Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-15
SENATORS HEAR PLEAS
OFSUFFRAGE LEADERS
FOR THEIR AMENDMENT
nr Shaw Heads Delegation
MAT Calls on Senator Charles
Thomas and Other
Committeeman
EVERY ANGLE ARGUED
uorkers' Cordial Reception Presages
Victory Again This Year in
Upper Chamber
BY M'LIss

r.stt1NGTON, Dec. 15.-That the
- "a Anthony amendment calling
~ Congress to submit the question OF
ran's acknowledgements to the state
nasiat,,res will meet with the same
tnsss Les in the Senate this year as It did
~, when It passed in the higher body
~ congress-, only to be defeated in the
,.rsr was evidenced, suffragists assert.
rN's. cordial reception accorded the suf-
&c allegation, headed by DR.. Anna
,,.n,. I'd shaw. which crowded Senator
rs.sies Thomas committee room at noon
.nsay and flowed over into the corridors.
wS,arindful of the protest launched by
,snroeentative Byrne, of South Carolina,
s.,,arday. who declared that the business
:, Inc government of the nation was be-
,ar npeded by the large number OF suf-
.ss,sts parading the halls and invading
80 offices in the interest of their reso-
,ston. the women appeared several hum
srea strong at the hour appointed.
senator Thomas, chairman of the Sem
-. committee on Woman Suffrage, as
,;s,sd nv Senators Hollis, of New Hamp-
.hlre. Clapp, of Minnesota; Catron, of
New Mexico; Sutherland, of Utah, and
iones of Washington, members of his
committee, received the delegates.
EVERY ANGLE DISCUSSED
Reasons why women should vote first
iss and for all times were presented
from every angle. Mrs. Pattie Rufner
r.kobs. of Alabama tore to shreds the
struments that Southern chvalry OBJ
,,sted woman's need for the ballot Mrs.
harriet stokes Thompson. of Illinois, took
nm The cudgels for the working woman.
Mre Carrie Chapman Gait, of New York,
h n mastery appeal pointed out that
because OF the tremendous vote cast for
errage in the four big Eastern States
A. the last election Il new factor had
entered into the realm of the great move
ment that should influence Congress In
seeing the expedency of passing favor
,blr on the Federal amendment.
others who appealed to the Senators
rere Miss Alice Stone Blackwell. of
Massachusetts,. and Mrs. Antoinette
Funk. Of Washington. Doctor Shaw In
troduced the speakers. Once more the
humorous element was injected into the
serious business of the conventions work
ky the appearance OF DR.. Mary Walker
me only woman who has the permission
, Of Congress to wear trousers.
Whenever she can get hearing. which
Isn't often, Doctor Walker opposes the
Susan b. Anthony amendment. Despite
ths fact that she was told emphatically
by Senator Thomas that she would not
be permitted to speak. she rose and de-
handed her rights. She was squelched,
10 the infinite Joy and amusement of the
"suifs" and the meeting was all their
own without the infusion of any anti
Element whatever.
PENNSYLVANIANS IN LIMELIGHT.
The splendid results achieved in the last
,scon by the Pennsylvania suffragists
are responsible for "A noticeable prestige
accorded them at the convention Mrs
Frank NJ Rocssing, OF Pittsburgh, who
was president of the association az
the time the keystone State was car
ried outside of Philadelphia. is regarded
as the authority on how a State should
be organized for successful campaign.
and her name appears with insistent fire.
quency on the program.
Last night she presided at one of the
most important sessions held thus far.
II was conference on campaigns. and
Ways and means were discussed of con-