New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-08-30
WOMEN BLACKLIST
IS CONGRESSMAN
Nine Senator'S and Nine
Representatives on
the List.

Chicago. Aug. %. Nine United States
Senator's and nine Representatives
"whose opposition 20 woman suffrage
is so powerful as to constitute the
greatest obstacle TO federal legisIa-
ton that the women have to face are
named in statement issued here TO-.
day by the National American Suffrage
Association.
The statement is termed blacklist
by its authors. 1t was written by DR..
Anna Howard Shaw, president Of the
association, and Mrs. Medill McCor-
mick. chairman OF the Congressional
committee, and appeals to all suffrage
organizations TO concentrate their in
Auence TO defeat for reelection the
men named.
The nine Senators whose defeat tne
women urge are:
Brandegee. Of Connecticut Clarke,
Of Arkansas; Dillingham;, Of Vermont;
Fletcher. of Florida: Gore, Of Okla
homa; Root, OF New York; Shiyely' OF
Indiana: Smith, of Maryland, and
Lodge, Of Massachusetts.
The members Of the House OF Repre-
sentatives named are; Underwood, OF
Alabama; Mann, OF Illinois, Fitzgerald,
Of New York: Page, of North Carolina;
Galloway, of Texas; Garner, Of Texas;
Garrett. Of Tennessee; Hay, Of Nlr-
ginia. and Sisson, of Mississippi.
This is believed TO be the first time
In the history of the woman suffrage
movement that women have resorted to
g. blacklist Of those opposed to them.
reads the announcement. "The Con-
lressional committee has spent year
in lobbying for the passage Of ma
tional legislation which would bring
woman suffrage throughout the Unit
ed States.
I'VE have polled both houses Of
Congress repeatedly, and We know
how every member stands We have
gone further than that I'm the lower
house. where II was possible 20 obtain.
i'm addition. actual records of members
upon humanitarian measures i'm which
women Of the country are interested
"All OF this data will be placed at
the disposal Of women in the various
states. who are at liberty 10 use II
as they see fit. The women of every
Congressional district will be supplied
with the record Of how their Congress
men voted on the question OF an open
caucus. upon the various bills estab-
fishing and strengthening the chill
dren's bureau and upon the bill 10
wipe out 'phossy jaw from the manu-
facture OF matches.
an the mean time We feel IL is in
cumbent on US 10 name the nine mem
beers of the Senate and the nine mem
bers Of the lower house whose Opposi-
ton 20 woman suffrage is so power
full. persistent and sdroit as TO con-
stitute the greatest obstacle 20 fed
eral legislation which the women have
to face.
I'VE regard the nine Senators named
as the bulwark Of the opposition. All
of them retire in 1915, except Senator
Lodge, whose term expires in 1917. The
latter is so determined IN his opposl-
ton that We commend his case 10 the
women of Massachusetts, who have two
years In which TO organize against him.
In the lower house We have had 10
contend not only with the powerful re
sstance Of Representative Underwood
and his Lieutenant, Fitzgerald. OF New
York. but we have had TO contend with
the adroit opposition Of the minority
leader. James x. Mann. of Illinois. The
latter. In his appeal TO the women voters
Of the I'd District, has made II plain
he intends to capitalize his reputation
as author Of the white slave act. We
believe the women will be much more
interested in bulletin we shall issue
soon candidly with Mr.. Mann's record
on this and other special legislation
Resides the signatures of Dr. Shaw
and Ms. Mccormick, the statement IS
signed by Mrs. Antoinette Funk and
Mrs. Sherman VI. Booth, Of Chicago;
Mrs. Helen Gardener. of Washington;
Mrs. Mary C. Bradford. of Denver; Mrs.
Desha Breckenridge, Of Lexington, KY;
Mrs. John Tucker, Of San Francisco,
and Mrs Edward Drier. OF Brooklyn.