The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-10-29
ROOSEVELT BAIT
| FOR SUFFRAGIsTS
Third Term Candidate Was Con-
sistently Their Enemy Ta
He Needed Their Votes.
COULD HAVE CARRIED OHIO
lHut Bls Bull Moose Took to the Vss~
ment Meeds--hetsd Woman Es-
poses AIs Change Of Front
ar lpA HusTEp HARPER.

~ IDA HQSI 80 f7hHfEHs
TIE Progressive party had its nrst
opportunity to show It's loyalty to the
womAn suffrage plank in its platform
wAsa ths yots was taken In Ohio on
nsv constitution. Forty-two amend
nAnau we're % the ballot. and all we're
aanvasd s@seTt the one for woman
hnexaasi
Dale h ena OF the banner Progress
Eve seAssa. and Mr.. Roosevelt expects
b aecuse its electoral vote. In order
be ds this plurality Of the electors
ast BE Prosrsssivss. and thsy could
MeFatoge have easily carried the sur
A4ws amendment n all the others had
syptsd against II. a. the yots on ths
lponstitution was vsry light, only .
ksw hundred thousand out OF more
lkhAn nIllloa who wers eligible DID
Aa issue any crdsrs to this eject! Did
be say to his followers: Nov. here 10
lear nrst eAancs 20 shew the women
thAi We mean business. OF course if
iws win In November we viii give tha
InAncAiss to al IN the United States
Inxt 3uxt how We can make good By
|wfvsng II 70 those In OHIO. 80 let evssy
Progressive vots for shs woman SUI
lfsAge amendmsnts" DAD he DO thisf
I0n the eontrAYy, Aa completely ig-
lnered the matter, although he passed
lsAypugA Ohio the very DAY Of the cleo
Iston.
A few days before. at st. JohnshsrT,
IW-, kr. Roosevelt haa devoted . large
lpnTt Of his areseh to showing how
Iakrcrgly he bslisvsa IN the ballot for
wonsn and hew anxious he was for
Ithssn to get IL The question was non
an issue there or liksly to be. but it
was q vital issus In Ohio, to be settled
In four days, xnd yet not By spoken or
written word did he show to the peo-
Ipla OF Ohio that he knew OF It's ex-
listence
Two days after the Progressive par
lty In Ohio permitted the defeat OF this
amendment its state convention met
III any women were elected delegates
the press dispatches failed to mention
y
Ifrage plank was conspicuous by its ab
sence. The Progressive party pledges
itself to the task OF securing equal suf-
lfrzge to men and women alike" says
Its national platform, and Ohio has
lust given the nrst example OF the
way 1t apparently means to keep that
pledge
In Mr.. Roosevelt's second term the
sutfragists determined to make every
possible effort to secure an indorse-
ment from him. As Miss Susan B.
Anthonys most eloquent letters to
him received no answer. she went In
person 10 see him In November. 1908.
fust four months before her death.
with all her powers OF persuasion she
pleaded with him to recommend In bis
forthcoming message some recognition
OF wonan's claim % : voies in the
government Laying her hand On his
arm. she looked Up into bis face and
said. 7 beg Of you TO be the emAnci-
pAtor OF woman as lincoln wKs the
emancipation Of the slave" He was not
resembling Lincoln 30 much in those
DAYS As be 10 AZ present ard he re-
mAined totally unnoved 5y her aP
pesis
sSsnt Courtesy at White House
shortly before he lsft the White
House several omeers OF the National
Suffrage association. realizing bis
great influence On psbiic opinion.
EEte ozs last sEort to have hhn
spesk favorable xord He came into
The eztsiee lobby OF the executive or
ao& required them e state their bust
lzsks bs,oEs the crowd waiting 10 see
kiE ard would hardly give them =
chance e Hpe1k, but kept saying. Go
ara get another sfAte- he shrugged
his shoulders zue turned on his heel,
and then they said. II we viii get up
3 petition OF a million names viii that
Influence you. no be replied. not
ons particle
That vas in 1903 The next year q
letter from hln wAs read At an anti.
suffrage meeting 10 the Berkeley thea
tar New York. in which he said 7
am very tepid on woman suffrage"
The cause OF voman's enfrznchiss-
nsnt has no more inplaeabls enemy
fhAn the Outlook. and Mr.. Roosevelt
Is on the editorial star Last Feb
FwArY hs had IN that magazine ten
column article entitled -'woman'a
Rights but the only right considered
was that Of the suffrage. The article
vas such an exesiisnt opposition Of
ia attitude Of women who DO not
yish TO vote hat The Anti-sunraxs as.
sociation ordered copses for distribu-
don. In this articis he said again,
In our western states where the suf.
fSxge has been granted to women an
unable 70 see that any great dinss>
sncs hAs bean eAnasd a. compared
with neisheoEing statsG-
AHd yet iust four months after this
publication. whap lfr. Roosevelt had
definitely decided % tnaLe the contest
for the presidsnzlkl domination. all his
scruples about tuf<ira zdffSase on =
hostile and Indifferent halorlty nm
dsbed IN thin atr hscAuss million ana