The Topeka state journal., 1916-06-12
Suffs Prepare to Elect Candi-
date to Congress.
Party Is ImmateriaI, Success
the Main Issue.
WILL APPEAL TO DEMOCRATS
Women Leave for Scene of
Convention at st. Louis.
Expect Administration to SEQ
Republicans One Better"
(BY LEoLA ALLARD.)

Chicago, June 13.-The suffragists
are to begin a campaign at once to
send a woman to congress in the tall
from the Womans party.
1.-The time is ripe said Miss Anne
Martin of Nevada, the newly elected
chairman of the newly born national
Woman's party while the men are
all up in the air over this Roosevelt
surprise and the political SITUATION
generally and while we have firm
foothold, we can do this thing II we
work now and work fast"
The strange part of it all is that
the women don't care what ticket puts
her there so a woman gets INTO con-
gress. Any one of the possible candi-
dates will accept the support OF any
party in existence
1--WE could run Miss Martin on the
Republican ticket or on the Democrat
ic either" said Maude Younger OIL
San Francisco. >,
But l have too much to do now"
mans party work It's too bad Mrs
Blatch hasn't been in Kansas longer
She would be the ideal candidate.
Several in Field.
Sara Bard Field of California is
mentioned and Miss Martin. Ida Fin
ney MackriHe of California, Dora
Phelps Buell. of Colorado, Mrs. z. M.
Younger of California also are consld-
cred as available candidates
The women leaders are busy trying
to learn what effect on suffrage the
Progressive trouble would have sara
Bard Field asked Amos Pinchot, and
he told her:
1.-The whole trouble will help the
suffrage question, I suppose. 1 won
der if the Republicans think we are
going to go home like prodigal sons to
the Republican party. Not chance.
There is a terrible protest being
voiced and it all may result in the
formation of a new and radical wing
to the Democratic party. And to
| thinkI'' And he sighed, THAT man
Roosevelt used to share my pot roast
with me-
Suffrage Is Coming.
Capt F. FrederickS of Los Angeles
who was district attorney during the
| Mcnamara trial ana VINO is d stauIlcI
| Republican, told the Woman's party
| inquirers:
You women will get what you
| want: be patient Why, we men know
| that nationwide suffrage is coming
We did a great deal considering thai
when we started on that question we
were very much in doubt.
! But Roosevelt was for the WON
an" came a sob from Miss Dorr OF
New York.
well, you ought to know If he
was" replied Mr. FrederickS "but he
| didn't have a chance with the Repub-
licans You can't come in and Lead
something you have tried to destroy
The Republicans are going to do theil
| duty by you, never fear
| Mrs. William SEVERN was asked by
| leading suffragists to go to st. Louis
| today
| Ask the Democrats.
81 think" said Mrs. Severin. thai
now Wilson is pretty much perturbe6
over the Roosevelt situation, and JUS
to go the Republicans one better an6
| get the entire vote of the women o.
| the west the Democrats will put suf
| frage through in this session of con
/ gress The women are expecting i
/ since Roosevelt refused the nomina
ton"
4 Mrs. George Bass, before leaving
Il for St Louis, said she was to have
II prominent place in the national Dem
! ocratic convention and that the on
idea of all the women now. and she il
not from the woman's party faction, il
to get the Democrats to ..go the Re
publicans one better and give tn,
women the vote now.