The Washington herald., 1914-12-20
Suffrage Fight Killing Women Workers
VICTORY WILL SAVE THOUSANDS OFDoLLARS
| M&@H&
Do Not Expect to Win Vote This Session

ment will never rest until they can
send delegates to Congress and enjoy
the fullest rights OF citizenship. IL
will stop long enough. however. win
In the next few weeks to administer
a rebuke TO the women Of the United
States for putting forward their claims
for Congressional action.
New York Big Suffrage Camp.
lGov.-eIect whitman. Of New York. re-
ceived delegation Of fifty sunras1sts
last week representing the State Asso-
citation, Woman Suffrage Party, Empire
Campaign Committee, Equal Franchise
Society, Collegiate Equal Suffrage
League, who asked that he would recon-
mend in his first message that the legis.
lature should submit constitutional
amendment to the electors, which has
been done by one but must be ratined
by q second. He said he should vote
for 1t himself and expressed entire SYM
pathy.
The New York Times, which Is having
uphill work in maintaining Its opposi'
ton. said: The governor-elect, quite
properly. also gave a hearing to the
'antis.' who were present in numbers
rather patheticaliy small" This f. a
diplomatic way OF putting It, as they
were present to the number OF one lone.
lorn female, the president Of their New
York State association. 1t was especial
ly significant as this same week the an
nual meeting Of this organization took
place in the ''parlor' Of one Of the Of
ficeTs and the announcement was made
that the membership was increasing at
the rate OF 1000 a month!
The New York sufrragists are rightly
incensed at the present writer for say
ing in the article OF December s that
Ter" 1rA at least M rn1 wn'-"n o~-0il'd \
in the woman suffrage party Of New
York State There are, IL seems, over
5000 persons enrolled outside OF New
York City. a large proportion OF whom
are women, and several hundred thoI-
sand within tbe city. This simply shows
that the suffrage movement has grown
SO large there is no use trying to keep
track OF It in definite figures.
In the syndicate article sent out last
week from the anti-suffrage press bureau
the expressions were used, the sinking
suffrage agitation" "the frail and failing
cause woman suffrage losing ground
steadily, as Is known to all students of
political conditions, and the time not
far distant when II will join the junk
heap OF outworn political theories" Just
before that was written IL had been OFF,
cially indorsed by the convention Of the
American Federation Of Labor, repre-
senting over 2.oO00O members. and that
of the National Grange representing over
million members, men and women in
both instances by unanimous vote,
Notes from Several States.
Six hundred representative women OF
Illinois sat in legislative session last
| week discussing various bills that viii
come before the legislature relating tc
the schools. women's wages. protection
Of girls, &c. following strict parlla
| mentary procedure in their deliberations
They were summoned by the lieutenant
governor. who opened the first session
and the minutes of the meetings and the
| bills approved will be incorporated in tbs
| report OF the senate welfare commission
Across the border in Indiana women ir
| various organizations. without ofilciaI in.
vitation. have formed a legislative coun'
| Gil representing 500 members TO try tC
| initiate and promote legislation In the in.
| terest o! the general welfare and es.
pecially that OF women and children
! They hope for an office in the STATE
House and II will be exceedingly inter
estinG to watch the effects in the State.
where women can vote and where they
\ cannot.
| In Arizona there were seven candidates
for State Senator, four Of them prom
inent lawyers, one a cattle king" Mrs
| Frances w. Munds, who for seventeen
years was at the head OF the woman
suffrage movement in ting Territory anc
State and saw il victorious In 1872 By
a vote OF ten to one, was elected. run
ming 60 votes ahead OF the rest OF he
ticket.