The New York herald., 1922-10-22
FITTING NEW DRESS,
mo TIME FOR VOTING
Mrs. O'Shaughnessy Rebukes
Women for Not Registering
Tells Of Their Excuses.

Mrs. Nelson 'Shaughnessy. who says
she was not suffrasist but who was
one OF the "Ifushesettes' who toured
the country in special train when the
dental candidate. rebuked the women
OF both political parties yesterday for
not shouldering their civic responsible
ties. She was one OF the speakers at
the morning meeting OF the Woman's
Reupblican Club at the Plaza Hotel,
with Senator William NJ. Calder and
Representative Ogden L. Mills. both
candidates for reelection.
Some Of the two score women OF the
organization looked guilty when Mrs
O'Shaughnessy. who is the wife OF
former Minister to Mexico and a writer
reproached them for not registering in
larger numbers. Mrs. Edward Law
renee Hunt was presiding and Mrs.
James GriswoId Wentz. president Of the
club, was on the platform. Mrs
'Shaughnessy said
THE men accuse US women of not
taking an interest in elections and they
reproach us for materially reducing the
number of voters that can be counted
on to cast their ballots in November
was not suffragist before women
were enfranchised because I always
thought that we could WELD our irflu-
ence effectively through our fathers.
L. IL De-
that we have the vote It is our duty to
use il. The men tell us that we blow
hot then cold. and 1t may be true.
''Too Busy Having Dress Fitted
During registration week asked
one Of my women friends If she had
registered. She replied that she had
not. When l asked her the reason she
said that she was TOO pusy having a
dress fitted. Another whom asked said
she hadn't time because she was going
to wedding. Women fought for the
ballot Now why don't tney make use
of it?"
Senator Calder paid a tribute to the
work in Congress OF Representative Og-
den .. Mills, saying:
Mills Is one OF tho best equipped men
who has sat in Congress during this
generation. When he went 20 Wash
ingtoa ne had general knowledge of
the business of the nation that made a
distinct impression at once although
there were many older men in Congress
than Nr. Mills. He Is the first Repub-
llcan in New York in fifty years TO
sit in the Ways and Means Committee.
You as his constituents should be proud
of his record
Mr.. Mills dealt with the tariff he
said
''Slxty-one per cent. of our imports
come In free and rates on other i'm
ports are lower than they were under
former tariff bills. So II Is not true that
this new bill. the Fordney tariff bill. de-
stroys our foreign trade. Those Brit
ishers have hard heads and they learned
their lesson during the war when foreign
trade was cut off by the submarine.
How England Builds Tariff.
trade. Immediately after the war she
protected her basic industries and she
now has tariff on 5000 articles. So
far as the dye industry. which became
the foundation of the ammunition in
dustry. Is concerned Great Britain not
only put a high protective tariff on dyes,
but she put an embargo ON German dyes.
That's what Geat Britain learned by
the war and our friends ask US In the
face of these facts and when every other
nation In the world Is protecting its
basic industries, TO throw over the theory
OF protective tariff"
The woman's Republican Club has
opened headquarters on the nezzanine
OF the Plaza. After the meeting. mem
ber5 distributed literature over the city
in automobiles donated by Mrs. Anthony
Schuter. Mrs. Frederick X. Thompson.
Mrs. George Mansfield and Mrs Wontz
Literature was distributed by Mrs
O'Shaughnessy. Mrs. A. Sumner Rose,
Mrs. Samuel Castleman. Mrs. Hunt, Mrs
NJ. l.. Spencer. Mrs. +. w. Haniiin and
Miss Clara Bigelow.