The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-25
ASK PRESIDENT
FOR SUPPORT IN
new YORK FIGHT
Officers and Members of
State Suffrage Party
Visit White House
POINT TO WORK
OF WOMEN IN WAR
In Other Countries Their
Services Have Won For
Them The Ballot
(By Associated Press.)
PRESIDENT FAVORS
"VOTES FOR WON

Washington, Oct. 25.-Speak-
ing az > party leader and as an
Individual, President Wilson to-
day urged the woman suffrage
issue upon the voters Of all
states. He told a delegation of
100 members of the New York
State Woman Suffrage party
that he hoped their campaign
would be successful and urged
men of all parties in New York
particularly to vote for suffrage.
The war, said the President. has
quickened community expressions
and made the present a good time
for states to express their sentiments
at the polls on the suffrage question.
He said he would welcome these ex-
pressions especially at this time,
since in the prosecution Of the war
social foundations must be sound.
0rs haste pr cipleA contributing 10
thfs condition, he declared, Is COM
pIete democracy for women.
The President praised the capac-
ity, ability, resources and vision OF
New York women in conducting the
suffrage campaign and asked the
delegation to convey his message to
the voters of New York state. Meth
er the President nor Mrs. Norman
De r. Whitehousc, who as spokes-
man for the delegation. asked the
President for an expression on the
campaign, made any reference to the
White House picketing activities Of
the militants of the Woman's party.
The women were received by the
President in the east room Of the
White House.
Washington, Oct. 25.-A delegation
Of 100 officers and members OF the
New York State Woman Suffrage
party, headed by Mrs. Norman De r.
Whitehouse, chairman, conferred to-
day with President Wilson on the
suffrage situation in New York state,
In presenting the delegation Mrs.
Whitehouse told the president that
the party whole -heartedly supported
the administration in its war policy
and was ready to cooperate with 1t
in any manner.
May we not take this OCCASION"
said she. ito express to you our per-
sonal appreciation Of all you are do
ing for the cause Of world democracy,
which is being fought out on the Eu-
ropean battlefields'.
The suffrage campaign in New
York, the President was told, was
being conducted as a referendum to
amend the state constitution, in ac-
cordance with recommendations OF
the Republican and Democratic par
ties that the question should be de-
cided by state action. Mrs. White
house said that. while the war had
brought suffrage to the women Of
Canada and Russia and the assur-
ance Of it to the women of Great
Britain and France. opponents in the
United States were using war as a
reason for Withholding the franchise
from American women.
Almost without exception, she
said, 1,013,SO0 women enrolled for
suffrage have been engaged in serv-
ing their country, canvassing from
house to house to sell Liberty bonds,
enrolling for the food administration,
working for the Red Cross and even
going into the factories to take the
place Of men.
The President was urgently re-
quested to address a message to the
voters of New York state, asking
them to place women on an equal
footing with women of the allies
when the question Is put to them on
election day.