The Washington herald., 1916-04-10
SUFFRAGE CRUSADERS
LEAVE FOR THE WEST
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

in the crowd, and long cheers for the
Woman Voters League, for Miss Alice
Paul, the executive head OF the Congress
sional Union, and for Miss Lucy Burns,
whose tireless work has made this trip
possible.
The private ear carrying the delegs ton
was banked with flowers and equipped
with every facility for the comfort Of the
ENJOYS, Embroidery kits, balls Of yarn,
knitting needles and books galore showed
that the time between stops would not be
wasted.
At p m, the ENJOYS and 80 Of their
friends sat down TO luncheon at the Cam
eron House, the national headquarters of
the union There the enveys told OF the
work they expect TO do in the West and
how the suffrage amendment can be-
come a law only by the unincation Of all
the voting women and their male com
patriots int a power TO place the men in
once who will give all the women in the
United States the voting right
Democrats wemen's Targets.
Every speech bresthed the ire OF the
women at the Democratic party because
IL has failed 10 allow them to vote.
good majority Of the ENJOYS are Demo
cratic women, but they frankly stated
that such q thing as political opposition
should not stand in the way Of theil
securing the ballot,
Mrs. Richard Wainwright, wife of Ad
uliral Wainwright, was the official host
ess and introduced Mrs. J. A. N. Hop
kins, Of Morristown. n. J., as the toast
mistress. The diners adopted this reso
luton as expressing their unanimous
sentiment:
THE ENJOYS Of the Congressional Cnior
for Women Suffrage, representing 81 un
ehfranehised States, in conference Assem-
bled in Washington, on April and 8, 1916
appeal TO the 10000 enfranchised WON
en- OF the West. urging them to dc
all in their power TO press for the i'm
mediate passage Of the national suffrage
amendment. Only by the insistent de
mand OF women voters can its passa q
be secured. The fact that one-ffth Of
the electoral vote and eBe-third of thi
vote necessary to elect the next Presi
dent comes from the voting States, give
women voters such power as to make
certain the passage OF the suffrage
amendment IL they will unite in its sup
port
I'VE call, therefore. upon all our fell
low members from the suffrage State:
to assemble with US in Chicago on June
g. and S, to launch a women's party
which will work independently of al
existing organizations to secure the i'm
mediate passage of the Susan B. Anthony
amendment"
The resolution was introduced by Mrs
Alden Potter, Of St Paul.
VIII "Keep HammerinE Away"
Mrs. Harriet stanton Blatch, daughter
of Elizabeth Csdy Stanton, who worked
for years with Miss Anthony for the
suffrage amendment told the audience
II will use my efforts in the West as 8
voter to defeat the party that has gone
back on the principles of Thomas Jeffer'
son. And we will keep hsmmering al
the party at the Capital until We get the
vote And to Democrats I will say that
they must stand by the principles Of
their party or they cannot get my vote
or the votes Of thousands Of other wom-
en- in Kansas"
Mrs. W. D. Ascough, of Connecticut
asserted that the Democratic party
with a passion for liberty, soon will learn
that there is another political organiza.
ton in this country with a similar pas,
sion"
Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles, OF Della.
ware, said: Our suffrage bill for at
amendment has been called the cock,
robin in Congress. Members there have
been Growing about the fact that the
'cock-robin' is dead. But the politician!
will soon awaken to realization thai
II is the Democratic rooster, and not thu
'eock-robin' which has passed away"
In addition to Miss Alice Paul snS
Miss Lucy Burns the following
were on the train: Mrs. Dorothy Mead
Miss Edith Geede, and Mrs Jan,
Goode, Of Ohio; Mrs. Robert Baker AM
Miss winnifred- Mallen, Of the District
Miss Julia Hurlbut and Miss Agne
Campbell, of New Jersey; Miss ELL
Riegel and Miss Caroline Kstzenstein, o
Pennsylvania; Mrs. John Rogers. Mis-
Helen Todd, and Miss Anna Constable
of New York; Miss Anne Martin. of Ne
vada; Mrs. Townsend Scott, of Mary
land; Miss Katherine Mercy Mrs. Agne
H. Morey, and Mrs. Gertrude B. New
ell, Of Massachusetts; Mrs. A. r. Col
vim, Of Minnesota; Mrs. Nelson White
more, of Michigan. and Mrs, Perc!
Read, Of Virginia,
Flowers for the ENJOYS and member
OF the Congressional Union were dis
tributed at the station by several howe
girls, among whom were Misses Eliza
hath Smith IoH Narv,aa