Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-12-16
WOMEN TOBURN
WILSON'S WORDS
Philadelphia Suffragists
Will Take Part in Capital
Demonstration
BONFIRE OF ADDRESSES
Match Will Be Applied to
Speeches on Democracy in
Square Near White House
Ru q Star corrsspondent


Washington, Dec is.
Philadelphia women will take lead.
ing part in a demonstration 20 be held
IN Lafayette Square at 430 o'clock this
afternoon. when a large gathering OF
women belonging TO the National Wom-
ans party will, barring Interruption by
the police, make a bonfire of copies OF
all the speeches made by President Will
son up to date, both in this country and
France on democracy and free govern
ment
-Four or Ave hundred women OF the
National Women's party have gathered
in Washington for this demonstration
and expect to make such a big demon
stratlon and have so many OF their tol-
lowers on hand with copies OF the
speeches and torches that the police Will
be unable TO cope with their spectacular
demonstration.
LAFAYETTE Square is situated righ'
across the street in front Of the White
Hou.a and has been the scene OF most
of the big demonstrations held here
tofore by this organization for sufrage'
First OF Series
Todav's demonstration will be but me
first, II is announced, of series tha'
will be held, as the women pIan 10
hold a gathering and burn each speech
made bv the President in Europe.
touching on self-government 80 long as
self-eovernment for American women
is ignored at home.
After the burning of the President $
speeches it is planned TO burn the Fres,
dents book. 1.-The New Freedom,
women from New England, represent
ing the cradle OF freedom, will perform
this task.
Then will follow the burning OF the
Presidents last speech to congress
which the suffragists claim was not posi-
tive enough in urging woman suffrage
Pennsyivanis Women on Hand
The PENNSYLVANIA women who will
take mart in today's suffrage demonstra-
tion are Miss Mary II. Ingham, PhlIade,
phia. chairman Pennsylvania BfahcA
National womans party: Mrs. X. q.
Halligan. Philadelphia: Mrs. Lawrence
Lewis Philadelphia, member natiohai
executive committee Miss eczema r.
Bass, chairman membership committee'
Miss Caroline Katzenstein, Philadelphia
Branch: Mrs. Wallace Frost. Union
town: Miss Anna McCue, Philadelphia;
Miss Clara Michelback. Philadelphia:
Mrs. Pope Yeatman.. Philadelphia Miss
Mary and Miss Helen Winsor, HaNer-
ford Mrs. F.. Lenhart Engle, Philadel-
mia. whose husband has been in France
a long time; Mrs Edmund {. Evans
Ardmore Mrs Grace c. kempter' Mrs
Emma II. Schramberger and Mrs. j. NJ
Runk,N of Chambersburg Miss Lavinla
l.. Dock, Fayetteville; Mrs. Mary H.
Greenawalt, Phia adelphia: Miss Frances
NJ. Bayard. Philadelphia; Miss Kate I.
Hehiefnger, Shamokin; Mrs. Van ].
kaufman and Mrs. Mary kinmel'
Chambersburg and Mrs. Henry Price
Wright, Philadelphia.
Main Purpose in View
The great big purpose of the women s
demonstration Is TO gain the passage OF
the woman suffrage amendment oetore
this session Of Congress ends March g.
With about fifty days OF the session lett
there is still one vote to be gained 10
pass the amendment, and the combined
opposition of both Senate leaders. Sen
ator Lodge. of Massachusetts, (Repuoil-
CAM and Senator Martin, Of Virginia
fDemocrat).
The situation is recognized by the
women as being critical. because II the
amendment Is not passed by March II
will not only have to be passed over
again by the House in the next session
hut its ratification will be delayed Two
years, for while forty-three Legisla-
lures are in session this winter, only
eleven will be in session and able to
ratify next year.
Mrs Lawrence Lewis, of Philadelphia
was in charge of a mass meeting held
at the National Theatre here yester-
day, when prison pins were presented
10 the sufrragists, about dozen in the
number being from Philadelphia, who
had served prison sentences this year
for the cause"
At that meeting $4,000 was pledged
to the campaign by Philadelphia women.
The theatre was crowded, the boxes oc-
Z cupied by distinguished groups OF
women representing the State branches
of the party. The mass-meeting was a
part of the three day emergency confer
ence called to plan the final campaign
for passage of the amendment before
Narch4.
Calls President Inconsistent
Miss Mary H. Ingham. Of Philadelphia
chairman OF the Pennsylvania Branch o
the woman's party, in speaking OF to
days demonstration, said:
'"The women of America will not en-
dure the manifest inconsistency that oul
President should appear before all ma
tions as the great leader of democrac!
while he has left undone the one &C
that can prove the sincerity Of hi
words and the good faith of America.
I'VE. therefore, send our message b,
the best method we can devise to reac
him and to reach the new democracie
IN Europe. We demand that he use tn
power Of his international position a
this moment, to free the women OF hi
own nation.
Freedom for women Is now the uni
yersal belief OF free peoples. We II
America can make that belief effectiv'
In fact.
Sin sending our message We are ful
dllinR our duty not alone to America
but to the world, for we are giyinl
the President a unique opportunity 4
be the spokesman for all the world
what act or word OF his will d.
more TO re-enforce his international
prestige than his triumph over the las
yestige of opposition TO the will of tn
nation in the Senate Of the Unite'
states.
."rhe President cannot stand befor
the Peace Conference free to lay tn
foundation of a world democracy unit
he has built democracy into the Unite
states. by liberating the women 0