Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-13

big help to the campaign fund
there. which only totaled $1,800.
That the war in Europe will have
a good sequel was one of her state
ments, and she prophesied the end of
czars, kaisers, kings, etc, and
democracy conducted by all the peo-
| pie. War; she declared, would be
considered merely as a relapse to
savagery. She expressed confidence
in the coming victory and said that
| influences women have not created
are working in their favor.
! "And it is a poor reformer who is
| facing the campaigns this wear with
any trace of doubt in her heart" she
declared.
The speaker told of European
king who had signed a measure CIV
ing women the vote, and she said she
was too good an American and an
admirer of her country's manhood to
see a king "outdo them in the busi-
ness of democracy"
Miss Blackwell Gets Ovation.
Miss Blackwell was given an ova-
ton when she rose to speak and told
of her mother who had been described
as a white bulldog" White, she de-
clared, typifed the purity of her
cause and the bulldog appellation was
given to the tenacity with which she
clung to her ideals.
"And she was best known to her
family; she was an ideal mother"
said the venerable editor, describing
her parent. She likewise brought
greetings to the diners from Dr.
Blackwell.
DR.. Shaw declared the chances for
success in the coming suffrage cleo
tions depends upon the degree of
civilization existing in the several
| states. Only civilization, she de-
clared, will bring true democracy,
and in expressing the views of COM
ing success she told of the pioneers
in the suffrage movement, many of
whom she named and expressed the
hope that they might witness in the
years to come the wonderful devel-
opment of the ideals of democracy
when women and men shall have as
sumed the equal burdens of govern
ment.
the suffrage?" is a question | have
frequently been asked" continued
DIR. Shaw. why, bless you, the
hardest tasks will come after that
has been DONE AS we'll you might
ask the carpenter. What are you GO
ing to do now you have bought your
hammer?' We must learn to use its
tremendous power for the right, and
to take full advantage of its oppor-
, tunities to better conditions. The Sc
verest test of our manhood and won.
, anhood will come in our development
! of democracy under the newer con.
ditions."
, Mrs. Hay was reminded of hel
early days in Indiana, where the Oc-
tober elections would prophesize the
polls results in November. New Jer.
sey success, which she forecasted
will likewise show the coming of thu
ballot in New York, Massachusetts
and Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Fitzgerald told of the enthu
sasm aroused by the duplicate lib
erty bell in the Pennsylvania cam
paign, which is having the desired
effect of stirring the people to real
ize the votes-for- women campaign
rests upon q patriotic foundation
One crestfallen autoist in q country
crossroads hustled for a bit of vel
low to adorn his car when the bel
, was halted, and finding only a ript
banana, hung that gleefully from tn,
tonneau.
l, Mrs. Colby said the opposition o.
women was negligible in the State
anu SIic quOlSu a. pOiitiSoi iceiuCi al
promising to crush the movement 81
it would not be resurreeted. Sh
, asked the men of New Jersey If the!
were going to let men of that typ
, kill woman suffrage
THAT would be an outrage" sh'
continued. Lets have the fight il
, the open. Come out with your cor
rect name signed to published letters
come on the stump and do not stant
for any underground fighting. w
f women come to you men begging 70
a free, fair chance in the campaign
There is a small group in this State
earnest and honest in their opposi
r ton. But we do protest against thi
9 subtle, underground fighting, this form
: of argument which is included only Il
( what is known as mems talk. We ar
:, in this fight for the cause until W
S drop"
n Mrs. Willard told many interesting
e "reminiscences of Mras Stone, and dur
o ing the auction ME- Willard was
;. generous purchaser of the souvenir
s put up for sale.