The Washington herald., 1914-01-23
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SUFFRAGE FORCES
/ INVADE CAPITOL
Women Rounding Up Sena-
tors to Vote for Pend
ing Amendment.
APPEAL TO MIR. WILSON
Delegations of Working Women from
Many States Will Call at White
House February T..

Delegations of suffragists. under the
were busy at the Capitol yesterday
lining up Senators to vote for the
pending Federal amendment now on
passage through the Senate.
Miss Lucy Burns. vice chairman of
the Congressional Union, primarily or
ganized to further the suffrage amend
ment. was also busy at the same task.
It was an agile Senator who escaped
gentle lobbying on the part Of these
two suffrage flying squadrons.
Optimism over the woman suffrage
] situation in the Senate was expressed
last night by Mrs. Mccormick. who is
chairman of the national Congressional
committee. Mrs. Mccormick said:
Find Unexpected support.
| "A canvass of the Senators, with a
view to ascertaining thefr sentiments
upon the proposed suffrage amendment
has revealed unusual and unexpected
strength in quarters where ii was least
expected Senators who for years have
been presumed to be unalterably OPP
posed to legislation of this nature now
have the question under discussion.
Senator Ashurst, closely cooperating
hours address, putting the entire argu-
ment in favor of feminine votes in such
convincing and forcefuI way that our
cause in the Senate has gained new and
powerful advocates. II will be brought
| to a vote at an early date
The Congressional Committee of the
National American Woman Suffrage As
ISOLATION is indeed indebted to the SEN
| ate Committee on Woman Suffrage for
t,asr- s,lrf Iah in ha
Will Call on President.
Mrs. Jessie Hardy Stubbs, director OF
publicity of the Congressional Union,
yesterday announced that a deputation
of women workers coming from the
various industrial States will walt upon
the President February ?. at which time
they will ask him to lend his support to
the suffrage bill
Since this is the first deputation of
working women to wait upon a Presi-
dent the whole country will look for
ward with great interest to the Presi-
dents reply. Large delegations are be-
ing organized in New York, New Jersey.
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland. Con-
necticut. Virginia, West Virginia. and
other States. Miss Doris Stevens will
go TO Baltimore January % to organize
the workers from that city.
Mrs Glendower Evans, of Boston; Mrs.
Raymond Robins. of Chicago, and Mrs.
Mary Beard, of New York City, ali
prominently identified with the organiza-
ton of women's trade union leagues
throughout the country, will be among
the labor leaders to join the deputation.
They will arrive February /. and will
be met by members of the Congressional
Union. They will be rendered a recep-
ton at the Brighton Hotel when Senators
and Representatives identified with the
labor movement will receive them.
Omcials VIII BE Present.
Among others there will be Senator and
Mrs. La Toilette, Senator and Mrs. owen.
Representative and Mrs. Keating, of
Colorado; Representative and Mrs. Mac
Donald, of Michigan; William Wilson,
Secretary of Labor; Louis Post. Assistant
Secretary Of Labor. and Samuel Gcmpers.
president CT American Federation of
Labor.
Mrs. Sutherland, wife of Senator Suth-
erland, of Utah. will introduce Mrs. Ia
Toilette, the principal speaker of the aft
ernoon.
On Monday morning at 10 o'clock there
will be a preliminary mass meeting at
the Public Library, at which Mrs. Glen
dover Evans. Mrs. Raymond Robins, and
others will speak.
The deputation will then go to the
White House. where the President will
receive them.