The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-08
TO PICK TWO MIN FOR DEFEAT
WOVEN SELT-SrPPORTERS iRE
ON THE HlRPtTH.
Nss match sa,s mat Mere Nsu Ps'I-
lIeaans Must Nave . Lssssa Adsas
nat ne D. Tra~hing Ous % cSmmis-
sloaer naksr HAS written oAyuor.

lIeaans Must Nave . lseoon Ada,-
mat ne O. Tearhing Oas % Commis-
sIoaer naksr Has written oayuSr.
The Self Supporters are on the var
path and they are treadins " hrmly and
without fear. but they wish thsy Knew
where !, will lead them.
-wshave fully decided 20 defeas two non
sympathizing candidates this fall. said
Airs Harriet stanton Batch yesterday
afternoon 20 a group who had been sum
mon-h 10 her Twenty second sfrese ONCE
i have sent Out letters 60 all Of our best
workers asking them TO let me know
at once just what they are willing 60 do
| in the way Of getting up meetings. rails
ing campaign funds. distributing htsra'
ture. aud along other lines
whom did yO'i Aav you we're going To
fight againstp- ask ed one Of her listeners
-Oh don't just know yet responded
Mrs Blatch but that IL a mere detail.
she added airily. The point II merely
20 let thase politicians $50 that ws have
the power to call them to account when
they presume to ignore ua ! am giving
Commissioned Baker bIt OF lesson
righ, now.
Alberta Hin. who was sitting apart by
aud smiled appreciatiNely
wrote TO him continued Mrs hlatch.
asking that the printed instr'lctions Tor
the police on election day should include
a definite statement that no watcher be IN
t.rtsrsd with merely because she " a
woman also ASK d that the Commits
sioner appoint a time for some ot oar
watchers tn appear before him to Law tie
Tor. him definite charges regarding the
conduct Of one ot his pOl!oscaptains during
the 81 IInary elections.
Nell. what do you supposes Mr..
Baker wrote In reply Ia my letter that he
would consider my first request when
the order II made up Tor election day
and totally ignored my second request.
| have written To the Mayor giving Hun
tbs. substance 10 the two letters and added
this
Having often read 81 your wise asser
tiou that this - government 81 law.
appeal n You with confidence that you
will ofer the citizens 81 our great city,
even when they are only women. fnll
prOtsC, ION from lavless men.
am sure that You will agree with
~ that the polic. Commissioner II our
servant and should be not only he will
ing b,f anxious 10 learn from orderly
aud reputable citizens of the unsesnly
cond,ICi II any officers under him.
And what did the Mayor say ohorused
those present
There hasn't been time for me 70
/ fpf eve MS reply. siTH ""
II will he all right I'mk-Ire A. any rate
the Volunteer Watchers Association Of
the Republican Party has offered TO
appoint a. MANY women watchers as
Ne send them for eley'ion day and Bees
Cook II going 20 serve ON the three regis
tration DAYS a. well
L am writing 10 Mrs Gilbert Jones
and other antI-s'Ihragists asktng them
~ help ~ ON. They have always said
that one Of their chief reasons for actively
opposing our movement vas the fact
that II women were enfranchised they
would feel that u was their sacred duty
20 vote and they shrauk from the responsi,
bllIty Now that u has been decided
that women have the legal right to act
a. watchers can they consistently shtrk
this political duty'-
II il ali this political work. Mrs Blatch
ex planned. which makes " impossible
Tor the self-supporters to have their
monster street pageant this month. II
will surely come "a. though. next April.
she ssid because Herbert Parsons and
Col Harvey and William d. HoYells
and several other notables have con
tTibuted act al cash for II.