The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1911-10-14
MRS. BLATCH AGAINST TAFT.
Tic Didn't Take That Hissiug Wei, and
Won't CnrrN suffrage states.

! Mrs Harriet Stanton Batch electrified
n Cooper Union mass meeting called last
night by the National American Woman
sun rage Association TO celebrate the
California victory by making sewers
and somewhat lengthy attack upon Presi-
dent Taft.
I Il have been wondering all day." she
began, where President Taft is. don't
mean geographically. ! know that the
other day he was in Washington, where
he made a cautious and prudent speech
Yesterday he was in Oregon. and not
realizing apparently that the men Of
that State had petitioned to have the
question of woman suffrage submitted
to them. he said that he didn't know
! whether they were considering the ques-
! ton of votes for women. but that II didn't
make any difference whether they were
or not because they had the influence
Of women in any event"
Mrs. Blatch went on to say that the
/ President had evidently changed his
mind regarding the value Of woman's
counsel since the netional suffrage con-
vention in Washington two years ago.
! There We were. all packed like sar-
dimes into u hall, shecontinued. waiting
for a grc' ting from our Cdief Executive
/ He said: 1 admit that every class can
best represent itself. but | must qualify
this r,.ttemcnt in two ways lhe class
must he intelligent. You wouldn I give
| u Hottentot the vote.
Then there was hiss. Now. l know
something about public speaking and
know that when ! say something that
brings forth n hiss. and think that the
audience has misunderstood my mean
! ing hasten to set myself right with them
But that hiss was not followed by the
| good natIred Taft smile. There IL TAFT
| blush as we'll as Taft smile. and the
President flushed all over his fac" and
then said oh. tn" superciliousness of IT,
/ Now, my dear ladies'. You must show
yourselves equal 10 self government h.
exercising in listening to opposing argu-
) ments that degree of restraint without
which successful self-government Is I'M
possible.
, Mrs Blatch paused and the slfrdgis's
on the platform shifted in their seats
/ apparently not knowing Just what was
expected Of them. The audience waited.
! Now, what are you going to do with
that speech" demanded Mrs. Batch
1T is IN leaflet form hisscs and super
ciliousness and all. Every delegate to
the Republican nationsl convention IN
1912 is going to got that le,flet and with
the leatiet will go this query: Is II safe.
men Of tn. Republican party. to noni-
nate man who has spoken thus when he
needs for his election some OF the states
where women vote:
There was burst of applause and Mrs.
Blatch added in excited tones, ii they do
nominate him and If they don't make him
retract. this leaiiet will go like snowflake
all over the six suffrage States and We Will
defeat him.
We are out against corrupt organiza
ton in every form" she went on Tam
many Hall in this city"
",h. hold up; Tannany's your friend,
yelled man in the back of the room.
This remark was followed by laughter
Kisses and applause. but Mrs. Blatch die
not seem to notice the interruption.
We will fight the Republican machine
at Albany" she continued. "We vii
make the politicians understand that We
are force to ba reckonad with. Thu
: glorious victory in the West will prevent
| us from looking back until the fight II
won here in the Empire State