The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-02

washing tOns July 80 lie Nd
tional American Woman Suffrage
Association scored a great victory
Saturday when Speaker Champ
Clark OF the House Of Representa-
tives announced to the leading repre-
sentatives of the association that
when the woman suffrage was sub
nitted in Missouri that he would
vote for it. To have the second Of
ficer in power in the national gov
eminent thus declare himself in
such a pronounced manner as favor
ing woman suffrage was well worth
the assembling of the prominent wo-
men N Washington at that time.
The occasion was the presentation
of the. petitions of the May ID dem
onssra lions to Congress by the
national congressional committee.
The delegation which assembled in
the Speakers room consisted of DR..
Anna Howard Shaw of Philadelphia.
president OF the National Woman
Suffrage Association, Miss Jane .Ad-
dams OF Chicago, first yice-president,
Mrs. Desha Breckenridge, second
president, Mrs. Medill McCor-
mick of Chicago, chairman of the
congressional committee of the ma
tional association. Mrs. Antoinette
Funk Of Chicago, vice chairman of
the congressional committee, Mrs.
Helen Gardener Of Washington. an
other member of the committee,
Mrs Glenna Smith Thin of Wash
sngton, chairman of the Washington
Woman Suffrage Council. and Mrs.
Raymond B. Morgan chairman Of
the legislative committee of the
| Washington council. In addition to
these women were Mrs. Clark, wife
of the Speaker and her daughter,
Miss Genevieve, Clark, both of
whom are earnest woman suffrage
advocates. In fact, after the meet
ing was over and Miss Clark had
been complimented on the manner
in which her father had announced
himself, she laughingly remarked:
81 guess he wouldn't have dared
come home if he hadn't made that
declaration
Noted women suffragists among
the members of the congress were
also present There We're .Messrs
Taylor of Colorado, Campbell and
Murdoch of Kansas, Helgesen OF
North Dakota, Raker of California
Foster of Illinois, Kinkaid of Ne
braska.. Bryan of Washington and
other members who are interested
in the movement.
DR. Shaw, Miss Adams and Mrs,
IBreckenridge who made brief adj
dresses to the Speaker, telling why
they came to Congress and the ne
cessity for congressional action.
4cknowledgi that the work should
be done in the states, DR.. Shaw said
that the work was being done in the
states and very successful work. In
six states suffrage would be sub
mitted this fall and it was expected
that these campaigns states would
be carried for woman suffrage. But
in addition to that she said that
Congress could aid the states by Civ
ing them, recognition Miss Adams
spoke particularly of the knowledge
which the foreign born women dis
played in handling the ballot More
than that she said that the noted
women engaged in philanthropic
work all over the world were for
suffrage. She also pointed out to the
Speaker that the great women s
federation Of clubs which recently
held its meeting in Chicago had de-
clared for suffrage. Mrs Brecken-
ridge spoke more particularly of the
difficulties that were encountered IN
trying to surmount the barriers Of
state constitutions. 'tWhy," she
asked, IF suffrage is to come as
many believe inevitable, why not
hasten the day."
Speaker Clark told the women
they were going at it right in the
matter of petitioning Congress, for
the constitution gave every citizen
the right of petition. Il think wo-
man suffrage is as inevitable as the
rising sun, remarked the Speaker
He said that he believed they would
get it quicker by the states than by
any other way and pointed out some
of the difficulties of national legisla-
ton saying that thirteen states could
block suffrage and that an injury
might be done the cause in that way.