The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-18
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IN POLITICS, GOV.
WILSON DECLARES
Candidate Welcomes Sex Into
Arena But Keeps Quiet
on Equal Suffrage
REFERS TO THIRD
PARTY
1t Comes From Force of Dis
content With Regular
Parties, Speaker Tells
His Hearers

GLA VIM, ~. D., August lt--Iof-
ernor Wilson delivered two speeches
at the New Jersey day celebration
here this afternoon. The FIRST was to
the men and concerned the politics of
the State of New Jersey. with a sur
prising reference to the Roosevelt pro-
gressive movement, The second was
delivered 10 the Women's Wilson and
Marshall league. which was organized
on the. grounds in the course of the
day, was as much of IA surprise. Gov
ernor Wilson has never expressed him
self on the subject of women's sui
fraEe, but in his sptech, though he
did not commit himself one way or
the other. he certainly gave the wo-
men a hearty welcome to the field Of
politics. where. he said. they would
be as indispensable as they are de-
Iightful.
The governors speech to the NO.
men was made from the porch of the
little Office building at the south end
Of the grounds. Ii was heartily re-
eeived by perhaps two hundred OF the
most prominent women in New Jer-
scy, The governor said;
Women Are Needed.
II know how ~ail-powerful the ladies
are IN any movement they care to
put their strength and charm in" he
said. Politics is really the life Of
lis, from the standpoint of what can
DE done ~ legislation. When the
women. who are in so many respects
part of that life. began 10 tax an In
terest In politics. then you know that
sympathy and intellect are going to be
tnteriacsd so that our politics will be
OF the sa me pattern as our lives.
Nobody is more in contact with the
cost OF living. The men do not. for
example. have to determine their own
fashions We are dressed bv otir tall
ors. willy-nilly. and sometimes very
grotesquely. The ladies have to exer-
else their own taste. and among them
they sometimes exercise u great deal
When II comes to the immediate con-
tact OF the pocketbook with the life.
the women know where the sensitive
nerve is. They do the purchasing and
careful planning which is necessary
in these DAYS OF tremendous cost.
The fundamental thing in life is
the way We are going to live. II Is
not only a matter of satisfying our
~storaachs, but of attaining respecta-
biiity among our neighbors. Our
amount Of income has q great deal
to do with thai We men talk a great
deal about the ccst OF meat and po-
tatoes. but we do not buy a peck nor
n pound In a month ! ono had the
distinguished honor of buying q pair
Of Kid gloves of a color l remembered
having seen the day befoee. l con
slider thai one of the achievements OF
my life. getting the right color. I
have forgotten whether or not 1t was
the right size. / buy q pair OF gloves
Cor myself only when ] annot think
Of anything else to do
viii Be Indispensable.
las ! have said, when women come
into politics. they show MS the con-
tact between life and politics, They
will he IA indispensable as they are
delightful"
The governors reference to the
third party movement was made ms an
illustration Of the awakening Of the
people which had overthrow the old
political ring which for years dorni-
mated New Jersey. He said.
Il suppose Won know the fierce that
is behind the new party recently
formed. the so-called Progressive par
Is. II is the force OF discontent with
tho regular parties Of the United
States. Ii Is the feeling that men have
gone into hind alleys ana come out
often enough. and that they p
10 find an open road for themselves
After he had completed his speech
the governor WAS asked 10 explain this
statement, He said that what had
happened was this:
THAT the Independent and progress
sive forces of the country had utterly
failed 10 get control of the Republican
party, but had absolutely proved their
ascendency and their entire control
within the Democratic party; that the
people had found that they could make
use OF the Democratic party as Ia
proper medium for their purposes"
This. he said. seemed to him most
obvious and the most encouraging cir
cumstances in our politics.
Not more than 1000 persons attend
ed the celebration. though w
0 1000 and $4,000 had been expected.
The governor was introduced by Colo
mel Thomas II. Birch. OF Burlington,
N. j., after Dudley Field Malone had
delivered an o~ld-fashioned spread
league stump speech &c stir up he
audience.
After luncheon. the women took
charge OF the field. Mrs. J. Borden
Hartman. Mrs. John Alexander. Mrs.
stephen p. Ayres, Mrs. Hin, Mrs.
Crosby and a corps of half iozen a
been busy enrolling members In the
tent on the lawn from the time the
governor finished his speech In the
morning. They, were more successful
than they had hoped for, 80 abou.
2 O'Clock they thought they should
have u meeting of their own. Colonel
Tom Birch. Chairman Grosscup. ana
a half dozen men assisted in the work
of getting everybody together. the
north side OF the little cottage was
seized. chairs and tables were placed,
and the women began TO gather.
Mrs. Alexander called the meeting to
order. and introduced Mrs. Crosby.
president OF the Woman's National
Democratic league. Of the United
states, who said: Fellow citizeus.''
to the audience. n was popular ever
after. She said the league welcomed
the Wilson and Marshall organization
into the field. She had the pleasure
Of belonging TO a woman's political
club which had outlasted a "a mpa ign.
Then came Mrs. Hartman.
Mrs. Hartman said II was an ex-
tr~aordinary sion when the big