Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1916-11-15
SUFFRACISTS now
NATIONAL issue
Miss Vernon Says Women
Have Gained Decided
Victory
MISS PAUL HERE
FOR CONFERENCE

Miss Mabel Vernon, field secretary
for the National Congressional Union.
arrived in this city last evening from
Reno, Nevada. where she did active
suffrage work for the past six months
She Is staying with her mother. Mrs.
Mary Vernon at No. 703 West Nine
teenth street 'and will remain here
possibly several weeks.
In an iterview this morning with
representative of THE EVENING
JOURNAL, Miss Vernon said that
while she was not greatly elated over
the election, she. nevertheless, cOnsid-
erred that the women Of this country
have accomplished a very great deal.
and she furthermore considered that
they have gained a decided victory. in
asmuch as they have succeeded i'm
making the national suffrage amend
ment a national political issue"
1.-THE fact that i'm a national political
election the national suffrage amend
ment was made a national campaign
issue is a decided victory" said Miss
Vernon in her characteristicall en-
thusiastic manner. "and the amount
Of time. money and energy which the
Democrats spent upon This issue eX-
pressive Of their attitude toward it
during this campaign proves to us
that we have gotten under their
skins she added.
Miss Vernon said that the peace
and prosperity slogan Of the Wilson
party is what gave Wilson so many
women's votes in the suffrage States.
But please said Miss Vernon at
this point, make it plain that the
Womans Party did not support
Hughes any more than it did Benson.
the Socialist candidate. or Hanley.
the Prohibitionist candidate. as both
of those men as well as Hughes had
declared themselves in favor Of fed
eral suffrage amendment We were
not Republican but merely anti Dem
ocratic and throughout the entire
campaign we stood for our non-par-
tisan policy We feel satisfied if for
no other reason than we have cast
against the Democrats our protest
vote and we are elated over the fact
that suffrage n this campaign was
made a. national political issue Ger
tain il is il can never be ignored
again."
One night In Reno. said Miss Yer
non, she was forced TO stand on a
chair on a street corner for two and
one-half hours before she could even
start to speak owing to the bowls
and cheers Of a Wilson crowd The
Democrats throughout the West. Miss
Vernon said, were known as the
Fear the Truth Party" as they re-
fused in many Instances to allow the
women to speak being afraid that
what the women said concerning
their administration would go against
them.
Miss Vernon cast her first vote in
Nevada at this election and she said
she felt very much impressed and
conscientious over IT, When asked
for whom she voted Miss Vernon
laughed and said "she didn't vote for
wilson She said nine men told her
hey were going TO challenge her vote
but not one of them did so. It took
her. she said. about TWO minutes TO
vote.
Congress opens on December and
Miss Vernon win go down TO Washing
ton 10 be present at its opening.
Miss Alice Paul chairman of the Ma
tioual Congressional Union. with head
quarters at Washington, was VIII
mington visitor today She arrived all
45 O'Clock This afternoon and was met
at the station hy Miss Mabel Vernon
and Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles, StateI
chairman of the Congressional Union. AL
conference of the three suffrage workers.
was held at Congressional Union Head
quarters. No. 70G King street this after
noon. Plans for future work incidental
TO this State and elsewhere were dis
cussed