Evening journal., 1916-08-03

Tho Congressional Union believes [
I'm nothing but RealpOlitik IL has
ideals but il does not wear them on
it's sleeve. Like Goethe, II believes
i'm facts. The WOman's party is "a
fact That very small percentage
Of the women voters of tho West can
decide the fate Of the Presidential
and Congressional elections is q fact.
That thousands OF women with
bralns. training. experience in public
affairs. determination and money are
prepared TO fight 10 the bitter end
for the Federal Suffrage amendment
Is a fact. That the Union has thou
sands Of voters pledged to stand by
the cause and defeat political parties
that will not do justice to women is
a fact u Is aware that it cannot now
swing the entire mass Of women vot-
crs. but it also knows that II does
not have TO swing more than few
thousand I'm each State Thus armed,
II does not beg. It does not wheedle,
II docs not whine. Il wages a trench
warfare with exactly the kind Of
weapons that men use. II knows that
no Othor kind IS effective. Il speaks
n language which the most seasoned
and cynical politician can understand
II has money and organization and
will and votes II does not argue
with males that the nature OF woman
is worthy Of freedom. 1t appeals to
women and informs men.
Dealing with facts. the Congress
sonal Union marches from achieve
ment to achievement. IT'S first triumph
was I'm 1914 when for the first time
I'm the history Of the country both
Houses OF Congress thought woman
suffrage deserving OF real considera-
tion in tho form Of vote. Il was de-
feated and then II carried the cam
paign into the suffrage States against
the Democrats whose party was In
power and hence responsible for the
action OF Congress. without organi-
zation and money at that time. the
Union thoroughly frightened Demo
cratic politicians from the West as
thousands OF letters and clippings in
the Union Office prove. The second
achievement was the first national
convention Of women voters at San
Francisco i'm September. 1915. which
was speedily followed by the an
nouncement that President Wilson
and the members Of his official family
New Jersey. The third achievement
was the formation Of the Woman's
Party at Chicago in 1916 and the
statesmanlike presentation Of the
woman's cause which won from the
Republicans the strong endorsement
OF the principle of woman suf-
frage on the ground Of Justice. The
great party Of Mr.. Lodge, Mr.. Crane
Mr. Penrose, Mr.. Barnes, Mr. Root
and Mr.. Butler, "as a measure Of JUS
| tice" favored the extension of suf-
/ frage to women. The Unions fourth
achievement was al St. Louis where
the Democratic party approved equal
franchise by recommending it to the
States
OF course. both parties sought 10
eyade genuine responsibility by fall
ing back on "squatter sovereignty
They endorsed woman suffrage but
avoided mentioning the Federal
amendment. Tradition has 1t that
Mr.. Lodge winked at Mr.. Harding
when he read the suffrage plank and
that the Democrats adopted the prin-
ciple Just to appease the Western
women" Apparently all that was
needed to take suffrage out OF poll
tics" was a new Dred Scott decision
by a packed Supreme Court But
those who laughed up their sleeves,
II there we're any such, soon began
to discover the inexorable logic Of the
position in which they had placed
themselves. The Republicans declare
that Justice" demands the en-
franchisement OF women, but the
party Of Hamilton, Webster. Lincoln
aud Roosevelt-the party that has