West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1914-02-05
WOMEN INVADE
WHITE HOUSE
Delegation Of AGO Workers
Urges Equal Suffrage
WILSON. SAYS HlEeS ttHE tHE 4'E9 llEg

Unless Democratic Party lndorses
Proposition He Can 90 Nothing. ls
Anewer Given by chisf executive.
"'nfluenes Your Party Is Advice
Given by peisGatiou,s, Leaaer.
Cause Given Boost in Congress.
Washington. Feb. 3.--Prcnident Wil.
son gave no encouragement TO a dele.
gation of 400 working women who
marched on the White House with a
brass bank and dying colors TO ask his
eu po.t tor Constitutional amend.
ment enfranchising women.
Twenty-Five OF Tie women were re.
ceived by the president and 1--WE, In
short speeches. presented tneiA-s t--rr>u
ments. The president reiterated tina
ms leader OF the Democratio-party 4
was limited to recommending those
things on which the party had made
up its mind.
While this Appeal WAS being turned
down, however the suffraFists were
having bottor success az the capitol
REPRESENTATIVE A. Mitchell Palmer
chairman OF tho Democratic house
caucus. issued n call for caucus To
act upon resolution 20 create "A com.
mittoe on woman's suffrage. The cau
Gus Will be held tomorrow night and
was demanded by petition To which
the names OF ffty-one members OF the
house were attached. The suTfragista
regard the issue OF the call as the
most imnortant ns far as etr<A
concerned.
The march upon the white House
was picturesque The delegation was
wodc up Of women from New York
pennsylvania. Connecticut. Delaware
New Jersev. West VIRGINIA, Marylr4d
aud the District OF Columbia. Their
leader. Mrs Glendower Evans OF Bos
ton, acted as spokesman.
II wos imnossihle FOR oil tho women
90 get into the presidents Office so II
wos orranrod that COMMITTEES OF.
twenty-five should present the appeal
To- the president while thu others
waited in front OF the execsLjr<n~
fees.
Mrs. Evans reminded the president
that more than venr aro M Sen
C'~' " Y she had d'scusved "A caunl
suCraro with blm. she eoid tho nresi.
do-f h0d cvHroeged himself Freely M
that time and thnt she had brought
awnv the imnrceg'on that his beliefs
differed but lltf'o from those OF the
advocates ~ riv'ng votos ~ women.
Tho PRECEDENT reminded MS Evans
end her conventions TINT he was free
then, but now he was no Icrger an IN
div'duni free e. rv- ress he persanai
opinions on tho subject ITo added.
~ am loader OF my partv and can
spcnk only as tho partr lorder and
until tho party eXprpssps itself upon
question 7 muf' be slcnt."
Don't wat TO sneak for your
party" said Mrs. Evans. "sneak 10
st. You have influence on your party
and upon tho country such as fow
presidents have had Usa Vour InGu-
enco u00p the rartv for us. we know
how great your influence is and we
know th9t y"u can do thines which
have been said to be impossible"
I'" "reg"o't orpeared - he nin"h
impressed with the remarks OF Mss
W'""'ow. the Pennsylvania textile
worker. who declared that she wac
ono ~ Thousands az women who haa
lost their healfh o.
Standing directly in front OF the presi-
dent she stared steadily into his eyes
as she said that many women arc
forced to work for so low wage that
they cannot keep soul and body 10.
gether and that often the problem OF
existence becomes for them a matter
of choosing between tne .set
streets"