The Washington herald., 1915-01-04
DEMOCRATIC WOMEN
WILL ASK PRESIDENT
FOR SUFFRAGE HELP
Deputation of Prominent Workers from
Many Cities Will Call at White
House on Wednesday.

As Wednesday. the day set for the
deputation of Democratic women to see
the President approaches, many promi-
nent Democratic women are joining the
ranks daily. They will go as loyal sup
porters of the Democratic party to ask
the President once more to lend his aid
in the passage of the BrIstow-M -Mondell
resolution pending in Congress.
With the vote in the House on the
suffrage amendment so near at hand,
this deputation of women promises to
be the most historic of the long series
of deputations which have been organ
lied by the Congressional Union during
the present administration.
Mrs John Evans and Mrs. Thomas
Stout, both wives of Democratic MEM
berS of Congress from Montana, will
take part as well Mrs. John Stevens,
wife of Representative Stevens. of Texas.
Other well-known Democratic women
coming from various States are Miss
Alberta Hill, of New York, who served
as assistant organizer at the Demo-
cratic national headquarters during the
Wilson campaign. and Mrs. John Z.
lTurney. OF Nashville. Tenn. president of
the Tennessee branch of the Wilson and
Marshall League.
The delegation from Delaware will be
led by Mrs. Reuben Sattherswaite. of
Wilmington. A large delegation is COM
ing from Pennsylvania, including such
iwell-known Democratic women DIR.
Frances Van Gasken, of Philadelphia.
senior physician of the Woman's Medical
College; Mrs. Elizabeth Wager-Smith.
president of the Philadelphia Womans 5
Democratic League. and Mrs. Mary Nor
gan. wife of the editor of the Philadci-
phia Record
Maryland will be represented by Mrs.
Laurens Prior Mrs. George Wilson and
Mrs. J. Ross Thompson. and Virginia
by Mrs. Frank Harper, Mrs. Z. Z. NicoI
and the Misses Marie L. and Fanny
Nicol, OF Alexandria.
VIII Meet at Library.
Preceding the interview with the Presi-
dent, at 2 o'clock, there will be a meet
ing in honor of the delegates at the Pub
lie Library at o'clock to which the pub
lie generally is invited. From the Lii
brary the deputation will proceed to the
White House in gaily decorated auto
mobiles Mrs. George A. Armes, presi-
dent Of the District branch OF the Ma
tional Wilson and Marshall League and
OF the National Democratic Women of
America, who is the leader of the depu-
tation, will preside at the meeting.
The speakers VIII De MISS Alberta Hill,
secretary of the Woman's Political Union
of New York; Mrs. Ellis Logan, of this
city, and Mrs. John E. Turney. Of Nash
Vile, Tenn. Following the reception at
| the White House, Mrs. Armes will en-
| tertain the deputation at tea at the Hotel
Ebbitt at o'clock
A large delegation from the District
will include Mrs. Ellis Logan, Mrs. Cyrus
Chambers, Mrs. Rachel Tongate Beck.
Mrs. II. c. Cook. Mrs. ]. Edison Briggs.
Miss Katherine Corcoran, Mrs. J. ].
Corcoran, Mrs. Dorothy Earle. Mrs. Clay
ton Z. Emig. Mrs. John Evans, Mrs.
Martha w. Fairfield, Mrs. c. A. FAINT,
Miss Blanche Finley, Mrs. l. F. Green.
Mrs. Charles l. Gummell. Mrs. William
G. Harvey, Mrs. Bertha l.. Heustis,
president Of the American League Of
Pen Women: Miss L. Luella Hogue, Mrs.
E. w. Ions. Miss Margaret Killeen. Mrs.
Ella S Knight Miss Mildred Koonce,
Mrs. A. S. Maddox, Miss Lucy w. Met
calf Mrs. Mary Sitz Parker, Mrs. Marie
H. Smith. Mrs P. W. Won Dachen-
hausen, Mrs. Edna r. Saul, Mrs. E. st.
Clair Thompson, Mrs. Lewis B. Thom-
son, Mrs. Z. B. Dean. Mrs. S. B. Mer-
cier, Mrs. NJ. E. Melick. Miss Ellen
Stone and Miss Virginia Campbell.