The Washington times., 1913-12-03
COM PROMISE WILL
Be GRANTED WOMEN
Suffragists' Appeal For House
Committee Met Halt Way
BY Members.
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soldiers when they took the oath OF al
{ legiance, to the foreigners who fought
! in the civil war, and to the men who
were re eased and restored TO citizen
ship after serving terms in Federal
penitentiarics.
Her sixth point was the matter OF
Congress providing Tor the difect eiec-
ton of Senators. and on each OF the
fcresoiEg points the Georgia Congress
man interrupted her and engaged her in
argument. in which he usually came
out second best.
Forces An Admission.
my seventh point is the restoring Of
) the ballot to men who have beer d;s-
frsnchised for desertins from TIE
al my said Miss Adams Congress
/ has exercised its power to do that. has
! it rot. MIR. Hardwick?"
You have me there was the s-ll. -
/ snsweT. and he interposed no Turtne,
objections 10 her otncT three potts.
when were the naturalization Or tor
els IN citizens, the disfran-aiscmens oi
Z the wives OF natuTalized men in states
where women have the ballot, and 9
3 Caie OF Susan Il. Anthony. who vas
arrested in Rochester. y. V. by Federal
authorities aiter she had voted.
4 One of the most stirring sTcechCs was
{ that of Mrs. breckenridge. of ken.uekr.
granddaughter of Henry Clay. SH.:
pictured grarhicafly the conditions ia
8 her State, which. sne said. made votes
4 for women d vital necessity, and said
that too many men of Kentucky ''class
women or3tUiicaliy with whisky aud
Z horses and legally and politically with
Criminals and imbeciles.''
AZ the beginning of 1882 both the
senate ano the House created special
woman suffrage committees" said q. g
. HaIper. The Senate has continuouslE
maintained tn s committee, but in IstJ
the House declined to renew it. Thence
forth the women appeared before tnc
: House Judiciary Committee, which, al
I though always busy and overworked,
had always a good representation yres-
ent and was respectful and often Cor
dial.
Some Able Advocates.
. The ablest women this country has
produced have appeared before this
committee. including Elizabeth Cady
! Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone
Julia Ward Howe. Elizabeth B. McI.-
vether. Isabella Beecher Hooker, and
. Francis E. Willard-the list is far too
, long TO quote-and nearly all of these
named have passed away with th.ir
dream for. women unfulfilled and lsav-
ing to this generation a legacy of work
and faith.
And what is the result? Six reports
( IN iofty-four years and five of these an
I favorable. And the record does not end
here, for there has been no report OF
any kind since 1894. Within the last
five years there is scarcely Il pariia-
ment of a civilized country in the whole
world that has not had before Il the
question of woman's enfIanchisement,
ard yet never once IL the entire his
tory Of the United states has this
question been considered by its lower
house OF Congress. supposed the d.
rect representatives of the whole peo-
pie"
No Session This Morning.
No session of the suffrage convention
was held this morning. but it con-
vened this afternoon to hear the re-
ports of auxiliary presidents of nine
state organizations. The open session
this evening at the New Masonic Tenn
pie, will be in charge Of the National
Mems League for Woman Suffrage,
James Lees Laidlaw, president, being
In the chair. Senators Bristov, owen,
and Thomas, of Colorado, and Congress
men Bryan, Mondell. Murdock, anG
Kent are scheduled to speak.
A resolution stating that President
Wilson failed to rise TO the sublimest
heights of democracy" by ignoring the
suffrage issue i'm h s annual message
Tas unanimously adopted at last nights s
meeting. AS a result il is probable that
some of the more militant suffra gists :
now here viii make an effort to see the
President this week and ask him to
commit himself on the question O.
votes for women.