New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-14

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working 70 get an amendment from the
,ov, Ieoisra,ure-nothng doing III the
Roosevelt speech.
Then came Montana, the nome VI
tional Progressive Chairman DIXoh' TIC
occaslon-the state Progressive cohNe"
ton. Women here can vote on Scloo'
matters and tax propositions, but thts
can't vote for President. and so they diu
not hear word about that su'ir"so
plank: nor so far as known, was one p"'
/ into the state platform
Where Women Have Full FRANCHISE
/ I, was now September Z. a month TO the
dav since the one was adopted at chicago
amid tears and red fire. Mr.. Roosevelt
had spoken to large audiences ahhoS'
every day: ne had sounded tho Keyho'e
! In M least a dozen states and ne hau
mentioned woman suffrage just once On
! septeuber he reached the state OF
Washington. where women have the fuli
franchise. Did no mention IL here? Did
he? Well. thus far he hasn't mentioned
ANYTHING else. TWO columns or me print
have scarcely been sufficient 10 tell what
he said on the subject at Spokane alone
, and by the time he gets into CaHiorhlh
tho papers will have 10 issue speclai edl-
tons
/ He has been a sufIrasist so snort
time that he hardly knows how 10 tax
on the subject, but he repeated the 81
Johnsbury speech which was mostly on
how he became converted from pas
sive 20 an active suffragist," between
February and August. II was because or
the women social workers with whom ne
came I'm contact. he said, ITO whom l
turned for guidance just as aid TO Jake
Riis." but he neglected 20 mention that
Mr.. Ris Is n pronounced anu-sunragist.
Specializing as TO his reasons, MT
Roosevelt said, 81 am naturally demo-
cratic in the sense Of the word that
do not Ike 10 associate intimately with
those who have not the same rights
have II feels natural TO meet women
who can vote. II appears so nice to ac-
ccpt as q matter OF course the fact that
they have the same power OF expressing
their views and Of helping 10 carry them
into fruition that / have" In The out
look" article he said: Most or the WON
en- | know best are against woman SUI
frage precisely because they approach
lie from the standpoint 81 duty And
on the platform NJ Carnegie Hall he said
go and convert my wife and daughters.
am the only one Of my family who be
lleves In woman suffrage
Leadership To B.. Avoided.
Mr.. Roosevelt may be left TO square
himself with the women OK his family
and social circle after he Las returned
from his Irritation with tho feminine yot-
ers 20 the Pacific Coast Those women,
however. who are IN favor 81 woman sUt-
frage. even though they also may "ap-
proacn ITO from tho standpoint OF duty
should consider seriously whether they
are helping this cause by forsaking the
loug-tested rule 81 entire non-partisan-
ship and enrolling under the banner Of a
leader who not only has such a past
record on Il "a Mr.. Roosevelt, hut who
has shown himself ever since the close
OF the Chicago convention as !ns!ncere
and untrustworthy.
He has kept silent where speech was
most needed. and with but one eNccp-
lion nc has spoken only where some
thing was o. be gained 10y II for himself
and his party. In Ohio, where his inhu-
ence might have carried the amendment,
both he and his party failed the sudra-
gists absolutely. Tho whole campaign
viii tell a similar story. The candidate
for Vice-Presldent, Governor Johnson, de-
clares that the Progressivos Will over
whclmlngiy carry the State OF Michigan
In November A woman suffrage amend
mcnt f. 10 be voted on at that time. and
II he Is correct and they are loyal to the
suffrage plank In their platform the
women VINO are working themselves al
most TO death for its success can stop
now and leave II to tho Progressive vot-
ers Would even the suftragists them
selves who have gone into that party ad-
wise them to do this? Certainly not with
the lesson OF Ohio fresh in their minds.
Work for HeIp Of All Parties.
Tho new party formed at Chicago had
nothing TO lose by putting a woman suf-
frage plank In It's platform and 1t might
have much to gain. This was the opinion
Of the Presidential candidate. or 1t would
not have found n place there. Some OF
the leaders and many of the prvates IN
the ranks believe strongly in giving the
franchise TO women; others hate the
thought Of 1t. and all will vote as they
. feel I'm the five states where the question
. is TO be decided in November.
Women who went into the Prohibition
party when IL was formed. against the
very earnest advice of Miss Susan r.
Anthony and the other suffragist leaders
learned n long time ago that they could
by no means trust all the individual men
OF tho party TO vote for woman suffrage,
, even though II was a part of their plat
form. The ohio election certainly should
. have shaken the faith OF the Socialist
women, and it Is likely TO be still further
disturbed after the vote on the suffrage
, amendment in Wisconsin. The only hope
of success for one in any state is through
the help OF friendly men I'm all parties.
There are many thousands of these. ard
the number will rapidly increase II wonl-
Ell do not repel them by foolish and futile
political partisanship.
This recognition OF women by the Pro-
gressive party is not widespread. In very
few states have they been elected TO con-
ventions or committees neither is there
any general movement Of suffrage work
ers toward a party aniliation. The sit
, uation I'm New York has been unduly
featured. OF the 1870 delegates to the
, I Syracuse convention not over 10 per cent
were women whose names are Identified
in the public mind with the suffrage
cause. The large majority OF them be-
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