New-York tribune., 1918-12-04
Men Never Have Been Able
to Oppose Aulocracies.
She Tells Suffraais,s
Fears People Won't Slick
Expects That ''One of Six
kaiserlets VIII Creep Oui
of His Hole Somewhere"
Npec.al u The Tribune

ALBANY, Dec, 2-The women voters
of the world must lend helping hand
10 the new democracy of Europe,
Without them history Will repeat it
self in 3 reaction from the high hopes
following the war Without them the
autocrats of Europe may undermine
the new democracies.
This was the message, and the call
80 action, which Mrs Carrie Chapman
Ia;t delivered to the suTragistS Of
New York State at their annual con-
vention here to-day
al would be fine trick-a trick
quite worthy OF The Kaiser" said Mrs
Gait, "to allow the people of Germany
TO form 4 new government and sign
the peace treaty, and then overthrow
that governments No power on earth
could then enforce the treaties.
The people Of Europe are excited
now and Jealous for democracy, but
they aren't going to stick to it. The
people who viii stick are those who
can get something out Of waiting
game. Not the Kaiser himself, per
haps, but one Of the six kalserlet sons
Mi creep out of his hole somewhere,
I'm sure Of that
What No Men Have Done
This is the time for the women
OF the world TO do what no men have
done for men The only possible anti
oote Tor another world war is a de-
mocracy that VIII 'democ,' You can't
make me believe that the people OF
Europe can establish democracies over
w. h,l,,
ment from the organized democracies
OF the world No men have ever done
this The fruits of Waterloo as Dr.
BaSsett calls them, were lost because
the kings got together to suppress the
new born democracieS, and the democ-
racies did not get together
'The women voters must organize to
do TINS thing" she continued. ~N
must send lecturers to the new denoc-
racies of Europe to tell them the bright
side Of our national l;fe. We must
comDile statistics OF our national bless
ings and publish them abroad The
united millions o. the women voters Of
the United States, Great Britain, Can
ada, Australia, New Zealand, Norway,
Denmark and Finland will produce a
power which cannot but make its way
even against a united Eurpean Tory
Ism"
oIetS ana n on O1erS
The International Woman Suffrage
Alliance Will be reorganized into two
groups Of members, Mrs Gait said
The voters and the non-voters. In each
country the local organizations will be
formed into councils of women voters.
The first duty Of the women voters
OF the United States at home must be, .
she continued, ito codify and standard
'ze the laws Of the country The laws
OF the f0rty-eight states vary SO that
1t is impossible for upeducated people
TO know their rights 1t is fact so
oovlous that It needs no demonstration
that II one section of the country is
much behind the others in education
Sna legal protection to women and chill
cren its civilization is bound to prove a.
deterrent influence throughout the
Whole country
Therefore it becomes the duty Of all
forward looking people TO see that the
laws OF the whole nation are unified
and thae the standard by which to
measure the proper programme for
each state is the code OF laws Of the
most advanced states
commission Of women lawyers will
ne established by the National Ameri-
can Woman Suffrage Association to
carry out this codifica on Of laws and
10 spread the knowledge 10 all women
OF the country They Will also make
a study Of the election laws, with the
attention of showing up the weakness
and chances for corruption lurking in
each
To Be @1he Pudding Stick
We shall be the pudding stick to
SIR up the men Of each state to reform
thelr own election laws" Mrs. Gait con-
cluded.
The convention voted to indorse all
tnese projects, in whatever definite
lorln they shall crystalline at the con-
Wygnslon O. the National American
Will be held carly in 1919
The suflagists then tnrnod tbeir a+
'enNon to home affairs They voted to
support the prohibition amendn1ont
Whlch IS before the state Lepislature
Tor ratification They voted also 70
morse the ~woman's labor programmes
puo ior"ar9 py group of organiza-
ions. including the State Federation of
Labor, the Young Women's Christian
the State Federation Of Women's Ci,he
and the Women's Trade Union I.eagna
The womens programme includes the
elght-hour day for women, the mini
mum wage, health insurance and nro.
tective laws for elevator girls. CON
ductorettes and Office workers. the
1ifty-four-hour week and no night work
after 10 o'clock applying to all They
voted also, after a lively tilt, to in
dorse, in theory, the remainder Of the
programme Of the Federation of Labor,
including 'labor's bill Of rights" but
referred the specific laws to the state
executive committee fer study.
Mrs. Maud Swartz, chairman Of the
labor committee for the Woman's Sui
frage party, thanked them.
I'm glad you have not turned this
programme down." she said, mot for
the sake of the working women, but
for your own The working women
have been looking 70 you middle class