The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-03
In Failure to Say Word for Wo-
man Suffrage Misses Sub
limest Heights.
DR.. SHAW REFERS TO MESSAGE
One Thing That Might Have
Made Him Never 10 Have
Been Forgotten.

Washington, II. G., Dccemher DIR
Anna Howard Shaw, president OF the
National Woman suffrage Association.
created a sensation at Tonight session
OF th" suffrage con"ention. when she
declared that President Wilson had
taiicn snort of the greatest opportunity
he ever had or he would ever have in
failing u say word in behalf Of wo-
man suffrage to-day when H.. read his
annual message to Congress- Her re-
marks were received with LOUD ap-
plauSc.
Dr shaw said snc had hor.d the
President would arise Ia the occasion.
hut that while he had recognized th,.
necessity for the extension of tho ballot
TO the i'ilipinos and urged territorial
voters rights FOR Alaska he had failed
10 mention woman suffrage in his mes
sage
''Prcsident Wilson" she continued.
referred in his message TO tho fact
tnat the time had come for an extern
sion of greater social Justice ana we
women eagerly listened to this. W,
mad hoped that social justice would in
cludc some measure of political justice
10 the women OF the country feel
fully that measure Of disappointment,
which. under the circumstances. ls nat
tural TOR the time had come FOR The
PRESIDENT To say word in ouv behalf.
Fnlis short of Opportunities
We feel that President Wilson has
lallen short OF the greatest opportunity
which has come To Vim or ever will
come 60 him. No other President has
ever had such an onportunity prcsi-
"eht wilson had the opportunity of
speaking word which might ulti-
;natcly lead 10 the cnfranchiscment of
large part OF the human family Even
Lincoln, who by ~ word freed race
mad not this opportunity 10 release
from the bends one half OF The human
family.
Il fee! that must make tl,is stotc-
incnt as broad rs it is. for the reason
mat We at Budapest last year real.
i|cd that womankind throughout the
world looked to the United States to
blaze the way for the extension OF uni
N'rsal suffrage ir every quarter of
TINS globe. President Wilson has missed
the one thing that might have made il
possible for him never To have been
lr'So't'n. am SAYING this on behalf
OF myself and my fellow-officcrs"
When Dr Shaw concluded. the con
Vcntion. amid enthusiastic cheering.
adopted hy acclamation the following
resolution. introduced by Dr. ]. WI
liam Funk, OF iSaltimore:
Resolved. That IT is the sense OF
this meeting that President wilson
railcd To rise To the Suhlinrst heights
OF democracy whom he failed il, his
message To Congress to-day to rec
ommend the Freedom of half the citi-
Zcns of the United States and probably
half the citizens Of the civilized world
nnrch fu Protest.
SurraGiSt leaders Tonight threaten
that the delegates TO the National SUI
fragc Convention. now In session will
march seven time around the Whito
House Tomorrow in protest against
President Wilson'S omission of any ref
ercncc TO woman suffrage IN hts an
nual message delivered to-day
The plan is after that adopted ages
ago III StorninG the walls of Jericho,
only instead OF blowing trtirructs when
the march IL finished the suttraGistS
plan TO call on the President en- masSc
and ask him just where tie Dcmo-
cratic party stands on suffrage
Bcforo the Jericho march it. started.
however. the sunragista Will try to
get an appointment with President
Wilson. IL he refuses. the leaders VIII
signal the word alonr the lire and tho
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