Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-12-15
WAR SECRETARY
PRAISES WOMEN
Bakers Speech Wins Fa-
vor of Suffragists Meet
ing in Washington
AID VITAL IN CRISIS
BY M'LISS
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1

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gratitude.
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National American Woman Suffrnge
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nave 10 Withdraw from 'his war
Mr' BAKER stepped careiuily around
lne SUBJECT ol tne rtueiaI "oir'i SUI
lrage amendmeht- Is 10 say ne
didn mentlon IL AT AT ou, ne spoke so
eloquen.is oi uellociac! ailu ,ne mean
ing OF democracy ana pdiu sucn aitltudl-
nous ulou'e W Vle Moi'.en tna' t'ose oi
.hein VINO "ouiu nav I.Neu 10 ha'e
s,bioo, noarost ,bair hearts forga,a HIM
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ess Of growth II is an endless series
of odvapces and. accepting the Presi-
dents definition that democracy is n rule
of conduct. Il is always a rule which
adapts the conduct of the individual to
the best purpose possible By the environ
ment in which he is placed
The loud applause indicated that the
women construed the speaker to mean
that the best purpose possible 10 Whlch
the'r conduct as lho'NIuua's vouiu oe
adapted Wouiu ne sH'le" Wy '"e'' e"
iranchisemeh''
DEMOCRACY MUST ADVANCE
AR Baker then declared that the
democracy of 1879 could not be the
democracy of 1917
I'm 1850" ne said while the women
Fairly, clune IN his words "the family
sentative because ,he woman's domain
was virtuallv within tho nari,neter of the
home and the church.
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arc ranrcssntad in the ,;overnment
COW ~ ,ho as,,onstra,,ons tb,, ,hie
's ,,,,,,ino, ;, hn nontin,,od 80, ,ha,
'i, ''n, str,aai;ng 40 nart,
80 60 ohi,.h denocracv which
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Declaring that the, women orsaniaa-
.,o"s nave p.e" 're'uonuo'lE ,E 80, ~ - y,
the prosecution OF thc war ana trat tneI
are growing more So nv fahel s"iu '',a'
one OF the results neihs prousn' no,',e os
the war was that the only sort OF defnoc'
racy which would satisfy anybody's
heart and mind "is one which recognizes
the rights of al!
Tho wop,cn felt that even :f he had
uentIoned the Federal amendment out
,oud hv name he could scarcely have
said moro for them than that.
-, ,,o S.orotor,. of the Trea surv
h'.s '',,, u,s I'D 'at III. ,.,,,mg wife She
tod the convention that she wanted to
Grow little over the fact tnat she u
resident of the Empire state ahu
therefore voter before she in'rouuceu
Mrs. George Bass VINO SPOKE Oh iihano
ing the war Mrs. Bass Is a nleniper U ot
the Woman's Liberty Loan committee Vi
which Mrs. McAdoo Is the chairman
Il am now woman cltizen' inc
Presidents daughter said. 1T Is won,
derful thing in these days OF world
crises to be an American citizen. and
think that it is especially wonderful to bc
woman citizen because America has
great part to play, and women have fol
the first time. as never before, the OPP
portunity to show what they can do to
help. We have already done great
deal. but we all know how much more
we can do.
perhaps you do not know that the
women of this country "aised sl'ooo'ooo'