Gunnison news-champion., 1915-10-22

American womsn's Suhrs0e Assscis-
ton end 9 spseadad sscc~ssor 10 tAst
grsndest Of oil leaders VI the su9raGs,
cause. Susan 4. Anshony. With the
utmost confidence and resp<ct ThoUs-
sads Of miles hos this ssrnest slnessx
woman Travelled. educstine. exh~siag
and working for the cause. until q last.
as the sao~s Of life . winter ere ~hIten-
ing her hair, success is noe sboa; to
crown her efforts and the cause. which
in the beginning Of her regime wss met
On every side with ridicale and coatsmpt
j. now the cause u much sax~ty to
the politicians, both To those opposed TO
suffrage and to those who, foreseeing
the inevitable Handwriting upon the
wall. would crsftily turn the move
ment to their own benefit
On the face of it one would naturally
exclsim, IAN time saffraxists would
want universal suffrage ut once. lis
true; We do. Eyery suhragist holds
constantly in her heart . prayer that
she may live to see that great and joy
ful day when the womanhood of the na-
tion shall occupy her true plses - .
citizen Of her country, but with . wis-
dom born Of long yesrs Of sod snd IN
xious experience, the great leaders st
last came to believe that, only ~ the
states themselves became educstsd to
the Justice of our cause, could sach
strength and impetus be brought to the
height that no power on earth could
thwsrt its success. That this WAS .
wise policy, The last few years have
fully Demonstrated. But, like every
great movement which hes been ,inaug-
uratedi since the sworId. began, there
have been those among the followers
who, being possessed with AN unreason-
ing impotence to taste the sweets of
success, OF who, being consumed with
growing ambition, would willingly
jeopsrdize oil to feed its ravenous
hunger. Thus we see . new movement
in the suffrage field, known as the Con-
gressional Union, which in stentorian
tones proclsims its allegiance to the
Mondell Amendment and their ''un-
altersble opposition" TO the introduc-
tion into Congress of any other amend
ment dealing with the issue of national
woman suffrage. forgetting in the ex-
umbersnce Of their delight, that had it
not bsen for the long years of educa-
tional work done by the great leaders
Of the NstiOnal Association, their en-
dorssment or ''unalterable opposition"
to any sort of m amendment would
have created not the least interest
The followers Of this new movement,
seemingly having imbibed TIE poisonous
cir Of militancy surrounding Us, are
planning campaign, not of up-build-
ing. but Of destruction. With flourish
of trumpets the claim is made Of young
blood, and truly We believe the claim
is just, for only on the score Of the in
experience of arrogant youth can much
that 10 being done by the Congressional
Union be excused.
1t boasts, does this young blood" if
the reports of its meeting in Colorado
Springs are to be believed, and SEEM
ingly without the least realization of
the incongruity of their situation. that,
notwithstanding the fact that the
founders of this militant body were
originally appointed by the National
Association as q congressional COM
mittee with plenary powers, and as
such COMMITTEES collected something like
fused to disgorge; said committee fur
ther betrayed the confidence placed in
them by organizing q new association,
using themselves as a nucleous and work.
ing in opposition to the National.
We are almost forced to cry out in
the acuteness of our sorrow that this
youthful ardor had done well to have
counseiled with the cooler judgment of
maturity at this crisis, for maturity,
looking back over the long stony road
already travelled. and seeing with clear
vision, would have pointed the perilous
warning of . house divided Mos,
cordial invitations to participate in the
deliberations Of the conventions of the
Congressional Union, both at Colorado
Springs and San Francisco. were sent
to women of all political faiths, but