New-York tribune., 1915-01-04
SUFFRACISTS TO
SEE WILSON AGAIN
Part Of Renewed Cam
paign to Influence
congressman.

Washington, Jan. 3.-With the vote
on the Bristow-M -Mondell woman suf-
frage amendment in prospect within
the next ten days, sufragists and
"antis" have renewed their active
campaign among House members, and
the former will again betake them
selves TO the White House Wednesday
with a final appeal to the President.
The tentative plans of Chairman
Henry of the House Rules Committee
contemplate vote on the suffrage
issue on January -. He has ready
tor report on that day the special rule
calling up the resolution for suf-
frage amendment TO the Constitution.
That the House will not muster the
required two-thirds majority is pre-
/ dicted by the Democratic leaders, in
cluding Mr.. Underwood and Mr.. Henry.
/ They will vote against the amend
ment.
Mrs. Arthur VI. Dodge, Of New York.
president of the National Association
Opposed to Woman Suffrage. has sent
/ letters to Speaker Clark, Mr.. Under
wood and Chairman Henry asking that
/ the rule be defeated, but the present
/ disposition Of the rank and file is to
, allow debate.
The Congressional Union. in an
nouncing its plans for the White House
visit. said tonight:
"Mrs. John Evans and Mrs. Thomas
Stout, both wives Of Democratic mem
/ bers of Congress from Montana, will
/ take part, as we'll as Mrs. John Stevens,
wife of Representative Stevens, of
/ Texas. Other well known Democratic
women coming from various states are
/ Miss Alberta Hill, Of New York, and
/ Mrs. John +. Turney, of Nashville,
| Tenn, president of the Tennessee
| branch of the Wilson ard Marshall
/ League. The delegation coming from
Delaware will be led by Mrs. Reuben
/ Sattherswaithe. of Wilmington. large
| delegation is coming from Pennsylva-
/ MIA, including DR.. Frances Van Gasken,
I of Philadelphia. senior physician of the
/ Woman's Medical College; Mrs. Eliza
/ beth Wager-Smith, president of the
/ Philadelphia Woman's Democratic
League, and Mrs. Mary Morgan, wife
of the editor of The Philadelphia Rec
ord MARYLAND will be represented by
Mrs. Laurens Prior, Mrs. George vii,
son and Mrs. j. Ross Thompson, and
Virginia by Mrs. Frank Harper, Mrs. +,
+. Nicol and the Misses Mariel and
Fanny Nicol, of Alexandria.
PRECEDING tne lHttTNltN WIN bht
President at o'clock there will be q
meeting in honor of the delegates at
the Public Library. From here the dep
utation will proceed to the White
House in gayly decorated automobiles
Mrs. George A. Armes, Of this city
will preside at the meeting. The
speakers will be Miss Alberta HILL
| Mrs. Ellis Logan, of the District of Co
! lumbia, and Mrs. Turney."
Mrs. Dodge, in her letter 70 House
leaders protesting for the "antis"
against the rule, says:'
eve respectfully submit. therefore,
that it is unwise and unnecessary TO
adopt this special House rule, which
will merely give the sutfragists the op-
portunity of advertising their propa-
ganda at the governments expense. We
! further submit that it is a useless ex-
penditure of time and money for a
| democratic House to consider propo-
sition which a Democratic President
and a Democratic Congress and large
majorities of voters in many states do
not approve"