The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-10
.SUFF5 INF POSE
On Mr.. WILSON
SECURE AN AUDIENCE
BY MISREPRESENTATION
And Demand Support for the
Suffrage Amendment-Wll
Picket the White House.
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WASHINGTON. Jan. 9-Woman suf.
fragists. after another futile appeal TO
President Wilson today for his support
iof the Susan Ii. Anthony amendment,
announced plans for retaliation b.
picketing the White House grounds
with: silent senrinels" Their purpose
lis TO make it impossible for the Pres
idenr to enter or leave the White
House without rnCOuntering senIi-
mel bearing some device pleading the
suffrage cause.
The move. was acknowledged 10 be a
step in the new policy OF mild mill.
itancy. which began with the coup in
the House gallery on December i
when Il party OF suffragiSts unfurled a
Votes for Women banner while the
President was making his opening ad-
idreSS.
What The White House authorities
will do about the pickets the suffra-
RiStS intend 10 leave for development.
After the women had their audience
today they returned TO headquarters of
the Congressional Union, formed their
new nlans and held Il meeting pledg.
ing 5000 for the silent sentinel
icrInpaign.
Headed by Miss Maud Younger and
Mrs. Sara Bard Field. 500 suftragisr ;
from the Congressional Union went 10
sec the President. OSlpnSibly 10 pre-
sent memorials on The death Of Mrs.
Incz Milhol!and Boissrvain.
Because of the affair in thr House
gallery in December. there was some
difficulty in arranging The audience.
but the President consented 10 receive
the women. When they made ir the nc-
caSion TO renew their pleas that he
ON hh frsD ii rTNn h.a
President expressed his SURPRISE re-.
minded The spokesman of The party
that he had moi been appriSed CT their
full purpose and was not prepared to
say any more than h. had on previous
occasions. He repeated that he he
lipved personally in their cause but as
the leader of his party could nnI com.
nit to action il had not endorsed. The
President added he could moi under
stand why women failed Ia realize that
the Democratic parry had done more
for. suffrage than the Republicans.
Mr.. Wilson's Statement
Il had not been appriScd that you
were coming here 10 make any repre-.
scnIations or would isSuc an appeal TO
me" said the President II had been
told that sou were coming 10 present
memorial resolutions with regard TO
the very rrmarkabl" woman WHOM
your cause has io:l. therefore. am
not prepared 10 say anything further
than have said on previous occasions
Of this sort.
Il do not need Ia tell you where my
own convictions and my own personal
purpose lie. and | need not tell you by
what CircumsCrintionS am bound as
the leader Of party. AS the leader
Of a party. my commands come from
the party and nor from private person
al convictions. My personal action as
q citizen. Of course. comes from no
source hui my, own convictions. and
therefore. my position has been so fire.
quently defined. and hope so candid
" defined. and il Is so impossible for
me until Tho orders of my party are
changed TO do anything other than !
am doing as party leader, that
think nothing more is necessary is 10
be said.
II do want TO say this: | do not sec
how anybody can fail 10 observe from
tho nttcranCeS OF the last campaign
that the Democratic party is more III
clined than the opposition party TO as
siSt in this great cause and il has been
a matter of surprise 10 ME and mat
ter Of very deep regret that so many
OF those who were heart and soul for
this cause seemed so greatly 10 mis-
understand and misinterpret the at:i-
tudc Of the parties. Because in this
country as in every other self-govern-
ing country. it is only through the in
strumentalily of parties that things
can be accomplished. They are not
accomplished by the individual voice.
but by concerted action. and that ac-
tion must come only so fast as you can
concert it. have done my best and
shall continue 10 do my best TO con-
cert il in the interest of cause IN
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