The Cordova daily times., 1916-07-31
W0MAN'S PARTY TAKE HAND IN
 POLITICS


 equal suffrage, promising the most ac tive participation of women in national politics in American history. will be planned when woman suffrage leaders militants and pacifists, meet at Colo rado Springs for a three day confer ence of the National Womans Party August 1912. The conference will consider what policy the new sui frage party organized last June al Chicago, shall adopt in the coming campaign to secure submission to the states by congress a national suffrage constitutional amendment,
 Whether support. to the Democratic Republican or Progressive parties will be given by women favoring nation. al suffrage amendment, leaders here declare. will be definitely decided at the Colorado Springs conference. While the conference called is primar- fly for officers and leaders in the sui frage campaign, it is expected that hundreds of women of the rank and file of suffrage workers will attend.
 Miss Anne Martin, of Nevada, chair man of the Woman's Party, will pre- side, and addresses will be made by many women prominent in the suf- frage propaganda.
 Plans have already been completed | for the campaign of the Woman's Party in the twelve suffrage states, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas. Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyom- ing. Headquarters will be at Chicago, in charge of Miss Martin.
 A campaign fund, which is expected to reach the $50O.000 mark, is also being collected by Mrs. o. H. P Bel mont, of New York. State campaign managers have been selected, and large array of stump speakers chosen. 1 Each will tour all of the suffrage states. Mrs. Charlotte Perkins, Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr, Mrs. Harriet Stan ton Blatch, Miss Rose Winslow and Miss Crystal Eastman, of New York, and Mrs. J. A. H. Hopkins, Of Morris town, N. J., are among the speakers.
 The speakers will be carefully routed and a publicity campaign, with much literature appealing to voting women of the western suffrage states will be circulated. Political cartoons by Mrs Nina F. Allender, said to be the only woman political cartoonist in the country, will be feature.
 Whether these campaign forces will be thrown for or against the nominees of existing political parties or whether an independent ticket will be formed is the decision to be made at the Colo rado Springs conference. The status of the national suffrage amendment in congress also will be considered at the opening session August 10. It is expected that by that time congress will be on the point of adjourning, and the fate of the Susan B. Anthony amendment probably known. Should 1 the Democrats in control of congress fail to act upon it, leaders here de- clared that will be an important factor in the probable decision regarding | support of or opposition to the Demo cratic party by the Woman's Party.
 "Suffragists will judge the Demo cratic party by its deeds and not by it's promises, since being the party in power it has had and still has the power to pass the federal amendment" was the statement of Miss Alice Paul, chairman of the Congressional Union. l DuTlnS lHe LiESL udy oOo5aoh @~ Colorado Springs, Miss Maud Younger, of California, secretary of the Con gressional Unions advisory commit tee; Mrs. Florence Bayard Hiiies, of Delaware; Mrs. William Kent, wife of Representative Kent, of California, and Mrs. Sara Bard Field, of Oregon. who brought the monster suffrage pe- tition to the White House last Decem- Der, upon the opening of congress, will recite the efforts made during the present congressional season for passage of the resolution submitting the suffrage amendment
 The election policy of the Woman's party will be the sole business Of the second session, August II. Among the speakers on the program are Miss Paul, Miss Martin. Miss Mabel Yer non, secretary of the Woman's Party; Mrs. Dora Phelps Buell., of Colorado. member of the Congressional Un.