Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-09
Want the Vote Now.

nave come here to Hight with
you" the President declared. Immed-
lately the 1000 women present stood
and cheered. A few minutes later Dr.
Anna Howard Shaw. honorary presi-
dent of the association, with Mr.. Will
son still present, declared: I'VE have
waited long enough to get the vote. We
want it now. I want it to come during
your administration Again the great
audience of women stood and cheered,
waving handkerchiefs.
The Presidents pledge of support to
the suffrage question caused Mrs. Gait
to say, in a speech soon after he closed:
You touched our hearts and won our
fealty when you said you had come
here to fight with u.s.
The President did not speak on the
method by which he would bring about
woman suffrage, but said, I'VE shall not
quarrel in the long run as to the
method of it,
The women in their speeches also
failed to mention the question of
method.
The President was applauded before,
during and after his speech. With Mrs.
Wilson he sat during several addresses.
Fears expressed before the meeting
that he might be "heckled'' did not ma
terialize. At the close of his address
Mrs. Gait thanked him for speaking.
Feels Contagion of Occasion.
Declaring that sometimes he became
"a little impatient" over discussions
about the channels through which votes
for women are to come, the President
caused the delegates to applaud by say
ing: II have felt here the wholesome
contagion of the OCCASION
Mr.. Wilson aroused the greatest en-
thusiasm when he said whenever he
had come to Atlantic City previously he
had come to fight against somebody.
but that on his present trip, he had
come to fight with somebody" The
women in the boxes. the orchestra, and
the balcony stood and cheered.
The meeting came to an end with the
President and Mrs. Wilson standing be-
tween suffrage leaders joining in sing
ing patriotic songs.
In his address the President did not
mention his previously expressed be
lief thaS suffrage should come through
action by the states.
At the time the United States was
| formed, Mr.. Wilson said, only a lawyer
knew enough to run the nation, but
since the civil war the country has
been faced more and more by social
questions and women have more and
more taken an interest in public
affairs.
The whole nature Of our political
questions has been altered" he said
Speaking of the future Of the move
ment. Mr.. Wilson declared that the tide
was rising and would come to its flood
The President talked for fifteen min
utes, just the time occupied by the
other speakers.
President Wilson's address in full
will be found in another column.
President Recites Limerick.
After the suffrage meeting Mr.. and
Mrs Wilson attended a musical enter
tainment for the benefit Of Atlantic
City charities. When they entered the
rooms in which the affair was held they
were greeted with enthusiastic ap-
plause.
President Wilson threw the gathering
into a roar OF laughter by reciting a
limerick when called on for speech.
The President went to the entertain
ment with Mrs. Wilson, not expecting
to speak. He was reminded of the
limerick, he said, by the request Of the
man in charge. that he stand up and
allow the crowd to see his face. He
added, it was a pleasure to hear good
| music. He was warmly applauded.
After the President went to his rooms
an aeroplane few down the beach,
paused a moment at the hotel, and then
returned up the coast. Between its
| planes were large electric letters which
formed the name Wilson.