The sun., 1916-09-10
HUGHES SAFER, SAYS
PARSONS TO SUFFS
Tells Women Their Best
Chance Lies With the
Republicans.
ROBINS RAPS AT WILSON
~ Shall Take No Easy Prom
Uses, No Academic Words"
fi lie Declares.

ATLANTIC CfTY. Sept. 9.-The forty
eighth annual convention Of the National
tvo,r., .. n.r,v .pd.a ,o.p,ph, nj
800"
Amseuns when was oecioeoiy an anu
climax. So many Of the delegates
,hoIra.d train. sor bom. a, the close Of
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wy o mo" 80
mot enough left to make much OF a snow
in the new Nixon Theatre.
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sesined 10 nave q depressing enect on tne
Herbert Parsons OF New YORK
: and Raymond Robins of Chicago. Their
.aass.... .oyraea s,p~,,,ar ,v tam. after
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: tso STORM anu S'resS OF inc week . oepa'-
ing and the enthusiasm Of Friday nights
meeting.
Afr. Parsons lost no time In telling the
SUNS his notifies.
: III am sorry" he said after DR.. Anna
Howard shaw rad introduced him. that
~. shaw did not explain what I am
an active. partisan Republican"
-" The woman suffrage plank In the Re-
publican platform. no told the audience.
was not all they could have wished II,
but Il gave him q vantage ground to
talk from"
~
SD1endld Chance IN New York.
II. a..,-.a tho .,rs tho, ho h.,,.,.a
tbey hs6 a sniendid chanca 70 min Nsw
Tnrt In ,s,s "" ""
.vow or;v ,,,r., .u A..
sC.ss you neeoed 'ast year. ne said;
ehen the Federal amendment is certain.
THE candidate who support you IL
entitled to your recognition Of his ser.
vice. I believe your best chance lies
with the Republicans. Your best chance
ltes With US, especially for the Federal
amendment"
whichever party gives us the vote"
Or. Shaw assured Mr.. Parsons. 'will
and ma NO, unmindsui ~ tho ..r,,,,."
Mr. Ros,ns .hs pro,r ns rSie sa,.
Who IN WORKING for Hughes m.ds a Ion1
.speech. chiefly about the social inins,,cas
or the age.
"Tni. Ia th. v~ouar,. aoo. a.. al,
"and / sh.l m On. iin,i, TO- ,na. 49,,
prom,ses the most sneedv .nyrar nh,.a'
i,ent Of women = .hsii ,aL. ~ 80,
promises. no Academic words" ~"'
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NJ. ROBINS said he had once Sat At
the feet OF Thomas Jefferson" but that
.msnt OF the Republicans. Part OF his
SSeNeSn va oeso'sG 70 which
Ss.u az 'ose1. mere was ehthusiastic
p.usS Ano cneer'hs when ne declared
~ method mat would pr1ng the
""v.s speeoy rahchiseme OF women.
w.tn nVt = oIssehiing voice. with the
OeMocTs.c women mia as doves. Mrs.
Lsst'o Snapnnan Catt put the National
woman Sunrsse association on record
se.osy 20 pledged 10 y resolution which
mssns practicaily the same thing as the
tSs , On grams. ShlSn the delegates
1ought SO stormiiy the last two days. In
u accepted FORM It reads:
Resolved. That the forty-eighth an
nuai convention Of the N. w 8. A.. In
structs Its Congressional committee to
concentrate all Its resources upon u
oetermined enort to carry the Federal
amendment through the last session OF
-She stxty-fourth Congress. 1t pledges
0e support OF the State organizations
ana ~authorises the national board TO
sAke such direction OF the work In the
CtsSes II may be necessary In Its
judgment to accomplish this end.
"The whole trouble was that Mrs.
Cats FIRST resolution was too raw and
Stunt In It's wording" said Miss Mary
Garrett Hay Of New York. Mrs. Cats
right and worker.
eSrs. George Bass Of Chicago and her
ceherts say the board has given way
. that the adopted resolution Is diff
fsrent not only In wording but in mean.
NJ. 30 everybody Is happy and agreed
mat the National Is going to keep along
to.Vs old non-partisan path.
Will Spend $500 900.
IN. sa00 oOo co,,sc,ea nj, ,h. ,,.o,.