Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-09-19
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WILSON AND rAE SUI
FRAGISTS.

The National American Woman Suf-
frage association, which met in Atlantic
City. last week, invited President Will
son to address them, and the newspa-
pers report great enthusiasm when he
told them he was glad to come and was
going to fight with them and for them
DR.. Anna Howard Show. former presi-
dent of the society, has given a glow.
ing account of his speech, and says
some very kind words of the speaker.
In this good year 1916 every presiden-
tial candidate Cat least four of them)
have come out i'm strong words fol
women voters. 1t was a long step in
advance and more than the most SAN
guine of suffragists had expected to. see
The Democrats at the ST. Louis con-
vention endorsed votes for women by
S8S 1-2 votes. with only 80 1-2 in the
negative. Some of these affirmative
votes came from the southern states
President wilson's endorsement and
his approval of suffrage for women will
have great effect in the south.
append DR.. Shaw's published ac-
count of Mr.. Wilson's visit to the con-
vention:
(From a staff Correspondent of the
World.)
ATLANTIC CITY, y. j., Sept. g
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president emer-
titus of the National American Woman
Suffrage association praised President
Wilson's speech of last night and raped
sharply the Congressional Union because
of it's stand against Mr. Wilson and the
Democrats, i'm an interview today.
Dr. Shaw perhaps exerts more influ-
ence over the votes-for-women enthusi-
asts throughout the country than any
other individual woman. She said:
president Wilson's speech was Won
derful. IL showed how the thoughts
of suffrage have grown in the minds of
men ana how much respect the president
has for our intelligence.
off the president had come out for
the federal amendment, as many per-
sons expected he would. we would have
known that IL was a play for votes. The
whole speech was delightful because it
didn't play up votes in any way.
81 am not Democrat and'I feel CRATE
full that the president knew that we
couldn't be fooled by any political Chi
canery. He promised everything that
he could carry out. He might have prom
Used a lot more, but we would have
known that he couldn't have carried it
out. The president made us as clear a
promise as a man ever made, and, know
ing that President Wilson keeps his
promises, know he meant this ONE
Dr. Shaw was asked if the action of
Charles Evans Hughes in personally in
dorsing the federal amendment would
cause many Suffragists to campaign for
him.
ALAS" she said, "the men steering
the Republican party and Mr.. Hughes
campaign are Lodge and Penrose and
men of that type, and they are the Bit
terest enemies Suffrage has. IF they
were able to control affairs, in the event
of Mr.. Hughes election, the cause of
Suffrage will be hopeless. If Mr.. Hughes
is able to control them. the cause of
Suffrage will be bright. 1t must be re-
membered in this connection that when
Mr.. Hughes was governor of New York
he couldn't control the bosses, though
the bosses couldn't control him.
1.-THE Republicans didn't do anything
for us i'm forty-five years. They were
stone wall We have had more Suf-
frage legislation in congress in the last
three years than we have had in the
last fifty. ! wouldn't say myself that
this is because the Democrats have been
kindlier disposed than the Republicans.
/ would say il was because we have
had twelve Suffrage states to use as a
pusher in congress. I simply want to
point out that no more is to be expected
from Republicans so far as Suffrage
legislation is concerned than may be ex
pected from Democrats"