The Washington times., 1920-08-27
CHEER WILSON
AT SUFF FETE
Colby Stirs Audience-Mrs.
Gait lmpIores Women Not to
Draw Party Lines.

Let US be loyal to faithful public
servants. Let us not join the snarl-
ing pack as they run after some great
man whose only orense is that he
has kept the hres OF American ideal
ism burning throughout the murk and
blackness OF the night. Let the
party serve you, but never dominate.
And remember that when you have
elected an administration IL is your
administration whether your vote con-
trlbuted to IL or not"
The above plea sent by Secretary
of state Colby into the gathering OF
several thousand men and women who
were at Polls Theater last night to
celebrate the suffrage victory, brought
the audience to its feet with cheers
and shouts which in view OF previously
expressed sentiment could have been
construed as nothing but a tribute
to the President and a denunciation
OF the forces who have worked against
him
The meeting which primarily was
called to celebrate the suffrage vic
tory and to laud the newly enfran-
chised women voters, early in the
evening developed another purpose
the lauding of the President of the
Dnlteu states.
WILSON CHEERED REPEATEDLY.
More than half a dozen times dur
ing the evening when the name of
President Wilson was mentioned, the
speaker was forced to stop in his
speech until the applauding and cheer
ing had subsided and the audience
had resumed seats. And when Secre-
tary Colby delivered the message Of
the President, congratulating the
women on their victory. the applause
lasted for several minutes.
Secretary Colby paid an eloquent
tribute to the President. The tribute
was coupled with an admonition to
the newly enfranchised women of
America to beware of party domina-
tion, and partisan rule.
The message from the President
which Secretary Colby said was de-
livered to him over the phone by the
President yesterday morning, along
with the expressed wish that the
Secretary allow nothing to keep him
from the jubilee. follows:
WILSON'S MESSAGE.
"Will you take advantage of the op-
portunity that viii be offered to say
that ! deem il one of the greatest
honors of my life that this event 30
stoutly fought for for so many years
should have occurred during my ad-
ministration. And please tell my fell
low citizens that nothing has given
me more pleasure than to do what /
could to hasten the day when the
womanhood of America would be
recognized on the equal footing which
it deserves"
Secretary Colby's speech followed
short talks by Miss Charl Williams.
vice chairman of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee; Mrs. Harriet Taylor
Upton. vice chairman OF the Repub-
lican National Committee; Miss Mar
jorie Shuler. OF the staff of the
Woman Citizen" and Miss Mary
Garrett Hay. Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait, president of the American Equal
Suffrage Association. concluded the
meeting with a speech on THE Bat
tie of Tennessee" which was a severe
indictment of the invisible govern
ment." which she declared had been
defeated by MY Country" and Amer
lean women
The interior OF Polls. decorated
with American flags and suffrage
colors. presented a picturesque back
ground for the handsomely gowned
women who were seated on the plat
form and in the boxes. Whether or
not the women who were on the
program did it Intentionally, the
picture they presented last night re
futed absolutely the contention OF
antis that politics will rob woman OF
her feminine appearance and man.
sUFFs ARE STYLISH.
Mrs. Gait, the principal woman
speaker Of the evening. looked any
thing but "mannish" in a gown OF
embroidered white crepe meteor, and
a corsage of pink roses and lavender
sweet peas. Mrs. Maud Park Wood.
chairman of the National League OF
Women Voters, looked particularly
feminine in an evening gown OF
black lace, with corsage or req
roses. >.
tho nropram were based on the recent
battle In Tennessee, and gave the
audience a vivid picture OF the nght
which was waged in the last tri-
umphant suffrage struggle.
Miss Charl williams, a tennessee
woman, received quite hand "heh
she declared that "down in my part OF
the country most OF us are Demo
Gratis" and that "it is only fitting that
the Democrats should have given the
thirty-siXth state to sunraRe' since
II was a Democratic legislature which
first gave the vote to the women OF
wyoming, back in 1882
The audience received with equal
enthusiasm the announcement or Mrs
Harriet Taylor Upton that she didnt
see why she should have been CHOSEN
to speak on The Men Who Ran
Away when all OF the legislative
boilers in Tennessee wefe Democrats,
and that she did not know any OF
them"
ATTRIBUTE CREDIT TO MANY.
Credit for the suffrage victory was
given during the evening by various
speakers to the Democrats, the Re-
publicans, President Wilson, Susan Il.
Anthony and other individuals and
forces. Mrs. Upton seemed to strike
the happy keynote of the situation,
however, when she declared:
'It isn't a Republican victory. II
isn't a Democratic victory. IL simply
remained for the men of the great
Southland to free us women of the
great northland.'
MADAM CHAIRMAN.
Secretary Colby had the women OF