Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-18
|]FFRAGISTS OPEN
Death WAR ON RUM
Will Exchange Kid Gloves
for Brass Knuckles of
4 Politics
FINISH FIGHT ALREADY ON
By M'LISS

Il .nectacle of millions of Pennsylvania
4 .rsts giving their arch-enemy, the
s' pum. the fight for his very life is
q. that you are to be asked to witness
now on until suffrage for women is
..oouplshed fact in the Keystone state.
~ tho first time in the history Of their
-. ,or the ballot the women of this
have come out in the open against
,,,,or interest. Yesterdays defeat at
-. ,r,sburg, when their measure to have the
n,.n,s enfranchlsement amendment put
the electorate once more failed Of
ph,orv pelV, by three votes. has decided the suf-
s.sgists TO discard the kid gloves OF poll.
i,aed i,sN and don the brass knuckles.
We formal statement issued through the
III nn.,tve BOARD of the State Suffrage Asso-
ENee ENAe,a, n ia charged openly today that the
cM defeated by such an opposition of
'bill ,,auor interests as has never before
Ws rolled up against any measure,
4 peeh .cording to Mrs. William Derr. promi-
.nt suffragist and club-woman. the fight
7 he h,mS,ax the brain. the muscle and the
wus,.o,book wus of every suffragist in the State
Ultimate victory is to be achieved. More
Lar the fight Is already on.
FIGHT ALREADY ON
80. .,arted last night" she said. when I
h rsfused permission to speak on the
w...ot of suffrage at the big dinner given
su'. ,,a chester Avenue Business Mems As
py,,ation py at the Hotel Rittenhouse. l was
'n,.;ted guest, the guest of Mrs. Getrpe @
ss..anahan. and it was expected that
sud address the gathering. But news of
W. defeat at Harrisburg had been read in
.hs afternoon papers and the part the liquor
interests played was well known.
when the time came for me to speak |
was refused fatty by the chairman, DR..
z Frank Ritter. He was gracious, but firm.
rbere were some Councilmen present he
2 .aid and he would not for the world have
their feelings hurt. 1t was better. there
4 fore for the sake of peace and harmony.
he said remain unheard.
! "I toll YOU" Mrs. Derr continued in
Agnantly. there is to be no peace and
harmony from now on until we get square
dea,
u .uov. can these men dare to ask us to
4 s3vs our sons to defend the country with
out giving us the vote. Iiow can they. who
!, teil us that our place is the home, dare 10
ask us to go out in the fields and into the
\ munitions factories and into every occupa-
tion, no matter how strenuous. in which we
are needed. unless they give us a voice in
the Government?
our strength is so great that they are
t AFRAID OF us, anu although we nave IlllllOHS
Of suffragists in this State in back of us
We can do nothing when the men of Harris
burg tie our hands,
when the question came up at the polls
I the last time, we polled forty-six and three
\ tenths per cent of the entire vote. Tha,
Is what has got under the skins of the
Z LIQUOR people That is the reason their
\ lobbyists were out In force at Harrisburg
\ yesterday. They are afraid to let the voter
docda p,w. they Eupw how Silffrapa Septi
ment has grown since the last vote was
taken But we shall give them good
fight"
I. The majority of the Philadelphia suf
fragsts are still in Harrisburg for thei
annual spring conference which opened TO
day The antis, jubilant with victory, ar,
expected back this afternoon.