The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1916-06-09
Now the Politicians
Woo the Suffragists,
Pleading for Support

The vote in Iowa on the proposal to
a extend the franchise to women was
II 137, 100 for and 49, 1853 against the plan
- fine showing for the suffragists con-
sidering that this is the first suffrage
4 campaign conducted in that state Anti
\ suffrage organizations in the east threw
+ their strength against the suffragists
& md sent funds to defeat them. I'm
\ haunted, the women of Iowa have an
/. 0cunced that they have already started
90 new campaign.
That this vote came out of the west
II b natural. It argues for it strength
! md ruggedness which is not found in
A ne east. There the puritan element, al
\ ded with moneyed interests, all per-
oAeated with semi-European ideals, Gre
I ate curiously anomalous public opinion
which does not lend itself easily to pro-
\ STession.
And now out of that same west has
eoGne the Woman's party, launched in
chicago first political party in the
world composed of women.
A II is the one suffrage organization
which has something besides the ques-
tionable persuasion of indirect infiu-
u ence" to offer in its own behalf
For 80 years suffragists have tried
& through all fair means to persuade men
n ~ listen to their pleadings privately
thrcngh legislative appeals. through ed
n l)ention and hard work-and the majority
AE men, east of the Mississippi, have
tnrned deaf ear. Only now are they
/ regaining their hearing, and the marvel
ous restoration of this important sense
4 n due to the fact that back of the Wom-
/ ms party is goodly share of the
34O0, 900 votes in enfranchised states,
md In the treasury is a new gift of
5000 as nest egg for future dona-
HONS to push the fight.
Since the beginning of the movement,
3 women speaking in congress and legisla-
\ tive assemblies have met with indiffer.
\ ence ridicule and, often, insult. They
Z have been advised to go home and wash
the Dishes" and have been told without
ceasing that "woman's place is in the
home" Now representatives of each pc
v 1itical party are clamoring for hearing
before them in Chicago On Wednesda!
representatives from the Republicans
I Democrats. Progressives, Socialist
and Prohibitionists delivered CLOWN,
speeches before the assembled women
\ pleading for their support. Each orato
pointed out the advantages to be derive'
4 from his particular party and his alone
\ the deafness was on the other side.
i For the Woman's party is organize,
for one thing, and one thing only-th
passage of the Susan B. Anthony amend
4 naent. which enfranchises all citizens o
the United States irrespective of sex. /
u stands behind whatever party will pas
!. this amendment, but it will not tie itsel
Il 70 any of these until it has full assur
& Ance of what that party will do. Declar
Ing for the principle of suffrage, as tn,
Republican convention in Chicago has
done, viii not suffice. What the womer
4 Insist on is definite, concrete action. They
Y want the Anthony amendment made Law
\ and will not be satisfied with anything
\ .olse.
Therefore, is it steadfast, immovable
1lEm Of purpose. Little can be accomp
< Nshed until all the women of these
y United States are accorded justice
f Never before have they had power il
Z their grasp and they have been obliged
Y - trust to the chivalry Of man and hi.
oense Of right to deal fairly by them
They have waited long and patiently
They have toiled and struggled toward
X this end and have gradually gained Il
|1utates, but that they must continue Il
nursue this humiliating method for an
1Aor 30 years, they do not believe
11co the new Woman's party, born in