The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-17
GIVE Up PINK TEAS
TO WORK AT POLLS
Suffragists ForSake Drawing
Room Methods for Ac-
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they have not the ballot, can be power
full IN eIecting or defeating candidates
The only way to bring wUman's SUI
frage home 10 the men OF America IS
TO work for those who are Tor US, and
against those who are against US"
Mrs Harriet Stanton Batch. of New
York. who has presided over the street
meetings held by the suffra gists in
Washington, declares that the time is
ripe for the American suffra gists 10 be
come the most aggressive force in the
political life Of the country.
To Nominate Candidates.
The woman sunragists Of my State
she says. during the next year and
/. for all years 20 come until they have
won the ballot, viii work at the polls
at every election. After this We also Will
run our own candidates mean that we
Viii put Up the name OF a man who
stands for our sentiments. and We yin
DO our best 20 elect him At first we
may not elect him, but later we will
Just watch and see"
And another challenge had been
thrown 10 the male opponents Of wOm-
Julia stuart Points. professor Of his
tory at Barnard College. speaking in
the same spirit at the convention last
night was heartily applauded, when she
asserted
III We get the suffrage at all. we will
get it on terms Of absolute democracy.
We VIII not compromise for We are the
Interiors OF those great political revO-
iuUons which swept Europe in $50
Make a Man Afraid.
Likewise Harriet z. Grim. OF ChicogO.
received great applause for declaring:
we want to quit begging for the bal
lot; We want to demand it. The only
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afraid Of you"
II was this militant and aggressive
spirit which made the session Of last
night one of the most interesting Of the
entire convention From the moment
the first speaker. Henry Wilbur Of the
Friends Equal Rights Association, uTg-
ed that women must have grit, grace.
and EumptiOn 10 make the politicians
OF America. declare just where they
stand on suffrage" 10 the close Of the
program, there were frequent OutbUTStS
Of enthusiasm as challenge after Chal-
lenEe was thrown out 20 the voters Of
one OF the notable addresses Of the
evening was made by Max Eastman
secretary Of the Voters League for
WOman-s Suffrage, of which George
Foster Peabody IS president
Barring this question Of q real dem
ocracyr governed 5y and fOT the
people, said 1Ir- Eastman In the
course Of his remarks on Democracy
and Women. the great thing 10 my
mind IS not that women viii improve
-solfrics- but that politics will develop
women The political act the nature
u demands. the recognition il attracts,
viii alter the character and status or
women IN society, TO the benefit OF
themselves their husbands. and their
homes
Mrs. Lucia AInes Mead. Who viii pre-
/ sent the cause Of international peace for
/ the first time a. the biennial meeting for
yvOmeu-S clubs in Cincinnati IN Nay
presented a report on peace and arbitra-
ton in which she said.
Women are conservative naturally
They should =et 1neir faces against the
policy that would Geiude Us into think
/ ing our huge and costly navy IS ns-
! ti0uaI police Policemen never fight one
auOther- they take men 70 court Navies
fight one another and never aim 20 Sc
cure q judicial decision Al inteTna-
/ tional police must replace rival navies-
I The American School Peace League VIII
help the rising generation 70 see through
I the sophistries which are letting Us per
NIT our pockets to be picked under the
/ protest that IL Is <OT national defense
/ against real da1z-rs Before the third
Hague conference in 1918 The women Of
! the country shall wage q new campaign
Of education
/ Alice Duer Miller a cousin Of Mrs
Clarence NaCkay, president OF the Equal
I Franchise Society. spoke on The Sister
+ hood Of Women
/ Dorothy Dix Mixes Fun