Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-08-30
.SUFFS BLACKLISTED
OPPONENTS TO Cause
NAME NINE SENATORS AND
NINE MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS-.
Records of These Men Will Be
Sent to Women All Over
the Country.

CHICAGO, Aug. 20 Nine United
states senators and nine congressman.
whose opposition to woman suffrage
is so powerful as to consiptc the
greatest obstacle to federal legislu-
ton that tho women have to face"
are named In a statement issued here
today by the National American sur-
tragc association
The statement is termed "black-
list by It's authors. II was written
by Or Anna Howard shaw. president
or the association and Mrs. Medill
Mc' ormlck chairman Of the CON
mlttCo. and appeals 10 an suffrage or
ganizations to concentrate their in
flucncc 10 defeat for recollection tho
men named
Name senator Gore.
The nine senator's whose defeat the
women urge are. Brandcgec Of Con
nectcut clark of Arkansas. DuuR-
ham of Vermont Fletcher of Florida,
Gore Of oklahoma Root Of New
York, ShIyeN Of Indiana, Smith of
Maryland and Lodge Of Massachu-
setts
The members Of tho house Of rep
reseutauyes named are. Underwood
II Alabama Mann of Illinois. FiHgcr-
aid Of New York Page Of North car
olina, Galloway of Texas, Garner of
Texas, Garrett Of Tennessee. Hay Of
Virginia ana Sissou of Mississippi
This is believed 10 be the first
time i'm the history OF the woman suf-
fraEe movement that women have re-
sorted 10 a blacklist of those opposed
To them" reads the announcement
The congressional committee has
spent year lobbying for national
legislation which would bring woman
suffrage. We have been polling both
houses OF congress repeatedly and
We know how every member stands
We have gone further In the lower
| house, whore it was possible 90 OBJ
tain actual records Of members on
humanitarian measures I'm which
women OF the country are Interested
VIII Furnish Records
'All this data viii be placed at
the disposal of women I'm the var
iOus states The women in every con
gressioual district viii be supplied
with the record of how their con
gressmeu voted on the question Of an
open caucus. upon the various bills
establishing and strengthening the
childreu's bureau and upon the hill TO
wipe out 'phosyiaw' from the manu-
facture Of matches
We feel it Is incumbent on us 10
name the nine members Of the sen
ate and the nine members OF the
lower house, whose opposition 10
woman suffrage is SO powerful. per
sistent and adroit as 10 constitute the
greatest obstacle 10 federal legisla-
ton women have 10 face.
we regard the nne senators
named az the bulwark Of the oppO-
sitiOu. All retire I'm 1915, except Sen
ator Lodge. whose term expires in
1917. The latter Is so determined In
his opposition that We commend his
case 10 the women Of Massachusetts,.
who have two years IN which TO or
garlze against him.
In the lower house we have had
to contend not only with the powerful
resistance of Representative Under.
| wood and his lieutenant. Fitzgerald Of
New York bur We have had 10 con
tend with the adroit opposition Of
the minority leader James x. Mann
~ Illinois Tho latter has made II
! plain no intends TO capitalize his rep
utatlon as author of the white slave
act We believe the women Will be
much more Interested I'm bulletin
We shall issue soon dealing caudidly
with Nr Mann's record on this and
! other special legislation
Besides the signatures ~ Doctor
! shaw and Mrs Modill Mccormick
! the document is signed by Mrs An
touietto Funk and Mrs sherman VI
| Booth of Chicago, Mrs. Helen Car
| dener. Washington Mrs. Mary g.
Bradford. Denver. Mrs Desha Breck
enridge. Lexington. Ky. Mrs John
! Tucker San Francisco and Mrs Ed
ward Drier. brooklyn.