Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-14
FEDERAL SUFFRAGE
ON WILSON'S ADVICE
DR.. Anna Howard Shaw SAYS
Women Waste Time in
State Struggles.
OPPOSES MILITANT TACTICS
Leaders of Woman's Party Gross
ly Mistaken, Says Suf-
frage Advocate.
OPPOSES MILITANT TACTICS


floor In front of the platform. liter
ally at the feet Of the speaker. and
with an overflow meeting of several
hundred people in the lobby and par
lors of the Jefferson. il was estimated
that nearly 1000 people heard Or. An
ma Howard Shaw. honorary president
OF the National Womans Suffrage AS
sociation. and chairman of the Wom-
ans Committee of tho Council of Ma
tional Defense. last night in the JEFF.
fcrson auditorium.
DR.. Shaw Is in Richmond to attend
tho seventh annual convention of the
Equal Suffrage League Of Virginia
Mrs. b. B. Valentine, presided AZ the
meeting last night. On the platform
were the State officers OF the league.
Rev. Walter Russell Bowie. y. d. rec
tor OF st. Paurs. and Rev. l.. T.. Osgood.
rector OF Emmanuel Episcopal Church.
DR.. Bowie introduced DR.. Shaw.
Il have arrived breathlcss and tar
dy.' said DR.. Bowie. like the Vir-
Einia suffraEists Suffrage has been
delayed in Virginia but not defeated
DR.. Bowie spoke briefly and eloquent.
IL OF the entrance of tho women OF
to-da? into larger sphere o. use.
fulncss and service. He compared
them to Joan OF Arc and the voices
and visions Of the Maid OF Orleans
The women OF to-day have also heard
voices and seen visions" said DIR.
Bowie. They have seen visions of
great ideals and voices-fnr and chat
lenGinc-of service calling them 20
large things. The trumpet has al
ready sounded IL New York. before
which all barriers are going DOM
ADDRESSES SPEECH TO HER
"FELLOW-CTTIZEN AND WOMEN"
Madam Chairman" began Or. shaw
when she came forward. "fellow-citi.
zens and women" Applause and laugh
ter swcp: the auditorium. Tor DR.. Shaw
now has tho right to address an;' man
in America as Il fellow citizen" sine.
New York declared for suffrage Ia
beginning her address. the speaker
gave deeply interesting account OF
the tense week in New YORK preceding
the election. She is magnetic speak
er, whimsical. humorous. ironical. hold
ing her audience with no apparent cf-
for,. Tha; her hair has whitened and
her shoulders stopped in tho half
century that :hc has given unsw,rv-
Ing service to tkc cause of the EN-.
franchiscment of women. only add.
brings. The nigh; OF the election was
a thrilling cxrer!cLce. as told by This
distinguished American citizen our
estimable friend, The New York Times"
declared DR.. shaw. with contag gious
humor. for tho whole country knows
how that newspaper fought suffrage
in New York, volunteered to give us
the election rctui rs from tho tower
A red light was for the Democratic
candidate il the returns showed him
10 be ahead 4 blue light was for the
Fusion nominee. and if white light
wiGwasrcd to the west. then suffrage
waa winning. If the light wigwasged
to the caat. then tho cause was again
lost" She related how she was at
first afraid TO look out of the win
dow, and os the final dramatic scenes
at headquarters when the returns
:howcd veritab!e landslide In favor
Of suffrage She said she felt 'cmi-
ncntly religious" when she saw the
white light wiEwasSins toward the
west.
EIGHTI-THREE MEMBERS
FOR SUFFRAGE IN HOUSE
What does it mcan?" asked the
sneaker. First OF all. Il means that we
have gone over the top II means
that we have now eighty-thrce mem
hers for suffrage in the lower house.
IT means that the mon have AT last
needed the simple demand of the
women for freedom"
Dr Shaw denounced in no uncertain
terms the Congressional Union and tho
National Woman's Party. which have
been responsible for the pickctinG in
Washington. The Congressional Union
was organized" stated Or. Shaw, ito
oppose the National Woman's Suffrage
Association. 1t was unwise. bad poll
tics, not good sense. The Woman's
Party has gone on step by step under
4 militant leader, who is grossly mis-
taken In her views and has neither
-'itical sasacity nor wisdom. The
~-adcr was trained by Mrs. Pankhurst
The National Woman's Suffrage Asso-
citation has never countenanccd any
form of militancy." declared DR.. Shaw
cmphatically. "and never will" The
speaker went on to say that IL was
neither good tactics. sense nor ethics
TO try TO persuade man with a club.
and that she did not believe in that
form of appeal "Now, should go for
The Kaiser with bis stick" she
stated. while the audience applauded.
since Shc mad denounced ptckctinE,
Or. Shaw went on to explain why she
objected so strcnuously to the silent
scntinels.' 1.-THE pickcts have queer
kind of logic" she stated like that
OF the average male who objects 10
women having the vote. They arc not
able to sec the difference between prin-
clple and method. and that there is an
enormous difference between a funda-
mental principle and q method of So
curing It."
NOT THE TIME TO STIR UP
DISCONTENT or HATRED
The speaker declared that. 80 far as
carrying 4 banner or an umbrella or
a cane Is concerned. there was little
Significance in the act itsclf--if a wo-
man had no better use for her time
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