Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-18
WOMEN ORATORS
AND ISAAC bARTH
TALK SUFFRAGE
ENJOYS" Eat and Speak in
Relays During One Hour
Stop in City, Cheered by Big.
Crowd on AIvarado Lawn,

rive women ana senator isaac
Barth held a rousing rally IN the In
tefest of woman suffrage last night
between 1850 and sac O'Clock on the
lawn of the Alyarado hotel The five
women were from as many different
states Of the union, aud were mem
beers of the party Of ''cnvoys' Of the
Congressional Union for woman SUI
frage who are touring the free
states OF the west In behalf of votes
for women. Senator Barth was from
right here in Albuquerque, and was
Just senator Barth.
II is not intended TO imply that the
five women and Senator Barth held
the rally al by themselves. Some
two or three hundred people. mostly
women but with quite a spfinlSling OF
men Ia the crowd, were present aud
showed their interest I'm the proceed
ines by frequent applause and eXcla-
nations of approval of what was said.
There was no doubt that the crowd
was in fun sympathy with the speak
ors.
Met by Committee,
The special ear containing the "en-
Voys" was attached 10 Santa Zee train
40. /, which arrived at 1880 o'clock.
II WAS met by a reception committee
Of local suffragists consiating Of Mrs.
Margaret Medler, Mrs A. Il. McMil-
len Mrs. II. II. pollock. Mrs A. g.,
Siroup, Mrs H. b. FERGUSON, Mrs
Abble Brewer Mrs. Cora A. Kellam,
Mrs. Felix Lester and Mrs, Johnston
No / does not carry dining car
and consequently Il was necessary for
the ENJOYS TO take dinner here or
clso 40 dinnerless Also, Il was nee
oesary that somebody among them
should address the crowd gathered
TO hear the noted women orators Of
the party. OF those who had come to
hear speeches would 80 speeches.
The "envoys' solved the problem by
eating aud speaking In RELAYS. Two
Of their number were told off to begin
the fireworks while the others went
into the dining room and had dinner,
and as soon as relief came the ladies'
who had been speaking stopped and
went into the dining room to set their
own dinners. by this simple expedi-
eat everybody got what they wanted
Miss Todd Principal Speaker.
The speeches were delivered from
the low wall that separates the hotel
lawn from the platform and tracks of
wall and addressing the crowd gath
cred outside, II was Mrs. Florence y.
Hilles. Of Wilmington, Del. who start
ed things off. thanking The women Of
New Mexico for the interest they
have shown la the suffrage movement
and telling of the experiences OF the
ENJOYS on their present trip and
the purposes for which the trip is be-
ing made. She WAS Followed by Mrs,
W. u Ascough, Of Hartford, Conn,
who spoke along similar lines.
The principal speaker of the pcca
sion was Allss Helen Todd of CALI
fornia. who reviewed In detail all the
arguments IN favor OF woman suf'
lrage and came near missing her din
net az a result Miss Todd. the daugh-
Tor OF California forty-nlner. told
of he history of the suffrage move
ment In that state. declaring that II
had It's origin In the movement to en-
franchise native-born Chinese, The
men of California, she declared, could
not see why woman was not as
much entitled 60 vote as a Chinaman
Western men. she said are broad and
liberal They will stand by You II
you viii get the question 10 vote,
she declared.
Nomans Place.
Alss Todd said that the idea held
by the average man opposed TO sur
frage is that a woman's place Is IN
hot Kitchen full Of flies. while his
place is To sail around town as he
pleases. buying a drink every once in
"a while 10 show his importance, An
other class of men opposed 20 sur
fraee she said. is composed of the
men who believe in putting woman
ON pedestal. That's all right for
while she exclaimed hut when the
woman gets 10 be about 40 years old
all shes got LETT Is the pedestal-thc
man Is gone.
The speaker declared that In allfhe /
states where the fight has been made /
the crooks and grafiers have heen
found voting AGAINST suffrage, and she I
denounced the Perose ring In Penn /
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