon must ratify." She proposed that
the Legislature be polled and pledge
cards sent legislators asking them II
they would sign up, according to the
governors stipulations and. If not
asking under what conditions you
are willing 20 meet
COMPROMISE is SOUGHT.
Go to the governor with the re-
suits and see IL he can compromise,