The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1916-10-19


noted suffrage leader, arrived in Win
nemucca last evening, on Southern
Pacific No. 10, accompanied by her
sister, Miss Vida .Milholland, and
Miss Anne Martin, chairman of the
National Woman's party. The party
was met at the station by a commit
tee of local ladies and escorted to the
Eldorado. where rooms had been re-
served The Nixon was comfort
ably filled, both upstairs and down,
when Mrs. Boissevain and Miss
Martin reached the opera house.
shortly after o'clock. While the hall
was filling, Gardners orchestra en-
tertained the audience by rendering
number of popular airs.
Seated on the stage, in addition to
the speakers, were Mrs. NJ. S. Bonni-
field, state chairman or the Woman's
party. Mrs. ]. A. Lipman, Mrs. H.
Warren, Mrs. Il. X. Harroun and
Judge ]. A. Langwith, who presided
and introduced the speakers.
Mrs. Boissevain was the first
speaker, and Judge Langwith prefac-
ed her introduction by summarizing
the objects of the meeting and the
general condition of the Woman's
party campaign throughout the coun-
try.
Il come to you to make an appeal
for the women of the disenfranchised
states of the east were the opening
words of the address, "and not to die
tate what your course shall be in the
coming election. These women of the
east come to you women voters of
the west to help them wage their bat
tie for liberty We have too much
respect and veneration for our more
fortunate sisters who have the ballot
o attempt to dictate to them. We
come as beggars, and beggars mustI
not be choosers. 1t is simply woman
turning to woman for help.
President Wilson and his admins
tration are against equal suffrage.
They have passed many Humanitarian
laws, not from an humanitarian
standpoint, but purely for political
expediency. They did not pass the
Susan B. Anthony amendment for the
reason that they did not consider the
vote of the women in enfranchised
states of enough Importance to be
worth while. Politicians do not do
things to benefit the people they like.
but only to placate those whom they
fear. We now propose to show the
Democratic administration that the
100000 women voters OF the twelve
enfranchised states resent their ac-
ton and in this manner put fear into
their hearts.
when we first called on President |
Wilson and asked him to help us Sc
cure the passage of the amendment,
he said that he could not do so for
the reason that this plank was not
contained in his party platform and
that he was only concerned in secur- |
ing the passage of those laws recon- |
mended by the Baltimore platform.
Why, his failures to live up to his
party platform are notorious, as ne
has violated every pledge OF his party
from Panama canal tolls down to sin
gle presidential term.
ION the occasion of our last visit
to the President, he gave as his maj
excuse for not helping us that the
South was afraid of the negro votev
ridiculous. Had he consulted the last
census report he would have seen
that there are 100000 more white
than negro women in the South and
2.000, 900 more white women than col
ored men and women combined.
President Wilson stated that he
was almost recklessly enthusiastic
for the cause of human liberty, Dut
this was in connection with Mexico.
His reckless enthusiasm evidently ap-
niles to men and not to women.
Since coming west l have talked
to more than 100 railroad men. They
are all for Wilson, because he is CIV
en- credit for passing the Adanlson
eight-hour law. This is a splendlo
law, but they should have gone far
ther and included workers who are
more in need OF legislation than the
well-paid portion of the railroad men
affected. Men in the steel mills, VINO
work IL hours for seven days a week.
men and women in the factories VINO
are compelled To slave for long hours
on scant pay, and children Oh tue
south who are not included IN the
child labor law. The railroad men OBJ
tanned this law for the reason that
they are organized and their vote is
entitled to consideration.
President Wilson came west to
talk preparedness, but he soon found
that the people did not want it, so he
hurried back to Washington and has
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