New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-11
CAUSE MARCHES ON,
DESPITE TIRED FEET
Suffragists Do Not Take Even a
Sunday Of Rest to Gloat
Over Big Parade.
TEA AS A RESTORATIVE
Mrs. Blatoh Promptly Tackles
State Campaign - Two
More Demonstra-
tions Coming.

More Demonstra-
tions Coming.
A touch Of WEAKNESS was the only thins
which tempered the jsbilstion Of the SUI
fragists in this city yesterday AFTER their
greatest ever parade 6f Saturday night.
But even that did not prevent them from
looking toward the future, when the
cause" will become an effect and the
ballot will be won. And while they
looked, they planned Not even for IN In
slant were they content to rest on the
laurels Of the parade.
The woman's Political Union, Of which
Mrs. Hsrriot Stanton Blatoh Is the head,
was not satisfied TO take one day Of rest
At the headquarters. NJ No. 10 East 18th
street, a tea was IN progress yesterday
afteynoon-ths nrst Sunday tea Of tho
season--to talk over the victories at the
election and work out the campaign IN
this state All the leaders Of the union
were there, ana many OF the rank and
file besides, IN spite Of tired feet and
hosFse voices.
"Ths referendum N lo16 10 assured" do
clered Mrs.. Bieeoh, producing for
midabls pile Of documents that looked As
II she held the Legislature IN the palm
Of her hand I'VE have the written
pledges Of forty-four OF the ffty-one SEP
Nha
bill during the coming session, and we
also have the word Of eighty OF the sue
oesstul candidates for the Assembly. Sew
enty-six is a majority in the lower house.
Not only that, but we have friends in
the minority, who do not care TO como
out publicly for the cause, or who have
Just natural aversion TO signing papers.
Best Of all, we have the leaders with Us.
We have letters from Foley and Wagner.
saying that the Democratic party always
fulhis It's pledges and that It Will put
Plan for More TrIumphs.
None OF the other suffrage headquarters
was open yesterday. but the leaders Of
the various organizations were eager 10
recall the success Of the parade and tell
Of the work yet TO be done. II almost
seemed az II some had already forgotten
the parade in their enthusiastic planning
for the future Two other great suffrage
demonstrs lions will overwhelm this city
within the mex. two weeks, II appears.
and then the cohorts win descend upon
peaceful Philadelphia for what s her
aided ss the largest and most important
suffrage convention ever held"
II will open In the Quaker CITY on No
vernher U. under the auspices OF the Ma
t!onsI Woman Suffrage Association OF
America DR.. Anna Shaw, president OF
thai organization. will preside Mr.. Ida
Hustled Harper. one OF its prominent
members. said that II would be the fsrty-
fourth annual convention. ~ she remsm-
bsred. rightly
There will be delegations from every
state in the union" said Mrs. Harper
last night. IT looks now ar II Nevada
would be the next state TO give In. As In
New York, the bill has 10 be passed by
two legislatures there before II ~ SUB
Initted 10 the people. and II has already
been passed by ono. The next Logisls-
ture meets In January, and we have little
fear OF the referendum. Nevada being the
only one OF the Ave Western states which
still holds out
Iowa and NoTth Dakota arc two other
favorable states, and the women Of lndi-
ana are going 20 get after their Legs
lature this winter. am afraid 1t will be
some years, though, before any OF the
Eastern states give US the vote. The
West is more progressive In every re-
speot than the East. II the matter were
TO 70 to the voters Of New York to-day
/ believe that II would be defeated by an
overwhelming majority. We haven't the
full support OF any political party here.
and nothing can 40 through with the
political parties against IT,
The South will DO the next section OF
the country to submit. The women there
are little slow at getting started. but
once they do overcome their natural Ian
guor they are a great force. The officers
OF the national association were delighted
with the parade last night. though. II
was the greatest demonstration ever held
in this city FOR suffrage.
All Nations Spectacle.
Mrs Harper spoke Of the mass meeting
20 be held In Carnegie Hall on Wednesday
night 10 celebrate indoors the addition
OF the four ststos TO the suffrage ranks.
Il will be undor the auspices OF the ns-
tional body, and Or. Anna Shaw will pre-
side The other big demonstration will Do
the state sssocfe tons welcome 10 Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait, who has recently
returned from a tour OF the world. The
Attendants will be dressed In the cos
tumes Of every country which Mrs. Gait
visited. II will also be at Carnegie Hall.
on the following Tuesday, the night b..
fore the convention opens.
Mrs James Lees Lsidlaw, Of the
Woman Suffrage party. which brought by
far the biggest delegation to the parade,
said that not a single Assembly district
in Manhattaa failed to have q representa-
ton under the partys banner, and that
not more than two In Brooklyn were
missing. An the districts in The Bronx
and QusenB wers also represented, ana
even Richmond had a delegate In line.
1T is one thing to have a large enrolled
membership" seld Mrs. Laidlaw, and
quite another 10 get them out, eAch with
q lantern and soarf and hat II 10 the
localized kind Of political work that
counts, and that IL what our organization
Is doing. This big. unwieidy, massive
city 10 only going 10 yield under the