The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-01
CON ICUT
 RAGE NEWS
"A a. Pnrritt1

TodaW ls suffrage day-a day la most as we'll marked in the calen dar pr the United States as Labor Day In ahe snefra&e states 1t takes the form pf re5ofcings over the enfranchtsem ment of the women. In the states where Inc women have not yet won full rit1zenshap right, 1t is 8 day of dem pnstratfons and sparadas, to show the heteruzuakion of the women to win Inc vote. Tn Connecticut this year there Is no concerted demonstration Cor sunrage Day The reason for this Is that Connecticut women are pour- Ing dnes New York, Massachusetts and New Jersey to help in the cam paagn demonstrations in these three states. In Massachusetts dennonstra- lions are being held in almost every town and city. and special efforts to snsure success are reported from Newbuz-ypo port and Fall River. In Jew York and New Jersey also the dem 5nstraf lions are all over the states, not concentrated in single cities, and these demonstrations will be more wide spread than in any previous
 The biggest suffrage demonstration however Of May 1st of this year is ln Philladelphia. where the Pennsy1- vania suffragfsts are making Q great and special effort The parade there is to be led by Dr. Anna Shaw, the; veteran president of the National American Woman Suffrage Associa lion.
 Sympathy for this demonstration is being shown by employers of women and girls all over the city and the great army Of employees of the John Wanannaker department store are. given perm ufsston to march in the pro- eessfon without suffering any reduce ton of wages son account of their ab- sence rom work for several hours. A parade for clean up week in Phila- delphia had been arranged by Chief Eonneu of the Bureau of Highways, but finding that this confIcted with fhe plans Of the suffragists, Chief Connell changed his date and held his parade on Thursday. The parade will end at the Metropolitan Opera House where a mass meting will be held. which vii be addressed by pr. Anna Shaw, Mrs Antoinette Funk and Mime. Malnburg of Finland This follows the procedure Of the Suffrage parade h Hartford last May, when the mass Fneting was held in the Park Casino and addressed by Mrs New ork.
 A notable suffrage event in New r orlz city this month is the Suffrage Day at the Polo Grounds on May 1Sth-. ArrangeInents for this. have been made with Manager John J McGraW
 
 Another convert to the cause who has prOmised to use his Influence for the cause is ChrIsty Mathewson, the fa+- nous pitcher. On suffrage Gay the women have contracted to sell 5000 seats and 25 boxes the boxes re- tickets the women are forming teams of nine each taking charge of q cer- tain number Of the tickets
 Mrs. H. o. Hayemeyer of Green- EVTich is one of the Connecticut women fzVlao is throwing most of her energy Just now into the campaign in New York Mrs. Havemeyer made her first suffrage speech in her own home in Greenwich last winter; but since then she she has come ont more boldly and is now speaking frequently for the suffragists- Her speeches are usually short but they contain the whole essence of the suffrage propa- sanda. Here is one given last week ,. in New ork city:-rI want suffrage politicalIy, legally, civicaIly and nas- tlrally. I want it politically because l have as much right to it as the first man that set foot on Plymouth Rock It want it legally because I belivee that women should have d voice in the laws under which they live. [ want it civically because, after all, weW omen have a great task on sOuFs hands We have to bring up E men and we want them brought up under right conditions, and I want it naturally because am a citizen of the, United States Some men say they do not want to see women at the polls but did you ever hear one say that he did not want to see a woman pay taxes They have as much right to vote as to pay taxes, and fur .thermore they are going to vote ?
 The last sentence contains really the whole digest Of the matter. wo- men are going to vote. A very large and ever growing percentage of wo- men have made up. their minds on $ that point. And when a wonan's s 2 mind is made ID there is no peace until she gets her way. When the way is en1inent1y right and just, why proIeng the agitation and the turm- oil. Women are going to vote, and it would be just as well to let them 2 do H now as to carry on a. losing contest in order to prevent them doing E zt for a few months or years longer.
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