New-York tribune., 1910-06-24
NEW SUFFRAGEHE PLANS
Mrs. Belmont Says She Is Going
to ENGLAND for Ideas.

There are three things the people Of the
United States have got to have whether
they want them or not-public school edu-
cation, vaccination and woman suffrage.
Mrs Oliver H. p. Belmont, who sails for
England June 20, says so.
The government is doing its duty in two
of these matters. but Mrs. Belmont thinks
it is time che third was attended TO. and
she is going over to learn from English
suffragists how TO make legislators think
so, too.
Yesterday at the headquarters of the
National Woman Suffrage Association, the
departing quester after sharper weapons
announced that she would devote her two
months In England to an impartial study
of the three wings of the suffrage move
ment the militant, the semi-militant and
the conservative. and upon her obServa-
ticns will be modelled the ''whoop it up
policy that is to follow her return.
She stated that she sailed with an un-
biassed mind. but II Commissioner Baker
had seen the CLEAN In her eye when she
pronounced the word militant" the
chances are that he would review his
| force about September l.
Immediately after Mrs. Belmont's return
she and all the suffragists allied with her
will begin to plan monster parade, which
is to end with a mighty meeting at Car
reggie Hall. No one can tell until after the
English investigations just what tone the
parade will take, but Mrs. Belmont says
that whatever happens, she is not going
to be chained to railing
Another thing planned for next fall is
great suffrage state fair Mrs Belmont is
chairman Of this, and all over the state Of
New York she has women who want to
vote making suffragette jelly, knitting
suffraRette slippers. and making suffra-
gette crepe paper lamp shades.
The purpose of the fair will be to raise
money for the cause, and to this end il will
include something elaborate in the way of
entertainments.
1--WE intend to work next fall as we have
never worked BEFORE" said Mrs. Belmont.
We've got to wake up. English suffra-
gettes. from the highest to the lowest. know
how TO work. They've got the movement to
such point that 1t seems very likely that
the bill enfranchising English women will
pass the House of Commons in July. and
If that comes does ANYBODY think we are
going 10 sit still and see American men
deny sus the rights that the English women
gain?
Think of it-seven men rule the suffrage
situation in New York. and We call this
democracy"
BY way Of making life pleasant for those
seven men and the rest of the legislative
"antis' the Political Equality Association.
OF which Mrs. Belmont is president, has
had thousands and thousands of leaflets
printed. giving the names of the men who
voted against woman suffrage at Albany
in one little row and the names of those
who voted for 1t in another All summer
the association Will have open air meetings
and torchlight professions. scattering these
leaflets and urging women to do all IN
the men in the legislative black list.
While in England Mrs. Belmont VIII
make study of pageantry; NV in which ss,,, the ne
some educational pageants, showing the
progress of the suffrage movement.
Dr. Anna Shaw, who arrived in England
Just one day too late to join the recent
great parade of sufrragists in London. will
Join Mrs Belmont in her study Of the
situation there.
''Dr. Shaw and I will work in harmony"
said the president of the Political Equality
Association. AFTER our return the various
organizations will work together in the big
gest year in the history. of the suffrage
movement. There is and will be no In
harmony The only person who talks about
inharmony is - Mrs. Belmont paused.
mo talk about inharmony enanates from
this Office" she said firmly.