The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-14
But the Ladies Are Highly
Elated Over Victory.
Demands National Amendment
Enfranchising Women.
BOTH FACTIONS GIVE IT 0. K.
In View of Victory, How Can
5000 Be Silent Two Hours?
Radicals at Once to Demand
Passage of Susan B. Bill.

St. Louis, June 14.-Victory for the
suffragist in the Democrat national
convention today appeared so close
that General Updegraff's well laid
plans to keep silent her 5000 march
ers in the walkless. talkless Golden
Lane" demonstration appeared likely
to be shattered.
The participants had promised their
general faithfully that during the
two hours of the display they would
not utter a sound and then, in the clos
ing hours of preparation a tentative
draft of suffrage platform plank
rendered them by the Democratic
leaders put them in a shouting mood
The plank contains everything the
suffragists have been fighting for II
would put the party on record as ia
voring passage of a constitutional
amendment to enfranchise women
The plank as drafted refers to the
large number of voting women in
twelve enfranchised states. one of the
principal arguments the women have
been using regarding their strength
Members of the National American
Women Suffrage association were ex-
pressing their unqualified approval of
the plank today and representatives of
the Woman's party already have en-
dorsed it. The latter organization in
be followed by immediate action IN
congress but that, it was pointed out.
is something over which platform
makers have no control If the plank
Is adopted, however. leaders of the
Woman's party will turn attention to
congress and try to force the Susan
B. Anthony amendment through both
houses before adjournment of the
present session.
To Continue Street Speeches.
The plank was sent to the suffra-
gists after it had been scrutinizea
carefully by Secretary Daniels and
other prominent Democrats. The main
draft was written by a man who has
been active for both the suffragists
and Democratic leaders Suffragists
today planned to continue their street
speaking and demonstration and to
appear before the resolutions commit
tee Thursday They realize that there
MAJ be a slip between Endorsement of
the plank and its acceptance by the
committee if they do not follow it up
and they expect to take nofschances-
They will vigorously oppose substitu-
ton of a suffrage plank in any less
definite terms.
Anti-suffragists are prepared to
redouhle their efforts to defeat adop-
ton of the plank. Mrs Arthur M.
Dodge and Mrs. s. j. George will
speak before the resolutions commit
tee.
The Golden Lane demonstration
today was expected to stand in the
front rank of suffrage displays held in
the United States. Eight thousand or
more women forming a lane down the
twelve blocks between the hotel where
Democratic headquarters are located
and the convention hall through which
the delegates and convention ticket
holders will march, made the display.
All of the women had white dresses
with yellow sashes and six thousand
had yellow umbrellas A tabIeaux
formation representing the condition
of women in all the states and terri
tories in respect to equal suffrage was
the climax of the suffrage show.