The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17
GIVE Up PINK TEAS
TO WORK AT POLLS
Sufragists Forsake Drawing
Room NIeth8js for Ac-
tive Politics.
By SELEEE ARMSTRONG.

ives 5es q m0sniE' fer de franchise.
an we uriEht er hal GO any time desc
las forty years ef wed he'd enough
backbone 10 riz up an 1T one good fight
Ter It, We'se ben a veepin' tears, and
we oryer ben a heavin' brickbats."
These words, the h1mely philosophy Of
Dorothy DiA-s old AIirardy. 10 is agreed
by- those hizh in the councils OF the
v-oman-s suffrage assoc. ton Of Amer
ica- express the spirit or the national
convention now iu session here al the
Arlington Hotel
The policy OF the National American
1Voulan-s Suffrage Association for 5hc
coming year. as outlined in the sreechcs
Of the delegates. is 20 De more a-Cres-
sive than this country has ever seen
The day Of the suftraGist IS over, say
even the conservatives among them.
and the suTragette has arrived. That
she viii enter the arena Of American.
political life during The cominS year,
and viii exert an ever increasing in
fuence at elections is declared by Miss
Anna Howard Shaw. president Of the
association, Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait,
president Of the International Woman :
Alliance. Mrs. Harriet stanton EIatch,
and others
VIII Work at Polls
Hereafter the woman 5ufragists Of
America viii work al the polls at
election time, as do their militant Eng
lish sisters, viii hold stTeet meetings.
such as have been held in Washington
during this national convention. for the
first time in the history Of the wonan-s
suffrage cause in America; viii ru7
their own candidates, and viii hold
propaganda meetings IN the factories
and workshops Of every large CRY IN
the country
and throw mud they say. but we
viii end By. defeating the men who are
against US
This militant spirit. which has made
itself startIinE1y evident throughout the
session Of the convention is declared
10 be the challenge Of Americas suf-
fragists to the politicians Of the COuu-
try
No More Tea Parties.
we are done with giving tea parties
and asking other women to them. in
order that we nay convert the people
to WOman's Suffrage asserted Mss
shaw. when asked what would be the
future policy Of the organization.
I've are now going TO throw the full
weight Of our influence, and Of the
influence of thousands Of men who svru-
elections the men who oppose the hal
lot for women The politicians of this
country have really never felt the
weight of the influence which the vvorn-
"a suffra sists OF America can WELD
but they are TO feel it hereafter, for il
viii be directed at them"
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, a woman
who. il Is said. knows more politics
than any politician in the country -
when asked If she is in sympathy with
the aggressive policy to be followed by
suffra gistS OF America, answered.
Il certainly am The time mas come
for Us to employ these aggressive meth
OdS- This we VIII do by entering uoii-
ties We have seen after twenty wears
discoira-lnE experience that the Iegfs-
iatureS of the states. ana that Con
CresS have no intention OF permitting a
discussion Of our cause on the floor
But they VIII be glad TO give Us their
serious consideration when they learn
that the women Of America, even IL
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