Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14

the lips of a woman.
When the Preacher Arrives.
All this will happen if Miss Shaw
! arrives but at last accounts she was
headed straight for London to march in
the great procession of suffragist June
Is under a banner bearing the portrait
of Susan B. Anthony, and afterward to
speak at the mass meeting in Albert
Memorial Hall If she escapes being ar
rested and sent to Jail. catches the night
boat and makes the eleven hours jour
ney in safety she will put on her cleri-
cal robe and preach the much -adver-
tised sermon. Meanwhile there are some
anxious hearts in Amsterdam.
One subject which large number are
to take part in the congress were deter
mined to have on the program it was
absolutely necessary to rule off 1t en-
tirely: Shall ask For universal suf-
frage or only for the franchise on the
| same terms as 1t is granted to men in
the different countries?" This in itself
seems simple enough, but IL would DIS
rupt the convention. The great struS-
gle now going on in half the countries
of Europe is to secure universal sur
frage for men, and in all of them are
many persons of influence who would
be willing to see the same classes OF
women have the franchise as OF men
who now possess it, but would bitterly
| oppose any further extension of these
classes.
| The socialists in all of these countries
are determined that those who advocate
votes for women shall do so only through
a demand for universal suffrage. which
shall include all men and all women.
Serious Disturbance, Maybe.
The more conservative women say:
| Now is not the time for us to enter that
struggle 1t is our business to ask only
for the same rights that men possess. and
after we get these we shall then be in a
position to join them in whatever further
demands are necessary" The feeling on
this point is so intense it will be impossi-
BILE to keep it from coming mp on the floor
of the house in the form of resolution.
and so here is another cause for serious
disturbance which creates some appre-
hension especially as a number OF men
will be in attendance.
One session at least is sure to be happy
and harmoniOus-the Young People s
meeting Wednesday afternoon, for the
purpose of making them understand the
need of woman suffrage for the coming
generation" Many clubs of young women
are already formed and the university
students of both sexes are deeply inter-
ested in this question. Mrs. Oliver W.
Stewart. wife of the former member of
Congress from Chicago. and herself presl-
ldent of. the Illinois Suffrage Association,
will address this meeting; also Mrs. Henry
Fawcett, president OF the National Union
of WOmens Suffrage Societies of Great
Britain and vice president of the lnterna-
tional Alliance; Anita Augsburg of Ger
many also vice president, who is
doctor of Jurisprudence; Mrs. Holmgren.
president of the Swedish association;
Zeneide Mirovitch, at the head of the
womans movement in Russia.
An evening will be devoted to accounts
of Woman Suffrage in Practice. Not in
Theory" by representatives from New
Zealand. Australia. Finland and Norway,
where women have the complete fran
chise. Another evening will be given up
to five minute speeches on why Repre-
sentative Governments Should Enfran
chise Their Women" and the speakers
will surely have to talk stenographically
if they can state their reasons in that
length of time.
When Politics Is Played.
The purely domestic and sweetly wom-
anly will have a chance in the discus
siou on "Why Do Wives, Mothers and
Homemakers Want the Suffrage?' Shall
More than One National Suffrage Asso-
citation from a Country be Recognized by
the Alliance?' is wisely put near the end
of the program. as the members may be
too much disa bled TO transact any further
business after the debate is over. The
.'fraternal' delegates will have a chance
here to know whether their societies can
affiliate, and if not. why not Some of
tile European suffragists have the martial
spirit of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, and when things in their or
ganiZation don't go to suit them they
leave and form a new one. If they can
get a second branch they call themselves
"nationar' and demand admission into the
alliance The office of its president is not
a sinecure hard work, no pay. and as
reward the privilege of arbitrating the
strikes.
The official recognition to be extended
by the municipality the attitude of the
queen the preparations for entertainment
now in progress at The Hague and in Rot
tertIam must find place in another letter.
Every courtesy possible is being shown