Arizona republican., 1917-11-23
SAYS NATIONAL
 AMENDMENTS HOPEFOR WOMEN

Only through the passage of the Su- san E. Anthony amendment will be women of the United States get the right 10 vote believes pr. Anne Mar tin national legislative chairman of the Woman's party. who last night ad- dressed local men and women at the Arizona School of Music. It is Dr. Martins opinion that the goal will probably never be reached through state option.
 In defense of the White House pick ctng, Dr. Martin said that the women hold the president personally respon- sihle for blocking of the national amendment because he happens to be head of the party in control of the government at this time. This judg- ment, DT. Martin qualified by the dec- laration that were any other political power the controlling factor, the same stand would be taken by the women.
 The speaker held that since the dem ocratic members of the senate and house committees outnumber the members of other political convictions, the democratic party must be held re- spOnSible at the present time for the inability of the women to get the amendment reported for action in con- gress, and that the president as head of the party possesses the power to turn the tide for or against the measure.
 We believe that suffrage is a war time measure despite the fact that it is obviously not so considered" said Dr. Martin, because We think laws such as have been passed by congress recently, reaching as they do into our private lives, should allow those of us who abide by them hand in their making through the right to vote for our leg islators When the time comes for making peace. we feel that we should have q hand in that also"
 To bring about a concerted action in the work locally Phoenix commit lee was named at the conclusion of the meeting, with Mrs. w. C. SWeelI as chairman. Dr. Marian Williams and Mrs. Ida Hinckley, vice chairmen; Mrs. Olivia Thorpe, secretary and Miss Hannah Eggleston. treasurer.
 After she had finished her address Miss Martin was presented with a beautiful bouquet Of roses bearing a card on which was the inscription, from the woman voters of Arizona" :"
 Four telegrams were sent from the meeting to Washington. One was from Miss Naomi Davidson, one of the democratic women workers who aided in the presidents campaign in Los Angeles, and three from other women of various political convictions. The telegrams protested the alleged obstruction of the suffrage amend ment by the administration.
 It was ordered that the following resolution be sent to the president, to all of the administration leaders, to Arizona senators and representative in congress with the request that they do everything possible to secure the immediate passage of the amendment.
 Resolved-That this meeting protest in strongest terms against the illegal arrest and Imprisonment without a trial by jury and by police judge appointed by the president, of Ameri- can women for exercising their legal and constitutional right of petition
 Resolved-That this meeting protest against the forcible feeding of Miss Alice Paul, and other suffragist pris- oners.
 Resolved-That this meeting call upon President Wilson to recommend in his message to congress the immed- fate passage of the national suffrage amendment as the only means of end ing this agitation.
 Her Record is Unusual
 Miss Annie Martin organized and conducted the campaign which won suffrage for Nevada women in 1914 She is vice chairman of the National Womans Party and chairman of it's legislative committee in charge of work in congress. She arrived yesterday morning in Phoenix from San Diego and Los Angels, and is on a nation wide speaking trip for the immediate passage of the national suffrage amendment.
 Miss Martin stated that the National Wuman'S party is not satisfied with President Wilson's stand for state suf- frage, as it is impossible to amend more than twenty of the 36 remaining non-suffrage state constitutions. Tn state campaigns the president has no power, shown by the fact that his own state of New Jersey, with his endorse ment behind it, defeated suffrage by 50.000 votes in 1915. In congress, where he has great personal and constitu- tional power, he has for over four year. obstructed the national amendment.
 If our agitation is at this time an. embarrassment to the government congress could immediately remove tho