Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-02

that we all know so well now, taken
from the Presidents own words again,
The time has come TO conquer or
submit, for us there is but one choice,
We have made IT, On her the out
rageous sentence of seven month.
was imposed, apparently with tho
idea that in the person Of Alice Paul
they had seized the 0nc who inspired
the demonstrations, the woman re-
sponsIble for the apparently ire
pressible demand on the part Of women.
Such q stupid government The
imprisonment Of Alice Paul aroused
such fire Of burning Indignation
that women everywhere we're stirred,
that protests came in thousands % the
President and women came in person
to voice their protests and TO voice it
ia the most effective way they could
find Forty-one women appeared on
the picket line on the 10th Of Nover1-
Der. The demand had not been 81
lenced
And the answer that came 10 these
women was varying terms Of Impris-
onrnent, from six DAYS for Mrs. Nolan,
a woman seventy-three years Of age,
to six months for Lucy Burns, an
other ''rng-leader
We know what happened when those
women demanded that they be treated
as political prisoners, and, ds a protest
against the treatment imposed upon
them, went on hunger-strike. The
hunger strike called attention 10 their
Just demands, and storm Of lndIg-
nation was aroused in every part Of
the country. The effect was sure and
came quickly. All suffrage prisoners
were released.
We have a right to believe that the
government at last recognizes the
untenable position it has maintained
when il has declared that we fight for
democracy refused democracy 10
those at home; when 1t sends millions
Of men TO fight for it in Europe and
lmprisons and tortures women who
struggle Tor 1t here.
Certainly those things the pickets
have done, certainly the suffering
women have shown they are willing
to endure has had this efTect-that
our government is spurred TO action
Those who say they are friends have
hung back and been slow TO act; We
believe they have been reused 70 see
the urgency OF immediate action.
Those who we're enemies are now TAX
ing the position that agitation which
grows more and mere intense must be
ended. at least removed from the
capital and scattered among the
legislatures OF forty-eight States.
We believe that We occupy tins
position today, why Because Of the
picketing Because OF the lmprlson-
ment OF those women, the situation has
become intense, and the only answer
to il Is action That Is the reason We
believe that when the suffrage amend
ment comes TO vote in the present
Congress, il viii pass.
But suppose the vote when 1t IS
taken does not win the amendment?
" hat have we in store for Us? Why,
we can simply 20 on doing what We
have done, we can simply 20 on press
ing with every means at our command
that this thing should be done. We
can 20 on lobbying for It Just as We
have lobbIed-how lnSlstent and how
incesSant that lobbying has BEEN
We can 60 on organizing for 1t aS We
have organized. And certainly We can
60 on demonstrating, giving right here
In Washington the vlSualiz2tIOn OF all
this sentiment which does exist. we
know it exists, in all parts Of our coun-
try.
Our course is very plain before Us.
We have tried the things We have
thought best in the last five wears; We
know pretty we'll where we stand; We
know what Is good and what is not
good; we know what 10 discard and
what to use "a the very limit Of our
ability Those are our future plans,
to go right straight on until the amend
ment is won.