The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-10-21
I'LL SPEND THAT AMOJNT FOR
WOMAN SUFFRAGE" LADY
COOK ASSERTS
TAFT viii Listen to Reason, the Eng
lish Leader Thinks-To WashinqtO.
TO "Have Il Out WIN Nim"-No
Military Methods.

helping women win ,hc ballot. and
am not roirg to stop at anything that
think will further my aim u-
tend ,o sp,ud q million dollars ON 800,
\WurIclu rJmraieu
TM, announcement v1. made today
py Lady Cook. who was Mis- Tenn,
-or Cnfm She was given uu up.
roarIou- welcome upon her arrival ou
tu, Whit, star line Celtic Fifty sut
i.al,ttD. met her down the bay with
u4 and there VAS q big domousta.
tiou when suo arrived l' the hoadquar
tcr- Lady Cooh told little about
her plans for the coming campaign
Il have more faith m President Tan
than ! did iu his predecessors" She
said "llc doesn't think that hc is
the only important thiue in the couu.
try. and he ha, judicial mind
think he will listen 20 reason aud that
he realizes that the time has cuu,
when the women of America must be-
rcckoucd with Therefore. am de-.
tcrmincd not to beat about the bush
and have it out with him shall
probably take house thcr" IN Do
ccmbcr and shall start q campaign
similar To- the one that my sister Vic.
toria. and carried ON in the EOS
Il am sorry that | cannot be- IN two
places az once continued Lady cook.
because th"j' is 50 much to De- done
here, and ,l>o in London My sympn
thics are diyi3,d between the women
who are fighting so hard for their lib
crty in my adopted country and the
women who are Just beginning to real.
i2e the need Of it in my native land
have promised to present AT a
mass meeting in Albert Hall under
tn, asupiccs OF the Womcn's Free
League on December II. and so
shall be- able to remain over hc.,
only few weeks just now shall
return before the holidays. however,
and have then planned to take trip
west with corp, Of strong speak
crs"
Are YOU an advocate of militant
methods" she was asked
II suppose my life Is the best ans.
w"r 20 that question. / have never
h"sitatcd when there was anything to
be done, no matter how humilatus
tn" doing of IL might be- to myself
But while thoroughly believe in be.
ing bold and aggressive. do not la-
yor the use Of force. The woman 3
war must be- a bloodlc's one, aud the
"Omau's victory must be ON, m which
men viii rejoice also.
Il am sure that American men are
all right at heart, and that they don't
really want To Opprcss their wiyc,
and daughters and swcethca.ts. They
are simply self deceived. They call
slavery projections and tyranny Judi.
cious restraint. / hope that / may
have the strength 10 open their eyes
To the true state OF affairs
when / come back from England
in December | shall bring with me-
Mrs Despard, the president of the
J league Of freedom She is the lcadc.
OF the so-callcd silent suifDgcttcst
who stand for hours outside the house
- OF commons waiting TO nand a pcu.
tion 10 Mr.. AaQuith'
+, Tennessee Clatln. nov Lady Cook,
. was one Of ten sisters. children Of
Buckman Claflin. a Massachusetts
lawyer After establishing herself as
D child cIairvoyant, She became. with
! her sister Victoria Woodruff, aftr,
: ward Lady Martin, a stock broke. in
. Wall street Under the name oi
4 Woodruff a Clafliu. supported by the
) business OF Commodore Vanderbilt,
! Jay Gould Jim" FISK and other Wal
i street millionaire, the sister, made
70 money rapidly Then they established
j. Woodruff q Cafln's Weekly, i'm
which publication they attacked tu,
regulations iu the social and busiues
" world. IAcy, ln turn, were attacked
~ as blackmailers and driven from Wal
street
# Woodruff a Clafliu's Weekly wa.
% the first publication TO print th.
EeechcrTilton scandal. They wrr,
!. involved in suits for libel until m,
: money made in Wall Street was eater
q up Then the sisters started out OF
a lecmring tour of the country. Their,
again their enemies harrassed then
s and in many cities they were forbid
4 den 10 lecture. \ journey TO Europ,
followed where wealthy marriage'
: were contracted