New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-07-19
May Recommend Constitutional
Amendment As War Measure
SUFPS VERGE ON VICTORY
Prominent New York Lawyers Take
Up Battle For White House Pickets
and Prepare For Sweeping Victory
Women Busy Sewing

| w ds1llHStOn, July 19.-President
| wilson today issued pardons for the
sixteen suffragists who are serving a
sixty day sentence in the workhouse
at occoquan, Va, for picketing in
front of the White House.
| Secretary Tumulty saidl the pardon
must speak for itself and that the
White House would have no statement
to make of the presidents reason for
! his action.
! Woman's Party leaders at their
headquarters expressed surprise at the
| presidents action and declared en-
! phatically that "picketing' of the
White House would not stop as a re-
suit of it.
l. "Those women now in the work
house have no interest in a pardon"
| Miss Mabel Vernon said. "They sub
mitted themselves to arrest in the in-
terest of national woman suffrage
and not In the interest of a pardon
for their alleged offense.'
J Dudley Field Malone collector Of
customs of New York, who had
planned to appeal the cases of the
prisoners, declined to make any COM
ment on the presidents action. He
| received the news at suffrage head
quarters where he was in conference
| Washington, July 19.-Counsel for
the sixteen suffragists serving sixty
day sentences at the District of Col
umb bia workhouse for picketing in
front of the White House were pre-
pairing today to take an appeal in the
case unless President Wilson inter
venes. Dudley Field Malone, collec-
tor of the part of New York has re<
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York attorney and another lawyer
whose name is undisclosed to aid him
in the case.
| J. A. Hopkins, former democratic
national committeeman from New
| jersey and husband of one of the
prisoners. declared after a long con-
ference at the White House that the
president had been deeply shocked at
the whole affair and on learning the
circumstances has only one thought
namely, to straighten out the NATTER
! A possible outcome of the situation
lis preliminary recommendation to
congress of the proposed Susan B. An
thony amendment.
President Discusses Question.
| The President discussed the advisa-
bility of treating the Suffrage amend
ment as a war emergency measure
and asked for date which would
throw light on the question of wheth
er it would be likely to pass Congress
with the necessary majority if he
should add it to his war emergency
program. Mr.. Hopkins volunteered
to furnish him a canvass of the House
and Senate, which, it is contended,
will show enough votes for the amend
ment in both branches.
Mr. Malone, Mr.. Hopkins, Miss
Lucy Burns and Miss Mabel Vernon
went to Occoquan and held con-
ference with the imprisoned suffs,
during which it was agreed that they
should employ counsel and make a
fight to have the decision of Judge
! Mullowny reversed. Mr.. Malone made
another trip to the Workhouse last
night in the interest of his clientss
The sixteen prisoners numbered
from 5,972 to 5,9S7 inclusive, were
called at $40 this morning by the
matron of the institution and told to
dress for breakfast They did not ap-
pear in their own soft fabrics, but in
the gray prison garb furnished by the
! work house. Breakfast was served at
{ in the main dining hail. with negro
prisoners on one side and whites Oh
the other. Warden Whitaker had
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