The sun., 1916-11-12
SUFFS SEE HOPE X
WILSON THIRD TERM
Harriet stanton Blatch Be-
lievcs President Will Press
Anthony Amendment.

President Wilson wants a third term.
Mrs. Harriet stanton Batch says and
,~bsrefore he will push the Susan B. An
Ebony amendment through Congress IN
ordsr that the sex which has helped him
out 10 much in this election may be
so,rsiled all over the country to give
sim electoral votes. Mrs. Batch arrived
,s.tsrday from the west. where she has
ssen speaking against Wilson for the
woman's party and where she voted
November :. having early In the yea
established a residence In Kansas.
"W,lson believes In third terms" she
..A last light. 'He says In his book
on American politics that II a President
IL a good president why not keep him
IA office three. wen four or five terms?
Ne probably thinks himself "a good Presi-
dent. ~ we may rest assured that he II
M, forgetting those electoral votes OF
1870. The present Congress. which goes
out Of Office March I, has a better
democratic majority than the incoming
Congress. 40 I feel pretty sure that he
will use his good Offices to get our
amendment through.
''of course there is still the negro
~ouestion to scare the southern Congress-
men. but some time they are going to
wake up to the fact hat passing the
amendment doesn I make 1t a law. but
simply passes the buck up to the State
Legislatures"
Mrs. Blatch is much Disguised that the
Republican National Committee did not
do more to second the efforts Of the
woman's Party FOR Hughes.
II labored with that Republican Ma
,ional Committee. trying to convince
them that the womcn's vote was worth
winning" she said. They wouldn't
listen to me Their speakers never men,
toned equal suffrage. The Democratic
speakers dwelt on suffrage all through
minutes to It In each speech, and while
he didn't specifically mention the Federal
amendment. the local orators all came
out In favor Of II.
"Roosevelt vas the only Republican
who alluded to votes for women or made
any play for the woman's ballots. Even
Hughes obeyed orders and was mum as
an oyster on the question. l believe II
must have been his Baptist conscience,
making him do things the hardest way,
for while in New York. where II
Wouldn't do any good. he spoke for
the Federal amendment. in South
Dakota ard other W stern States where
It would a done good. he said
nothing" Some work was done In
Illinois and Oregon. but elsewhere
woman was ignored.
Mrs. Batch early In the campaign re.
solved to vote for Hughes. in accord
with the woman's Party plan TO punisl
the Democrats for not having put thu
amendment through Congress. but sh'
confesses that when she got into thu
booth she found II lard to know what &c
do.
Women without the franchise tall
about how easy IL is to vote sh'
scofYed. II stood there as long AZ
dared. h%esitating. Hughes's silence hat
disappointed me. and the calm assump
ton Of the Republicans that womei
could be trusted to vote their way net
tied me. But then I feared that tn
clerk would think I didn't know enough
to mark the ballot. and 10 ] desperatei!
put a cross opposite Hughes HUI In
rather glad Wilson Is elected. for wev'
nut $1,000 into his suffrage educa
lion and We want a return on the In
yestment.
ut was the women who elected vii
son." Mrs. Batch concluded. Hughes
silence II coldness alienated them AM
the, deserted him in shoals. In Chey
enne alone I know a hundred wome'
who left his standard. Well. the lie
publican committee can't say ! didn'
warn them"