The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1909-11-14

raphers and mattresses. Here they
met in "A common cause. the most eX-
allied and petted women of society
rubbing elbow with the 'horney-
handed daughters of toll" For en-
thusiasm this gathering of women
made an ordinary political mass
meeting look like. a Quaker meeting.
Their enthusiasm passed all bounds.
and had Mrs Pankhurst seized her
opportunity and suggested the start
ing OF a subscription list, ii is safe
to assert that the funds would have
mounted into the hundreds of thou
sands.
New York and the country at large
has thousands upon thousands of sur
fragists. There are few women now
adays allied with clubs, such as the
Civic Federation. who are not pro-
nouncedly suffrage sympathizers.
There are thousands of suffragettes,
also. but the latter is militant in
every particular. and goes to greater
lengths toward carrying her point
than her most modest and retiring
sister, the suffragist. But the women
are born fighters, and realizing that
nearly every step forward that the
cause of suffrage has made has been
accomplished by dint of grit and in
dominatablc courage, they are more
prone to overlook what they once
called the vulgar forWardness' of
the suffragette. The militant suff-
ragettc is in the ascendency. In her
onward march she has thousands of
women in her train who. less than a
year ago, openly avowed that they
had no sympathy with the movement.
In many of the states throughout the
Union women dominate the school
and educational boards. This was the
open wedge and as time wears on ii
will be found that not only will they
win their fight for suffrage. but that
they will occupy seats in Legislative
halls. state and national. The first
to take step in this direction is
! Mrs. Ruth Bryan Lcayitt, daughter
of the many-timcs candidate for the
presidency. who seeks a seat in con-
gress.
To return to Mrs. Pankhurst, II
might be well to tell what she accom-
rlished in England As the mother
Of the militant movement in that
country this intrepid leader succeeded
in having woman nominated for
and elected mayor Of one Of its cities.
This woman. sh" declares. has given
tho city the best government in it's
history, and she predicts that within
+ the next decade there Will be Il hun
( bred mayorcsses in America. Mrs.
+ Pankhurst referred To that fashion,
4 able colony i'm the suburbs of Rich
/ mand, Va, where women have been
given voice in its government. She
asserts that the Acknowledgement %
women must of necessity follow. and
this done. it will b. but AN easy siep
In procure offices for the candidates
If their choice and Sex. While deep
~ gratified at the great Roadway
the suffrage movement is making
hare. Mrs. Pankhurst declared that
( the belated state of America as re-
CARDS womans questions Is glaringly
apparent. america. she says. is be-
hind the times. and has been slow to
grasp the true meaning ri At great
movement even when il was explained
to her.
Lady Francis Cook. is Of a differ
ent type. She is "a woman of rare
del.cacy and refinement and whereas
she takes just as prominent part
in the fight for ballots for women,
she has never been imprisoned for the
T cause. Logical and forcefuI argu-
ments. coupled with peculiarly win
+ ming, persuasive powers, are her wea-
/ pons, and she never fails To charm
. her audience.
Americans suffragettes so far have
not given voice to any such violent
utterances. but nevertheless they are
working with a quiet and grim de-
termination that augurs III for the
/ men who cross their path or block
their progress in their fight for equal
t-ftHfE nd
coming, and. like all coming events.
Il casts its shadow before il In this
/ casa Mrs Pankhurst and Lady Cook
furnished the shadows. for their com
iEs plunged the American suffragette
into a ferTnEnt of enthusiasm