New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-26
Suffragists Win
Wilson's Support
Election Day. and may respond to it
in noble fashion"

anv man could place his judgment
over President Wilson's and deny the
. women of New York the vote on No
vember g."
The President received the women
in the East Room Of the White House
at 2 O'Clock. The delegation was IN
troduced by Mrs. Whitehouse.
After President Wilson had finished
speaking the double circle Of women
formed into a line to shake his hand
and "a express 'hoir personal appreci-
etion of the word that they all feel
will clinch then victory at the Dolls
on Election Day. At o'clock, with
The Presidents godspeed ringing IN
their earc," as one woman put II, me
delegation took the special train for
New York.
Mrs. Warehouses; Address
! Mrs. Whitehouse said to the Pres
4 ident:
81 wish to present to you delega-
ton representing the New YORK state
Woman Suffrage Party. We thank you
most heartily for receiving US.
! MAY we not take this occasion 70
tell you that our organization mas
pledged it's support to you In tnls
war against Germany, and that all its
resources are at the disposal OF our
country in whatever way they may De
of use. And, furthermore, may we
not express to you our personal APP
probation of all you are doing for
, the cause of world democracy, which
is being fought out on the European
! battletields.
ave realize the enormous respon-
abilities which rest upon you at the
present time, and we are certain that
you would not allow yourself to be
/ distracted from the consideration OF
our grave national and international
war problems except for a measure
which you recognize as Of pressing
| importance-such as the question OF
/ woman suffrage.
Ants Use War as Argument
! "This measure has, as you know,
I the Endorsement of practically every
great industrial and social organiza-
ton and of every political party in
! the country. The Republican and
| Democratic parties have declared that
/ it should be decided by state action.
/ "The campaign which the New
! York State Woman Suffrage Party is
/ conducting to amend the, state consti-
/ tuition by a referendum to the voters
on Election Day is in accordance
with such recommendations.
| "There has never been a campaign
/ for any cause carried on under such
conflicting and confusing conditions
as this campaign Of ours.
"While the war has brought suffrage
TO the women Of Canada and Russia
the assurance Of it to the women OF
/ Great Britain and the promise OF il
to the women Of France, here in Amer
lea it is used by our opponents as q
reason for still longer withholding
suffrage from US.
A Matter of Justice
at is recognized that under these
new conditions woman suffrage has be-
come not only a question OF JUSTICE
but one of expediency. Mr.. Asquith
has declared for it on the grounds OF
expediency. Lloyd George has said II
would be an outrage to withhold it.
"Viviani has proclaimed that 1t is
the duty of the men to give women
the vote.
"Sir Robert Borden, in Canada, i:
urging it for tie Dominion as wal
mea5ure.
"This is the experience Of our al
! lies, who have been in the war almost
/ three years longer than we.
"Mr. President, we have come to you
as the leader of our country's struggle
for democracy, as the leader OF thla
government founded on the principles
Of democracy, on principles which dc
not fulfil their meaning as long as
women are excluded from the fran
chise. We have come to you TO ask
YOU TO send to the voters of New YORK
State a message so urgent and so
clear that they, on Election Day, can
not fail as patriotic men TO place the
women of their state on an equal foot
ing with the women Of the Allied
countries, and thus to advance the
cause of democracy at home, as tney
are ready to fight for it abroad.
Special significance was placed oy
many of the New York delegation on
the fact that the Presidents advocacy
of suffrage had not been affected by the
tactics of militant sufragists OF the
Woman's party.
Officials of the National American
Woman Suffrage Association declared
tonight their future plans will be de-
termined largely by the New York re-
suits. If suffrage carries, they said,
suffrage campaigns would be started
within the next yeay in many states.
II New York and Ohio, where there
also is to be a vote next month, defeat
suffrage, efforts may be centred on the
Federal amendment.
Among the women, besides Mrs
Whitehouse, who went to the White
House to-day were:
Mrs. Ogden Reid, treasurer of the
New York State Woman Suffrage party;
Mrs. F. II. Bethel, of Scardale Mrs
William Belknsp, of O5cawana; Mrs
Henry Bruere, Mrs. Walter Damrosch
Mrs. William Delano, DR.. Katharine B.
LAWS, Mr.. Frederick Edey. of Bell
port; Mrs. Charles Noel Edge, Mrs
Abraham Flexner, Mrs. Simon Flexner
Mrs. Lydig Hoyt, Mrs. James Lees
Laidlaw, Mrs. Walter Lewisohn, Mrs
Arthur Livermore, Mrs. Howard Mans
field, Mrs. Victor Morawetz. Mrs. Law
rent Oppenheim, Mrs. Edgerton Par
sons, Mrs. Frederick Peterson, Mrs
William A. Prendergast, Mrs. Herbert
Pratt, Mrs. Dexter p. Rumsey, Mrs
+. r. Strange, Mrs. Vladimir Simkho-
witch, Mrs. f. j. Tone, of Buffalo; Mrs.
Alexander Trowbridge, Mrs. Carr Van
Anda, Mrs. William II. Wadhams, Mrs
Edgerton Winthrop, Miss Rose ONeil
Mrs. Frederick Trevor Hill, Mrs. II. T
turgeson, Miss Lillian Huffcutt, OF
Binghamton, Miss Lucy Watson, OF
Utica; Mrs. William Pitkin, of Roch-
ester; Miss Leila Stott, of Albany
Mrs. Robert Ford. of Canton; Mrs
Mary Hyde Andrews. of Syracuse, and
Mrs. j. Borden Hartman.
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