Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1914-10-30
HAYDEN'S TALK
ON THE UNION
Statement of His Own Posi-.
ton on Woman Suffrage
and Want of Relation Be
tween Congressional I'm
ion and Woman Suffrage

In a speech in the house of repre-
sentatives on October 10, Hon. Carl
Hayden, replying to the attack of
the Congressional Union for Woman
| Suffrage upon the congressional dele
| cation from this state, spoke of his
own course. He stated that on April
Il, 1913, he had introduced in the
house Joint Resolution TO- proposing
an amendment to the constitution ex-
women that was in terms identical
with the pending Mondell resolution.
| Regarding the action of the demo-
cratic caucus on the latter, Mr.. Hay
| den supported the Raker resolution
| for the creation of a committee on
woman suffrage by voting against
the Heflin substitute by which it was
defeated. Mr.. Hayden denied that a
| resolution was adopted by the caucus
linstructing the democratic house
against the woman suffrage amend
ment, and he said that if there had
been such a resolution he would have
refused to be bound by it.
| Mr.. Hayden then gave a brief his
tory of the National American Suf-
| frage association, with which he
showed the Congressional Union was
not affiliated and which does not
approve of the English militant suf-
fragette methods employed by the
new organization
Mr.. Hayden then presented the fol-
lowing statement by the National
American Suffrage association:
The anti-democratic campaign of
the Congressional Unions workers in
the equal suffrage states has thus
far proven a failure, according to a
statement given out at the local head
quarters of the National American
Woman Suffrage association yester-
day. The union is lining up all the
women voters possible against demo-
cratic candidates for congress in the
nine states where women now are en-
titled to vote. This is because of the
attitude of the democrats in congress
toward the Bristow- Mondell resolu-
ton that would enfranchise at one
stroke all the women of lawful age
in the United States.
Reports from workers now in the
field in seven western states for the
National Association state that for
several reasons women everywhere
are resenting the efforts of the I'M
ions campaigners
Dr.. Shaw in the Field
The National association, with its
president, DR.. Anna Howard Shaw,
herself in the field, is concentrating
its energies at present upon the fight
for woman suffrage in Ohio, Missouri,
Nebraska, the IAkotas, Montana, and
Nevada The question will be voted
upon in all of these states this fail.
This is the big work at present of
the National associations leaders. and
it is hoped it will result in a federal
amendment that will enfranchise all
the women of the United States Since
September l DR.. Shaw has been
speaking successfully in each of the
campaign states, devoting ten days to
leach.
Union Campaign an Obstacle
"A great present obstacle, however,
in Missouri and elsewhere, according
of Colorado, California, and the other
equal suffrage states, is the anu
democratic campaign now being con-
Quoted in the equal suffrage states by
the Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage. The influence upon the
election of the democratic candidates
in those states is reported to be neg
ligible; but in the states across the
border. where a bipartisan votes
for women campaign is being carried
on by the state and national forces'
the influence is very serious indeed.
Senator Helen Ring Robinson OF
Colorado, writing to Mrs. Medill NC
Cormick, September 20. says:
"'Out here we are not disturbed by
the Congressional Unions campaign
mean we democrats, and l can not
think at this particular time 1t VIII
have any appreciate influence in the
Colorado situation, since suffrage Is
in no sense an issue with us
Discussing the subject more Iuily
with reference to the non-suflrage
states. Senator Robinson wrote Dr.
Shaw in a previous letter as foiioWs'
"'Since my return to Colorado
have canvassed with some thorough
ness the feeling of democratic women
in regard to any possible attempt by
any suffrage organization to deteat
democratic candidates for congress III
the equal suffrage states as repuke
TO the national administration tor us
etand on the suffrage question: can
find no sentiment in favor of such
move The only women who declare
themselves in favor of administering
such a rebuke are republicans ana pro
qressives. MY inquiries among the
large class of Independent voting
women show that these women APP
nrove highly of the present national
and would be loath to
do ANYTHING to cripple it's influence
holieve therefore, that such attempts
,,,o,,1d nrobablv prove futile, at least
! in Colorado.
".Advices from Nevada and Mon
+aro whore suffrage amendments are
now pending, are to the erect tha'
anv concerted suffrage propaganda
of an conference.-the order would IN
evitahlv unite the democratic forces
j., those states solidly against the
suffrage amendments. That would
,,,oor tbeir failure in both states
What would it profit the eastern SUI
fra eists to defeat a friend OF suffrage
| in an equal suffrage state-senator
Thon,as for example-and to lose a