The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-12-15

arrangements provided for the com
 fort of the visitors and the pleasant maner in which they were received
 by Philadelphia generally. She quoted
 Rev. James Mythen Gratten as declar- l ing that politics Is the organic life l of the country and that he left the
 church in order that he might do broad service to the cause of humanity by working for political decency."
 That suffrage is mans as we'll as
 woman's moment" she said; that | 1t has dawned upon men who are striy- l ing for higher ideals in government
 and society that they need woman's
 intuition, tact. courage and ability to
 aid them in their task, was the sub
 stance of the remarks made at a won
 derful meeting in Witherspoon hall on
 the evening of November 22 by men
 from scores of states, who have ire | quently raised their voices for the
 cause of political equality. Every phase | of governmental service was discussed and the vice question was fearlessly and ably handled by Reginald Wright
 Kapffman. author of The House of
 Bondage Addresses were made by
 ministers and men of letters, leaders of political thought and advocates of | reform"
 Mrs. Jacobs Reports
 | Mrs. Solon Jacobs, in summing up the 1 details of the National convention spoke
 of the inspiration which it had been to
 the Alabama delegates. Before going l to Philadelphia" stated Mrs. Jacobs, T l had occasion to spend a short time in | New York, and it was my privilege to be associated with several of the lead | ing factors in the suffrage movement
 in that state. In the rooms where, owing | to the generosity of Mrs. O. H. P. Bel mont, a former Alabama woman. by the way, the sessions of the New York city l association are held, the statement was
 made to me that in 10 years all women will have the franchise. But, I an-
 swered, you don't know our conditions in the south; you don't realize the apathy with which the great mass of the peo- | pie are leaving the matter to take care
 of itself And the answer, as positively, was repeated, It doesn't make any dif- ference what your conditions are, 1t will come just the same.'
 And if could make you see the optim- I ism that prevailed throughout that en-
 tire convention, the absolute confidence
 that equal franchise is coming, and com | ing soon, you would see why we have
 come back imbued with the spirit of en- 1 thusiasm. No shadow of doubt as to the
 ultimate outcome exists in the minds of | the people where suffrage has its very | stormy center; we see just little end of 1 it here, gathering an occasional glimpse
 mainly through the daily press. When we realize that "A nations are today mak- | ing an active struggle to be heard in their
 plea for the ballot you can gain some idea of the determination, and the force with which the campaign is being waged. It was a revelation, too, to see
 the space given in the daily press to the details of the convention" And here | Mrs. Jacobs displayed several copies of New York and Philadelphia papers, se- l lected, she stated, at random, and in each with flaring headlines presented news of | the progress of suffragism.
 Mrs. Jacobs stated that as a practical worker she was impressed with the im-
 mense amount of money contributed to 1 the campaign for enfranchisement. "In New York; she said, they speak in thousands as we speak in cents. They have more money, it Is true, more peo- | pie to draw from, and they realize as we are beginning to see that it isn't just a fad; it is really great reform, and as
 such, needs money to carry 1t on. Those women in New York have agreed to raise
 s, 00O, ,0000 for their campaign, and it must
 be done in just a short while, but they
 are as certain that they will have 1t in
 hand by 1914. as they are that before
 many years they will have the vote. And 1t is this indomitable will power and car-
 tainty of success that is aiding so in
 widening the area of the suffrage adhcr
 ents."