The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1922-01-19

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Do you reinember, during the Suffrage cam
paign. the women who picketed the White House
grounds and went on hunger strikes when Jailed
for that picketing7 Well, those militant sllffra-
agists are the core of the National Woman,s party.
After Suffrage was secured they voted On The
question Of going out DC existence. They decided.
to remain LII the field and campaign Tor equal
rights for women Id addition ID votes Tor women.
The party was reorganiEed. Mrs. OF. Z. Bel
mont, q woman OF large wealth and of social p0-
zsition, was elected president. She made II large
contribution to the party. II has now purchased
the sold Capitol' at Washington and renamed
It the Watchtower for Women. This watehtoFer
consists OF q row ef three old-fashioned. spacious
=stone houses. This row was used from 1915 to-
1919 as d meeting place for congress while the
capitol was being rebuilt aftersthe destructive
visit Of the British during the War of 1872 Per
haps thesswatchtoWer may inter be the headquar-.
tiers OF q campaign for d woman president. any
way, 8ft is the Headquarters OF the campaign Tor
equal rights for women
Miss Alice Paul, who has made d name Tor her
self as q militant sufragist second To none In this
country. Ii the dominant spirit Of the National
WoInan's party, And this equal rights battle Il
her fight. a4 ~
The National League of Women Voters iii the
new name OF the old National American Suffrage
association. II sthe direct descendant of the
organization formed BIZ Susan b. Anthony, Eliza
beth cady Stanton and other famous women back
In the middle OF the Nineteenth century. III has
not approved OF militant methods. 1t has always
largely outnumbered the National Wonan.s party
or comparatively recent origin. Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Gait, g former president and now president
OF the international Woman Suffrage association,
Is one OF Its leaders. Mrs. Maud Wood Park is Its
president. Miss Jane Adams II b vice president
OF the National Consumers league Miss Agnes
Nestor Il president of the National Women's Trade
Union league.
Now, both camps agree that the securing DE
suffrage was only q first step ID securing equal
to the Constitution. reads thus
The rightssof citizens of the United States shall
not be denied On abridged by the United StatesK
sor by any state on account of sex.
50 the nineteenth amendnnent simply gives won-
en- citizens the right to vote. II does not give them
equality with male citizens before the law ID the
manifold affairs ofs everydayrlif IT ID 10 exag-
geration tD say that both camps consider the
achievement Of TIE -votes as nereIy the beginning
of womAn's emancipation. Both camps hold thar
nd womfn Will be really nee until every DISABLE
ity. legal rs we'll s political. III removed.
70 bring about the removal of every disability.
the National Woman's party has been campaign
ing III secure the adoption by the state legislatures
of The so-acalled blanket BIN. This bill II ~ toll
lows: kssA
ssection i Women shal have the same nehfs.
privileges and simmunities under the law as men. u
with respect to the exercise of suffrage; holding
Office under the Government, either State hi local;
eligibility III exalnination for amy position affected
by civil service regulations Jury service; choice
~ d~oanicile, residence and name; acquiring, con
trolling, holding and conveying property owner.
ship and control III labor ana earnings: freedom
of contract. including becoming i party iii amy
capacity 10 negotiate instruments Or epIdence of
Indebtedness, Or becoming snretySo eg~uarantor
becoming parties Iltigant aching asSexecators or
3u4tntufrnfnrU "A anfufnU#anN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.