The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-21
WOMEN CHEER FOR SULZER
WHEN HE TELLS BHAT HE HAS
DONE FOR Tue CAUSE
And Illustrates With thr story % q Poll
tirian Who Voted Against Ills Suffrage
iliil sad Voice From the west
Mrs. Belmont u Praised md speaks.

Congressman William S,Ilzer evoked a
storm OF applause from IN East Side
audience which met IA Clinton Hall yester-
day afternoon under the auspices OF the
wage earners branch OF Mrs. o. II. Z.
Beimont's Political Equality Association
when he announced that there WAS come
thing pretty small about a man who didn
believe IN woman suffrage.
Il introduced n woman suffrage bill
IN tins New lOS lee. stature in 1852,
he cont nuod -and glt 1t through both
houses too and then tn" Governor didn' {
sign It. After that the Republicans got
control Of the Legislature and OF the
constitutional convention OF 1904. In
spit" OF all | could do they inserted the
word male IN tn" suffrage CLAUSE.
Now a q rtlin politician was caught
in thunde rstorm IN the Adirondaoks
the following summer" went on Mr.
SIlzer. and crawlcd into the hollow of a
decayed log for shelter. The log got
soaked and comrl"nc"d to swell. and
suddenly the man realized that he couldn
get out and that Il wouldn't be very
long before H. would toe squeezed Ia
death. Tn" harder h. struggled the
tighter grew his trap. lie thought of
all the bad things h" had ever done and
OF ali ih. mean things, and the los
= lueeZed him harder and harder He
yelled at the top II his iunSs. and no one
heard him All Of Sudden it flashed
into hls mind that he had voted against
the Slller suffrage bill.ani he felt no small
that he CrawIrd out of the log without
any dihcultX-
Tn. Clinton Hall audience took nearly
a minute To express its delight over this
nara ion and then the Congressman
paid tribV" - Mr., Belmont.
i an doll -ht.d 20 he able 10 testify
to my rrsp..t for M. Belmont he
said. in the hrsv" stand she Is taking
tor woman suffrage and also 10 express
my admire lrn % v hat she has done To
amehur-..e ia" Crndl.IGn OF the wCrhIng
women Instead Of being criticised 10y
thpS" who don think she should he
praised Nv those who do
The Rev. Anna ShaS. who has just
ret urn, Ell from D4'upCIgn IN Oklahoma
and South Dakota. poke somewhat sadly
of the det"I: ,Csg -IHed 10y the Cause IN
bot h States
But We weren't beaten TO fragile
by any mcaDS.- III" said. 1t was only
"A has IT, and We have enlisted for he war
Ny father and mot her went West
she continued in the old days when the
pi ,re-r~ took N" ;rip ~ covered WAGONS
and II was necessary to build watch fires
TO protect 'h"r's, .-e- and their wives
and chliirrn from the Wild beasts and
the fierrcI men he'd the pleasure only
"A few DAYS ago Of seeing he SONS OF those
very Indians who murdered the pioneer
women and hung their Sca!ps from their
hrlis vot" against GIVING the hallot TO
the women e to-day
- a "a al ara. NOT
strong enough - cat Z. bcllOt Well.
That d"p,ldS on tho "a" Of tho ballot
This lGt'-t Dakota ballot - seven fe't
long and ~" men wc-' pretty tired when
they got u IN" bottom OF II S"v"ral
Const .tutional amendments came 1T the
very end Now u" liquor dealers aSso-
citation sent out orders that th"ir bench
men were Ia vote no on all Rmcnd-
ments went 90 their Law yer and asked
him why the people ho represented were
against woman s'IilTag"
They re- not h" replied 'Th"y don't
care "A hang about 'hat amendment.
hut thor" IL another amendment IN the
li~t Affecting rlr -al" Of llVupr that We
do care about. and as "" don't want 10
TAX" chances on any N" getting mixed
"" PLAYED safe and issued orders 20 vot"
a gainst IN" wrul" iI-t
-Tha, was what dnf.atrd us con-
GUIDED Miss Snas. but "" aren't hit
DISCOURAGED
Nj RImont spoke on tho various
legal and Industrial disabilities ~ which
" on"n ar" sui i-,t..d and ar god IN. Fast
Sld.'r- - YORK hard 20 gain ~" ballot.
which sh.. -aId would give them an equal
chance with men
Miss Nat" Gordon - New Orleans
one II ~. ylDr pru..,d"nr- - IN" national
association. Miss Mary McDowcll. head
Of tn" lnIyn~-.fy Settlement in IN"
Chicago stock y.-ds. and Samuel Roll
Thomas also Spok'