New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-06-01

On the other hand, Miss Paul and he
followers claimed that Congress knew
but one language. votes, and that by
the mere threat of adverse votes thes
could keep Congress in line for future
favors. Neither Democrats nor Kenub
licans would risk another campaign
with the women attacking them.
The Woman's Party was organized by
Miss Paul at the Panama Pacific Typo.
sition and gathered signatures all thai
summer to a monster petition of WON.
en- voters of the West. These were
carried across the country By women
automobiles and presented to Presi-
dent Wilson with great ceremony. BY
this time President Wilson's enormous
influence as the leader of his party
lad been well demonstrated. Tho
Woman's Party directed all their peti-
tons to him, declaring that if he would
but say the word Congress would iurn
through the suffrage wheel Finally.
when the death of lnez Mihollano
Boissevain had wrung tha hearts Of
suffragists all over the country
they began their picketing of the White
House as protest against the "aeed-
less sacrifice of women's lives in th,s
movement. The President had rcpeat-
eddy told them that he could not lead
his party in this matter, that 1t was a
question for the sovereign states to
decide for themselves, but Miss Paul
and Miss Burns retorted that it was a
national and not state issue. and that
they would stand at his gates to re-
mind him of that fact
In this country as soon as war was
declared against Germany the suf-
fragists offered their services to the
Federal and state governments. In
New York state the referendum cam
paign was already under way. so the
sutfragists gave up street meetings and
parades and devoted the strength of
their organization to takinr o. the
military census, to war gardening and
food conservation, and feeding the SOL
diers at Plattsburg and Camp UPTON.
Practically the only suffrage campaign
ing that was done at ell was the Sc
curing of signatures to a great state
wide, house to house petition This
was signed by over one million women
and it silenced forever the plea of the
sutfragists that women do noe
want the vote.
Then came the two parades-one
parade of the Red Cross, with Fifth
Avenue filled with marching women in
blue and gray uniforms, ready for
overseas duty, or wearing the pictur-
esque white headgear which spells
bandages and congresses for wounded
men. This was not suffrage parade
at all, but it was a woman's parade and
New York was learning that sutfragists
upon it followed the suffrage parade.
a paradesof mothers with service stars
folded over their hearts, mothers who
fatered a bit in the march as the
newsboys' raucous cry sounded be-
tween the brass bands Americans in
trenches in France Behio1 sc moth
ers came the women who had answered
with what talent they had their coun-
try's call, the women census takers. the
women police, the women chauTeurs,
the conductorettes and farmerettes.
New York went "over the ton for
suffrage" with majority of 1lo 40
votes, to the surprise Of the world
and it must be confessed to the no
mentary astonishment OF the suf.
fragsts themselves
And the final chapter began.
"Why did it take so long :"
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. president
Of the National American Woman Suf-
rage Association, recognized leader OF
The cause at the moment of it's triumoh
smiles tolerantly when the impatient
younger generation puts that question.
The whole world is always unari-
nously against any new thing SIC
says. 'In the beginning Of any new
movement there is a hard struggle.
carried on by few pioneers who are
willing to buck the tide OF public
opinion rather than go with IT, I'm
perceptibly the tide changes and the
foaters as well as the fighters join
the ranks"