Evening star., 1915-12-07
DEMOCRATS HEAR
SUFFRAGE ENJOYS
Other Congressional Union
Leaders Appear Before the
National Committee.
AMONG THEM is member
OF LEGISLATURE OF UTAH
Workers Are Pleased With Their Re
ception at the White House
Yesterday Afternoon.

| To arouse interest in the suffrage
propaganda and to pave the way for
| definite action by the democratic ma
tional convention in favor of woman
suffrage next June, leaders of the Con-
gressional Union for Woman Suffrage
appeared before the democratic ma
| tional committee at the Willard Hotel
| this afternoon
| The leaders of the Congressional
| Union considered this an especially
| appropriate time to take up this pre-
| liminary work in view of the more or
| less encouraging attitude of the Presi-
dent of the United States. who told
them yesterday at the White House
that he would consider the entire ques-
ton most carefully and would take
pleasure in comforting in the most seri-
Gus way with his colleagues in office.
List of the Speakers.
Those to address the committee on
| the subject will be Mrs. Sara Bard
Field and Miss Frances Jolliffe. enyovs
from the woman voters of the west
who reached the pital yesterday bv
automobile from San Francisco bear
Ing monster petition for the Anthony
amendment and who yesterday deliy-
ered message to President Wilson.
ana also Mrs Lily c. Wolstenholme Of
Utah. Mrs. Wolstenholme is a member
OF the legislature of her home state
ana mas the distinction of having in
troduced therein five measures in one
year. three of which were passed by
both houses and two of which were
signed by the governor. She and her
colleagues all united in impressine on
the committee members the enumer-
ateo advantages to state of having
Its women possess the franchise, Mrs.
Florence Knight Kelly introduced the
speakers.
The forces of the Conversational
Union, which yesterday ushered In its
national convention here with the in
PRODUCTION of the Anthony amendment
into both houses of Congress, with a
reception by the President and with an
impressive street demonstration. are
tltude displayed yesterday by the
president on the suffrage question.
Will Confer With Leaders.
On previous occasions the President
had fatty opposed constitutional
amendment for suffrage. and the en-
eouragement given the women by his
announcement yesterday that he would
give the question his most earnest con-
sideratfon was plainly evident in their
faces and manners ..,...-.. e.. =.
Mrs. Field, who with Miss Jolliffe, de-
livered spoken messages and the big
petition. told the President that he had
Chan ged hfss mind. and that the forces
int
Its development and changes on the
| national defense and other Issues.
In reply, the President said he hoped
he was man who kept his mind open
and that he expected to continue to
learn as long as he lived. He declared
he was deeply impressed by the show
ing made by the women, but that it
was impossible for him to take up suf-
rage IN his address to Congress, be-
cause the address was already in the
hands of the newspapers. He added
that he had decided to devote the ad-
dress to another subject than woman
suffrage. He promised. however. to
confer with the Congress leaders to de-
eide what should be done
What effect, If any, the recent defeat
of suffrage in the elections in the east
ern states may have had on his atti-
tude was not disclosed. but the women
were confident that their latest pill
grimage to the White House had been
the most fruitful Of all.
San Francisco Resolutions.
The resolutions adopted by the woman
voters convention held in San Fran
cisco September last. and yesterday
presented both to Congress and Presi-
| dent by the two envoys, declare:
The enfranchisement of the women
of the nation is the paramount political
issue before the people of this coun-
try and the Congress of the United
States
Therefore be it resolved. That we
| woman voters. in convention assem-
| bled. call upon the Sixty-fourth Con-
gress to vote for the Susan Is. Anthony
| amendment; and We pledge ourselves
to work for this amendment irrespec-
tive OF the interest Of any political
The Susan 3. Anthony amendment
offers the only direct and effective
method of securing national suffrage,
ourselves to work exclusively for the
Susan B. Anthony amendment, and we
herewith record our unalterable oppo-
| sition to the introduction into Con-
gress Of any other amendment dealing
with the issue of national woman suf-
| frage."
| Tonight's feature Of the convention
will be reception rendered the two
| ENJOYS by Mrs. .. H. P. Belmont OF
| New York at the convention head
| quarters in the Cameron house, to
| which members AND friends of the
union are invited. Miss Helen Todd OF
California is to be the speaker of the
occasion, and among those assisting
the hostess will be Miss Margaret Will
son, daughter OF the President, and a
number of other women of political and
social prominence.
Those participating in the big demon :
stration and parade yesterday, together
| with their friends, are expressing graf
ifcation over the excellent way in which
| the police department, under instruc-
| tions from Mai. Pullman. handled the
! affair and went out of their way to aid
| the marchers and make the affair q
| success. Scenes such as marked the
| demonstration March 8. 1918. were en-
| tirely absent. spectators being not only
| orderly and interested, but apparently
| impressed. The suffrage forces ex-
press appreciation of the efforts of the
| ls3 officers Maj. Pullman detailed for
| the parade.
| Address at Keith's Theater.
The suffrage leaders arranged with
Manager Robbins OF Keiths for one of
their members to speak at every In
termission during this week. Their OBJ
Ject ts to take Nazimova and WAR
Brides" as text in support o. their