New Britain herald., 1919-02-20
NORDS SDEMANDS
Speaker, Out of Jail, IainS Attack on Wilson

Increased activity In suffrage
 city was proved last evening hN
 lArge and interested audience of
 People who gathered al the homo
 8AAr. and Mrs Buell. B. RasSette to
 erl talk by Mrs. Toscan Bennett or
 Ertford
 Mrs. Bennett explained to the gath LIB the reasons why she was con aned to a. jail ia Washington under ADUnditions which she said hcggar do- sscription. Mrs. Bennett said that tho sonly offense of her party was the sdemand that they be allowed to cN- ercise the right of petition, and that they did not infringe upon any law Whatsoever in so doing. The speaker made it clear that she does not in vite sympathy for herself, but mercy teells tho story of her own cXporlcncc and those of others to show 10 what extent the women of her party arc willing to endure h1rdShlpS to bring about a constitutional amendment, favora blc to woman suffrage.
 Refuses to Leave Jail.
 Tn telling of her prison experiences Mrs. Bennett told of a call made upon her by Senator Mclean urging her to leave prison and her refusal to do so before her sentence was served, and also told of her five day hunger strike Asked by d member of the audience if the suffrage party in any way fa- vored Bolshevism. the speaker said that the party was wholly patriotic and did not stand in any way for Bolshcvik doctrines:
 w hat is this government waiting z for?' was the question asked by Mrs. nntt of European countries which with held the right of vote from women until revolutions mad it a necessity She spoke as fnllows
 'The reasons for what is termed militancy in the National Woman's Party are very simple indeed. The demonstrations which have taken place in Washington for the last two years have been staged for political purposes and our experiences in tho past have demonstrated to us that they are effective.
 President the Supreme Power.
 We have consistently pointed out that President Wilson was in the last analysis, the one who must be held responsible for the fate of the sue- frage amendment. He is the nation s chief executive and the leader of the democratic party which is now in ] control of both branches of congress. We have every moral and legal right l to force the president by any means 1 to coerce his party members in the
 senate to pass u is measure because the party stands for the principle of i woman suffrage in it's platform, and l through it's leader and the national l demo ocratic committee 1t stands for | the federal amendment, therefore it ! is not only our right but our duty to ] demand this measure of justice and it [ is not only the presidents right but 1 his duty to force the reactionary members of his party to savc that 1 partys honor.
 :" Militant tactics of the pickets at the White House gates constituted a course Of education of the president and of the American people. After 9S women had served jail sentences u- legally imposed the president in a public statement endorsed the federal amendment and the house of represen~ tatives passed it. After shameful de~ lays the measure was brought up in the senate. the president, after two days of debate appearing before that body and in 8 speech which was a wonderful tribute to women appealed for the passage of the amendment. But the woman's party members arc politically trained, and while they were glad of the presidents support his very beautiful speech did not hide from them the fact that one of his party henchmen spoke against the resolution before the president had left the speakers rostrom. Only did it serve to make them disregard that, for in the fall election the president deliberately endorsed the candidacy of men whom he knew to be opposed to the amendment
 After 70 years labor in suffrage, women have come 10 fhe point where they are not satisfied with words and promises no matter how fair they be. The president has had innumerahle