The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-01-27

In the general sense of the words Is what both
forces do want. But. bless you. there's distinc-
tion with difference.
Anyway. congress will be asked to pass equal
rights bill which IN an amendment to the Const
tuition And the women voters are apparently
nfty-hfty on the proposition. AT least they
already arrayed In two hostile camps. The Ma
ttonal Womans party will take the offensive. In
the other camp possibly the leader Is the National
League OF Women Voters. In this camp are also
the National Consumers league and the National
Woman's Trade Union league And the "welfare"
organizations are many
Do you remember. during the suffrage
pnign. the women who picketed the White House
grounds and went hunger strikes when jailed
for that picketngf Well, those militant suffra-
gists are the core Of the National Woman's party
AFTER suffrage was secured they voted the
question Of going out OF existence. They decided
To remain In the field and campaign for equal
rights for women In addition To votes for women
The party was reorganized. Mrs, o. ii. Z. Bel
mont, woman of large wealth and of social POI
sition, was elected president. She made n large
contribution To the party. 1t has now purchased
the odd Capitol" ut Washington and renamed
II the Watchtower for Women This watchtower
consists Of row of three old-fashloned, spacious
stone houses. This was used from 1915 TO
.lslo as meeting place for congress while the
capitol was being rebuilt after the destructive
visit of the British during the War OF 1912. Per-
haps the watchtower may later be the headquar-
tiers OF campaign for woman president. Any
way IL Is the headquarters OF the campaign for
equal rights for women.
Miss Alice Paul who has made a name for her.
SELF as militant suffrngist second To none In this
country, Is the dominant spirit OF the National
Woman's party, And this equal rights battle Is
her fight.
The National League OF Women Voters IL the
new name OF the old National American Suffrage
association. II Is the direct descendant of the
organization formed by Susan II. Anthony Elizn.
beth 'ady stanton and ether lannon's women back
In the middle of the Nineteenth century II has
Ih"' approved of militant methods. Ii has always
@argely outnumbered the National woman's party
81 comparatively recent origin. Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Gait, u 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 Is a vice president
OF the National Consumers league. Miss Agnes
Ncstor Is president ~ the National women's Trade
Union league
Now, both camps agree that the securing OF
suffrage only first step In securing equal
rights for women. The nineteenth amendment
10 the Constitution reads thus:
THE rights OF citizens OF the United States shall
not be- denied or abridged by the United States
or by any state account Of sex
So the nineteenth amendment simply gives WON.
en- citizens the right 10 vote Ii does not give them
equality with male citizens before the law In the
Hihhuolu RHhirS or everyday lie. IL Is no eNag-
geration To say that both camps consider the
achievement of the vote merely the beginning
"f woman's emancipation Both camps hold that
no woman will he realty free until every disabl.
iiy. legal as well political. Is removed.
To bring about the removal OF every disability
the National womans party has been campaign.
Ing Ia secure the adoption 10y the state legislature
~ the socalled blanket bill. This bin Is as fol-
iows
"Ssc;Ion /. Women shall have the same rights
privileges aud lumunities under the law as men
with respect To the exercise III suffrage; holding
"Ilice under the Government either State or local
eligibility to examination for any position affected
hy civil service regulations; Jury service; choice
az d"nicile. residence and name; acquiring con-
trolling holding and conveying property: owner.
ship and control III labor and earnings; freedom
~ contract. i.cludng becoming Il party In any
capacity Ia negotiate instruments evidence OF
Indebtedness. becoming surety guarantor
becoming parties litlgHnt; acting executors OF
administrators Of estates OF decedents; custody
and control OF children and control of earning,
and services OF such children grounds for divorce
immunities or penalties for sex ofense; quaran
tine. examination aud treatment nf disease.
And the rights III married and unmarried WON
with respect 10 these matters shall be equal