New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
c.,vass of Washington
Opinion Indicates Grow
ing lmpatience
Looked Upon as
Afront to Wilson
Even Ardent Sufragists Call
Actions Highly I'm
patriotic
Rv lanes Arthur Seavey

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE lead
- and wheel horses, the active and
,.,siye supporters Of woman suffrage
,,ou the Battery 10 the Golden Horn,
.-gs, 70 know that the national ell
,-,nehisement of the women Of the
r,;tsd States has been put in great
Iii by the plcketing Of the President.
Vet this is the cause for which thou
,,rds OF women all over this land
-ors Of them. perhaps in the National
Vonar's party, which started the
.;eketing. than in any other group OF
;ssragists would gladly fall into
gsir last sleep tonight if they knew.
seyond any doubt, that the Anthony
amendment would he passed by the
oeI. session of Congress.
Has No Support
In the first place, the grotesque
,russde has no popular support. either
!, The nation or the nations capital,
sI,,vt among the members of the
narty which inaugurated II, and some
Il hen are decidedly opposed 10 L..
Never. probably, since the Civil War
are SO many representative citizens
f-or all over the country visited
Washington from week 70 week as
snce The United States entered the
var They are here on all sorts OF
business and have al sorts Of axes to
rrind. In the past few days I have
,sked perhaps two score Of these
,i,ito-s 10 the national capital, resi-
;,rts OF all parts Of the country. what
,bsy thought Of the picketing of the
White House
4 few smiled at the question and
f.nissed il as of too little importance
% consider The great majority eX-
crossed the Indignation they felt in no
uninsured terms, and in many cases
~ extremely unparliamentary Ian
guage. They didn't know what the
crusade really meant. or against whom
Or what 10 was directed unit! they ar
ri7ed in Washington. Then they found
that il was not directed toward Con-
gess, not directed against that all
embracing and highly impersonal thing
called the national government, but
that it was directed especially and ex-
eusivelv against -hc President Of the
United states
Now tina. they know this. and you
ask mem what they think OF the patrol
Of the standards n front Of the White
House, they find difficulty In expressing
themselves 10 terms strong enough 10
show their real feelings Only this
afternoon [ was talking with q man
ron California. an euthusiastic be-
heysr in woman suffrage and one OF
those WHO helped by has vote 10 give i
% the women Of Californa. ! asked
hin Il the thought the movement had
received any practical advantage, had
been materially helped By the nieket
patrol
Being helped" he exclaimed. ats
dole more damage 10 the cause in the
states that have rot yet given the bal
loi 70 woman. AID 1t has done more
harm 20 the Anthony amendment than
anything that has ever happened. l
know the National Woman's party as
ar organization. and ! know some Of
rs members personally In the past
10 organization has done more valiant
Eork Tor suffrage than The Nationa
Woman party. and no suffrage organl-
lztion has az ADLER or more brilliant
Membership.
aWay they got OF onto this p:cketics
switch and why somebody can't induce
rem O. get back onto the main track
Is uore than know. There is nothing
he natter with the organ. cation ex
CD. its outrageous sfront 70 President
Wilson.
= didn't know very much bout Il
gntil ] cgWe East. Now I know murn
soss. j. and the motives behind IT,"