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MARYLAND SUFFRAGE NEWS
VOL. I No. 6 SATURDAY, MAY 11, 1912 FIVE CENTS
DEDICATION.
To the poor women without
homes, to the little toilers who
should be in the schools and play
grounds, to the white slaves in
their tragic bondage, and to the
children who die, these pages are
dedicated! May every woman who
is not too idle to have a thought, or
too vain to have a soul, or too rich
in gold to have a heart, join in the
great struggle for women’s free
dom!
Purity, Liberty, Justice these
we must work for!
THE LAMP OF SACRIFICE
People often forget how great
the necessary expense of educa
tional propaganda is. If you were
willing to go to an open-air meet
ing and stand out on the street cor
ner distributing literature to the
passersby, wouldn’t you think it
only right that those who stayed
comfortably at home should at
least pay for the cost of the liter
ature you handed out? Now the
open-air meetings have begun and
we need 100,000 pieces of literature
to distribute. This will cost S9O.
For 90c you can send one instruc
tive piece of Suffrage literature to
1000 people. Isn’t that worth
while? Can you personally get in
touch with so many people so
cheaply in any other way? For 9c
you can reach 100 people and give
them good solid arguments in be
half of the cause. Wouldn’t you
really enjoy that more than a glass
of soda water even on a warm
day ?
If you withhold your contribu
tion you will be withholding infor
mation from the people who can
give us the vote.
If you give, your gift may be the
last straw that will break the back
of prejudice. While you are away
this summer enjoying a cool vaca
tion wouldn’t you like to feel that
your hands were still busy in the
stifling heat of Baltimore working
to persuade the voters of the
righteousness of our cause? The
money contributed to the Lamp of
Sacrifice during the month of May
will be used exclusively to pay for
the flyers to be distributed at the
open-air meetings this Summer.
If you cannot stay in town dur
ing the hot months this Summer,
ought you not at least to send those
you leave behind you well armed
into the fray?
Please send all contributions to
the Just Government League of
Maryland, 15 E. Pleasant street,
Baltimore.
Unknown $ .o^
F. R. S .30
Miss Wagner 25
Mrs. J. G. W 30
Student 10
Colonist 10
E. O. W 30
Uncle Sam 10
Cy 10
A Convert 10
M. G. M., Jr 15
Received this week $ 1.85
Previously received 11.70
Total • -Su-ss
Do not women stay away from
the polls ?
In Colorado women are only 42
per cent, of the population, but they
cast 45 per cent, of the vote.
THE
ANTISIJITR AGISTS
'Women do
&.re need
the corrupt politician.the exploiter ot wo
men's Ixbor &nd of child l\bor those who pro
jtt by the white slave trade, and the mass of
its patrons agree with them, that women
must not be allowed to vote. ,•©
HAGERSTOWN MEETINGS.
During the past week Miss Mar
jorie Daw Johnson has addressed
three meetings in Hagerstown.
Very little work has been done
there so far, but the prospects are
good.
WORK IN ALLEGANY COUNTY.
Much Enthusiasm Throughout.
During the past few weeks
Miss Marjorie Daw Johnson has
made addresses at the following
places : McKaig’s Steel and Shaft
ing Works, three parlor meetings,
Women’s Civic Club, Royal Neigh
bors, W. C. T. U. Within the next
two weeks she will speak to the
teachers of the city, Glassmakers’
Local Union, Trades Council, East
ern Star, B. & O. Y. M. C. A.,
Dukes Memorial Bible Class. She
will also speak at Frostburg and
Lonaconing.
OPEN-AIR MEETINGS
Monday, May 13th, 8 P. M.—
Roland and Third avenues, Hamp
den.
Wednesday, May 15th, 12 M.—
Court House Plaza.
Friday, May 17th, 8 P. M.—
Cross street Market Space.
SUPPLEMENT TO THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL
MISS O'REILLY TO SPEAK IN
MARYLAND.
Miss Leonore O’Reilly of the
National Women’s Trades-Union
League will speak under the
auspices of the Bohemian Academic
Club on Sunday, May 19th, at 4
P. M., at Bohemian Hall, Broad
way and Ashland avenue. The
meeting will be open to the public.
MEETING OF ANNE ARUNDEL
COUNTY LEAGUE.
A meeting of the Anne Arundel
County League was held Tuesday,
May 7th, 10.30 A. M., at the resi
dence of the President, Mrs. Robert
Moss, Annapolis, Md. It is hoped
that the county people will attend
these Tuesday morning meetings in
large numbers.
You can obtain Postals of
the Cartoon,
WOMEN ON A PEDESTAL,
published in this number of the
Maryland Suffrage News.
Price, 3 for 5 cents.
Apply to
Mrs. Charles J. Keller,
222 W. Monument St., Baltimore,
or at the office
15 East Pleasant Street.
THE MARYLAND
DELEGATION
Under the banner of the first
thirteen colonies the Maryland dele
gation marched in the great Suf
frage parade on May 4th, our
slogan to be one of the first thir
teen states to take the next great
step for freedom. Those of us who
marched were divided in wonder at
the almost endless line of earnest
women and men, who, with head
erect and- banners flying, marched
for their great cause, and at the
vast sea of those who watched.
As far as the eye could reach, and
extending right to the very lines,
so that the order was soon given
to break from five abreast to two,
was a vast throng through which we
literally worked our way. New York
people said that no political demon
stration had ever brought out such
a crowd. As I watched the faces
of thousands and thousands of
aliens I could not help but think
that it was a good thing to demon
strate to them how we Americans
still prize the great gift of freedom.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
With the warm weather and the
opening up of the outdoor work
volunteers for the street meetings
are an absolute necessity. We have
not so many speakers that we can
afford to waste their time, nor can
we afford to waste so great an
opportunity of getting the voters’
pledge cards signed as there is
every evening at the open-air meet
ings. The average attendance at
an open-air meeting is from one to
two hundred, and in order to cover
the crowd at least five workers are
needed. It is absurd for us to miss
the opportunity to sell the Mary
land Suffrage News at these meet
ings, but unless we have at least
two people to put on this work it
cannot be done. Ordinarily the
majority of the audience is com
posed of men, and numbers of them
would be willing to sign the pledge
cards if only someone could be on
hand to ask them.
The schedule of meetings will be
published each week in the News
notes, and it is earnestly hoped that
you will come to the meetings and
volunteer your services as a worker.
If you will send in your name to
the Just Government League, 15 E.
Pleasant street, and specify as to
whether you would rather dis
tribute literature, or solicit signa
tures to the pledge slips, or sell the
Maryland Suffrage News, you will
be given the work which best suits
your taste. Do not delay, for the
time is all too short before the
primary election, and that will
decide the fate of the Suffrage Bill
next time.
COUPON.
I hereby volunteer my services at
the open-air meetings in Baltimore
City to
Sell Maryland Suffrage News,
Distribute literature,
Secure Voters’ signatures to
Pledge Cards.
Name
Address
THE VALUE OF MEN’S
OPINION CHALLENGED
There is a great cry abroad that
the primary election in Maryland
cost the State $60,000, and the
question is raised as to whether it
was worth that much to the voter
to express his opinion with regard
to the Presidential candidates. The
women were told at the time of the
last General Assembly that the cost
of referring the question of
Woman Suffrage to the people was
too great to warrant the Legisla
ture’s passing the Suffrage Bill.
Surely this looks as if the worship
of the golden calf was becoming
too ardent. On general principles
people object to the buying and
selling of votes because a vote is
supposed to be of greater value than
any money, but does not this atti
tude on the part of the press and
the public look as though they were
beginning to change their minds
and say that money was of more
value than a vote?
MEETING AT
GAITHERSBURG
Mrs. Reginald Foster has ar
ranged a meeting in Gaithersburg
which will be held on May 17th.
Much excellent volunteer effort is
being aroused throughout Mont
gomery county.