New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-12-14
SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN
REPUBLICANS CHANCE
Party in Recognizing to Succeed Must Recog-
nze Demand for Equal Political Rights,
Says Mrs. Harper

,iu. his TWO terms - President has not
abated .u the least. nor has their faith
/ in bis sincerity Increased q particle, but
/ he is row 100 fully committed TO woman
suffrage 20 repudiate IL should he !ind It
politically eNpedient to DO so. They ne
Iueve this is equally true Of the Progress
siye patty-that this plankis so thorough
( IS fastened i'm its platform that IL cannot
/ De thrown out should the time come Wheh
! the party does not 50 much need the heiP
/ Of women as now.
! IL IS not probable that such time VIII
/ ever come There are at present ABOUT
| $4,000 women voters in the country ana
| the number - likely to be vastly .ncieaseu
lbs another Presidential election. Inc re
luubIigaus never made 50 great mistake
| as when they refused 20 put woman SUI
frage in their nations platform Last June.
! Whether II would have enabled them to
rarl.- the states where women vote can
ipeyer be known. but il did make all those
who are Republicans want TO vote against
the party Tor trying TO keep women n
other states disfranChised. The party Us
I fortunate in being at the point Oh I'V'
ganizaton. as il can now give us r'a'.
tiouaries On This question a back seat anu
hrlue, It's SLOGAN Of a free ballot for every
citizen ur 70 date. should IT fan 10 90
| this there is no reason why any s'luidsISt
should longer continue allegiance to II.
! In q speach before the New York Chah-
her of Commerce, a few days ago '"'
eminent Republican leader. United states
senator Root. said amid great applause
."Tbe nations crucial question, surPaS9lHs
all the issues Of the day. Us wiener We
are advancing in our capacity Tor SELF
government with the spirit Of self-goV-
erning democracy at heart the A"'ei 10"
people will come safely through e''''
| emergency"
| Women are tired Of this spread-eaB'e
oratorv about a self-goyetnint oehooi a.
/ for men only: they have been uleu "i u
! for long time and they demand lild' b,
shall now, apply To all citizens alike aho
/ that the theories shall be put INTO pt''-
tice can those leaders who nave risen
ont of the wreck Of the old party " re-
organic the new believe that women "i'l
still tolerate the male O!salchE "Ai'"
has so long posed as representative gov
] erumeut2 Do they wish TO drive 'ne
women Of the country into the very parry
which already offers the greatest oDstd-
Gle 10 the successful TeCon5trucuon Vi
their own? IL will be a fatal mistake loF
the new Republican party not 10 Tecos-
uize the right OF women to an equal VOICE
with men in their own government
ENGLAND and Her Suffra9sts.
Brooklyn voter takes Governor-elect
! Du1blu of indiana 10 task for proposing
! that Republicans and ProgressiVes should
/ get together" and says. "No, Governor
| il is not a time for soft words, but for a
| knife or perhaps an axe ms mas
decided pankhuTst flavor. and II the
. Brooklyn man were in England We rear
I he would be a militant suffragette, but II
| seems TO make all the difference In the
world whether it is a man who proposes
20 take an axe, or a woman who starts
out with a Ratchet
| By the way. a woman in Rverhead'
| Long Island, mas those English suhragists
beaten long way when II comes 10 get
ting out of prison. She was put into a
! brand new Jail that cost quarter OF
million dollars, and when she got tired OF
! it she did not try TO starve herself to
| death-nO indeed-she just packed her
grip, took her typewriter and disap-
| peared, and now the authorities are try
! ing 10 figure out how II happened. IL
seems as II women really cause more
| trouble when put into prison than when
allowed TO roam al large.
| The cable dispatches from London now
| inform the rest Of the world that al
| though 5000 letters were damaged by the
/ recent raid Of the suffragettes on the mail
| boxes, not one was actually destroyed,
and all but twenty have been delivered
| to the persons addressed. Dear, dear,
after ell those indignant editorials about
| that mass OF acid and glue which was
poured into the boxes, totally destroying
| the contents, including checks, postal or
ders, letters on important business, seri-
Gus family matters. etc, There Is some
| encouragement however, for the same
/ cable announces that in the provinces
letters have been set on fire In the boxes.
| While we are waiting TO hear that the
| iron pillars to which they are attached
were badly damaged, 1t might be in order
/ 70 inquire how ii happened that 300 let
| tiers could be tempered with ia all parts
OF London without the police discovering
| the cuIprit in a single instance!
| Ii is very gratifying 10 be able to note
! that Premier Asquith has for the first
| time iIf four years been able to make a
( speech without a scene by the suf-
! fragettes lie managed TO get to the
/ home Of MS host in Nottingham with no
more serious damage than broken win
dow in his motor. and once here. the
| grounds and house were strongly guarded
| by the police. AT the hall go stewards or
ushers were scattered through the audi
ence, and thirty held IN reserve. Strong
barriers were built across all the en-
/ frances guarded By detachments OF pO-
lice, and hosepipes were arranged so that
water could be quickly turned on the
women. AfterWaTd the Prime Minister
was hustled into a motor car behind the
! building, carried by circuitous route to
q village several miles from Nottingham,
where the London express was stopped,
and he was put into a special coach well