New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-08-02
GLORIOUS TO Be IN
POLITICS, SAY WOMEN
EIated at Taking Part in Con-
ventiOn to Nominate Can
didate for President.
PICK COLONEL FOR SECOND
Denounce Old Parties and Say
They Will Have State Cam
paign Committee-Off
for Chicago To- day.

for Chicago To-day.
Enter New York women into the field
OF politics! Up TO the year OF grace 1872.
say the politically inclined Of the sex.
they have been the landmarks Of the par
ties permitted and even encouraged 70
campaign in 'adylike way as iOnc rs
they asked FOR no pie and 10 recognition.
they didnt want pie. out they did want
recognition. And nov they have it,
When the National Progressive party
special leaves the Grand Central TerHl-
nal At o'clock to-day FOR the Chicago
convent ton the feminine contingent aboard
won't consist merely OF wives and daugh-
ters of d.larates SO. sir And lhose
feminine l"arts beating proudly under
delegatc5' buttons themselves keep time
70 VIVA, they feel is q new ern in politics.
For tWelv" years Mrs william Grant
Brown president Of the New York CITY
Federation Of Womcn's ClIbs and on of
the delegates appointed Wednesday night
70 90 10 the y. z. convention, told the
Tribune reporter yesterday. FOR twelve
years I have worked for the Republican
-
party. J was president Of the Woman's
Republican Ciuh in New York city. ana
also O. the state organization Of Repuo-
lean women and know we women
worked hard. especially At campaign
times And II BEGAN to seem to me that
il was never What would you like" 10
us. 70 was always. How much money can
you raise
"Nov the National Progressive party
Is admitting women 10 i's councils on
equal terms, ana think the least we can
do Is ~ work FOR Theodore Roosevelt.
And that's what I'm going 20 90. !
didn't want 70 go TO Chicago. because we
had strenuous time II our national
convention Of clubs in San Francisco
ard ! wanted 10 rest up. But when the
cnll came 10 90 to Chicago ] said. Well
i; you wish #. I'll 90.
Calls Roosevelt Reformer.
The rev party's stand .or woman SUI
rraee isn't the only reason Mrs. Brown
leans 10 II. The fact IL never talked
with Nj Roosevelt about woman sui
frage." shf said, ''but I've talked Win
him about other thinks. and | feel that
no glands for reforms that viii make
This country an easier place 20 live IN.
There's the high cost OF livinS-good grd-
cious. things cost so much l don't know
how people arc GONG 10 exist. oelle\e
there Is no hope for us in the old parties
We need o new party. and Roosevelt ls
a good man TO start it. He may not 10
elected. but he will certainly run second.
/ And his campaign will wake us up.
Mrs. Browns acquaintance with Mr.
Roosevelt began when she served on inc
/ Cbud Labor Commission called by him
when he was President. Mrs. Sarah Platt
Decker and I were the only women on
that commission" she said Nhen MI
Roosevelt summoned It he began great
work Tor children. ! liked MIN the';
ike via, he oil IT. the waterways ana
other matters. and | Ike his coming out
for woman suffrage. You see, I've Oeeh
going T. Albany on ard on 10 try I" get
things done for tn beuett o. women ana
children. and 7 see of how little account
we are when we are voteless. And since
going 10 California I'm ten times more
interested In suffrage. Yes. and tney made
mo more enthusiastic for Roosevelt TOO.
They're very strong for him out there
AND I'll tell you--I do ike the courteS!
the new party is showing women. l"'s
telophoned me to-day. ana they sa'u'
Now Mrs. Brown. we've arranged Io'
,.oi,r sleeper 20 Chicago. and all the oi"e'
do,,tIs' Women aren't used 20 such
,houghtfulue>s rrom mon in politics. ou'
isn't II nicer
Women's Committee Tor state
v-ss clara R. Morrison. Timothy J"
Woodr,ing sister-in-law and ono ci tn'
-TI~rnstes appointed Wednesday n'Hh'
saws there viii be a womans canpdle"
committee for New York state
wen 20 right 10 work 10 raise cam
paigr funds" che said, FOR our OBJECT -
20 elect Teddy But were going u Work
on tho high cost Of living problem 100
and against the child labor evil
"you've been in politics some all your
life. haven't you?" tho reporter asked.
"peen in politics? Never got a chance
exclaimed Miss Morrison. The National
Progressive party Is tho first party 20
give women a chance at politics Isn't "
fine? Isn't IL exciting 10 think were
really going to take part In convention
IN nominate a President OF the United
States. Am I going to work for sur
frage plank? or course. and wen have
that plank-a straightforward suffrage
plank"
Miss Margaret T.. Doty, the other
woman alternate. wasn't In town yester-
day. She Is a Smith College graduate and
something of writer Miss Pauline
Goldmark, the other woman delegate
was formerly secretary OF the National
Consumers League. and both In that or
ganization and the Russell Sage Founda-
ton has done valuable investigation
work.
One of the women going TO Chicago Is
Miss Mary Dreier, president or the
Women's Trade Union League, and it Is
said she probably will be named dele
gate-at-large at the state convention at
Buffalo.
II don't SEQ what We women can do
but work for Roosevelt, since he has de-
clared for suffrage" she said yesterday.
and he has promised to put strong
labor plank In the platform, too. so of
course / am for him
Mrs Robert Elder goes on the special
train as alternate from Kings County.
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