El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-08
WILL PUSH THE
SUFFRAGE PLANK
Gen. Sutherland and Con
gresham Mondell Are to
Champion Suffrage.


M the day congress opens. Decem-
Der 6. resolutions for the adop-
ton Of the Susan b Anthony amend
ment granting suffrage to women on a
par with men villa ne introduced in
both chambers George T. sutherland
OF Florida will offer the bill I'm the
senate, while representative IT, w MOI
dell of Wyoming viii sponsor the meas
ure in the lower house
But before this the woman suIiraE-
lists will have well under way thelr
greatest campaign to bring about ma
tional enfranchisement OF the fair sex
The leaders believe this is the psycholo-
gical time TO strike a mighty dow
The amendment. which failed TO get the
necessary two-thirds vote IN the mouse
of representatives last winter by "a
slight margin. is named after the plo-
neer of suffrage, now dead. VINO IONS
advocated the abandonment OF az
tempts to force suffrage plecemeal ana
concentration on the one ann OF ia
tionwide reform
To start Campaign Nov. l6-
The campaign viii open on NOV. 10,
when suffrage conventions VIII De lelu
an over the country i'm the various
congressional districts and every lndl-
Vidual member Of congress VIII Lllil
himself the object Of determined u
polite. onslaught, made with the OBJECT
OF pledging his vote for the amend
ment-
Another purpose Of these gatherings
Tnr0u&n0QL the EOunAls VIII w AZ 80
a suffrage plank in the platforms OF
both the leading political parties En-
cry representative ana senator VIII
take the train for Washington win
suffrage arguments ringing IN MS ears
The suffra gristS think votes Tor
women" should be the biggest issue be
fore congress this season-more I'M
portant than national defence, the tar
if. a mercantile marine, or anything
else. For this reason they viii try 10
have woman suffrage acted on 1lrst,
before anything else is considered.
At the head OF the suffrage fighting
forces is the active Alice Paul who
has been leader of the congressional
lobby for many years her oLIlclaA
title is chairman OF the executive com
mittee Of the congressional union Tor
woman suffrage
The question Of national suffrage
methods bid fair TO cause serious
split in suffrage ranks. last year, the
point Of difference being the auNls-
ability of fighting officially any po-
litical party believed hostile 10 sur
frage. The party against which some
suffra gists believed the women's guns
should be turned was the Democrats
This issue is now settled. the advocates
OF neutrality toward the big political
organizations having won the day
United in Fight
The Congressional union VIII there
fore have the full support of the Ma
tional American Woman Suffrage as
sociation, a league OF about % local
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw is the presi-
dent Of the National and she and
Miss Paul viii be the two generals Of
the campaign here
Besides the doings in the two houses
OF congress on opening day there VIII
be another ceremony, when Mrs Sarah
Bard Field Of Portland, Ore. and Miss
Frances Jolliffe of san Francisco.
sister-in-law OF Rudolph Spreckels. are
received by president Wilson As rep
resentatives Of the women's conven-
tion they will bring across the CONT
nent TO the capital a great petition
urging nationwide suffrage for women
The two women are motoring across
the continent. bearing the precious doc
ument signed by half million women
voters at the Panama Pacific eXposi-
ton BY the time they arrive here
they will have accumulated about as
many more names. il is expected
Senator Sutherland is promised
hearing before the committee on Wom-
an suffrage OF the senate for his bill
on Dec. 8. or two days after the open
ing of congress Mr.. Sutherland is ar
ranging for an early hearing before
the house judiciary committee, too The
great suffrage orators Of the country
will appear before these two commit
tees and present their strongest argu-
ments-
Suffragists to BE Busy.
In the first week OF the congress
session. Washington will TEEN with
suffrage activities. There viii be all
sorts of gatherings. mass meetings an9
dinners. arranged by the Congressional
union.
The Susan B. Anthony pageant. q
great spectacle which will show the
stages in the long war for the vote for
women, will be presented here Dec 10
An important feature will be the ana
logy drawn between the negro's sue