Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-17
GOVERNOR WILSON
SCORED BY WOMAN

Governor Wilson was severely
scored by Mrs. Nina C. Van Wrinkle
at open meeting in Military Park Sat
urday night for evading and side
stepping all the direct questions con-
corning woman suffrage which were
put to him by those interested in
the movement. She also criticised his
attempts to pacify the citizens of for
eign birth, of whom he had made
sighting reference in his "A History
of the American People
The men could do him damage, she
said. in the election. but be had com
pletely ignored the women. who had
very great influence in this State.
She pointed out the fact, however,
that 1900, 900 women would vote at
the coming election in States where
equal suffrage prevailed. Out of re-
spect to Mr.. Wilson as governor of
this State she did not go further.
Mrs. Van Wrinkles address was
under the auspices bf the Women's
Political Union of New Jersey. She
took advantage of the opportunity
TO score all of the presidential candE
dates with the exception of Senator
Robert NJ. La Toilette. who has long
been an ardent supporter OF the
cause" Theodore Roosevelt was
criticised for waiting before declaring
himself until after Miss Jane Adams
had called on the women to boycott
all the presidential candidates not in
sympathy with the suffrage move
ment. 97t ~ hNwl8H
The speaker deplored the dirty
politics In this State" and that so
few good men &c into politics." She
said that women want to vote be-
cause cleanliness Is an instinct with
them and they feel that cleaning up
Is needed. Mrs. Van Wrinkle displayed
her knowledge of the laws of the
State and pointed out wherein they
might be made better and where re-
forms were called for. A specific In
stance. she declared. was the need for
Joint guardianship OF children. Wom-
en- cannot collect damages for injury
of their children. she said.
"If one of your children is hurt by
a street car in this State" she went
on you cannot collect damages, but
the father can, even II he is a worth
less man and you have had to slave
ct the washtub to support the child"
In response to a question asked by
one of the audience Mrs, Van Wrinkle
said that she did not think that vio-
lent outbursts and demonstrations
were necessary in this country. be-
cause of the chivalry Of the men. and
said that conditions were different In
England and warranted them. She
defended the English s~uffragette for
the great sacrifices hat they are
making In their earnest efforts.
She declared that were women
granted the ballot in this State con-
ditions such as are shown to exist In
Atlantic City would not arise. 1--WE
want TO work with men, with good
men, against evil and evil men," she
said. She declared that the Politi-
cal Union has been struggling to Sc
cure purer milk for children here and
that the workers have received little
help or encouragement from the
Board of Health. If women pos
sessed the right to vote she insisted
that IL would not be necessary to beg
and implore the health commission
ers for pure milk. They could de-
mand 1t in a dignifed way through
their political right to 1t.
At the close of her speech Mrs. Var
Wrinkle announced that Mrs. H. 8
Owen, formerly Of Utah, would adj
dress a meeting I'M Music Temple, 401
PLANE street, tonight. Mrs. owen will
talk especially of Mormonism and
how 1t has been protected at Wash.
iupfon.