Evening journal., 1916-09-18
SUFFRACIS S IN
FIGHT TO finish
Eastern Women Move TO
Free" States TO Vote
Against Administration
65OO-MILE AUTO
TRIP PLANNED


by the Womans party in their war
fare against the Democratic party at
the coming election. because Of the
Democrats failure TO pass the Susan
b. Anthony amendment giving nation
wide suffrage to women, according to
Miss Caroline Katzenstein, Philadel-
phia press chairman Of the Congress
: sional Union.
"A great many women have taken
up residence in equal suffrage States
OF the West. so that they may register
their protest against the attitude OF
the present Democratic administration
toward suffrage said Miss Katzon-
stein yesterday One OF the most in
teresting of these is Miss Anne Mar
tin. She is from Reno, and is chair
man Of the national committee Of the
National Womans party. She is now
campaigning in the West for Suffrage
Miss Martin is well known in Phila-
delphia where she was a frequent
visitor.
"As president of the Nevada Equal
Suffrage Association, she led her State
to victory in 1914 In this campaign
she was assisted by Miss Mabel Yer
non. OF this city Miss Vernon has
taken up her residence in Nevada so
that she can vote against the Demo-
Gratis at the coming election.
Bryn Mawr Woman in Charge.
Miss Emma Ricgcl, of Bryn Mayr, IS
in charge of the headquarters recently
opened in Denver to push the campaign
| against Wilson. She was the business
manager of the suffrage special that
toured the Equal Suffrage States last
April and May
"rhc Congressional Union has joined
with the National Womans party to
! defeat Democracy, and TO that end tho
/ women of the enfranchiscd States are
! being campaigned actively to give their
] votes 10 the Republican nominee. Mrs.
! q. II. =. Belmont has pledged 100000 to
carry ON the work of the Womans
/ party aud many other contributions
have been received The opposition
against. Democracy is purely ON suffrage
/ grounds, and does not indicate what the
future affiliations of the womcn's vote
win be- As far as possible it will be
kept independent
\ despatch from New York announces
that Hughes campaign train will
leave that city October ,. II will be
entirely financed and managed by
women and win carry as speechmakers
Il women writer's, orators and workers who
are leaders in their fields of labor
4 Among them are Mrs. Raymond Robins,
whose husband was chairman of tho
i Progro ossive convention at Chicago; her
sister, Miss Mary Drer: Miss Helen
n Todd. Alias Frances Keller, and Miss
\ Maud Miner The train win tour TWEEN
tv-eiglt State from Massachusetts to
the Pacific coast returning To New
York ON November (.
Some anti-suffrage women will
brave the atmosphere by going along.
6500Mile Tour for Suffrage.
i After travelling $500 miles for suf-
frage, Mrs. Alice Snitcher Burke, and
Miss Nell Richardson. of New York,
will arrive Wednesday. The Golden
Filler" the little yellow automobile
that has so gallantly carried them
through a snow storm in New Jersey.
the bad Lands OF the Northwest
washouts i'm Louisiana. and the danger
zone and deserts of the Mexicon bor-
I der has recently left South Dakota
where it has been assisting in the
suffrage campaign.
/, Mrs. Burke and Miss Richardson
left New York April under the aus
man Suffrage Association They are
the first women to make the circuit Of
the United States by automobile and
7, theirs is the biggest suffrage tour ever
undertaken Their route ran south
from New York along the Atlantic
seaboard by way of New Orleans and
- Galveston and along the Texas, New
? Mexico and Arizona border to Cali
fornia through Oregon Washington
and South Dakota, and they are now
bound for New York.
, At every stop for the night the car
! becomes rostrum for suffrage
? speeches. II is lighted up by four yell
) low moons of electricity swung at its
four corners and fed from the cars
storage batteries II also carries suf-
! frage banners and literature besides
suitable gowns for the two women who
/. are being entertained by many peo-
pie en- route. Not to be caught nap
= ping i'm emergencies, tools of all sorts
must find a home in the car. which
Mrs. Burke prides herself on being
able to repair without getting her
e self dirty"
And Fireless Cooker.
. 1t is whispered that Miss Nell Rich
ardson. who can cook with the neat
Z ness and despatch Mrs. Burke shows
in car-repairing, is carrying a freless
cooker on the running board so that
/. there are never any long waits in
connecting up with the commissary
B., small hand-sewing machine and a
tiny typewriter are also included
J, making the arrangements for the big
tour complete
/ Mrs. Burke and Miss Richardson
both have had wide suffrage expert
+ ence. During the New York State
campaign last year they were exceed
!, ingly active Mrs. Burke made 10000
miles during the campaign i'm her first
= suffrage car. Victory. 1915" Miss
Richardson accompanying her part of
the time as she toured the entire
State for the cause.
Mrs. Burke was born In Illinois
lived in California and Colorado. but
/. az present makes her home in New
4 York She has spent a great deal
6 ~ her time in suffrage work. speak
s ing not only from an automobile hut
from a soap box. and she made the
{. corner of Broadway and Ninety-sixth
0 street, y Y. famous suffrage corner
9 by a series of suffrage speeches there
6 165 nights straight running.
II was three years ago that Miss
J. Richardson from Virginia came up
e { New York to visit Mrs Burke. Mrs
Burke was busy then with Wall
= street soap boxes and took the South
ern girl with her on her suffrage
n trims. In a short time she was max.