New-York tribune., 1917-08-30
Mitchell and Whitman Win
Hearers by Predict
ing Victory
Million Signers
For Votes Pledged
Sufragist Leaders at Sara
toga Promised Big Enrol
ment for Campaign
fstar Couespondcncel

by the same road Whcn lheN SIoou Nv
fore the Suffrage Campaign Conference
tonight urging the voters TO pass the
amendment and predicting a brilliant
victory for the votes-for-women cause
on November 6.
A letter was read from President
Wilson expressing his hope for a SUI
frage victory.
The militant pickets at Washington
were scored by the Mayor and by Con-
qressman Smith, who indorsed the an
ropncement of Mrs. Whitehouse that
sufFracists. politicians and public alike
view with no respect what Mr.. Smith
called "the questionable occupation Of
r;cLetirg" The conference will take
official action on the question OF picket
ing this morning. and complete re-
pudjation of the militants Is expected
"Your movement has prospered won
derfully," Mayor Mitchell told the WON
on "ip spite of unworthy Incidents
ercb as the picketing at Washington
kncousa II has been dignlted, law aOid-
INC snnealing to the conscience and IN,
.1i1iC,ence of men. 1t will succeed and
continue 10 succeed upon that OASIS
Almost a Million Sign
One of the most important strategic
nositions of the opposition was capt
ured to-day b. the sunTagisIs' I WneL
Miss Alice Morgan Wright anhounceu
20 the conference that 995,lo- "oilea
haNp SIGNED llGll
ra-oes To demand for the vote
pledges were made 70 raise the sun
M 10 full war strength by Septem-
ber S-one million women Tor sun IaEe,
larger number than the entire 1910
registered vote of the state, ana ABOUT
II ner cent of the women OF voting age
in the state. s~orco
The oldest delegate to the conference
came smiling through the RAIN 10 IHe
convention hall early this morning
She is Mrs. Elizabeth Merna, Oh CtlVa, .5
who for sixty-nine OF her elgh'! YEA
bss been attending suffrage cohNeH-
.;o,s IN New York. She is the only
woman at the conference who was pres
.ant al the first and famous seneca
EoIls convention, in l64S, and sne rep
rosepts several score of feeble oodlea'
hut stronghearted old women 1nious
out the state who are anNlousI! a"a-o
10 he outcome of the 1917 campaign
Men Attend Loyalty
Headed by James Lees L3ldla", tne e
mems contingent turned Ihe!I CO,
h~a,elv from the racetTacks this morn
"a vent 10 convention and sat
IoTslIy through three sessions. AihohE
tba men attending are Captain rupert
Trgbcs Frank a. Nanderlip, Ogdeh
pa Norman de K. Whitenouse, T. j.
Vordstrorn. of Lake George; George
Notman and Mayor julius FRANK o1
Ogdensburg. ,,..,...,a-
plans for an extensive publicity cam
,o,c,, were laid before the conference
by Mrs. John Blair, chairman OF thee
nublicitv section, this afternoon "a
fnfFraqe novel, to be brought out IN
October. cartoons By RaCmakers, a new
suffrage movie and S6O,OOO Worth o.
advertising are among the puDAcl!IGy ny
projects that the antl-suH Ias'sSs VIII
have 70 face before November o.,
The delegates took an hour on Tor
d;nre- narties tonight. Among those
entertaining at the United States 40,
tel official headquarters, were MI ana
Mrs Laidlaw and Mrs. +. }. Tone VINO
entertained Congressman and Mrs,
Charles B. Smith. Mayor Mitchell dlncd
with Mr.. and Mrs. Norman de K. Nhlte-
house. Governor Whitman was accom-
ranied by Mrs Whitman, who came 10
Saratoga from Newport.
The yellow decked convention hall
was crowded tonight with the seven
hundred suffragists and several nun
dred interested Saratogans. After the
addresses of the three speakers, MIs'
Carrie Chapman Gait, president OF the
National American Woman Suffrage
Association, was presented 10 the con-
vcntion for a short speech.
Mitchell Predicts Victory
Mayor Mitchell said in part;
Two years ago your amendment was
submitted TO the people and defeated
That was before your campaign OF ecu,
cation and the mighty forces OF "or!a
progress. so active these last two years
had made men understand at once the
essential justice Of your demand and
the expedlency Of granting 1t.
again the amendment comes before
the people for adoption. This time you
will win. You have convinced the peo-
ple Of the state that the wOmauhood OF
New York. practically as whole, SIN
cerely desires the vote. You, the women
OF New York, like the women OF all
America. and like your sisters across
the seas, have demonstrated that won,
en-, equally with men, rise 20 the grea'
emergencies Of life, are firm and stanch
IN national crises, and can be trusted
20 exercise sound and balanced Judg-
nent upon public questions.
"On Monday Of this week was priv
ilcged 20 inspect, az the headquarters
Of your city party, in Thirty eighth
Street. the signatures Of 100000 women
Of New York City appended 20 a decla-
ration In support Of the amendments
Your officers inform me that not les.
than 900 900 more signatures have beer
affixed by women throughout the res
Of the state This is convincing evl
dence that enough women want the
vote to-day. That they want ~ enough
Is demonstrated By the yirilc, active
successful and ever broadening cam.
paign carried on by you and by all th'
women engaged in this movement.
Condemns Pioketing
"Your campaign has not beer, with.
out SIS mistakes and setbacks All
Progressive movements know them The
worst are often occasiOned By our mos,
ardert friends. May speak 20 you q,
frankly and as directly 81 | would 10 q
gathering Of men? Your movement ha,
propelled wonderfully. has come II
success rapidly, in spite of uuworth,
incidents fuch as the pickct.ng al
Warrington. because 10 has been dig
rifed. law-abiding. appealing 90 N,
conscience and the .rtcii gcrce of men
"lt has succeeded because wonei
have demonstrated despite unforuuat,
!nstanccs such as Hiss Rankin vote ir