Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-10-26
New York Women Are Praised
tor Ability in Handling Cam
paign and Hope Is Expressed
That They May Win,
FOUNDATIONS OF WORLD
TOUCHED By STRUGGLE
Both as Representative Of
Party and as Private Citizen
Chief Executive Avows Sup
port to Cause,
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Washington, Oct. 25.--Speaking as
a party leader and as an individual
President Wilson today urged the
woman suffrage issue upon the voters
of all states. He told delegation or
one hundred members of the New
York state woman suffrage party
that he hoped their campaign would
be successful and urged men of all
parties in New York particularly TO
vote for suffrage.
The war, said the president, was
qickening community expressions ana
made the present good time FOR
states TO express their sentiments at
the polls on the suffrage question. He
said he would welcome these express
sions especially at this time, since in
the prosecution of the war social foun-
dations must be sound. One basic
principle contributing to this condi-
ton, he declared, Is complete democ-
racy for women.
Received in Fast Room.
The president praised the capacity
ability. resources and vision of New
York women in conducting the suf-
frage campaign and asked the delega-
ton to convey his message to the vot-
ers of New York state. Neither the
president nor Mrs. Norman De h.
Whitehouse, who, as spokesman for
the delegation, asked the president for
an expression on the campaign. made
any reference to the White House
tNf hn ne af
the woman's party. The women were
received by the president in the East
room of the white House.
The president, addressing the suf-
fragists. said!
1T is with great pleasure that re-
ceive you. | esteem it privilege to
do 50. / know the difficulties which
You have been working under in New
York state, so clearly set forth by Mrs.
Whitehouse, but in my judgment those
differences cannot be used as an ex-
Cuse by the leaders of any party or
by the voters of any party for neglect
ing the questions which you are press
ing upon them.
Titanic Struggle Going On.
Because. after ALL the whole world
now is witnessing a struggle which
goes deeper and touches more of the
foundations of the organized life of
men than any struggle that has ever
taken place before and no settlement
of the questions that lie on the sur
face can satisfy a situation which re-
quires that the questions which lie un-
detneath and at the foundation should
also be settled and settled right l
am free to say that think the aues-
ton of woman suffrage is one of those
questions which lie at the foundation.
THE world has witnessed a slow po-
litical reconstruction, and men have
generally been obliged to be satisfied
with the slowness of the process. In
sense, it is wholesome that il should
be slow, because then it is solid and
sure, but believe that this war is 60
ing to so quicken the convictions and
the consciousness OF mankind with re-
gard to political questions that the
speed of reconstruction will be great
)y increased. And I believe. that just
because we aye quickened by the ques-
tions of this war we ought to be
quickened to give this question Of
woman suffrage our immediate con-
sideration.
Country Appreciates Women.
AS one of the spokesmen of great
party, would be nothing less than
obeying the mandates Of that party If |
gave my hearty support to the ques-
ton of woman suffrage, which you |
represent, but I do not want to speak |
merely as one of the spokesmen of |
party. l want to speak for myself |
and say that IT seems to me that this |
is the time for the states of this union |
tn take this action. / perhaps may be
touched little too much by the tra-
ditions of our politics-traditions
which lay such questions almost en-
tirely upon the states, but / want to
see communities declare thsemselves
quickened at this time and show the
question OF the quickening.
81 think the whole country has ap-
preciated the way in which the women
have arisen to this great occasion.
They not only have done what thev
have been asked to do and done II
with ardor and efficiency, but they
have shown a power to organize for
doing things of their own initiative
which Is quite different thing. and
a very much more difficult thing, and /
l think the whole country has admired
the spirit and the capacity and the
vision of the women of the United
States.
Glad to Give Help.
1T is almost absurd to say that the
country depends upon the women for
a large part Of the inspiration Of its
life. That is too obvious to say: but
Il is now depending upon the women