Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-09

Nou have no idea of the pride feel at
coming here TODAY The pride | feel has
nothing TO do with anything that | have
ever done or ever said for suffrage. | have
made no sacrifice; he only makes sacrI-
6cc who does something he wished less 10
do than something else, and did merely
what | wished 10 do more than all else.
have a pride IN coming here today be
cause | met the leaders of the National
Numan's Party IN political hostility. and
meeting them in conflict. learned the
merit of their claim and the courage with
which they put IT forth
want To ask any man within the range
of my voice what group ot men IN America
today has been or Is willing to leave COM
Portable homes. the gentccl conversation
nf clubs. ia stand up against temporary
scnrn and adverse criticism and go TO
suffer Indignitv and outrage IN jail, TO
serve the cause of political liberty.
When / see some OF the gentlemen who
an, the busy critics Of the National
Noman's Party, indulge themselves IN an
Inconvenience for any cause, | shall nc
profoundly impressed by the arguments
thcv put forth
Much has been SAID about the result IN
tho State of New \ ork.
Make no mistake, my fellow-cltlzcns,
something must have happened to change
a defeat two wears ago .oi nearly 2oO,u"u
adyers,, voters INTO "a 10000 majority,
something extraordinary, and nothing, IN
nv Judgment, was a greater contribution
to that result than the dramatlzation ot
the Justice of the claim of woman suffrage
m thus country which the pickets oil the
National Woman's Party gave.
!. h.axx var
he efTects. The President wouldn't have
bcen able to criticise the pickets II they
had never plcketcd. and his very criticism
az thern won the votes of more conServa-
tive men In the State of New York. who
s,ld. We'll. we Will vote because the
President wants US to. not because we
don't like the pickets-we Will follow ms
advice on the subject. The pickeNng
tiIrped the attention oi those who didn I
Hkeit toward those who denounced 1t, ana
=, something that was never intended IN
the rssaIlt was a contribution from the
conservative vote brought about in this
rndirrct fashion bv the pIcketlng agitation.
Rrt- atTirrnativelv and positively, labor IN
n the Srstc of New York. Tor the first time
in tho HISTORY of the fight for suffrage IN
my Stsfr came 10 the view that the cause
of woman suffrage was no longer mere
transient appeal that It WAS question
~ substantial justice, that II had a con-
nes.tIon with our economic and industrial
DEVELOPMENT, and labor, seeing that form
al agitatinn. pIckeilng, which they had
,,rittrn INTO the lsw of the country,
.,Ionted bv the women of the National
Momsp's PARTY, were intrigued into a
d,cp interest, and labor and the radical
yots az New York did morr than anything
,lsr 10 carry the State for woman suffrage
What is this pickcting? IL Is the march
~ women OF culture, refinement and IN
doniiahle spirit and .tmercan tradition,
women like Mrs Hopkins OF New Jersey,
or Mrs Brannan. the daughter OF Charles
Dana. or Ms Hllles, the daughter OF
Thomas Ravard. or Mrs. Rogers, the
lrsrt dcsccnoant OF Roger sherman, who
signed the Declaration Of Independence
who have done what? Who have walked
to the gates Of the executive mansion, ask
inr Tor their political freedom. Have they
committed am act Of disorder: None.
Have thev been charged with sny, at any
time There has been no such charge.
Nhy remember, and YOU also recollect,
that bcfOrc this great war came on, IN the
dANs when the CZar ruled Russia, any
peasant IN th4t great country. even
though he was not admitted within the
flfNfT. ftliQ 40 ~ VIZ
uetltionlnC for redress or grievances.
bsvc never been persuaded that the
President personally was the least bit dis
t,rrhe-i hv this petitionIng; In fact. he told
me ne WAS not | remember the haIcvon
isvs " hen the glrls were even invited N to
warm their feet and have some hot coffee /;
and then the policy vas switched.
Political agitation always grows under
the stimulus OF injustice When lew
weeks ago, I came 10 " sshIngton to see
client of mine, Miss Alice Paul, and was
told hv the warden that ! could not sec
her ! asked him why he said: 'l ou Will
have 10 see somebody else ! don't know.
SAID. Well everybody, fathers, brothers
and husbands who have come out here 10
see their relatives have had the same ex-
perlence. bur | want TO tell YOU that
don intend to sec anybody else, because
7 have taken the trouble to establish the
iart that vOu arc the one 10 grant entrance
Ia this institution But | was denied the
night 10 see nv client, and the next day
I had 70 20 10 Judge Stafford OF the
nited States District Court, TO take out
a writ Of habeas corpus 10 establish the
thoroughly Well-establlshed and oid-tlme
nrlnciple that an attorney might see his
client Can YOU imagine such petty
~iupiQllN. fUL II QIuU auADN ALits OC-
cause when ] am ~ fight. ] prefer 10
fight and not to argue
And 50 the next day when ] went to the
Jail the frosty atmosphere had disappeared
and warm vas the generous welcome and
hospitality that ] received. Then when |
went 10 sec Miss Paul, this Indomltable
person, this graduate Of Pennsylvania
University. who took herDoctor's ; Degree
there. and wrote her thesis III the Uni
versity Of London, and who, gentle IN her
origin and environment Is the daughter
al a Quaker, when ] went to sec this
woman who, in the best Of health seldom
Weighs. / dare say. more than hundred
POUNDS. where did find her? found her,
..gslnst her protest against her demand
% sec her attorney or her personal ply
sician. transferred into the psychopathlc
ward found, as ! walked through the
corridor 10 reach her room, that she was
surrounded by uianlacs, whose Incoherent