New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-02


Which hadn't been the rule,
II made the voters laugh and say,
"By Joye that girls no 1901!
This was in Ohio during the recent cam
paign. and the verses might Just have well
been written about President Taft. had he
been possessed Of a convenient name. for
he suffered just as much from the suffrage
campa!sners It was Miss Margaret Foley.
Of Boston. 'who first discovered the fact
that a political crowd assembled TO hear
a political can I.date could be made TO listen
70 votes for women talk on the side, Her
famous campaign In Massachusetts,. In
which she trailed the candidate for Gov
ernor all over the state has just been re-
peated IN Ohio. with results which add
greatly TO the gayety Of the suffragists. at
least, whatever the heroes Of the occasion
may think about 1t. AS the President was
driving away from one OF his largest meet
ings the sui.!aEists, with their yaCow flags
aT1-tag cams 0ashing uo in a. a-:omo-
bile, and before the crowd knew vat was
happening It WAS being Geluged with votes
for women" The yellow banners attracted
Presidential eye.
"Ch. they're camping On your trail, M.
President" said the Mayor OF the city.
cit looks as though they were going 10
vote for somebody this fan
What the President said IS rot recorded,
but ne watched the nag till he turned the
corner, ana the suHragists say the Taft
smile" took on reflective cast
The suffrage question IS to be referred TO
Il IS carried the women will vote for ITes!-
dent IN November.
In Youngstown trolley car loaded with
people on their way to hear Roosevelt
passed a crowd gathered around young
woman talking from an automobile SAID
one man to another.
"By George! that's smart dodge.
There's Fola La Toilette using a Teddy
crowd for her father"
NO" said the other man. that a!at no
Presidential stump speaker. That's Votes
for Women We men Amt smart enough
70 chase Up a special train w!tA Ga opposi-
ton speaker
u was Ntercyy trle ta-. eFcr|Thtre
that Teddy went The sG9-a5t;tes were sure
TO 70, for as soon as he Taft-HOoseFeit
itineraries were announced, the women
went out ard bought q road map OF the
state. stuck pins in every town where the
candidates were TO speak. called N all their
allies from the field. engaged automobiles
ard ARRANGED open air meetings at every
pin along the route. They worked in relays
as much as possible. One automobile full
OF sneakers arrived early and held the
crowd Until Teddy or Taft appeared. Then
a sped on 10 the reXt stop, while the sec
ond automobile slid into place. ready to
bounce on the crowd as soon as the Presi-
dental candidate had finished talking
'The people should rule" cried Teddy
"Aren't women people?" echoed the suf-
fragists.
''Ohio is simply bubbling over with suf-
frage excitement" reported Dr. Anna
Howard Shaw, when she returned, last
week, from stumping the state. And now
that we have won the victory in the con-
stitutionaI convention we will keep the fire
burning and the cauldron bubbing all sum-
mer. II the vote of the convention can be
taken as representative of popular feeling
we are sure to win. for their vote was just
two 70 one-74 to 81. wasn't IL?
1--WE sufragists will concentrate all our