Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-24
PARTY AFF|L|AT|ON
URGED FOR WOMEN
Mrs. Frank A. Pattison Declares
That Suffragists Should
Be Progressives.

At the regular weekly tea of the
| Women's Political Union held at its
! headquarters, 70 Halsey street, yes
terday afternoon, Mrs. Frank A. Pat
tison, of Colonia, urged her audito IS
to become affiliated with some def
mite political party. Mrs. Pattison
was formerly president of the State
i Federation of Women's Clubs. and
her remarks made a deep impression.
Most suffragists are opposed to party
affiliations, but Mrs. Pattison has
given the plan her hearty endorse
ment
IF we get suffrage" she said, "it
won't be because we argue this way
or that, but because we can point to
workable reality of our ideals. 1t
is, therefore, absolutely necessary to
affiliate ourselves with some party.
Get into the game and prove that you
are an efficient member in the field"
She termed the Progressive party
the renaissance of all the old ideals
that have gone adritt in the ma
chinery of interests. Instead of the
tariff or free trade, this party has
for its issue life, the right of man
to life. liberty and the pursuit of
happiness.
She pointed out that as women
need for the perfection of the home
those qualities that men have de-
veloped in the business world, so the
State needs those qualities that are
innate in women or are developed by
her home life. She gave as an ex-
ample of the governments need of
women the inefficient methods that
necessitate the large campaign ex-
penses
Women can do so much on so
little Surely their experience in this
line would be valuable contribution
to political life" she concluded.
j. A. Fl. Hopkins, of Morris county,
tor on the Progressive ticket, re-
viewed the platform of his party Ind
expressed a firm belief that each
plank would be strongly upheld by
women. He declared that many of
the principles advocated by the Pro-
gresslves and at first said by mem
bers of other parties TO be unwoik-
able were later brought forth by
| them as objects for which they had
been striving for years.
1.-THE Progressives do not care, how
ever, who works out their principles,
SO long as their ideals are accom-
plSneQ, duQtQ I1Ophl1l5.
In helping the Progressive party
the suffragists would be helping their
own cause, Mr.. Hopkins said, declar-
ing that women naturally have pro-
gresslve tendencies; that they are
thoroughly in accord with the beliefs
of the Progressive party. and that
they are both working for the same
objects
Mrs Everett Colby who was the
days hostess, said that Mr.. Hopkins
was the only candidate who not only
said that he believed unquahfiedly in
woman suffrage, but asked what he
could do to help the cause. She ex-
pressed her opinion that neither the
Republican nor Democratic parties
would have put suffrage planks into
their platforms had the Progressive
party not led the way.
At the conclusion of the meeting
Mrs. Van Wrinkle said that suffragists
must stand together as women and
advised against joining political
parties until they had won the vote.
She explained that each party would
be given an opportunity to speak for
itself at the teas during the season.
Mrs. William p. Sutherland, jr., and
Miss Florence Haines will be the
hostesses next Sunday, and Rev.
Edgar Swan Weirs, of Montclair, will
be the speaker.