The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-01-25
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Means COMMITTEES, and floor leader OF
tho Democratic party. is seen among
representatives. While favorins State
laws granting woman suffrage. he does
not favor a Federal amcndmcnt.
Whenever Southerner is taken to
the prosuffrago side great enthusiasm
results, for the States. OF the old Con-
least promising.
Southern Women Being Converted.
Thus there was great hurrah and
wives OF our highest onieiais wers
Mrs Joscphus Daniels. wife of the Sec
rctary Of tho Navy, is from North Car.
oina; Mrs Albert sidney Burleson,
Secretary Of Agriculture, are both from
Lamar is from West Virginia.
The grim cohorts of the antisuffra-
gists stand. armed cap,,a-pie,, in oppo
Of the "antis" is Mrs. Arthur Murray
and leader in many New York well
fare organizations, including the Fed
Grafton OF Day Nurseries, of which she
is president, and the Legal Aid Society.
lof which she is vice-presndcnt. She
lhns been president of the Needleworle
Guild. chairman of the philanthropy
commission and an officer of the Pub
lie Educational Association and tho
mid welfare League. She is presi-
J
posed to Woman Suffrage.
One of her generals is Mrs. Elihu
| wife of the famous New York Senator.
who is the possessor of n large fortune
Independent of that of her husband and
who is one Of the most exclusive lead
former vice president of the District OF
Columbia society OF the "antis.' whose
president now is the noted Massachu-
sctts senator, Henry Cabot Lodges
daughter, Mrs. Augustus Peabody Gard
ner, wife OF the Bay state Republican,
gent movement against "Cannonismr
but who later failed to get aboard the
| Roosevelt band wagon
Official circles arc represented In tho
amt camp also by the vicepresident
OF tho o n 1ns Of Columbia Society,
Weeks, OF Massachusetts. and a MEM
Der of the executive committees Mrs
Swager sherley, wife of the Kentucky
! President Marshall and Mrs Henry
Cabot Lodge are also opposed to wo-
mar, man suffrage; as are Miss Mabel Board
Mollie Elliott seaweiI the novelist. ' o
O, IN HI .he e w, war camp Of the Daughters
their own white marble capitol in
washington. the Scott and Story fac
lions lions are already pulling wires to elect
Their president general will not ,be
elected until next year.
And now we come to women wnrinp
M Matfihrnget9 On of the Woman's
NATIONAL society of women thai 10
auxiliary: to a political party It was
o ovGwnd f Just two years ago. and its
principles OF Democracy and assist in
f me election Of the party candidates.
Union, and during the last camn,ip .o
dent Wilson: 1t has its national head-
quitrters In Washington.
! us national head is Mrs \yiIIi,a,
Sui,op; wire OF the Democratic Repre-
sem nuti,,, from o Nincennes, Ind. She is
Richard Henry Lee, signer of the Dac,ol
ration ration Her father, Napoleon b. Brooks
Oh the Confederate army. "
Like all OF these other women who
naxf rorg Sia their way to the front In
training in numerouse societies sSe
~ the INDIANA vice-regent of the Daurh
| ters OF the American Revolution $,
member of tho advisory board Of tba
congress- onal Cuban organization Of
senators and Representatives wives; a
tine Arts Societies of Washington and
oi .ne w oman'S Welfare League.
cratic act sennion al of the wives of Demo
are are members of the Woman's National
o,iirers nc league among whose other
Bryan, Mrs. Champ Clark and the ,ui,lssss
or REPRESENTATIVE Taylor. of Coloraelo,
tatine Ra e5eh of Of Florida Represen.
sentative Heating OF CoInr,hn NePre-
AS woman suffrage spreads and &c
W. women men, hna more and more Offices open
sen VIII enjoy u political adv,ntn' 81
o OYER .heir sisters who have kept one
oa ;nese partisan trays. Their organi.
a aney gam gam honor and standing only hw
a aSfI ring those powers OF tact Any
s eos politician OF the male ne pers sue
loapyrisht, 1914. by Elfreth Watkins,