The sun., 1918-10-04
WILSON TALK SAVES
PARTY FROM WOMEN
Miss Alice Paul Intimates
That Election Rcprisals
VIII Be Personal.
IN LINE WITH MRS. GAIT
Suffrage Adversaries Now
Have One Point Upon
Which They Agree.

The National Woman's party. whicn
not many weel;s ago burned President
wilson's \"idle words on suffrase"--as 1t
called then1--in the square before the
white House and which has repeatedly
declared it's intention Of, fighting the
Democratic party in the fall elections
should the Susan B. Anthony amend
ment fail to pass the Senate. Is so COM
pletely won over by the Presidents
speech before iaat body in behalf Of the
measure that |. now intends to support
him unreservedly.
Miss Alice Paul said yesterday at
board meeting at the home Of Mrs. John
Rogers. Jr, 1o2 East Thirtieth street
"It will do nothing to embarrass Presi-
dent Wilson. who did 50 glorious a thing
for suffrage
But the President has rather put this
militant branch of the sutfs In hole, be-
cause they still hold the party response
BILE for the Senste's action, as more
Democrats than Rep, Jlicans voted
against the amendment, and how to fight
the party and not embarrass Mr.. Wilson
was the dilemma that occupied the
board meeting and was not settled when
II adjourned. However. IL seems pretty
definite that the party will abandon IT'S
policy OF hoidiay the Democrats respon-
sible as a party, and will go out against
individual candidates, Republican or
Democratic, who are the enemies of suf-
frase.
Lion and Lamb Asree.
Thus do the Hon and the lamb lie
down together-thus do Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait and her National Woman
Suffrage Association and Miss Alice
Paul and her National Womans party
become as sisteis-at least they may II
| the y. w. A. S. will forget the naughti-
ness of the picket SUITS which It has SO
condemned.
However. tho National woman's party
| is giving out 10 statement until after
Miss Paul has seen certain members OF
! the board who we're not present at yes
| terday's meeting. She goes to Connect
cut tomorrow for a conference with
women there.
At yesterdays conference were Miss
Paul, national chairman; Mrs. o. II. p.
Belmont. Mrs. John Winters Brannan
| Mrs John Rogers, Jr., Mrs. Henry But
| terworth, Mrs. Frances Thurber Scale
Mrs William Boies Thompson and Miss
Elsie Hill.
Mrs. James w. Wadsworth. wife OF
the senior Senator from New York. who
cast his vote against the amendment,
| Tuesday, came to New York to attend
| a conference at the Biitmore of the
National Association Opposed to Woman
Suffrage, OF which she is president
| Antis Also Will He Voting.
| Il would like" Mrs. Wadsworth said
| after the meeting. ito reply to the
| threats Of reprisals made BY suffra G lists
against their opponents in the Senate
| They seem TO forget that the anti-suf,
frage women as well as the suffra 81
women have the vote
| IT wish to emphasi she added
that we anti-sufrra sists have not gone
away from the President; he has gons
away from U.s."
| Asked II she approved the sectiona
speeches of Senator Smith of South
Carolina and others who based thei.
| opposition to the amendment on tn.
| negro question, and who declared thai
It behooved the South TO stand or fal
| together on this question. and IL she
thought the Republican Senator's were
true TO their party tenets in applaud
| Ing this, Mrs. Wadsworth hesitated, ans
| at last replied
"Of course we ant!-suffragists do no
stand for legislation that means retro
| gress!on."
| II has been a question whether Sen
| ator Wadsworth would run again, bu
Mrs. Wadsworth's remarks yesterday in
| dictated that he might intend to do so
His term expires in 1920