New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-14
KOWT0W|NC TO WOMEN
Miss Hay Amused at Flop OF
Third Party People.
1.-THE MILLENNIUM is HERE
Still Suffrage Leader Prefers to
Keep Out of Party Poll
tics, She Says.

Miss Mary Garrett Hay. suffrasist and
president OF the New York State Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs, thinks that the
millennium Is here. Why? Oh, because Of
the way the National Progressive party
is kowtowing to women.
Miss Hay is just back from a trip that
took in the convention Of the General
Federation Of Women's Clubs at San
Francisco, a reunion with her family in
Indiana and a ten-days' speaking tour
for suffrage in Ohio. She sat at her desk
at the headquarters OF the Woman Suf-
frage party yesterday and picked up
| threads.
II hardly saw New York paper while
| was away" she said, land not being
In touch with what led up to ii, | was
considerably surprised by what happened
at the Chicago convention. When heard
OF men whom had begged on my Bonded
knees for the privilege of addressing some
political gathering for five little minutes
simply falling over themselves to let
women take the lead. | said to myself:
| The millennium is GOMEZ
Sticks to Suffrage Work.
All the same. Miss Hay isn't responding
! 70 the Establishments Of Teddy" and his
cohorts telegraphcd request to her
while she vas I'm Ohio 10 be delegate
st-iarge at Chicago left her cold. Al
though-or is 1t because?-Miss Hay is
sometimes called the best woman poll
tician in New York, she refuses to have
any politics; she is working for the vote
And can't figure it out any other
way" she said. than that our best plan
Is 10 work to keep our enemies out OF the
| LeCisla turo and got orr friends I'm. I'm
not critcsng the suffragsts who go with
the National Progressive party. Differ
ont women think differently, and they
have = right 10. It Is absurd for any one
to say that Jane adams didn't know
what she was doing when she seconded
Roosevclts nomination She knew what
she Was doing hut I'm going to keep
along Mt straight suffrage, what time T
can spare from my club work
Miss Hay SAYS tho T. r. party took M
, women because II saw II had 10.
Much ~ their strength lies in the West.
and women arc strong there" she said
The patty needs tho women Of the vot-
Ing states And there's no denying that
| sentiment for r Il iq growing in the
West. especially IN California The West
is enihusiastic and 7 Y 3 strenuosity ap-
! p4as to their enthusiasm The West Is
taking to suffrage ike duck TO water.
Why. the convention Of the General Fed
| %
tenths for suffrage That suffrage resolu-
ton wasn't voted down. It Was kept from
a vote by a ruling Of tho president, Mrs.
Moore: and the suffrage sentiment was
strongest among tho Western delegates
ycs and In the Southern Southern wom-
en- are strong for suffrage.
Afraid Wilson Will Win.
Then II isn't true as has been said,
that Governor Wilson is 'on the fence
about suffrage. because he is afraid that
to declare for II might hurt him In the
Southern States" the reporter asked.
wilson" said Miss Hay. Hes AGA
demic am afraid he'll b. elected.
though"
Miss Hav said abe wasn't a. all sur
prisod to find the Republican women get
ting In limo for strenuous campaign work
aud Helen Varick Boswell leading them.
Helen was out West whom | was, she
said. land the Republican campaign
managers sent for her. urging her TO
hasten home. She was fastening when I
saw her. I suppose the Taft women will
do some hard work I'm the campaign. as
they did four years ago. helped them
then. hut I'm working for suffrage now"
Did Mrs Philip Carpenters downright
stand for suffrage lose her the presidency
! OF the General Federation OF Women's
Clubs at San Francisco the reporter
asked.
Not a bit OF II. Didn't I say the con-
vention was nine-tenths suffrage? The
whole thing was that Mrs. Carpenters a
New Yorker. and Mrs. Pennypacker who
won. Texan. II was purely geographi-
! cal. The West is afraid of the East. I
don't know what they're afraid we'll do.
But anyhow, they're afraid Wen do II.