Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-04-09 | Page 2 | Suffrage Leader Here to Lay Plans

SUFFRAGE HERE TO LAY LAYS I S PLANS t I I II I il Doris Stevens Ii I I 1 I j Ii I II I I II i 1 I 5 V S SS S S ti c I 4 I Miss Doris Stevens notable I suffrage worker is in Salt Lake 1 to make arrangements for a conference conference con con- I ference of suffrage e leaders to 10 be held hed here May here May I 11 I and I 12 2 The Salt Lake conference will mark the concluding chapter In the tour of suffrage suf sut- frage frag states by a party of ot prominent prominent S suffrage workers from Eastern states denying women the the right right to vote The s suffrage frage party leaves laves Washing Washing- ion ton D. D C. C toda today on on a visit to every every important city in the states S Before arriving in Salt Lake the p party rt w will visit the cities x vf Of f eleven suffrage suffrages i s states state ates including Illinois Kansas ansas I Arizona Ariona California NeI Ne- Ne I I i vada Oregon Washington n Montana Montant antI and Idaho S I Miss Stevens Stevens 1 is arranging for a tw two days' days conference with local women 1 I when the party reaches here on Ma May V 1 11 The Salt Lake conference is Ia regardEd re re regarded 5 as the most important of ot th the e trip as the final arrangements fo for fori forthe r i the drive on congress will be comI completed com corn I here I In every state slate visited by the suffrage suffrage suf suf- frage workers arrangements are are made mad madeI e I for the appointment of three delegates delegates dele lele gates to attend the Salt Lake confer confer- ence Twelve suffrage states will b be S represented by delegations o of three thre a I prominent women Select Delegates S From these del delegations th the Salt Sal t Lake conference will select on one e woman to represent each o of the suf sut- suffrage suffrage frage states in the final demand fo for forthe forthe r the pas passage age o of the Susan B. B Anthony Anthon y r amendment to the federal constitution n 1 granting equal suffrage Miss Stevens will open headquarters headquarter 5 in Salt Lake within the next two 0 or r three clays and will remain here until II after the Salt Lake conference Th The C conference here with local women wi will II include two business sessions a mass mas 5 meeting and a public reception Fully twenty-five twenty of ot the most pr prominent prominent mi- mi nent suffrage leaders In America wi will 11 accompany the party on its Western Westeri n tour According to Miss Stevens on one e ecar car has already been pr provided vided und and th the e indications are that a second car will wil willbe willbe 1 be filled Miss Ella Riegel o of Pennsylvania I will have supervision of ot the corps 0 of stenographers and and clerks that will take tak care o of the business attached to the th trip Many Notables S Among the noted suffrage workers worker 3 who will make th the V Western stern tour tour are I Mrs Harriet Stanton Blatch and Mrs 1 Oliver H. H P. P Belmont of ot New York Mrs 1 Florence Va Vayard yard Hilles of ot Delaware DelaI Delaware Dela Dela- ware Mrs 1 W. W D. D Ascough o of Connecticut Conn Connecticut Con Con- I n Mrs Dorothy Mend Mead of Ohio Mrs Percy Read Rea o of Virginia Mrs Townsend Scott of Maryland and Mrs Robert Baker Balder and Mrs W. W Thompson L Beuch of Washington D. D C. C Tle purpose o of the Western Vestern trip into is js isto to induce Western women who have already obtained the ballot to aid their sisters rs In obtaining the vote By taking taking tak tak- ing the sentiment o of voting women direct to congress the suffrage workers worker work work- er ers believe they can cam obtain action Action at this session o of congress Continued on page 2 SUFFRAGE LEADER Continued from page 1 I Is to be the watchword of the suffrage 1 1 workers From here the party goes goes' direct to Washington to demand immediate immediate im im- im mediate action on the constitutional i amendment Miss Mis Stevens will be aided locally by Margaret Zane Witcher Cherdron Young Organizer y j We are doing th political and the obvious thing by coming West where the power I Is Miss Stevens leaped Into the limelight limelight limelight lime lime- light practically overnight as an organ r izer Her Tier rallying rallying- cry has been to enfranchise enfranchise en en- en fran franchise hIse women In behalf of those not yet et free Still In her early she I i ha has hag never asked for easy tasks Born in Nebraska she taught school in wildest Montana did settlement work at a congest congested d va vacation camp trained as a tenement inspector and had other experiences which determined determined determined deter deter- mined her belief that the world needs women Instead of politicians in high places She wants things changed and I changed quickly We Ve are she said only asking I the women of the West Vest to assist congress congress con con- gress In catching up with public opI ion We Ve think its it's time an century century century cen cen- tury problem was put tut out or the way for good instead of cluttering up the century The Congressional uni union n Is simply asking the United States to do what every civilized nation in the world has done Consider the political enfranchisement enfranchisement enfranchisement of women in their legislative legisla legisa- tive bodies hodies Wh Why there wasn't a nation last year whose congress had not considered the question except the United States and Turkey f 2 I I-