Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-06-22
HOLLAND TELLS WOMEN
TO MAKE MORE NOISE
second District Congressman De-
cIines to Favor Federal Suf-
frage Amendments.
MISS PERRY MAKES STATEMENT
Explains Position OF Congressional
Union and It's Attitude Toward
state Suffrage Associations-Jn.
v1tes Help on National BasIs

"hen committee from tho Con.
gressional Union called on Reprcsop,o
i've e. e. Holland, OF Norfolk. he ala
''o' promise. as they wished. to give his
support to the Susan p. Anthony
''''ehn'nent to the Federal Constitu-
uon granting suffrage to women hut
~, SaIe thefn some advice that accord
=" eAactlE with their own ideas
gu virginia women" he said "b,,o
Eot 10 use the tactics of tho nrobihi
tipnis's. Make suffrage the greatest
poi''icai issue in the State elections
Ut pressure on your Legislature and
Oh your representatives in Congress
ann you Will win. You can't bc 100
quiet about demand Ike this W,
nave got to make noise, and such n
DIG noise, and such n constant nois.
mat every Virginia politician know.
"hat you want and finds 1t necessary
to give II to YOU
EXPLAINS POSITION OF
CONGRESSIONAL UNION
In a statement made yesterday, Miss
Emily *. Perry. OF Washington. or
Ganizer for the Congressional Union
described the work and methods OF tho
''saniHhtloh she represents. referring
especially TO its desire to cooperate
with the national association
The Congressional Union for wo-
women working for an amendment to
INC United States Constitution 10 en-
franchise tho women of America on
IN" same terms rs mon" said Miss
Jerry 1t has come TO the State OF
virginia to call the attention OF vir
sinia men and women TO the rnct ina,
the Constitution is their property as
much aH II Is the property OF any other
state In the Union, and that virginia
women have right to request their
representatives in the United States
Congress to vote in favor of this
amendment
Tho constitutional amendment
which the Congressional Union is sun
porting is the old Susan b. Anthony
amendment. known in the Sixty-third
congress as the Bristow- Monden
amendment. II provides that the right
or no citizen in the United States to
vote shall! be denied or abridged on
account OF sex
The Congressional Union has only
sincere admiration for all suHragists.
and this campaign for constitutional
amendment is absolutely nonpartisan
and free from faint OF bitterness The
Congressional Union acknowledges
with grateful appreciation the splendid
work OF suffragists All over the coun-
try. and Of the National American
TO be allowed to work with the State
associations. feeling that the two can
be of mutual help TO each other.
INVITES CO-OPERATION OF
STATE ASSOCIATIONS
Many State associations are coop
Grating splendidly with it and arc
working side by side. In union lies
strength The slogan OF the labor
unions admirably hts the suffrage sit
uation in the United States. But il ia
also equally true that differences Of
opinion as to methods when the object
is the same are also signs OF the fire
Of enthusiasm and earnestness under
lying the movement. When did large
body OF human beings ever absolutely
agree as to methods? Individual opin-
ions vary and must always vary. and
m autocracy in the suffrage movement
is anything but desirable. The old is
good. and the new is good also. And
movements must be able to see the
exact point where the new becomes de-
sirable. and more progressive methods
necessary TO obtain the desired end.
I'VE OF the Congressional Union feel
that the time has come and more than
come, in the campaign OF votes for
women. when II becomes the logical
part OF wisdom to lay the Stress not
on votes for Virginia women. or Mary
land women alone. but for American