The Detroit times., 1914-11-11
HELPED DEFEAT
SUFFRAGE FOES /.
in ELECTION
Miss Anna McCue and Miss Mar
garet Whittemore Back From
Washington Fight
LED WOMEN IN BATTLE
AGAINST DEMOCRATS
Latter Draw Fire Because Party
Leaders Refuse to Support
Equal Rights"

Just returned from q triumphant
campaign In the state OF Washington
against the Democratic candidates for
congress. Miss Anna McCue, the young
suffrage organizer OF Philadelphia, and
Miss Margaret Whittemore. one OF
Detroitts champions OF women's right
to vote, addressed the Wayne County
Equal Suffrage league. Wednesday aft
erDoon, in the league, Wednesday aft.
No. 1875 Farmer-st.
How President Wilson and other
Democratic party leaders, refused II
espouse the cause OF woman suffrage
how the Congressional Union for Wo-
man Suffrage sent its organizers to
The state Of Washington, where wo-
men have full voting rights, to wage
political warfare against the Demo
cratic candidates, and how the Demo
cratic candidate for the United States
senate and four out OF the Ave Demo.
cratic congressional candidates went
down to defeat before the food OF
women's votes Is the story that Miss
McCue and Miss Whittemore told TO
the suffrage league members.
I'VE are lighting the Democratic
party because IL has refused TO aid
the cause of woman suffrage" said
Miss McCue. 1--WE sent delegations
10 President Wilson on two occasions
asking for his cooperation. and ne
refused IL on the grounds that woman
suffrage was not included in the Demo-
cratic platform, and that. therefore.
he was not In position to help US.
Our Congressional union then decid-
ed TO fight the Democratic party. Two
women were sent to each state, where
women vote, to campaign against the
Democratic candidates. Miss White
more and myself went to the state Of
Washington.
The women Of Washington gave
us splendid cooperation. Judge j. w.
Black, Democratic candidate for the
United States senate, and whose cleo.
ton for dme was assured, went
down to defeat. and four out Of five
Democratic congressional candidates
suffered q similar experience"
I'VE received many invitations to
go nome while we were in Washing
ton" said Miss Whittemore. The
Democrats. OF course. were the ones
10 issue these cordial invitation to de-
part They even offered to pay our
fare back to Detroit, and provide us
with liberal expense account. We
stayed until after election, and cam
paigned from one end of the state to
the other Every where we talked to
dig crowds. and many men who said
they were Democrats, came to us and
declared themselves against the Demo-
cratic candidates on the grounds Of
woman suffrage.
Our fight is not only against the
Democratic party, but. against any
political party which does not assist
In the movement for the national en-
Of women. The Demo
Gratis had the chance and turned II
down. If the Republicans had been in
power and had failed TO indorse our
cause. they would have received the
same identical treatment"
According To Miss McCue. women
made up 81 per cent of the registered
vote In Washington In the last cleo
ton. More women registered than
men, and they showed an intense In.
terest in the election.
THAT proves that women will exer-
else the privilege of votirg when they
get IT," said Miss McCue
Miss McCue has been engaged as
an organizer for the Congressional
union for Ave months. Previous to
this, she was a factory worker In
acting as an inspector
In a hosiery factory. Sc II thoroughly
yersed on woman suffrage and is
very entertaining talker.
Miss Whittemore lives at No. 81
and Is the corresponding
secretary Of the Wayne County Equal
Suffrage league.