Middletown transcript., 1915-02-06
"VOTES FOR WOMEN! I"

visited MiddletOwn bringing Mrs. Edna
S Latimer, of Baltimore. Miss Anna
McCue, of Philadelphia, and Miss Mar
tina Cranston, of Wilmington, with Mr..
e. H. Cranston, of Wilmington, as
driver of the car
"We demand an amendment to the
Constitution of Delaware in franchising
women" ran the legend displayed upon
banner at the rear of the auto; while
before tile glass shield in front appeared
the words, ''Votes for Women Flyer.
Six suffragette flags of yellow, white
and purple fioated from the front, middle
and rear sides of the auto, and four
large yellow plumes added to the
striking picture.
These ladies held an open air meeting
in front of the Town Hall which was
addressed by Miss McCue, and those
who heard the lady says she made an
excellent presentation of her theme.
Our reporter unfortunately only ar
rived as she was closing, and as the
tambourine or that" was about to be
passed for contributions towards the
SIS daily expenses of the party.
With his customary liberality to every
good cause, Mr.. H. S. Newman per-
mitted Mrs. Latimer to speak to the
large audience assembled within the
Hall to witness his fine moving pictures.
The speaker stood before the curtain, at
the close of one of the reels and for
about 20 minutes engaged the earnest
attention of the audience who warmly
geeted her before and after her speech.
on behalf of granting the right of suff-
rage to the women of Delaware.
1t was fine, logical argument, pre-
sented in a sparkling fashion with just
a spice of piquant wit and humor that
caught the crowd.
The speaker said it was but just that
Woman should be allowed to express
her point of view in the government of
the State and nation, and suggested
that her coming would bring cleaner
streets, cleaner state, municipal and
national politics in many ways.
Mrs. Latimer told how at Washington
delegations of women had for years
vainly demanded. that civic rights be
granted them, and that meanwhile Con-
gress has given the suffrage to ignorant
negroes, to native born Cinnamon, to
Indians not gov ernment charges, and
even advocated ex tending that right to
the half-civilized Philippines --but to in
telligent American women-no-no-n
Here are some of the startling sta
tistics the address contained: Twelve
states give woman the right of SUFFRAGE! !!
W omen have voted for 46 years in Wyo-
ming and "a in Colorado; 1000, 900 vot-
ing women in the West, enough to elect
one fourth of the United States Senate,
one fifth of the House, and one sixth
of the Electoral College or go votes
there, which gives Woman the balance
of power in any national election as
closely contested as for years they have
been.
$50 you see," said the speaker,
Woman Suffrage is no joke. Her vote
is power and woman is soon going to
have the right to vote everywhere.
For Delawareans it is only a question
whether it is going to be voluntarily
given by the state or forcibly by the
National Government.
Again: "'You have So, 900 white women
in Delaware and it is a shame, an insult
to them that you allow 1000 negroes
to vote but deny the ballot to these in
telligent white women"
The lady's fine address was we'll re-
ceived by her audience. Mrs. Latlmer
has been engaged in this work II years
and declared she would if need be, give
II years more to the cause.
There being no means provided IN the
Delaware Constitution for bringing this
question before the people in referen-
dun vote, these suffragage ladies wish
to get the sentiments of as many citi-
zens as possible to present them to the
present Legislature in proof of the
strong sentiment demanding the exten-
sion of the right to vote also to the
women of the State.
We agree with these ladies both in
their just demands and also in their con-
fident belief that woman suffrage is