New-York tribune., 1916-07-21
N. Y. WOMEN MAKE
POLITICAL DEBUT
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object of the alliance, and to belong to
it does not signify a belief in any
thing except in Hughes. The aim is
10 keep the national point of view in
everything. sectional or racial names
of organizations, as the Western
Hughes Alliance, or the French Hughes
Alliance, will be permitted. The or
ganization includes many women prom
inent in society in this city.
In the headquarters OF the Congress
sional Union, at 13 West Forty-first
Street its leaders needed no informa-
tion concerning the Importance OF
women in the present campaign. They
had seen it coming, they declared.
slender little woman. with big, eager
eyes, Miss Alice Paul, chairman of the
national organization. offered reasons
for the change so thick and fast that
one had 10 listen carefully to keep
up with her.
"The reason is that over 100000
women are able 10 vote in this elec-
ton" she said. eve have doubled our
Importance since the last election. The
men know the power that the women
have, and, what is more, they know
that the women know. II is wonder
full 10 think OF having women Repre-
sentatives in both houses. at last"
Have Spoken to Leaders.
Miss Paul has conferred with Ed
ward Fileno, the Democratic organ
izer. who professed himself greatly in
terested in what the women had 10 say.
Mrs. Mary Beard and Mrs. Richard
Boeckel have presented their argu-
ments 10 Mr.. Hughes, who heard them
through with the same 1attering atten-
tion. Mrs. William Kent, wife Of the
chairman of the Wilson Independent
League, has laid the matter before
Mr.. McAdoo, and explained that upon
the attitude of the various party lead
ers depended the vote Of the women.
With the Congressional Union is af-
fliated the National Woman's Party,
whose chairmen and vice-chairmen are
leaders in suffrage states. On August
10, IL and II there will be a confer
ence of this party at Colorado Springs,
and it is then that the women will de-
termine which leader is most worthy
of their support. The Woman's Party
works independently of all political
organizations, and its one aim is to
obtain the submission Of the national
suffrage amendment.
Says Women Have Power.
"The women understand that the de-
termining power is IN their hands,
Miss Paul said briefly.
In the various suffrage organizations
the women who are laboring that all
women may have the right to vote.
rather than directly for the present
campaign, expressed their interest in
the present situation. The tenseness
of the moment is indicated by the fact
that Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, presi |
dent of the National Woman's Suffrage
party: Mrs. Norman Der. Whitehouse, |
of the New York State organization |
for Woman's Suffrage; Mrs. James
Lees Laidlaw, and other party leaders, /
will be at their posts all summer.
ITS coming, at last" Mrs. Gait
said.
Sure Woman's Day Is Coming.
Dr. Davis, the newly appointed mem
ber of the executive committee OF the /
New York State Hughes Alliance, medi- |
tated a moment, and then smiled her /
famous smile, so kindly and shrewd.
at does seem TO me that al last /
woman's day is coming" she said. |
This is the beginning of the end"
There will be a meeting of the execu- /
tive board OF the Women's Roosevelt |
League on Monday afternoon in the /
Hotel Astor. At this meeting plan /
for work will be presented, which will /
include big publicity campaign, the 4
strengthening Of the organization /
throughout the city. and a democratic .
method Of financing the league.
The following officers have been I
added: Mrs. Lindsay Van Rensselaer,, /
Mrs. Wendell T. Baker, Mrs. Clarence /
Burns and Maud Wetmore. Sonya /
Levien has been named chairman OF the /
publicity committee.