Evening star., 1915-10-12
Give Politicians Pointers on
How to Run Campaign
in New Jersey.
HAVE STRONG BACKING
OF PROMINENT MEN
President Wilson's Support May
Swing Thousands of Votes in
Next Weeks Election.
BY N. o. MESSENGER.

NEWARK, N. J., October 12.-Talk
about your political campaigns. 'youI
spellbinding. wire pulling, camp meet
ing exhorting, red fire whoop 'em ur
hustings, a presidential contest isn't
one-two-three with the New Jersey
woman suffrage campaign. Why. II
Is wonder. and the women are giving
the man politicians pointers how to run
a campaign.
One week from today, at special
election, the voters of New Jersey will
vote on the submitted amendment to
the state constitution extending the
suffrage to women. This is the last
week of effort. and if one should use
the old familiar phrases of political
writing, made and provided in such
cases, he would say the campaign Is
winding up in a blaze Of enthusiasm
that is a "whirlwind f1nish"-one OF
our choicest expressions-and all that
sort of thing. But the terms are too
mild for this occasion.
Men to Get No Rest.
Every day and night for the next six
days every city and big town in New
Jersey will echo to the pleadings of
the woman suffrage orators and mere
man will be given no rest at all, at all.
1t is a great fight the women are max
ing, although it attracted but little at
tention outside of the state until Presi-
dent Wilson, Joe Tumulty and Secre-
tary Garrison announced they would
vote for the amendment.
In four states, touching elbows, the
women will battle for their rights this
fall-Pennsylvania,. New Jersey. New
York and Massachusetts,. The first
showdown will be in New Jersey, and
feminine hearts are beating high with
anxiety over the outcome.
The women estimate that President
Wilson's espousal of their cause Is
worth at least 10000 votes to them in
New Jersey. Be that as it may. the
announcement of his intention to sup
port it has aroused widespread interest
in the subject in the state, although
nothing was needed to draw attention
to 1t, the women doing that themselves
and making a mighty creditable job
Of it, to the disgust of the old line
politicians who are fighting them.
~ Prominent Men Aid Cause.
Some Of the most prominent men in
New Jersey are helping the cause
along with voice or support. Among
them are Thomas A. Edison. Col.
George Harvey, editor Of the North
American Review; Senator William
Hughes. Attorney General John w.
Wescoft, Naval Oficer Otto H. Witt
penn. and Richard v. Lindabury, coun-
selor for the Prudential Life Insurapce
Company and the United States Steel
CORPORATION and one of the best known
lawyers Of the country.
Included in the group also are Judge
Robert Carey of Jersey City. Seymour
State
tiles Aid and Prison Reform Associa-
ton; Cornelius J. Ford. well known
labor leader: Richard Stevens of Castle
Point, Hoboken; Frank H. Sommer.
mission: Senator Charles Oconnor
Hennessey of Bergen county: Fillmore
Condit. president of the Union Oil
Company of California. Judge Thomas
A. Davis. Austin Colgate. republican
party leader; Everett Colby. progress
sive leader: former Gov. J. Franklin
Fort, Commissioner of Banking George
La Monte and President Hibben of
Princeton.
Those Who Are Opposed.
Among the most prominent men
fighting it are United States Senator
MARITIME and James r. Nugent, head
of the wing of the democracy which
has opposed President Wilson. The
state liquor dealers association has
gone on record in opposition to the
movement. The only active propaganda
against it, however. has been directed
by the Nugent machine, the suffragist
leaders claim.
The state federation of labor, at its
annual meeting. refused to indorse
suffrage. but Immediately thereafter
local labor unions took up the ques-
ton and indorsed the amendment. The
workers in the potteries at Trenton
labor unions in Newark and other CEN
ters took strong ground in favor of it.
The pottery workers have welcomed
the suffragist orators enthusiastically
Much Of the support OF the labor
otherwise Cornelius Ford. public printer
at Washlnton. The labor men take the
ground that the welfare OF organized Ia
Dor is associated with the welfare OF
woman labor and that the latter Is heipeo
by the right OF suffrage.
The campaign in New Jersey in be-
half of the amendment Is being con
Quoted through the cooperation OF two
organizations. one the old line womans
Snaass Thsh Tha has
Ia abiished 170 branches in the state and
claims a membership Of over 100000
The other Is known as the women
Political Union, and might be described
as a flying squadron Of active propa-
gandists.
Furnish Lively Features.
The members of this body furnish the
lively features of the campaign. They
scour the state in motor cars. beat
M the towns with drum and fife. hold
the soap-box meetings. placard the
towns with posters and the trolley
cars with cards. They get right out
and hustle among the boys" for votes
and support for their cause. They
have scores of good takers. bright
| women among them. who will hold
! their own in debate and are the terror
OF the rough neck politicians whom
F, thew can talk to q standstili and some
! times drive them. of the platform
with sarcasm and ridicule.
| The women are depending largely
upon the support of the committing
ciass out Of Philadelphia and New
| York, and they are appealing to then
with car advertisements. One OF theil
most effective posters Is entitled '"Th|
Town Crier... and represents that In
dividual, bell in hand, arousing thu
good people to the legend.
| For the long work day.
For the laws We obey,
| For the taxes pay.
We want something to say.
| Another legend that stares the mel
| in the face from every billboard 10 this
You ask us to walk with you. tall