New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-08-02
COP. .NOmineeW ould
Have Congress Amend
Constitution.
HE DEMANDS
QUICK ACTION
Believes Question Should
Be No Longer Matter
of Politics.

Charles f. Hughes captured the suf
frsgists yesterday by going mis- party
platform one better and coming ont
squarely for the Susan B. Anthony
amendment 70 the Federal Constitution
This is the amendment now pending
before Congress, which provides thai
the right Of citizens TO vote shall not
be abridged or denied on account of
sex. In indorsing the Federal amend
ment the Republican nominee out
generalled President Wilson in the
fight for the suffrage states. The Ma
tional Woman's party, which is organ
ized in each Of the twelve suffrage
states, will hold a conference at Coz
orado Springs, beginning August 10
and will, it is believed, indorse the
candidacy Of the ex-justice.
Intimations to this effect were made
Yesterday by Alice Paul, chairman OF
the Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage. She said that the confer
ence will determine how the voters be
longing to the woman's party shall
cast their votes in the coming election
and that their decision will undoubted
" be greatly influenced by the Hughes
statement.
The frst announcement Of his view:
on the Susan B. Anthony amendment
was contained in a telegram TO Senator
Sutherland, of Utah, and later com
municated to the women at tea giver
by the Roosevelt League.
Just what the votes of women NEAR
in the coming election can best be
Judged by the fact that one-fifth Of the
total vote cast for President and one,
third of the votes necessary to elect
the next President will come from spf-
frage states. These are Illinois, Cali
fornia. Colorado, Wyoming, utsh
Idaho. Washington, Kansas, Arizona
Oregon. Montana and Nevada. They
have 81 votes in the Electoral College
A majority is 26o.
Miss Paul Is Elated.
Miss Paul was particularly pleased
with the attitude of the Republican
candidate for President on suffrage
hut not whit more so than every
other suffragist, who now sees victory
ahead. after so many years of hard,
relentless and unsuccessful effort. The
suffragists in this city yesterday found
little else TO talk about. To be sure,
they had expected Mr.. Hughes TO take
the stand he did. because he had let
some of the women in on the secret.
But it sounded so good TO see his
statement and TO hear him give his
views in a way that left no misun-
derstanding.
"Mr Hughes's statement that he
supports the national suffrage amend
ment," Miss Paul said. leaves only
the Democratic party in the unenvi-
able position of opposing the enfran-
chisement of American women. The
National Prohibition and Socialist par
ties have already declared for the
amendment.
"At the conference of the National
Woman's party to be held at Colorado
Springs on August 10, II and ~. the
women voters belonging to the Wom-
ans Party will decide how TO cast their
votes in the coming election. They
realize that one-hfth of the total vote
for the next President and one-third
Of the votes necessary 10 elect HIM
will come from the suffrage states. and
that, AS n result OF the situation, their
decision as TO how they shall cast
their votes will be one of the big fac
tors in determining who shall be the
next President. Their decision will
undoubtedly be greatly influenced by
Mr.. Hughes's statement to-day"
Telegram to Sutherland.
The telegram to Senator Sutherland
was as follows:
"Your telegram has been received. In
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