Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-09-14
WILSON'S ADDRESS PLEASES.
WOMEN At ATLANTIC CITY.
Wilson Tells Delegates That He Has
Come TO Fight With Them for
Women's Suffrage.
ARoUsEs S
Women Delegates to Suffrage COnven
ton Cheer Many Times During
the President's Speech.

ATLANTIC CITY, Nj, Sept. .. -
Delegates to the woman suffrag
convention, apparently pleased wit
the address Of President Wilson las
night, today began their final session
of the convention with the expeeta
ton of completing their work tonight
Among the speakers on the program
for the night session are Secretary o.
War Baker. Herbert Parsons Of New
York and Raymond Robins, Of Chi,
cago.
The convention yesterday reaiirm'
ed its policy of nonpartisanship as al
organization toward national politica.
parties and defeated by an overwhel,
ming vote to attempt to place it on
record as in favor of supporting ma.
tionsl candidates who pledge their
support to the proposed equal rights
amendment to the Federal Constitu-
ton.
The convention decided on methods
of carrying on its campaign for suf-
frage. The question of opposing the
reelection of those members of the
House Judiciary Committee, whether
Democrats or Republicans, who block
ed the suffrage amendment in commit
tee, was left to the judgment of the
associations Congressional Commit
tee.
Two days in October and one day in
November will be OBSERVED as Fed
eral Amendment days, with demon
STATIONS and public meetings in many
states.
A campaign fund of 1918, 900 was
raised in 80 minutes. Most of the
money was pledged and the remain
der actually contributed. New YORK
pledged $225,OO0 and Pennsylvania
s125,000. A delegate from Massachu-
sets, said to be a Mrs. Blackwell,
gave $4,000, and Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Gait, president of the organiza-
tionfi also contributed $4,000. There
were other individual gifts from 49,
900 down to $40.
President Predicts Victory.
Triumph for the woman suffrage
cause "in a little while" was predict
ed by President Wilson here last nighs
in a speech before the convention.
81 have come here to fight with YOU"
the President declared. Immediately
the 400 women present stood and cher
d. A few minutes later DR.. Anna
Howard Shaw, with Mr.. Wilson pres
ent said: 1--WE have waited long
enough to get the vote. We want it
now. ] want it to come during your
administration" Again the great
audience of women stood and cheer
ed, waving hankkerchiefs.
The Presidents pledge of support
to the suffrage question caused Mrs.
Carrie Chapman to say in a speech
soon after he closed:
you touched our hearts and won
our fealty when you said you had como
here to fight with US"
The President did not speak on the
method by which he would bring about
woman suffrage, but said: eve shall
not quarrel in the long run as to the
method of it."
Declaring that sometimes he be-
came "a little impatient" over discus
sions about the channels through
which votes for women are to come,
the President caused the delegates to
applaud by saying: 81 felt here the
wholesome ~contagion of the occasion"
President Arouses Enthusiasm.
Wilson aroused the greatest en-
thusiasm when he said whenever he
had come to Atlantic City previously
he had come to fight against some
body, but that on his present trip he
had "come to fight with somebody"
The meeting came to an end with
the President and Mrs. Wilson stand
ing between suffrage leaders joining
in singing patriotic songs.
In his address the President did not
mention his previously expressed be-
lief that suffrage should come thru
action by the states.
At the time the United States was
formed, Mr.. Wilson said, only a law.
yer knew enough to run the nation,
but since the Civil War the country
has been faced more and more by spe.
eial questions, and women have more
and more taken an interest in public
affairs.
1.-THE whole nature of our political
questions has been altered" he said.
Speaking of the future of the move
ment, Mr.. Wilson declared that the
tide was rising and would come to it's
flood.