New-York tribune., 1912-03-10

have a better opportunity of obtaining their
uisbes now than they have ever had be-
fore The proof Of this is that Mrs. Philip
snovden Mrs Henry Fawcett, Mrs. Des-
nard. n veteran leader; Miss Mclaren ana
Miss Ilewellyn Davies, leaders Of din'reh'
groups OF woman suffragists, arc all a unit
in support Of the amendment to the govern
nonts manhood suffrage bill. which eN-
tends the suffrage to women. THIS amehu'
ment II carried, has the promise ot tne
ministers TO be incorporated with the gov
ernment suffrage measure and forced
through all its stages through the House OF
I ,ords This Is a chance the women nave
never had before II is. therefore. sui
cIdal policv TO antagoniZe single vote III
favor OF woman suffrage and jeopardize the
whole fate of the bill in the House OF Com
, |, mons. as these militant suffragists may 40
when will the bill come up:
| eft will come up some time after Easter
The manhood suffrage measure was one oi
those outlined by the King In his opening
speech. I want you To make clear that inc
| shatterinG Of the Cabinet Will not be Tor the
interest OF woman suffrage, because the
| Conservative party are even less united on
tho question and In any case would give
onIy a very limited measure Of suffrage 10
women. Therefore. a policy OF fighting the
Government at the by-elections is foolish
ITO what extent would the CONSERVATIVE
marty accord the suffrage
ct is impossible to say, because they nave
never framed a bill. but IT would he hmiteu
10 a property qualification. IL Is particu-
Iarly unpatriotc TO introduce these mil
tant tactics now and set an example ot Nlo-
lence at the very time when the Whoie ma
tion needs it's collective control ana sell .
restraint in the presence OF the coal Strike
The unions themselves declared recen'ly
that they would not show violence nor rlo''
because they thought their cause too great.
As woman. I feel that our cause is even
greater. and, therefore wish the women 10
show still greater self-control- There Is no
real reason for impatience when the meas
IRE is so soon coming up and with such
free road TO consideration. ] hope very
much that these Iamentable occurrences VIII
mt nreiudcc the woman's cause too nope
lessIv and that the names OF the leaders
ubor, 7 have mentioned will carry more
weight with the general public and the
House of Commons than the militant ex-
tremiStS, Dut Il CdnHot htiP i'"'''o
will have the opposite effect, and that many
men who would otherwise have voted Tor us
will make this a legitimate excuse for alb
staining. Eleven Cabinet ministers are IN
favor OF woman suffrage and have promised
to support the amendment. Never before
have we been within an ace OF getting H.
Naturally, II makes me very bitter as a
suffragist to see the cup taken from our
Inns lust az We were about tO drink"
at has been argued that on other oc-
casions rloting has been particularly Fl
fectiye I'm securing the end aimed at" wa-
suggested.
II would like TO point out the difference
betw.rn the riots when the reform bin
of 1Slg was up and those In favor Of
woman suffrage" replied Mrs Jonson.
"In the first place. none of the men whom
the reform bill proposed TO enfranchise
u,as against Il. There Is marked diner-
once Do you not think so? Again. the
,io,s cf that time were spontaneous and
,ook Mace In various districts Of the coun-
,rv ohereas In this case the riots are or
,.n,zed and advertised in advance by a
small hut strongly political body. and take
rlace In London alone The Womens Social
poIiticsl Union, which IA the Pankhurst
orgarizat,on is strongly supported by Con-