South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-11-13

In congress
"Yon also know what he said when
women in the suffrage parade at
Washington were insulted-that ii
they had stayed at home they would
not have been inSulted. Congressman
Mann has only recently said that he
favored suffrage and if the women OF
this country haven't done anything
else they have accomplished a great
deal by smoking out the leader of the
minority"
Then Mrs. Grace Wilbur. leader of
the Illinois delegation, gained the
floor.
THE Illinois state board refused to
blacklist Congressman Manu." she de-
clared. AT that time our suffrage
law was hanging in the balance in
our supreme court and we wrote Mr..
Mann saying we would not blacklist
anybody. Mr.. Mann answered us,
saying he was for woman suffrage.
Such measures as this only crystalize
the opposition TO us and unless we win
over the men who are now opposed
to us, we will never get the vote"
All Demand Floor.
A score of delegates were on their
feet demanding recognition. Jane
Adams, who was presiding, ruled
that Mrs. Mccormick might answer
each question as it was asked. She
did not reply to Mrs. Trout, and Mrs.
William SEVERN of Chicago read a
letter from Miss Julia Lathrop, head
of the children's bureau, to Mr.. Mann
thanking him for his interest in the
bureau.
Mr.. Mann worked against the
children's bureau in committee. but
voted for it on the floor" said Miss
Smith of washington, d. c. She re-
ferred to his recent bitter clash with
Rep. Helm of Ala, and said:
HE deliberately raised that rumpus
so the newspapers all over the cOun-
try would say he was for suffrage"
Then a delegate demanded:
why did you give that blacklist to
the press before submitting it to the
various state chairmen?"
Blocked Legislation.
1--WE simply said that the men on
the list had blocked national legis-
lation,' said Mrs. Mccormick. 1--WE
did not think we were invading the
province of the state officials"
Then Mrs. William II. FELTON,, chair
man of the state legislation commit
tee of Georgia, rose. She was a pic
turesque figure, little LADY with gray
hair peeping out from under an old
fashioned black poke bonnet.
4 want to thank the congressional
committee she said in a voice that
trembled with earnestness, and, shak-
ing both hands determinedLy, 'for
that is what it is for. DO have to
pet the lion when he is crushing me
TO death?''
College President Sarcastic.
Vigorous applause greeted this
sally. Then Miss NJ. Carey Thomas of
New York, president of Bryn Mawr
college, waxed sarcastic. 81 had
never supposed the state chairmen
were for the purpose of keeping the
real facts about our congressman
from the public" she SAID. Mrs.
Mary Crowley of Massachusetts pro-
tested.
THE effect of the blacklist was dis
astrous in our state" she said. Sen.
Lodges name led the list and the
next morning every Boston paper said
at the top of the front page 'Suffra-
gists Blacklist Sen. Lodge. 1t cost us
the suffrage plank in the republican
platform and will delay our getting
an amendment through the legfsla-
ture for 1 don't know how long"
Whenever you do any kind Of ag-
gressive political work your are going
to give somebody the excuse he
wants" answered Mrs. Harriet Bur
ton Laidlaw. There is nothing new
about this at all. The newspapers
print the aye and nay vote on every
important piece Of legislation. That's
all this was
Urges Loyalty to- Women.
LET US support our leaders," said
Mrs. Amelia Summerville of Missis-
sippi. ITO whom shall we lean for
information? To these women who
are doing our work so nobly, or TO
the men who have put US off for
years? I believe in loyalty To our or
ganization. Let us not listen TO the
oily voice Of these men who tell US
our leaders have ruined our cause"
This expression from the south
brought almost as much applause as
had greeted Mrs. FELTON,. Then Mrs.
William S. Stahl, from Congressman
Mann's own district in Chicago, de-
clared:
Mr.. Mann congratulated the Illi-
nois republicans for putting a suffrage
plank in their platform
The convention looked 10 Mrs. Nc
Corm1ck. for a reply. She set her
teeth and leaned forward.
MIR. Mann fought the children's
bill In caucus and in committee and
then voted for it on the floor. He
fought the white slave bill which
bears his name until the newspapers
approved it and then he leaped up
with his customary agility and adopt
ed IL as his very own. That is his
characteristic performance and he is
for suffrage now because he sees
which way the wind is blowing"
Speak for Blacklist.
Delegates from Massachusetts,, New
York, Connecticut, Ohio ard many
other states spoke for the blacklist.
At 5:45 Miss Adams announced that
the debate must close to permit DR..
Anna Howard Shaw. president Of the
association, to speak so that the dele
gates might dine before the evening
meeting.
The trouble with the blacklist is
not that these men in congress did
these things, but that we have made
ii public" said DR.. Shaw. 'If they
are proud Of their records they ough
20 be glad that we made them public.
There has never been such work done
in all our history as Mrs. Mccormick
and Mrs. Funk ana Mrs Sherman
Booth have done at Washington.