New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-28

wife and Mrs. Pankhurst were sent 10
prison for nine months was as an edito'
Of Votes for Women" Their sentence
called out an international protest ana
petitions that they should be treated as
prisoners Of the first class-politcai OF
fenders-came from eminent people IN al
countries. among them Selma laseiIoI
and Ellen Key. OF Sweden; Maurice Mae
terlinck. Nine. Curle, Marcel Provost
Prince Krapotkin, Paul Milyukoit' mem
bers Of Russian, Belgian, French Italla"
and South African parliaments' Oll'e
Schrelner and societies representing TWO
thousand women in Pretoria, professors
in oxford and Cambridge and even tho
Constitutional Suffrage Association o.
Great Britain.
These petitions might not have moved
the Premier and Home Secretary, but the
prisoners went on hunger strike ana
were soon I'm a critical condition. inc
forcible feeding was attempted only once
with Mrs Pankhurst. and it was seen
that a second attempt would prove iatal.
She saw Mrs. Lawrence thus FED ana
tainted. Both women were carried from
prison I'm invalid chairs. Mrs. Pankhur5t
y.,s iak,n AZ once to Switzerland, where
she has been for months, and Mr.. Law
renee took his wife 20 Canada. Dlsuhc-
ton must be made between mere artificial
feeding and forciblc feeding. Against the
latter ll6 eminent physicians, headed 10y
Victor Horslcy f. X. :. 6, signed pc
tltlon TO the Cabinet, declaring mat u
was attended with the gravest risks ana
was unwise and iEhuman.' JAN physi-
clans are not usually the most skl'Iu"
the struggles Of the patient always lea'
10 injury. and the only nurses are r"ubh
and unframed Vardons. Refusal 10 eat i
the only means OF protest possible ."
these women. and they will continue 10
make II until they receive the treatment
accorded 10 first class prisoners "hI'h Is
simply what IN the United states ~ give"
10 all II the government persists IN inc
forclblc feeding IL VIII not be long uh'ii
II has death to answer for.
With the Cabinet ministers not daFlns
10 20 outside their homes without q BODY
GUARD. with practically all women eN'
c,udad from political meetings win u
million Of them hghting IN one way OF
another Tor the suffrage. ana with the
situation steadily growing worse il
yould certainly seem the part Of wisdom
for Parliament to adopt some KIND OF d
franchise bill and let the country gel D"'A
to normal conditions.
Progressive Leaders and Suffrage
,,i,,,, the last week letters have been
received from two OF the leading su1Ia-
gts,s not only Of the United states. ulI
~ the world commencing all tnai mas
been said I'm these articles against women
afHllntlng with any political parties ana
against their pinning their faith 10 All.
Roosevclt's promises. II the events o'
the last week or two have not opened TIC
owes Of those suffrHgsts who nave peeH
willing 70 ALLEVIATE he support Of iTlehd'
&, all par,,es by allyiug themselves Win
the Progressive then they are hopeless
* closed Governor Johnson. the Pr
,rcssiye candidate for Nice-P.csident' ha
iist made a tour of Michigan, ana h''F
refused 20 say one word IN FAVOR "i V'
suffrage amsndmsnt now pending i"rI''
although begged 20 do 80 bT the s'a''
,,sor,atlon Then he closed his cam
palS by declaring that the FrogIesslNta
will sweep the state IN November. me
chairman Of their state committee. "hen
rot,rson wac criticised. said There are
too many big issues 10 consider L" I'''Nl'
az to bother with woman suffrage.
II we are successful. It will Doe our duy
IN do what We can. hut We can't let our
sneakers put in their time campasH'I'
for H." How much time would IL th'
IN the course OF = speech simply 70 urge
tho prnRrcs ives 20 vote for the amend
m.rt2 n the candidates refuse TO do ~
at this most critical time. when It's fate
f. 10 be- decided I'm November, who cares
what they do next year or the year after
Governor Johnson this week continued
his policy Of silence I'm Ohio. Just before
the new constitution was voted on there
the suffragists appealed 20 Walter +.
Brown. the Progressive state chairman
and he said Pm going to vote against
your amendment We have more voters
now than we can control. and I'm decided
Is opposed to adding women 10 the num-
Der" Here IN two states Is the first test
of Progressive sincerity. In recent IN
teryiew with Mrs. winston Churchill
whose husband Is leader Of the Progress
sivc movement In New Hampshire she
said I'm afraid we women can't 90
much to help i'm the hght this fail; there
may be few on committees, but the
leaders don't want us 20 do much cam
psigning; public opinion isn't ready for
II In this state, and the Progressives have
ali they can carry MS 1t is" so the plank
means very little In New Hampshire.
Governor Hadley Of Missouri whom Mr..
Roosevelt hopes to have as his lieutenant
there. declares that he IS very lukewarm
on woman suffrage"
when Mr. Roosevelt was confronted
with an immense audience Of women vot-
ers In Los Angeles he waXed eloquent on
the subject and said: In New York ana
Massachusetts. where the ballot has not
yet been extended 90 women. | have been
telling them Of what has been dche here.
This was merely a lapse " memory he
never has mentioned the matter I'm either
one Of these states, but he h coming back
and viii have another opportunity Gov
ernor Johnson is TO spend next week earn
palgnlng in New York, and IT will be in
terestlng to see II he continues his refusal
to speak on this subject under the very
shadow Of the Progressive women's CAM
paign committee headquarters It's chair
man. Miss Alice Carpenter. has issued a
circular telling the sunragists everywhere
to call on the Progressive orators To speak
for woman suffrage. 1t is not their busl-
peeo IA dn fhie ~ fe tho buginpsg of Miss