El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-29
FEEL LOSS OF
AMERICAN
MONEY
The English Suffragets Say
American Sisters Are Not
Helping Enough.
WOMEN PROUD OF
LONG JAIL RECORDS


suffragets are today complaining
- of a decided falling away Of
American support, in the field Of IL
naneiaI contribution as well as in the
matter of volunteer workers. But at
the same time. it is recognized that
the reason is because the growing ac-
tivity of the campaign in America is
making increasing demands on both
the money and the time Of American
women. and that the home interest Is
naturally the more vital
During the early days of the mill
tant movement the WOmen's Social and
Political union received monetary and
personal assistance from numerous
American women. most of whom have
Withdrawn from the work here to take
part in the exciting campaigns which
are being conducted in various Amer1-
can states. The militants depended fOr
their American support largely on
American women staying in England
either for pleasure or study. This was
because resident American women in
terested in the cause have given their
talents and sympathies to the Organ1-
Zations which use only constitutional
methods in their campaign. American
wives Of Englishulen in most cases also
have attached themselves to the con-
stitutiOnal organizations
American Women With Jail Records.
A number of American women who
have associated themselves with the
militant movement have jail records
as long as the most ardent Of their
English sisters but the same enthus-
iaSm which led them to smash win
dOws and disturb the peace Of cabinet
ministers has now been enlisted at the
suffrage battlefront In the United
States.
This detection is resented by some OF
the officials OF the WOmen's Social
and Political union, who declared that
there should be no national boundaries
in the cause and that. once having
thrown in their lot with the English
militants, they shouted stay in the
forefront of the battle until Parlla-
ment capitulates. They also complain
of the inactivity Of American women
permanently residing in London, and
declare that their attitude is selfish.
In answer to this, a prominent mem
Der Of the American Women society
stated that her cOmpatriOts had no
more business TO NEEDLE in the
American man would have to mix ac-
lively in politics here.
Latest American Volunteer.
The latest American volunteer to the
fighting forces of the ". ). P L., Miss
Zelie Emerson of Michigan proved
herself a strenuous fighter for the
brief time she remained at liberty.
She is now, however, a guest of his
majesty in Holloway Jail, where she
has just been removed to the second
division after undergoing q hunger
strike as a protest against a sentence
Of hard labor for window smashing
Accompanied by Miss Sylvia PanS-
hurst and George Lansbury, 1rs son OF
the former member Of parliament who
resigned his seat to contest Bow and
Bromley on the issue of equal suffrage,
Miss Emerson made a spectacular raid
through that slum district. The raid
Il. d. go u
ties by surprise. for hitherto the mill
tants have confined their window
smashing to the fashionable shopping
and office districts, and il was not
until the smashers had destroyed much
glass that they were arrested
The offices of the Liberal association
of Bow and Bromley suffered severely
from the raid, and thereby were the
suffragets revenged for the failure
of the Liberal party to fight for Lans-
bury in his contest to regain his seat
as a champion of suffrage. The SEN
tence of hard labor on the raiders was
denounced by their supporters as vim
dictive and they at once went on hum
ger strike, the result of which has been
their removal to the second division
Proud Of Police Record.
One Of the most active fighters IN
the W. S. P. L. ranks is Miss Amy
Maud Hicks, formerly a professor at
Bryn Mawr. Her record Of previous
convictions reads like that Of New
York burglar. She is exceedingly
proud OF this record, which IS spread
over a page Of the new who's Who.
of WOman's Suffrage. Miss Hicks IS
now so well known to the police that
she cannot appear on the street WITH
out meeting some policeman who mas
had the pleasure OF accompanying her
to police station. No one woman IN
the militant army has done more Tor
the glaciers trade than Miss Hicks
Until her return to the United states
where she has gone to become cnalr-
man of the congressional committees
for WOman's Suffrage. Miss Alice Paui'
a doctor of the university of Pennsyl-
vania, was a close rival Of Miss HICKS
for the distinction of serving the long
est time in Jail. Miss Paul is no" at
her home in MOorestOwn, Pa
Another American woman VINO mas
left for home recently after tour OF
Europe. spent chiefly in investigating
the suffrage movement IS MIS- James
SanborD. of San Francisco, who was
one of the leaders in the campaign
which gave the California women the
vote. Mrs. SanbOrn spent three months
in Spain, where she met one aVOWed
suffraget. This bold pioneer declared,
however, that she had many SUB rosa
supporters Mrs. SanbOrn visited many
of the suffrage organizations mere DuL
did not do any active work Tor any Oh
Miss Teresa Frances Wilson, seere-
tary of the National Council Of Women
of Canada is still an active unit of the
W. s P US fighting cohorts She Is a
playwright. and uses her pen as Wen
as a hammer i'm support Of the cause
Maxine Elliott Active
Maxine Elliott and her sister Ger
trude (RIrs. Forbes-RObertsOn) are ac-
tive workers for the cause when they
serve through the Actresses Franchise
league Gertrude Elliott frequently
opens her home for suffrage enter
tainments and receptions. and her hus-
band appears occasionally on the plat
form in s7pport Of the movement. Few
nrtrorn.- 80 IN active mart in mill