New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-15
WOMEN MAY GET HELM
FHE DOESN'TLOOKOU OUT
Sufragettes Gaining Strength in His State
Washington Parade To Be Finest Spectacle
of Its Kind, Says Mrs. Harper.

are added Los Angeles. Seattle and
! Spokane. the old belief that cities can
not be carried Tor woman suffrage must
/ be revised.
! The vote on amendments. both of the
, legislatures that submitted them and the
electors who adopted them. has many
times demonstrated That woman suffrage
| is a nom partisan measure. The recent
vote in the South Dakota Legislature,
which passed the bill almost unanimous
/ ly, shows clearly that il is not one OF
nationality or sectionalism. The menu
bers. part ny birth and part by descent.
are English Scotch. IIish Welsh. Nor
wegan, Swedish. German. Russian. Po-
lish. Dutch. French. Swiss and cana
dian while those born in this country
represent fourteen different states New
! ertheless those of foreign blood could see
/ the justice Of giving American born wo-
men vote. and those from the various
states could see no harm in giving the
! foreign born women of South Dakota a
| chance. What viii become OF the amend
/ mcnt when il goes to the great body Of
voters representing just as many states
and nationalitics?
Parade of the Finest.
/ If the plans Tor the great suilrase
: pageant in Washington OIL March can
/ lie successfully carried out and the
weather IS propitious. il will doubtless De
/ the most beautiful spectacle of tina,
nature ever seen IA this or any other
: country. No such undertaking. Icy women
ever before had enrolled on its advisory
committee a dozen United States Seua-
1 tors more than that number OF Repre-
sentatives. the chaplain of the Senate.
high army officials and other prominent
men. The promise OF a President ana
! President-elect of the United States 20
view this pageant brings out still MOI .
! prominently the contrast between tins
country and Great Britain, whore Prime
Minister Asquith refused even 10 glance
out of the window ut procession Of ten
thousand suffragists. including hundreds
of university women physicians. nurses,
/ artists. actresses. writers pre-. dents 81
/ countless ORGANIZATIONS. members Of the
/ nobility and thousands a. wage carnerS
| This parade illustrates another striking
difference between the two countries I'm
! and the women over iher am the friend
ly cooperation here between the Two.
BY government permission tie marchers
will assemble at the west front OF tn"
! Capitol and occupy the steps OF tn"
Treasury for their tableaus They have
been allowed TO erect their own stands.
10 select their own line Of march. and
permission has been granted to all women
in the government service to join the
parade If they desire.
No Cutlery Against Hounds.
Some OF the newspapers have been In
duging in a good deal OF silly comment
on the alleged attempt OF the suNragists
to compel the Senators ana Representa-
tives from the states where women vote
to join the procession. When IT was an
nounced that a pack OF fire foxhounds
was to accompany hunt club In the
parade. 10 cutlery was raised that II
would lower the dignity of men TO march
with those dogs; II vas only marching
with women that would belittle them.
The time has long since passed for such
talk Il is not even funny. Hundreds ~
men In New York and other states hav"
considered II an honor 10 be part OF
suffrage parade. The members Of Con-
gress from those Western states owe
their election partly TO women, and they
feel for women "A certain kind OF respect
which men OF other states cannot COM
prehend They have not waited to be
dracooned into marching with their con-
stituents or publicly showing their belief
in woman suffrage, but have accepted as
| a matter of course the invitation TO help
| I'm the demonstration. and they will not be
the only politicians who will think II adj
( vsable to Join the procession"
J The fact that the anti-suffra2is,s are 10
! hold mass meeting In Belasco Theatre
| the night before the parade will help
| things along nightly. Nothing makes "A
| woman of average sense so ready To seize
banner and march up and down the
| public highways shouting Votes Tor
women as TO hear the anti-suffraee
/ speakers announce from the platform the
| reasons why the ballot should not be
/ given to their sex.
Suffrage Notes.
A delegate to the recent National Proni-
/ bition Conference complained because "A
/ man had to be saint before he could
, vote that ticket" This explains why the
! Prohibition party polls so few votes at
every election. IT should hurry up and
/ Get the suffrage for its women members,
as they wouldn't find II 80 difficult to
meet the requirement.
French papers are saying that If women
could vote they would have elected
! DcschaneI because Of his fine figure and
handsome face. People used 10 talk Ike
ina, over here. but they don't do it any