Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-31
WOMEN TO KNIFE"
THEDEMOCRATS FOR
IGNORING SUFFRAGE
They Expect to Teach Big
Parties to Respect Cause" !"
and to Garry Seven More
States.

WASHINGTON, oct. 31.-The election
to be held Tuesday will be the most i'm
portant to the cause Of woman suffrage
ever held according to both antis and
suffragists in their respective head
quarters here today.
Returns from 16 States will be watched
with the keenest interest Tuesday night
In nine of them. already permitting
women to vote, II will be determined
Just how solidly the women voters can
be held In line for "the cause" In those
States the word had gone forth to cut
all Democratic nominees for the Senate
and House, because the Democratic party
while in power has failed to put through
an amendment to the Constitution per-
mitting women to vote.
Among these States are Colorado where
four Democratic Representatives and one
Democratic Senator are seeking re-elec-
ton; California, three Democratic Repre-
sentatives; Kansas five Democratic Rep
resentatives; Arizona, one Democrat Sem
ator and one Representative, and oregon,
whore one Democratic Senator is running
for reelection.
In the other States the delegations are
solidly Republican already, but the suf-
fragists are fighting to defeat the Demo-
Gratis anyhow.
In seven of the States constitutional
amendments permitting women to vote
are UP. These are Missouri. North Da-
kota, Ohio, Nebraska, Nevada, South Da-
kota and Montana
Two separate organizations are in
charge of the two campaigns, one hand
ling the fight against the election of
Democratic Congressman and the other
fighting for the conquest of the seven ad-
ditional States
1.-THE individual stand taken by any Sem
ator or Representative or any candidate
for that office does not affect our atti-
tude In this fight" said Miss Alice Paul,
chairman of the Executive Committee OF
the Congressional Union for Woman Suf-
frage, in charge Of that division of the
fight, today.
I'VE are going to make It plain that
IL Is political suicide for any party to
ignore our demands or oppose the cause.
We think we will make such conclusive
showing In the nine suffrage States Tues
day that no party after that will dare
oppose us. We may not defeat all the
Democrats running for Congress in those
nine States, but the overturning OF doubt
full districts and the reducing of ma
jorities in big Democratic districts will
tell the story"
will you oppose President Wilson two
years from now?" she was asked.
"Our fight will have been won and for
gotten by them she said.
In the fight for suffrage amendments
Miss Paul said the best chances of win
ming were in Ohio and Nebraska, with
Nevada, South Dakota and Montana, in
the order named. The poorest chance
of winning was in Missouri and North
Dakota. Secretary Bryan and Speaker
Clark would help enormously in Ne |
braska and Missouri respectively.
At anti-suftrage headquarters Mrs. ]. |
A. Mahon declared the chances of the
suffragists were mil in Ohio"
I'VE beat them by $4,000 two years |
ago." she said, land, while there are |
we will still beat them |
badly In Nebraska we don't see that |
Bryan's statement will help them any. |
He has never seemed to US to be very
strong in his own State.
Word comes in from Butte that we |
have splendid chances OF defeating them
n Montana, and indeed we are hopeful
IF defeating them in all seven States
where amendments to the Constitutions
are to be voted upon"