The Detroit times., 1914-06-27
Equal Suffrage "As Inevitable
as Rising sun, Speaker AS
sures Petitioners Who In
terview Him
HOPES GENTLER SEX WILL
IMPROVE MAN-MADEWORLD
DIR. Anna Howard Shaw Fails TO
Convert Vice-President
Marshall to Cause

WASHINGTON, June 27.--"By 1917
or little later women will be voting
IN every state in the union for ma.
tIonal ofhcials, Speaker Clark told
Suffrage delegation today which
presented him with 800 petitions from
GS states.
Woman suffrage is as inevitable
as ;he rising OF tomorrow's SUM-" the
speaker said, so hope you will con-
llnue In the peaceable ways in which
you have started
In presenting the petitions, bearing
lOO,OOO signatures, DR.. Anna Howard
Shaw, Miss Jane Addams and Mrs.
Henry breckenridge urged the speak
er TO have congress act on the suf-
frage question at once
We feel that our method is so
slow" said DR.. Shaw, lin our cam
paigns in the various states, that not
as much progress will be made in
this way as would be possible If cor
gress encouraged the states"
Throughout his talk the speaker
indicated to the suffragists that they
would have little success If they
forced congress TO act upon an
amendment to the constitution at this
time. he said the best way for them
to do Is to continue their fight in the
various states and added that III the
question comes up in Missouri III
vote for suffrage"
For six thousand years" said the
i speaker, men have been trying To
run the world and some people think
we have made a bad mess of II. II
| you women run il hope you will i'm.
prove over us"
! Vice-President Marshall was not SO
1 satisfactory in his promises. Mrs.
breckenridge asked him what reason
he had for not granting women the
ballot at once, IL he believed woman
suffrage to be good thing.
Il wish the men in congress would
get away from the usual masculine
calm and deliberate methods In this
case" she said
But my dear Mrs. Breckenridge ;.
drawled the vice-president, 81 can't
get away from my wife. You know
Mrs. Marshall is not a suffragist. And
don't want her to be, either"
| "Of course you don't want to get
away from your wife," said Mrs.
breckenridge. but you ought 10 use
/ your persuasive powers to convert
| her to woman suffrage"
| Or. Anna Howard Shaw also used
her eloquence on the vice-president.
but there was no appreciable soften
ing of his intent.
Miss Addams said that gradually
the government was taking over the
work which has been done by women
in bettering civic and sanitary condi.
ha q
en- the ballot so that they might con-
tinue to work for hettering condi-
tions.
One suffragette met Secretary OF
state Bryan while he was trying to
get into the capitol to discuss the
Nicaraguan treaty She almost EN-.
braced him IN arguing "the cause"
Suifragists marched on the capitol
again today Petitions demanding
equal suffrage were presented by
| leaders OF "the cause" TO the senate
and house. Hundreds OF other indi.
vidusl petitions were given senators
and representatives.
Speaker Clark and Vice President
Marshall received the delegation
headed by Dr.. Anna Howard ohaw,
Jane Adams, Rheta Childe Dorr,
| Mrs. Medill Mccormick and Mrs An
! toinette Funk. Tonight Miss Addams
and George Fitch Will speak at a
suffrage meeting.
Today's demonstration was the cur
tain-ralser for the March upon the
White House next Tuesday when
suffrage petitions will be presented TO
| President Wilson in the propaganda
for consideration OF the Mondell suf-
! frage constitutional amendment be-
fore congress adiouns
"Suffragette' picnic was held this
afternoon at Great Fails, in charge OF
Mrs Glare Bewick Colby and Helen
IF. Perkins. Reps. Anthony OF Kan
sas, Evans OF Montana, Helgeson OF
] North Dakota. Keating OF Colorado.
Mcclure OF Oklahoma, Mondell OF
/ Wyoming. RaAer OF California. and
Hinebaugh OF Illinois, were the speak