The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-12
HAO TO FIGHT WILSON
FOR PRINCIPLES SAKE
Noted Women at Academy of Music
Yesterday Tell of Struy giles by Those
Who Demand Women's Rights.
DID NOT ENDORSE HUGHES
Leader of Woman's Party. and Miss
Younger, California Suffragettc, Tell
of Active Service They Have Seen
I'm Congress.

Two OF the nations most promi-
nent equal suffrage leaders. Miss Ann
Martin of Nevada, and Miss Maude
I Younger, Of San Francisco. addressed
ii tair-s sized audience at the Academy
, OF Music yesterday afternoon under
the auspices Of the Virginia branch
or the Congressional union, Miss
Martin is chairman of the newly
. formed Woman's party. and Miss
Younger is remembered as the lead
ing speaker at the memorial exercises
held some time ago in Washington
In honor Of Mrs. Boissevain, who died
while serving the equal suffrage cause
Mrs. Sophie G. Meredith, president of
the Virginia branch OF the union,
presided at the meeting and intro
duced the speakers.
Miss Martin explained the object
of the Congressional union. and gave
a sketch of the struggles undergone
with the subsequent progress made
The union, she said. was formed for
the purpose of securing an amend
ment to the constitution Of the United
States whereby all women may be
allowed the right to vote. The
amendment was offered years ago
by Susan Il. Anthony. and bears her
name at the present time.
Why They Opposed Wilson.
In speaking of the activities en-
gagged in by members of the union
in the Western states during the re
cent presidential election, Miss Mar
tin told OF the fight made against
Wilson, The president. she said. had
been urged to give congress his con-
sent to passage Of the Anthony
amendment. but had declined to do
so and for this reason women voters
in the Western states were compelled
because of their principles and loyalty
To their cause to wage campaign
against him they were successful
in Illinois, she said. and were par
tally successful in other states We
did not endorse Hughes she said.
land did not work for him anywhere
But we instructed the women TO vote
against the party that had the power
To give rights to suftragis and failed,
He kept us out OF war" Miss Mar
tin declafed was the slogan Wilson
synpathizer used I'm the campaign
but pointed out that he kept US out
Of war only until after election
Recites Amusing Incidents.
Miss Younger who has passed
through active service as a lobbyist
in congress, told amusing incidents
by sufrTagettes fer the passage OF
intelligentiy Of the workings Of the
congressional committees. and told Of
the losing game played ny the suf
frage champions in attem pting to get
the Anthony amendment ont Of the
committee after Il had been taken
there on the support Of suffrage SYM
pathizers IN the senate and house.
Miss Younger dwell in Il humorous
way upon what she described a.
President Wilson'S evasions Of the
suffrage Issue. and declared that in
the recent campaign wilson's declar-
alton. Il believe the time has come
for extending suffrage 70 the state
when he was on his wav 10 New
Jersey 10 vote for equal suffrage had
been changed 10 II believe the time
has come for extending suffrage 10
the nation" and used to his advan
tage in the campaign
She explained how !. would be 3n}-
possible for the measure 10 become
effective II II were referred 70 the
separate states because IN that event
II would require constitutional
amendment from the state jeEisla-
lures. and in one instanCe-Nrw Mex
tco-she knew the condition could
not be changed che declared that
equal suffrage was comlog. and that
the womens forces woula not despair.
She sahl that "pick citing was a mere
detail Of their work. but merely served
as an example of the ends to which
they were willing 10 go in order to
secure what thes deemed their nat
ural rights