New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-24

women to Baltimore IH tle 'HV'I'''' -
votes for women.
got chance to tell the convention her
sentiments on the Importance Of having
a woman suffrage plank in the Democratic
platform.
The new club isn't exactly a suffrage or
ganization, although a good many OF us
members are suffragists. II was supposeu
10 he organized to uphold Jeffersonian prih-
ciplcs and stand Loyalty by whatever can
didates the party nominated, but Mrs FL
der says that il William jennings Bryan
isn't for suffrage she won't boom him And
she likes Bryan. too.
He stands for progressive things she
said
Some Of the suffragists in New York
claim that they wrote To ask him for an
expression of his views on the subject. and
he declined to commit himself" said the
reporter.
Mr. Bryan isn't Obliged to answer every
woman's letter said Mrs. Elder. He
merely didn't reply to the letter. Some OF
these women go too far. | don't know how
Mr. Bryan stands on the matter of woman
suffrage. but can't believe that a man
who has worked for as many broad and
progressive measures as Mr.. Bryan has
would fail to be for full democracy. OF
course. if he proves not 10 be for our en-
franchisement shall not he for him. no
matter If the convention dominates him
ended Mrs. Elder firmly.
Plan Parade in Baltimore.
Great plans are stirring among the suf
fraglsts here for the parade in Baltimore
convention week: but meantime they aren't
neglecting the New York campaign. The
Woman Suffrage party is arranging some
lower East Side street meetings, with
speeches i'm Yiddish and Chinese. The
Chinese speeches will be heard-it is hoped
next Tuesday evening. at Mulberry Bend
Park Anyhow, several high class Chinese
women will be asked to hold forth there,
and being that they are from an cnliSht-
ened country. where women already have
the vote. 1t IS expected that they will con-
sent
Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw, chairman of
the party for the Borough Of Manhattan.
will speak too and possibly some of the
mission workers In Chinatown.
Mrs. Cohan. the woman who led the meat
strike last year, will talk suffrage in iiddish
next Friday night at Columbus and Riving-
ton streets Nor is Long Island being over
looked Mrs NJ. B. Morgan has just been
travelling through that section to arrange
for the whirIwind automobile campaign the
New York State Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton will undertake there July 3.
Finds Enthusiasm Everywhere.
Everywhere | went" she said, II found
local women more than willing to take
charge of the preliminary details Of our
meetings I'm East Hampton Mrs. Thomas
Monsoon has placed her automobile at our
DISPOSAL for the day well be- there, and
she'll find "A place for us To speak In and
attend To the advertising. Mrs. Arthur
CoclIcroft will do the same in Northport,.
and Miss Alice Howell will prepare the way
for us in Quogue. Mrs Hugh Mcclellan
is going to entertain us al the Bayside club
give us luncheon and arrange meeting
there-and Mrs Brian Evans at the Sea-
cliff Club. And. OH, dozens more. | could
keep on giving you names indefinitely.
one Long Island worker Is going to de-
SORT for Ohio-Miss Rosallc Jones, the girl
who, with Miss Elizabeth Freeman went
through the island with horse and suf-
frage banner bebazoned wagon, holding
meetings from o'clock i'm the morning
until at night for several weeks not long
ago. She. Miss Freeman and Miss jeanette
Rankin are going to do the same thihg
In ohio with that Identical horse and
wagon. The outht has already been sent
an. and Miss Jones and Miss Freeman will
soon follow. Miss Rankin has been cam
paignng there for some time.
Mrs. Susan Fitzgerald, of Ohio. who Is
IN New York now. says the Mems Leaguers
for woman suffrage throughout that state
are about to hold convention TO decide
what they can do to make the suffrage
amendment successful September g. Mira.
Fitzgerald has just been forming Woman
Suffrage party i'm Cincinnati and one in
Dayton.