El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-29
.PICKETS RIGHT,
SAYS MRS. PARK
Suffrage Leader Tells Au-
dience White House Pick
cts Are Not Disloyal.

To an audience composed Of many
women and one man, Mrs. Alice Park,
OF Palo Alto, Cal. Tuesday morning
declared her faith in picketing in q
spirited victory" address at the
chamber of commerce
yes. indeed, I believe in pickets."
said Mrs. Park. who is an active suf-
fragist and has campaigned in Lon
don, New York, Arizona and Wash
ington. D. C, and in her own home
state. Mrs Parks address was on the
Eassing by the house of the Susan b.
Anthony federal amendment
1T seems pity that L could not
have picketed out in front Of the
white house, for my own countrywom-
en-. when 1 had been granted the same
privilege in ENGLAND, at HOllowell
prison" said Mrs. Park. land 1 should
save done so, but an automobile ran
into me. and left me physically unfit
to stand the Door eating and dreadful
treatment and worm food and bad air
Of prison confinement and treatment
1T is time we took the mock out of
democracy at home" declared the Wis
itOr. The most the pickets ever did
was to take some sentence that had
been uttered by Wilson and put it on
n banner, which was held at the gate.
There was never for a moment any
thing unpatriotic in the pickets or
their actions"
Mrs. Parks believes in the do every
thing policy, but thinks that if Texas
leaves her present state of mourning.
or black on the suffrage map, and
berOmes a white or suffrage state. IT
is important to sign up members for
the Equal Franchise league, and TO
work for the federal amendment
Wakes Up the Men
''The first result OF suffrage is that
the men suddenly remember TO regis
ter so that they can vote They know
the women Will be out in sufficiently
large numbers; they appreciate their
duty" said the speaker.
The New York election had telling
effect on the treatment given the ma
ticnal resolution in the house. accord
ing to Mrs. Park She described the
six solid hours of unceasing debate.
the day of the memorable passing of
the amendment, and the scenes in the
galleries following the announcement
that the measure had carried Pande-
monium reigned for many minutes,
and all rules OF the house for order
were forgotten
FL Paso's Fight for Prohibition.
In referring to the wet and dry
campaign now being waged in e
Paso. the noted suffragis leader ex-
pressed her surprise at what
was being accomplished in three
/ short weeks w ny, California nae
seven months of suffrage cam
paigu. and Arizona seven weeks. But
FL PasO puts on a whirlwind prohibit
ton fight in three weeks There is q
certain strike in a short campaign 9
spirit. that IS worth while
Mrs. Park at one time lived in F
I Paso for two years-it was about 1885,
and was a schoOlmate Of Mrs Hor'
ace B. Stevens. whose house guest she
has been, while in the city. She left
/ this afternoon for her California
home, delighted with every stage OF
: her short stay here and the splendid
audience that greeted her, upon so i'm
promptu notice She has written Z
worthy book on Citizenship" and 9TH
er literary works. was appointed z
delegate to the International Woman.
I Suffrage Congress at Budapest In
1913, and has been generally active In
the forwarding OF the feminist move
ment And she likes to serve on Ju-
ries