New-York tribune., 1912-04-20
WOMEN MOURN Mr.. STEAD
Suffragists Grieve for Editor
Lost on the Titanic.
WAS A MILITANT LEADER
Early Made the Cause of Equal
Rights His Own, and Even
Went to Prison.

The sufrra aists are mourning for William
r. Stead. the London editor. To the last
they kept hoping against hope, and not uil-
til the Carpathia had really docked ana IL
was found that their friend was not arnohs
the survivors would they admit his loss
Yesterday, however, the executive board OF
The National Woman Suffrage Association
gave out the following resolution, which
had been passed at the regular meeting on
Tuesday. but was withheld until hope was
abandoned:
Whereas. In the death OF William I stead
the women Of the whole world nave toa iost =
loyal friend and an earnest ,S, ana oer0teu enooT,
worker for the largest ana 1ullesI opp
tuniUes for women be II ,a oe
Resolved, That we, the undersigned ON
GERS of tho National Woman SuHrase AsoU r
ciation hereby express our pTSlOuiiH pro oniv worked
but suffered for the acknowledgements 0i
"0'"'" ANNA HOWARD SHAW.
aARRTET rISrf BURTON LAIDLAW,
= MARY WARE BENNETT
William T. Stead was a champion OF
woman suffrage when that required much
more courage than II does To-Day s",a
Miss Caroline Reilly, OF the Woman SUI
frage Press Bureau, yesterday. In those
early days it meant sacrificing the respect
of the community and exposure 10 tno
meanest ridicule. II Is to this that pi'
Shaw referred when she said Mr.. STEAD hao
not only worked but suffered FOR the cause
Not physical sufferins-the kind stone
throwing suffra settes experience In Lonoon
prisons-but the spiritual suffering tnat
comes to a sensitive man when he is VIII
aed and insulted by those he thought MS
friends"
Went TO Pr,son for Women.
In truth, though, Mr.. Stead did go to
nrison for women, not Immediately IN con-
nection with the suffrage movement put IN
tha white slave investigation IN England
a fact which he always recalled with prloe'
Mr.. Stead was not only suffragtst. but
a militant one. and Mrs. Harriet Stanton
Blatch. who knew him personally. recalled
Yesterday a story Of his sympathy.
"II. was in a box in Albert Hall at some
public meeting" she said. John Burns
was IN the box next 10 him. and before long
a militant suffra gette, Annie Kenney, man
aged TO get into Mr.. Burns's box, waving
Votes for Women hag and upsetting
the gravity of the meeting. Mr.. Burns was
r,uch exercised, and Mr.. Stead was much
orused at Mr.. Burns's discontinue. HIS
'Ha, ha, ha, ringing out, could be hearo
all over Albert Hall
When Mr.. Stead was In America te"
wears ago. attending peace congress- ne
refused several invitations because no Wom-
en- had been asked to meet him' 10 the
managers of big public function Tor men
only" IN Toronto he telegraphed' NO
ladies. no Stead" and In New YORK lie
stayed away from a luncheon for journal
tsts attending the peace congress because
no women had been invited. On the same
dav he set forth his reasons for so doing
AT @ meeting Of the Collegiate Equal SUI
frage League in the Colony Club.
Insisted on Women's Presence.
"p,verything that divides the sexes. ne
ss,d "is bad. and exclusively male things
are more detestable to me than those that
are exclusively female. Male clubs, male
legislatures and male barracks are all odu'
and ~ vou women make your clubs eX-
clusively female you Will make thein III
human. anti-social and dangerous. never
ioin club that does not admit women as
members or guests, and / never aduress
meeting to which women are not admit
ted. II is necessary TO make stand In
these small things. and it is only when you
do so that you realize that in all places ex-
cent those of luxury and ornament men
have all the best seats and mean to keep
them"
At the same meeting Mr.. stead explained
his adherence to militant methods, although
Mrs. stead disapproved Of them.
There comes time in most human
affairs" he said, when IL Is necessary to
get mad and do something. There is moth
,nr moro difficult than TO know the right
time 20 get mad but It has come in Eng
land
DROPS 500 FEET TO DEATH