The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-09-06

| iHtu ntT mana ON npT neHTU anu lCOkeu al
she said she felt.
Mrs. Demerest ia an ardent suffra gis
and also an ardent Progressive. and he
| failure to find the man in charge Of he
! delegation. Timothy Healy, and the con
sequent lure tQ secure her badge fol
several hours caused her nearly as mucl
anxiety as the loss of Ohio. But sh,
/ badge.
Afmild excitement was caused abou
ii A. NJ. when "A coterie OF about a dozer
women was found in a corner Of one OF th'
large committee rooms at the Onondaga
They. sat in a circle. their heads close
ried ten feet away. Was it a political
confab? We're they plotting against
Prendergast, We're they arranging the
downfall of Hotchkiss, or was a darl
horse being croomed quietly to he sprung
/ by the women and ridden roughshoC
, over the convention Silently and stealth
| llv many tiptoed to the corner and pceped
! lhe excitement grew apace till one Of the
| group arose and the meeting broke np
| The first TO rise proved TO be Miss Alic,
Carpenter. a member Of the State com.
mittee and leader in the New York city
delegation.
Conspiracy, candidates nothing OF the
sort. she laughed. Il had party Of Syra.
cuse women and was organizing them
that's all | gave them a talk and Mrs
X. II. Bully and Miss Harriet Goodyear
have consented to take the leadership
and organize woman's provisional Pro
greseive party IN Syracuse. | am coming
up IN week or so and organize it thor
oughly"
woman who attracted much atten-
tlon because OF who abe is and because
OF her charm Of manner was Mrs Jacob
A. Riis. Mrs; Riis is a worker but shuns
publicity and II takes a great effort &c
drag her into the limelight of an inter
view. But when the name Of Roosevelt
was mentioned she came up smiling
so 10 speak, and said with enthusiasm:
m an ardent koosevetian. believe
in him absolutely. Suffrage? Oh. well
believe in letting things take their course
It's bound to come. Well get il. Ohio
We'll have another chance and well get
that too"
Mrs. Arthur Scribner. whose husba and il
member Of the big publishing firm. is
another woman who is working for what
the Progressive platform stands for and
the women have proved their worth.
i believe suffrage should be put aside.
she said. and We should work for prnci.
pie and what the Progressive party stands
for
A humorous bit was contr Duted to the
side lights on the convention by Mrs
Alice NJ. Jones. the only woman delegate q
from Albany county. Mrs Jones's hus
band is an alternate and she ia standing
on her rights as best man"
This morning he stood in front Of the
mirror Mrs. Jones said. and said 20
him move He looked around and said
! was getting mighty important but he
moved
Miss Clara Morrison. delegate from New
York county. was one of the busiest women
in the convention. attending to the organi-
tion work Of her county delegation and
attending committee meetings. She is
out and out for Hotchkiss and said:
You see Mr.. Woodruff and | are AT
odds We do not agree as to our cand-
date. and the sister-in law of the Brook
lyn leader smiled
Mrs. Robert n Elder. a close friend of
Miss Morrison but a supporter of Prem.
dergast. was another busy woman. but
one who stopped long enough TO express
her regrets at the result i'm Ohio Like
all the other women. she believed that
ne xt ime il would be different Mrs Elder
was the first of the women Progressives to
come out fiat footed for Joseph A. Griffin
Of Syracuse for Lieutenant Governor.
Mrs. Elder was distributing a little
pamphlet which she has written entitle d
To the Woman of New York" In il she
explained to her sister that the Progress
sives are the first to extend the hand 70
women to meet them on equal ground.
not as auXiliaries or advisories. but to act
with them and vote with them. and she
urged the women TO rally around the Pro
gressive standard. She a lso tells them
how to get into harness
The Erie county delegation men and
women are wearing red bandannas around
their hats. tied about their arms. uttering
from canes or knotted about their necks
They explained that the bandanna was
the symbol Of Roosevelt and his work
for the working man.
THE working man would unde erstand :
they said. Roosevelt being the first man
to fight for him. to extend a hand to him
and help him: the bspdanDa Ia the symbol
Of fraternity. equality and progressivism.
That s the way the women put it.
Mrs. Wilmot Smith. wife Of the former
l.. ]. She says she has never belonged
to suffrage club. but has worked with
women in civic and industrial organiza- :
ton and has gone into the PrOgressi We
ranks because they stand for that which
she believes in: She'll vote. she says. il
suffrage comes because she believes il he r
duty. and she also believes women can
help.
Men have been 40 busy making money"
she says. that they have not had time
to think Of child labor, Of education and
of all sorts Of such things. They have
not walked up Ill now, and all these things
that the Progressives stand for are what
tIe "OiIItIl< UdNt Dt'tIl WORKING Tor
years. We know how, and the Progressive
party realizes that and are giving us
a chance"
I'm sorry, but" and pair Of snap
ping eyes snapped smartly. They belong
to Miss Bertha Rembaugh. memb or
Of the New York county committee, and
an organizer among the women of that
county. She was talking about the result
In Ohio, and she intimated that the men
Of Ohio would hear sonnet hing drop soon.
Two that attracted much attention
at the con vention We're Mrs. Walston
II. Brown and Miss Eva Ingersoll. They
are the daughters of the late Col. Robert
q. lngersoll. Mrs. Brown in a passive
and comes to look on. Miss Ingersoll
is a delegate and an ardent and active
worker for suffrage and for tho Pro-
grcssive party.
Il do not believe in militant methods
here" she says. but think in England
matters are entirely different and | ad-
mire Mrs. PankhTst more Than l can
say."
Miss Ingersoll is on several committees
She is a great admirer Of MIR. Hotchkiss
as Gubernatorial prospect. She said
the loss in Ohio was a surprise and egreat
to her.