The Washington herald., 1909-01-31

lefrlate H0oASafiS, and says Lney repre-
sent the more stupid and ignorant classes.
Mrs Snowden asserts that the sunrag-
cites are acting against the advice OF the
intellectual women at the head OF the
movement Recently Mrs. Snowden lee
tUred in this country for the purpose of
interesting college girls in the cause. she
is assisted in her work by her husband.
who agrees with her that women viii
eventually come 20 have the same pOliti-
cal rights as men
Two American women vhO adopted the
theatrical tactics OF the sufTragettes as
long ago as 1872. and have made their
( home in England because they aroused
I less ridicule there, are Lady Frances
Cook, nee Tennessee Ciaffin. and her sis
ter, Mrs Victoria CIafiin Woodruff Mar
tin When Mrs Martin was nominated
/ for the Presidency Of the United States
by the Equal Rights party both she and
her sister were arrested for stirring Up
a disturbance in trying 10 vote, and
/ thrown into Ludlow Street Jail. In Eng
/ land they have been bOuntifuliy blessed
/ by fortune, and both are still ardent suf-
/ fTagists.
/ one OF the latest disciples OF woman
suffrage is Nine Melba. who announced
/ her allegiance last November Just prior to
/ sailing hither from England
I've visited Liverpool. Belfast, and
other industrial centers. she said.
where the exIrs7ae poverty OF. the women
workers touched nv heart. am forced
to believe that their condition would be
/ bettered II women might select Parlia-
mentary representatives.
Women 10 Improve
Yet woman viii always be woman.
continued the Australian diva. even
/ when she possesses the ballot The hard,
/ unsympethetic facts o. iife will make her
home seem more Of q haven. VIII her
beauty grow? I think it wnI be more re-
/ fined in the future and that a hundred
+ years from now type Of extreme dainti-
/ ness viii prevail. the greater use OF her
1 brain having spiritJalized her face and
! figure. Then freak fashions wiz have
I died and women wiH Sear rich eylOr-
blending. sweeping. graceful effects They
viii be harmony in dress which wil
shun artifciality and affectation.
Another apostle Of woman suffrage IS
I Annie s Peck. who thinks that her sex
VIII climb 10 equal rights with men. even
/ as she has scaled some OF the highest
mountains in the world She wants
women 10 enter al professions and fight
I along every line for the same political
and economic goals as men strive for
After graduating from the University OF
Michigan in Is7S and studying for several
years in Berlin and Athens she gave up
the professorship Of Latin al Smith Col
lege for the more exciting exploits Of
mountain climbing
Still other women active IN the sgita-
ton for woman suffrage are Dr. Mary
Walker. Mrs. Clarence Mackay. Mrs
]
hanks, Miss Jane Adams. OF Hull House
fame. and Mrs. Harriet Stanton Batch
Masculine Allies of Suarngists.
Not a few present day public men have
I espoused the cause OF woman suffrage
President-elect William Il Taft is said
BY many suffragists 10 Be a warm friend
Of their cause. A monster suffrage peti-
ton is accordingly being circulated among
the women Of all the States which viii
be submitted TO Mr.. Taft soon after his
inauguration. In making public this plan
To hasten woman suffrage with the aid
Of the nations Chief Executive the Rev.
Anna Howard Shaw. president Of the y.
A W s A. said recently,
Mr.. Taft has often asserted he was
willing that :. : women OF America should
have the right OF franchise Il they de-
sired II Now is the tine TO give him an
opportunity TO prove his sincerity"
Among the men most outspoken in thsir
, behalf OF woman Suffrage is the Rev
Henry Augustus Buchtel. governor Of
Colorado. His belief n the eievating In
fiUenoe Of woman was shown in a novel
way Immediately after his Inauguration
when he appointed a Catholic young
woman for one OF his secretaries When
ever a politician came 70 confer with him
this stenOgTapheT took her post near BY
and wrote everything down in shorthand.
The governor said that as a result pro-
family was no longer heard in the execu-
tive chamber.
; BuchteTs nomination for governor vas
decided upon after the Republicans had
been left in the lurch by the withdrawal
! OF Philip b Stewart The party leaders
had meeting at their hotel and did not
decide upon -ParsOn" Buchtel until mid
night. when they called him I'D on the
telephone. Buchtel. who had been II bed
an hour. said he would come right down.
: not being willing to decide so important
a question over the wire. During his ride
10 the hotel he determined 10 accept what
he regarded as a call" He told the
leaders he would take the nomination II
he was not made TO give pledges. Il as
sured OF the whole Republican vote and.
thirdly. r not expected 70 tell lies. He
was elected by q big majority.
DR.. Aked a Supporter.
A jealous advocate Of woman suffrage
who has recently made some stirring
speeches in its behalf in New York City
is Rev. Charles F Aked, the LIVER
pool clergyman who became the pastor
Of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church In
Ia
! with the result that he found great
multitude OF men unworthy OF the ballot.
? while highly intelligent women were not
granted this same political privilege. DR..
Aked thinks that one Of the greatest
curses Of England IS intemperance. and
that woman suffrage vii do much to
> eradicate this evil In one Of his latest
addresses he said the realization Of wom-
: an suffrage would be the greatest blessing
D 10 mankind since the tine Of Christ He
predicts that it would purify politics.
: which in this country, he says. is ''dirtS
trade
Israel ZangwfH speaks OF the anti-suf-
fraRists as traitors 10 their sex 1T 3
a disgrace 10 our civilization. he once
wrote. that women should be officially
classed with infants. paupers. convicts.
and lUnatics
Among other prominent men who hsvs
expressed themselves as being IN favor
Of woman suffrage. uEequivocalIy OF con-
GitionaIly. are Robert Watehorn. Com
missioner of immigration at Ellis Island;
: Mark Twain. ". D. Howells. Thomas
Wentworth Higginson, Senator's Bever-
I idge, Burrows. Warren. and La Toilette.
I former Secretary OF the Navy John D.
Long. Rev Frank X. GUnssulus Rev.
Or. Thomas Slicer. z Benjamin An
: drews. until recently chancellor Of the
? University Of Nebraska: David Starr Jor-
5 dan. OF the Leland Stanford University.
: former Minister 10 Germany Andrew y.
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