Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-12
Mrs. Blake a Candidate,

WIS. blake Sand1date.
Mrs. Lille Davereux Blake has quite
following, but she belongs to the "old"
crowd, and there is a steadily growing
feeling that the work needs younger hearts
and newer methods. Mrs Blake belongs
to the pioneers in the work, though she is
younger now than Miss Anthony was when
she accepted the presidency so many years
ago. But then, many say, there are few
than most women at sixty. Mrs. Blake has
lectnred extensively throughout the United
States and has a wide acquaintance, which
would be valuable to the president of such
organization, but she is naturally poll
ticiau her opponents say and has always
had desire to lead the suffragists off into
devious paths, and after democratic gods.
Those whose devotion to the organization
is unquestfoned declare that to give the
thing political bias would be to undo
all they have accomplished.
We have left our members absolutely
free to religion and politics" said one
and they may stand on any platform, all,
Of none. as they desire: accept or reject the
teachings of the prophets and St. Paul,
wear white ribbons blue ones or black, Just
so they choose to wear our golden yellow,
and work for the good of humanity but
we DO insist that they shall not discuss
| their politics or their religion when stand
Ing before suffrage audience. They are
| free agents. within certain limitations. else
where
OF course, II Is we'll known that Miss An
| thony desires the election of Mrs. Cha pman
| Gait. The fact that Elizabeth Cady STAN
| ton has seen fit to champion Mrs. Blake
does not cut much Ice it is declared, for
she long ago retired from active participa-
ton in the suffrage work. and. 1t Is claimed,
knows but little about the advance in meth
DDS and the necessity for injecting new
blood into the association She ana Miss
| Anthony have been lifelong friends. and
her "reminiscences are dedicated to the
great apostle Of suffrage. but she and Miss
Anthony have often differed In policy, and
| 10 such an extent that in 1872 Mrs. Stanton
and Isabella Beeecher Hooker focked by
| themselves In a new "woman's party"
which was to make a political field for it.
self. They tried to drag Miss Anthony off
with them II Is alleged, but she refused to
GO Victoria Woodruff captured the presi-
dencY Of the new party. and that. il Is now
| declared. would have been deathblow to
| suffrage. Mrs Stanton and Mrs. Hooker
| saw their mistake in time. but both went
OF on various occasions, on various themes
| and had to come back and be scolded by
| Miss Anthony. so Mrs. Stanton has not al
| ways been considered as safely conserve
/ tive leader as she might be-
| The last thing that Mrs. Stanton Is said
| to have done to torment the organization,
| which Is really the apple of her eve, was
| to precipitate an angry controversy over
| her "Woman's Bible" Mrs Blake was her
| champion at that time, but the other side
| won out. If II had not. 1t is said there
| would have been a serious split. Miss An
/ thony was Indignant that the subject had
| ever been brought into the convention at
| all. In consideration of all this the friends
| of Mrs. Gait do not feel that her chances
i are in the least jeoparthEed because Mrs.
Stanton has seen Mt to indorse Mrs. Blake
| MRS. Cats Position.
/ Mrs Gait has never asked member Of
the convention to vote for her. 80 her