The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-07-02
SUFFRAGETTES SCORED A
VICTORY SATURDAY
APPROVAL OF SECOND OFFICER Of THE GOVERNMENT FOR
VOTES FOR WOMEN

courteous TO the delegation when
they presented the petition to him
for the Senate. Go ahead" said
the Vice President. When DR.. Shaw
began to address him, you are talk
ing TO man who has absolutely no
influence whatever. = The Vice
President was referring to the fact
that he had no vote and mighty lit
tie influence on legislation in the
Senate. When Dr. Shaw expressed
the hope that he would help them all
he could for suffrage the Vice Presi-
dent remarked: .But / cannot get
away from my wife, . reminding a
number of the auditors of the coster-
monger's song, My Wife Won't Let
Me. The addresses to the Vice
President were similar TO those
made to the Speaker, but they elicit
led no comment as came from Speak
Ier Clark.
i ls
ed by the national association all
found their way to the Congression-
al Record, they being sent to indivi-
dual members from the districts in
which they originated. There was
a very large number of them and
some Congressman had at least a
dozen different petitions showing
that many meetings were held in
their districts on May 2. Duplicates
of the petitions were presented in
/ the Senate by the Senators. The pc
titions will have more effect on in
dividual Congressman than upon
i Congress as a body. because. it shows
how widespread is the suffrage
movement The May ? demonstra-
tions which were originated by the
/ congressional committee have be-
gun to show their effect in Congress.
A large audience was entertained
Saturday evening in Washington,
despite the heat, by Miss Jane Adj
idams and George Fitch, the novelist.
Mr.. Fitch is known to nearly every
body as the author of the Siwash
stories, while nobody needs to be
told about Jane Adams She is
one of the famous women Of the
country and vice president of the
National Suffrage Association.
Mrs. Medi1I Mccormick, who has
been devoting SO much time to cam
paign work at the congressional
headquarters in Chicago, Is to spend
several days in Washington looking
after the interests of the suffrage
movement in this city. Mrs. Nc
tCormick looks forward to very
successful campaign in many con-
gressional districts this fall. The
reports which she has received are
of a character to. convince her that
the suffrage movement is gaining
] ground rapidly.
When DR.. Anna Shaw was intro
duced to Speaker Clark in his room
at the Capitol the Speaker said;
'tOh, know DR.. Shaw; / heard her
speak more than 20 years ago." It
is a well known fact that DR.. Shaw
is known to more people than any
other woman in the world.
A movement is on foot which
may result in blocking vote on
suffrage in the House at this session
of Congress. The real object of it
is to prevent vote upon the pro-
hibition amendment. It works this
way. A petition has been circulated
and addressed to the committee on
Irules and signed by more than half
the democrats of the House asking
the committee not to report any
general legislation unless authorized
to do so by the democratic caucus.
Of course the caucus can authorize
vote on almost anything if the
caucus so determines and it may de-
termine to authorize a vote on suf-
frage and prohibition. but the chanc-
es are it will prevent a vote on pro-
hibition and possibly on suffrage.
i Many members of the House do not
want a vote on prohibition before
the fall elections