Arizona republican., 1914-09-24
Miss Jane Pencus of New York Representing Con gressional Union For Wo- man Suffrage Opens Headquarters ill Phoenix TO FIGHT ARIZONA'S
 CONG'NL DELEGAT'N Women of Arizona Called Upon for Assistance in Obtaining National Suf- frage.-Nine State Dele gations Involved.

War has been declared on all democratic candidates for congress by the Congressional Union for Wo- man Suffrage of Washington. D. c. This campaign policy was decided upon at the famous Newport con- ference held at Marble House, the home of Mrs. o. H. P Belmont, the last week in August.
 This campaign commands local in terest because representatives of the congressional union have arrived in Phoenix to call upon the women of ArlZona for assistance Miss Jane Plncus of New York is to be in charge of the campaign here. Miss Pincus is graduate of Syracuse University and ever since her grad uation has devoted a large share of her time in working for suffrage in New York which is a 1915 campaign state. The congressional union will open headquarters here in promn- ent place, will unfurl their banners and will flood the state with their literature.
 It is the first time in this county that suffragists have entered a na- tional election campaign For the first time they feel strong enough to warrant such action. It was the winning of full suffrage in Arizona, Kansas and oregon in 1912 and the winning of presidential suffrage in Illinois in 1913 that made the agita- i tion a matter of national moment The congressional union of which Miss Alice Paul is chairman and whose executive board is composed of many of the most prominent women in the United States is an organiza- tion that devotes itself exclusively | to the passage of the federal amend ment enfranching women. They have been working steadily at con- gress now for almost two years. The policy of the union is based on tho Washington-at this moment the democratic party-is responsible fol the fate of the suffrage amendment just as it is considered responsible | for action on the tariff or the cur rency It is based on the fact tha' the government is a government by party-that the personal opinion o the individual counts for little wher in opposition to the party position.
 The record of the democratic party on suffrage throughout the sixty third congress has been. as is wei known, one of evasion and opposition Seven times the president, the leader of the party, has refused his power ful aid. In the senate the measure was blocked by the democratic lead CTS who brought it to vote at ; time when they knew it would b, defeated In the house the rule committee has consistently blocked the amendment-both by preventing the creation of suffrage committe and by preventing consideration O the amendment in the house. Tn democratic caucus, in addition, ha taken definite action against the suf frage movement.
 The Union Grows
 That the dominant party is respon sble for the action on suffrage therefore they feel that Tn the com | ing election they must convince tn dominant party and all other partie that opposition to suffrage is inex pedent and this they will believe they see such opposition costing then votes. The question was-to wha voting constituency to appeal to fo support What constituency woul show by it's vote that it disapprove' of the democratic suffrage record This brought the union inevitably t the women's vote in the west. Hardl anyone has begun to realize the pow CT of this vote, the Irish vote an , the German vote are counted upor but the woman's vote possesses ia greater power to affect national leg islation.
 So, now, for the first time, the con gressional union asks the wester
 women to stand by the women of tn
 entire country and end this sixt
 years of struggle All other issues l the tariff, currency, Panama tolls
 sink into insignificance beside it. N
 woman can make a higher use of he
 vote than to cast it for the exten
 | sion of suffrage over the whole coun
 try-and there is no question tha
 the women's vote can accomplish th1
 end. If political leaders find tha
 their party wins or loses at electio