The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-08-30
EQUAL SUFFRAGE
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duatrial power and Influence that will
cnuble them to secure higher wages
shorter hours and better working condt-
tions."
MIR. Gompcrs said that because women
have been denied the right Ia politica!
Influence. tho struggle nf women. wage
carncrs for industrial brttcrmcnt and
industrial freedom has been made hard'
CIR than thnt If men.
"1nduStrial freedom will he achieved.
he added. "whrn wagc-narning women
hold In their own hands the right and
the power tn participate in determining
the conditions under which they shall
work and tho wages they will receive.
They can delegate this power and re-
snnnSihiIity to no outside authority II
they wish industrial freedom. l'rntec-
ton and regulation may offer immcd.
late relcif-hut they nrc not freedom.
BIZ Enrolment.
SARATOGA. y. Y. Aug. 29.-AlthouEh
tho entry If the United States into the
war compelled thr women suffrage
workers Of New York state To abandon
elaborate campaign plans to induce the
mon workers To adopt the proposed con-
stitutional equal suffrage amendment at
tho elections i'm November next more
than 900. 900 women over 81 years Of age
have heen enrolled as suffraCiSis. it Was
announced today by Mrs. Norman Dc r
Whitchousc. chairman of thr New York
State Woman Suffrage Party, which is
In conference" here. This Is q larger
enrolled membership than either the
Republican or Democratic parties nf New
York state can boast she said. nd
dressing tho conference.
As high us 95 per cent of the women
reached by camnai Eners in every part
Of the state want 10 vote. Mrs. White
house declared. declaring this was an H..
dication "of the recent general change
in public sentiment"
This change of sentiment. the chair
man asserted. has been greatly acccler-
atcd during the current year by the REG
orgnition Of the war services OF women
In the allied countries. and by the grant
ing OF women suffrage in Russian and
Canada and by the steps Great Britain
has taken to cnfranchisc British wo.
mcn."
Mrs. Whitehouse. telling how the
war had ntcrfercd with the campaign
plans. declared that Eve haYc put gov.
ernment work first and suffrage work
second" She alluded tn what women nc.
comnlished during the cnrly days Of the
war on behalf Of the state military CEN
suS. hnmc defense. tho Red Cross. cam
ming. food conservation and tho Liberty
Loan--lnhors which made necessary the
abandonment Of a voters canvass, street
meetings. motor tours. paradcs and pcaG-
ants and raising OF money. throughout
the state.
Because Of all this war work. which
continues, many persons have Thought
tho suffraEists should not make n cam.
WhjtohouSp snfl adding.
They do not realize that once tho legs-
lature degrees That question Is to be
voted upon. Il becomes the property Of
tho voters md must bc decided upon by
them: that there IL no constitutional
means OF pnSrponIng or abandoning
such q decision"
Mrs Whitrhnusr believed the suffrag.
lists enter on their state campaign with
unprecedented support. Every political
party has endorsed tho principle Of snf-
fraEc." she said. Tho Republican and
Democratic parties hav" declared for II
by way Of state action. We count on tho
support Of the Federation Of Labor and
on tho support Of the Oranges. Many
church conferences, each representing
numerous allied churches have endorsed
suffrage. The President. the governor
IS mayors Of the state ont Of 81. and
four-ffths of the editors of the state
arc supporters Of our campaign. The
chairman concluded:
I'VE have n wonderful and unprccdent-
cd opportunity to win the most difficult,
and most decisive suffrage victory ever
planned To take advantage OF that op.
portunity will mean courage on our part
courage for each woman to do the work
not only OF today. but the work aban'