Evening star., 1915-01-06
Hundred Democratic Women
Urge His Support of Con-
stitutionaI Amendment.
PRESIDENT OPPOSED
TO NATIONAL PLAN
Would Have Each State Decide Issue
for Itself-Mass Meeting Held
by Vote Seekers.

About 100 democratic women, many
of them voters, visited the White House
today to try again to persuade Presi-
dent Wilson to support the constitu-
tional amendment for nationwide
woman's suffrage. He had agreed to
meet them.
The amendment will be voted on in
the House Tuesday, and the call on the
President marks the opening of the
final effort of the suffragists at the
present session of Congress.
The President received the delegation
in the east room. The plea was voiced
for the women by Mrs. John E. Turney
of Nashville. Tenn, and Miss Alberta
Hill, secretary of the Women's Po-
litical Union of New York.
Mrs. George A. Armes of the District
Of Columbia branch of the Wilson and
Marshall League headed the delega-
tion, which included the wives Of sew
eral democratic members Of Congress.
and committees from Maryland. Della
ware. New York, Virginia and Penn
sylvania.
Mrs. Armes presented Telegram she
received this morning from a number
of prominent women in Colorado who
have taken a conspicuous part in leg
islative work in that state.
Opposed to Federal Action.
The President told the women that he
much admired their skill and tenacity
in their campaign, but that he had an
nounced before that he was opposed to
granting woman suffrage through fed
eral action.
"I have had lifelong conviction
that this should be done state by
state" said the President. IT would
affecting mems suffrage. 1 would he
desertfng my deepest constitutional
convictions if ] changed my position
on the subject. My views on this ques-
tion do not represent any antagonism
to the cause itself
position, Miss Alberta Hill of New
York told him that he had made
several perfectly splendid" suffrage
speeches after his nomination for the
presidency.
President Wilson already had ex-
leaders in the same place opposition
to the proposed amendment on the
ground that each state should decide
the suffrage question for itself, but
his mind.
Mass Meeting at Library.
Preceding the visit to the White
House a mass meeting was held at 1
o'clock at Public Library. The speak
ers were Mrs. Turney. Mrs ELLIS Logan,
Mrs. George A. Armes and Mrs. Flor
ence Kelly of New York; president of
the National Consumers League.
Among those to visit the White House
We're:
District of Columbia-Miss M. E. Me-
lick, Mrs. S. B. Mercier. Mrs E. 3. Dean,
Mrs. Lewis B. Thomson. Mrs. E. St.
Clair Thompson. Mrs. P. w. Won Dach-
Mary Sitz Parker, Miss Silvia w. Met
calf. Mrs. A. s. Maddox. MrsA Ellis Lo-
gan, Miss Mildred Koonce. Mrs Ella S.
Knight, Miss Margaret Killeen. Mrs. E.
W. Ions; Miss L Luella Hogue. Mrs.
Bertha Lincoln Heustis. Mrs. William
Graham Harvey. Mrs. Charles C. Gum
NELL, Mrs. I. F. Green, Miss Blanche
Finley. Mrs. Clarence A. FAINT, Mrs
Martha Fairfield, Mrs. John Evans. Mrs
Clayton Emig. Mrs: Dorothy Earle. Mrs.
coran. Mrs. ]. Edison Briggs. Mrs. H. c.
Cook, Mrs Rachel Tongate Beck, Mrs.
Cyrus Chambers. Miss Virginia Camp
bell. Mrs. Whyte, Mrs. Mcmillan. Miss
r.
Miss Ellen Robinson. Mrs. Teresa
Dean. Mrs. Jonathan Hagan, Mrs. M c.
Davis. Mrs. Laurens Prior. Miss Char
lotte Johnson. Mrs. Anna Van Mo1ler.
Miss Florence R. Lee, Mrs. Kate ].
Boeckh and Miss Marjorie Weaver
Maryland - Baltimore, Mrs. Sara
Brown, Mrs. w. J. Funck, president of
the Maryland Woman Suffrage Associ-
alton; Miss Emma Webb, Miss M. D.
Dixon, Mrs. Howard Schwartz, Mrs
Charles Ellicott, former president of
the Woman's Club: Miss M. Chair
O'Brien. Mrs. F. John Poe. Miss Fran
Chevy Chase. Mrs. George Wilson; Gar
rett Park, Mrs. ]. Ross Thompson;
Mount Rainier. Mrs. Mary Wilson.
Virginia-Mrs. c. E. Nicol, Mrs. Frank
Harper, Miss Bessie Hill, the Misses
Fanny, Julia and Marie L. Nicol of
Alexandria and Mrs. Leonard H Wilder
of McLane.
Pennsylvania-Dr Frances Van Gas
ken, Mrs. Elizabeth Wager-Smith and
Mrs. Mary Morgan. all of Philadelphia
Connecticut-Miss Florence L. Lee of
Stratford.
Cherew.
Massa Mary Wilson
New Jersey-Mrs. Mary Corrall, Miss
Julia Hurlbut, vice president of the
Woman's Political Union of New Jer-
sey, and Mrs. H Lukens and daughter.
Illinois-Mrs. H. r. Taylor.
Colorado-Mrs. ]. w. Hamilton.
Delaware-Mrs. Reuben Satterthwaite
tof Wilmington.
\ Tennessee-Mrs. John E. Turney of
Nashville.