Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-21
Undismayed by Result in New
Jersey, They Enter Cam
paign With Zeal.
STEPS ARE TO.BE TAKEN
TO Minimize FRAUDS
Appeal for Support Of Suffrage Is
Made to Organized Labor-Cath-
ole Society Enlists.
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

BY N. u. MESocN0Lo.
NEW YORK, October 21-The nrst
forty-eight hours after the defeat Oh
woman suffrage in New Jersey have de-
veloped a remarkable impetus to the
campaign In this state on that ISSUE
which will be decided at the polls NO
vember q The defeat in New Jersey
Is attributed to the influence OF ele-
ments which lie at the very founding
of the demand of women for the right
of suffrage.
Contributions of money and offers OF
assistance are pouring into the lap OF
the women's organization in Ne" LOT X
from women in all stages OF soclety
and civic life. together with adoltional
assurances of support from men WIZ
will have votes to cast In behail oI lhe
cause at the coming election
The truly admirable campaign com
mittees which are conducting the nsni
for suffrage along practical poilticdi
lines are taking leaves from the lesson
taught in the New Jersey election and
Tightening up their organization iines'
Steps-will be taken to minimize fraud,
as the conviction is strong that party
machinery opposition to the cause VIII
employ as far as possible all its ia
miliar appliances.
Alleged Effect on Labor Ranks.
The woman managers say that the
New Jersey defeat has aroused to bit
terness the men in labor circles. who
are contending for the extension Of
suffrage to their fellowworkers as
strengthening Of their own protection
against party machine politics.
A wide class cleavage Is being
wrought among women by the penden-
cy of the suffrage campaign. and it is
taking on sinister aspect The WON
en- charge that the opposition to their
demand for the ballot by members Of
their own sex comes principally from
the leisure class-from women in the
protected environment, who lack SYM
pathy for the round million OF wage
earning women who constitute one
third of the total number of women in
New York state.
In the teeming sweat shops of the
East Side, in the crowded cloak and
buildings from 18th street to AID street
and in the innumerable factories
throughout the state, where men and
women toll side by side, this feeling
and the male voters witness day by
day object lessons in the application
of the arguments advanced by the
woman campaigners.
Feature of the Argument.
One leading feature of the demand for
suffrage is that it's granting will give
labor added influence in politics and
weaken the power of the machine con-
trolled by politicians whose sympathies
are not always with the under dog.
An interesting feature of the cam
paign is the formal entry into the fight
of an organization of women of the
Catholic Church. The st. Catherine We'll
fare Association of this city. which has
fra fol-
lowing call:
I'VE call upon Catholic working wom-
en- to realize that the workingmen of
the state of New Jersey politically be-
trayed them.
I'VE call upon them to make it
known that class legislation. when
confined to sex. does not protect.
1--WE call upon the leisure and edu-
Gated classes of Catholic women to
march in the suffrage parade as a
protest against the forces which men,
ace morality, good government and the
home"
The city is witnessing spectacular
and impressive campaign carried on
by the women, which is growing in
momentum all the time, and is eX-
pected to take whirlwind proportions
after the big suffrage parade next Sat-
urday. Day and night, from the Bat
terry to the Bronx and East Side to
West Side, the women are holding
street-corner meetings. which attract
crowds of the curious.
Hope to Convert Scoffers.
Some who come to jeer may perhaps
return to vote on election day, the
women hope, and at any rate they are
putting forth efforts for the CONVEX
sion of the scoffers, which efforts are
worthy of any cause. The takers in
clude many women of ability in that
line and they make interesting ad-
dresses, many of which would seem to
be convincing by the applause from
the male auditors.
OF course. however. some of these
momentarily enthused hearers may
borrow from the women the right 20
change their minds and exert it on
election day when the regular district
leader or precinct captain coldly. de-
mands a show down as to how the con-
vert intends to vote.
That is what the women fear-the
machine organization which is likely
to be turned against them especially In
this city. But they are going ahead
bravely, determined to make the best
fight possible. looking to the future
for reward