CAMP FIRE GIRLS WO HE LO TRADE MARK REG Telephone Madison Square 2317 The Camp Fire Outfitting Co. Manufacturers Correct School Apparel 121-123 East 27th Street New York 3/1/13. [*89*] [* ACK MAR 8 1913 I.W.H*] [*[Gas] 02*] Mr Joseph P. Tumulty Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. Tumulty I certainly hope Mr. Wilson will not grant a personal interview, to the Rev. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw. She not only was against the election of Mr Wilson, but called me down in public, for my activities in his behalf during the late campaign, at New York State Woman Suffrage Headquarters, on election night. saying - "I think you could have done better than work for that man." With every good wish, Very sincerely yours, Maud Flowerton. [*56712*]SUFFRAGE ARMY SOOTHED "Rosalie Is a Darling," Says National Secretary. IT WAS ALL A MISTAKE. Suffrage Officials Were to Join Pilgrims in Delivering Wilson Message, It Is Explained. There was consternation at the national headquarters yesterday afternoon when telegrams from the "front" and angry verbal inquiries began pouring in upon Mrs. Mary Ware Dennett, the national secretary, who was all alone in charge of the office. "Why did you go back on Rosalie?" was the first of the demands. Mrs. Dennett spent a flustered afternoon explaining. "We haven't gone back on her," she said over and over again. "Everything is just as it always was. Rosalie is a darling and I'm sure she [re]alizes we are all her friends. There [h]as been some misunderstanding. "This is how it all happened: When she [c]ame to us offering to take a message [to] Wilson, of course, we were very glad [to] let her do it. The cause needs just [such] advertising. There was so little possibility of any one's disapproving that Dr. Shaw let her start before we had heard from all the members of the national board, who, of course, must vote on all questions of national work. After the pilgrims had started with the message, we heard from Miss Jane Addams and the other out-of-town members. "They gave their approval, with this proviso, that the message to Wilson should be presented by a delegation including now only the pilgrims, but the national officers who would be in Washington at the time and the national Congressional committee, of which Miss Alice Paul is chairman. It was felt it would be more dignified to have the national officers represented, and that Mr. Wilson, being a dignified man and an 'anti', would be more likely to give an audience to some body of recognized authority than just to a lot of undignified 'hikers,' of whose performances he disapproved. "No, Miss Jones did not know this when she started. It had not been thought of then. We simply left the details of the presentation to be settled when the pilgrims reached Washington. "I wrote Miss Jones three letters explaining this, and last night I sent her a telegram, saying--it was misquoted in some of the newspaper reports: " 'Board voted to have message presented by officers and Congressional committee. Letter following.' " After much discussion as to why such an unhappy affair need have occurred at all, and thanking Heaven that it was Rosalie instead of some cantankerous person who might make a row, Mrs. Dennett sent the following telegram to "General" Rosalie: "Regret misunderstanding. Board with you from beginning. Delegation to present message to consist of national officers, Congressional committee and pilgrims if interview with Wilson is secured." "If interview is secured?" "Yes," said Mrs. Dennett, firmly. "The Congressional committee--Miss Paul, Miss Lucy Burns, Mrs. Crystal Eastman Benedict and Mrs. Lawrence Lewis--was to ask Mr. Wilson for the interview." "If they don't succeed in getting it, won't 'General' Jones be allowed to deliver her message?" "I don't know," said Mrs. Dennett. "Miss Addams thought it wouldn't be dignified to trail him about the city or thrust it at him in the railroad station." Meantime, Miss Addams, the cause of the trouble, is on her way to Egypt. [*56713*]WOMAN'S STATE BAR ASSOCIATION OF MISSOURI PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT RECORDING SECRETARY MRS. VICTORIA CONKLING-WHITNEY MISS CAROLINE TRUMMEL MISS ROSS O'BOYLE 3121 LOCUST STREET 415 LOCUST STREET 3955 COOK AVENUE TREASURER CORRESPONDING SECRETARY MISS MARGARET WOOD MISS ANNA ROSS 3136 LAFAYETTE AVENUE 3961 WESTMINSTER PLACE [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 5 1913 RRECEIVED*] [*ackd 3/7/13*] [*Woman Suf 89)] St. Louis, March 3, 1913 Hon. Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. President, I am enclosing a rough draft of a proposed proclamation to emancipate women. The president who takes a decisive step to free women will undoubtedly go down in history with Washington and Lincoln. This is the one great work that yet remains to be done, and now is the great opportunity - Respectfully submitted, Caroline Thummel [*56714*]Caroline Thummel Attorney at Law 415 Locus Street Room 604 [89] Kinloch, Central 2162-L ST. LOUIS, March 3, 0913. PROCLAMATION EMANCIPATING WOMEN. WHEREAS, the Constitution of the United States imposes upon the President of the United States the duty "to take care that the laws be faithfully executed", and WHEREAS, the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land, and WHEREAS, the Constitution expressly states that "No other State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States" ******** nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws* and WHEREAS, thirty nine of the States within the United States are enforcing laws which abridge the privileges of the women citizens by denying them a voice in choosing the officers, or making the laws under which they must live and labor; by denying them freedom - the right of self government; by forcing them to obey blindly laws made entirely by men, and in which the women have no voice, and from which there is no appeal, and WHEREAS, it follows that, in the nature of things, these women thus denied the power of self-government cannot, and do not have protection of the laws equal to that accorded the men who are self-governing, make the laws, and choose the officers to execute them, and, WHEREAS, this condition is wholly inconsistent with and repugnant to the true spirit and meaning of the Declaration of Independence, and [56715]CAROLINE THUMMEL ATTORNEY AT LAW KINLOCH, CENTRAL 2152-L 415 LOCUST STREET ROOM 604 ST. LOUIS. WHEREAS, by reason of their enforced blind obedience the women aforesaid are virtually sentenced to life under a master, and thus born and kept in actual servitude, and WHEREAS, the Constitution of the United States expressly states that "the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of previous condition of servitude," NOW, THEREFORE, I ____________________________________________________ by virtue of the duty imposed upon me by the Constitution, and the necessity of the times, and in the cause of common humanity and justice, do order and declare that all the women so held in servitude are, of a right ought to be, and henceforward shall be free and independent, and that all the departments of government within the United States, and of each and every State, shall recognize and maintain the freedom of said women, and their right of suffrage on equal terms with men. AND, upon this sincere act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon the necessity of simple right and justice to all, in recognition of and enforcement of the self-evident truth that all men are equal, and for the best good of our great and glorious country, I invoke the hearty endorsement of mankind and the blessing of Almighty God. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. [*56716*] [*2*] CAROLINE THUMMEL ATTORNEY BY LAW 415 LOCUST STREET ROOM 604 KINLOCH, CENTRAL 2152-L ST. LOUIS, Done, at the City of Washington, this ______ day of ______________ in the year of our Lord ___________________________________________ and of the Independence of the United States the _______________. ____________________________ President of the United States ____________________________ Secretary of State. 3 [*56717*][???] no address [89] file MICHIGAN EQUAL SUFFR&GE CAMPAIGN. THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 5 - 1913 RECIEVED To His Excellency Woodrow Wilson, president of the United States. Sir: The suffragists of “Michigan, who on April 7th. will seek at the polls admission to full citizenship, join all other good Americans, franchised and unenfranchised, in wishing that your period of office may be marked by great progress in liberal ideas. When the founders of this Republic 137 years ago declared it self-evident that all men are equal they gave to the world the germ from which has sprung the Woman Suffrage movement. The Declaration of Independence did not class negroes as men, but the moment it was signed their emancipation and enfranchisement was inevitable. The signers would have scoffed at the idea of allowing women to vote, yet they unconsciously built a platform of such generous breath as to make equal rights a certainty at no distant day, nine states already having adopted the constitutional amendment. But the fact remains that 124 years after the inauguration of the first president, millions of educated American women whose viewpoint would be of inestimable value to the nation are without the electoral pale , not even enjoying the rights justly accorded to foreign-born men of intelligence who come to our shores. The high position to which the electors have raised you gives you a strong influence in remedying this grave inequality and we ask that it be exerted in behalf of the unenfranchised. Yours respectfully, Clara B. Arthur Pres, Mich. Equal Suffrage Assn. Belle F. Brotherton Pres. Detroit Equal Suffrage Club. [56718](2) Mary Thompson Stevens Pres. College Equal Suffrage Club. Harriet Trist Pres. Women's Independent Voters' Assn. Georgia [Staite?] Pres. East Side Suffrage Club. Annie [Emerson?] Pres. West Side Suffrage Club. F.W.Latham Pres. Northwestern Civic Study Club. Ruby M. John Pres. Political Equality and Civic League. G.M. Sayles Pres. Higiland Park Civic Club. F.H. Holt Pres. East End Study Club. Carrie [Gonzyk?] Chairman Wayne County Equal Suffrage Assn. H.Y.McMullen Chairman Equal Suffrage Spring Campaign Organization[*Ack. 3/24/13*] [*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 23 1913 RECEIVED*] Richfield, Wis, 3/8,1913. Dear President: - I am writting you just a short letter & the only think, I would like to say a word in [rd] regard, to the women voteing, I think if each woman would - do her work, & the work that is asked from her, she has just enough, in all way's I think [th] it's all out of place from a friend Miss Mauer. [*56720*][*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 1, 1913 RECEIVED*] [*y*] Kenesaw Neb, 3/9 -1913. Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President U S A. Dear sir, We wish to write with many more in respectfully, and earnestly, asking you in your forthcoming message to congress to be convened April 7, to recommend the passage of the Bill to amend the Constitution to enfranchise the women of our country. we believe that we have ever bourn our share of the burdens, and had an equal interest in the welfare of our country. we feel that we should have a voice (or a vote) in making the laws [*56721*]11 under which we live, we believe we can help our brothers, to make better laws for women, and children and in many ways assist in making the world better, for this reason we very respectfully ask you to lend your influence to help to redeem the pledge made during the recent campaign, a suffragist, but not a Suffragett. Very respectfully Mrs Frances L Haller [*56722*][89] National American Woman Suffrage Association President, REV. ANNA HOWARD SHAW, Pa. Recording Secretery,# MRS. SUSAN WALKER FITZGERALD, Boston 1st Vice - President, MISS JANE ADDAMS, Chicago Treasurer, MRS. KATHERINE DEXTER McCORMICK, Boston 2nd Vice - President, MISS C. ANITA WHITNEY, Cal. 1st Auditor, MRS. HARRIET BURTON LAIDLAW, N.Y. Corresponding Secretery, MRS. MARY WARE DENNETT, N.Y 2nd Auditor, MRS. J.T. BOWEN, Chicago Congressional Committee MISS ALICE PAUL, N. J., Chairman The White House MRS. CRYSTAL EASTMAN BENEDICT, Wis. Mar 2 1913 MISS LUCY BURNS, N.Y. Received MRS. LAWRENCE LEWIS, JR., Pa HEADQUARTERS CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE: ack'd Mar. 21 1913 C. T. N. 1420 F STREET N. W., WASHINGTON, D.C. 89 March 1913 RESOLVED-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the regular session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Unanimously adopted at a meeting at 1619 R.F. [?] , Washington, D.C. March 13th 1913. Kate Deering Ridgely Chairman of the Meeting [56723][*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 13 1913 RECEIVED*] [*Ackd 3/18/13 89*] 18 Robeson Steet Jamaica Plains Boston, Mass March 13-1913 To President Wilson White House, Washington, D.C. President Wilson The women of the United States are looking to you in the hour of struggle. They trust in you to give them justice and liberty. Will you not accept their aid? Will you not [*56724*]and is not even a poor girl who marries a drunkard, to, afterward support him, herself and their children more capable of voting then he! Are there more vicious women than vicious men in our land, and are there not thousands of good women who are powerless to make their influence for good an active working force in the state thro the ballot? We may do settlement work, charity work of all kinds - we might do infinitely more. Only let us try! The liquor dealers and dealers in white slave traffic will always oppose us. They know women are not their friends - when really they are better friends to them than those men are to themselves. Everyone tells me politics are vile. Could women be good citizens and patriots who merely deplored that fact, instead of wishing vigorously to try to help make them better! The time will come when nostrive to wake their eagerness to serve you, a powerful rather than a powerless force? You are bearing a heavy burden, and you have called on the good and true man to help you bear it - There are thousands of good and true women who would help you bear it, too. Is not your wife, are not your daughters and women like Jane Addams and Julia Ward Howe, as capable of voting intelligently as many of the finest men you know 55725Many or woman will respect the political parasite. The woman who shirks the duty which is hers as well as man's - the duty of putting all the power of her being into the stand for the good, the beautiful, the true, and most effectively so, thro the ballot. Are such women less womanly? Surely you do not believe so! Surely you, who are broad- minded, of deep insight, just and true yourself, will not fail to aid in the 56726emancipation of women - which means greater diffusion of that thing which is called mother-love, over all the earth. Is it not possible that it can penetrate the deepest shadows, and bring light? That it can help solve the heavy problems of the sons and daughters, and join with men in making the world a better place in which to live? Only let us try! We vote on the school committee - is it not even [*56727*]more essential that we should vote in the great School of Life, to which our children all go at last? It is men who need the vote of women, as well as women themselves. It is our country as well as men's is it not? Yet the privileges and duties of free citizenship are still denied us. In the name of Humanity of Justice, I ask you, President Wilson of the United States to use your influence to give us political freedom Louise Winslow KidderNational American Woman Suffrage Association President, REV. ANNA HOWARD SHAW, Pa. 1st Vice-President, MISS JANE ADDAMS, Chicago 2nd Vice-President, MISS C. ANITA WHITNEY, Cal. Corresponding Secretary, MRS. MARY WARE DENNETT, N.Y. Recording Secretary, MRS. SUSAN WALKER FITSGERALD, Boston Treasurer, MRS. KATHERINE DEXTER McCORMICK, Boston 1st Auditor, MRS. HARRIET BURTON LAIDLAW, N.Y. 2nd Auditor, MRS. J.T. BOWEN, Chicago Joint Inaugural Procession Committee of the CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE, N. A. W. S. A. STATE EQUAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION OF THE D. OF C. D. C. WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION STANTON SUFFRAGE CLUB, D. C. POLITICAL STUDY CLUB, D. C. ANTHONY LEAGUE, D. C. COLLEGE SUFFRAGE CLUB, D. C. Members of Procession Committee MISS ALICE PAUL, Chairman} Representing the Congressional MISS LUCY BURNS, } Committee, N. A. W. S. A. MRS. GLENNA SMITH TINNIN, Pageant Soc'y { Representing the MISS EMMA M. GILLETT, Treasurer { D. of C. Suffrage Associations [*ans'd 3/18/13*] HEADQUARTERS OF PROCESSION COMMITTEE 1420 F STREET N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C. [*89?*] RESOLVED - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. [*#*] RESOLVED - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Unanimously adopted at a meeting at Wilson's Hall Bethesda, Md. Mrs. Leonard I Hays Chairman of the Meeting. [*March 14. 1913*] 56728White House, Washington March 13, 1913 Memorandum for the President: Representative J E Raker, of California, asks if a committe of five women representing the Women's Suffrage cause can see the President for ten minutes some day in the near future. He promises that all of the talking will be done by one woman. Will see them - 11:10 Monday March 17 Phone Rake March 14 56729Miss Alice Paul Mrs. C. V. Stone[*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 17 1913 RECEIVED*] [*Ac ? 3/17/13 89*] Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President United States, My dear Mr. Wilson As woman Suffrage has now become a National issue may I call your sympathetic attention to the point of view of the enclosed article sent out by the Secretary of the Men's League of Pennsylvania Sincerely yours, Susan W. Fanney [?] "Majeske," Philadelphia, Pa March fifteenth, 1913 [56730][*[89]*] THE RIGHT TO VOTE Should Men Require Women to Ask for Suffrage? To the Editor of the Public Ledger : Sir-Can we not spare the women of Pennsylvania the humiliation of having to beg for the privilege of voting ? Can we not amend the constitution with reasonable promptness to spare women the necessity of becoming unpleasantly persistent ? Why should we wait for them to ask us at all for the right of suffrage ? Is it necessary for us to know whether they want to vote or not ? Is it necessary for us to carefully calculate whether their voting, in its immediate effect, will be beneficial or harmful ? In regard to men we do not ask whether the inexperienced youths of 21 years of age want to vote or not. We do not ask whether they will vote with the same wisdom and conscientiousness as their fathers. We simply take it for granted that the privilege of casting the ballot will be an important factor in the development of their patriotism and of ultimate benefit to the community. We do not ask whether over-busy business men or over-idle men of leisure will want to vote if they have the opportunity to do so or will only vote when their own special interests are at stake. We have confidence, in a general way, in the political efficiency of the right of suffrage. We implicitly trust the ballot box as the safest place possible for depositing any overstock of our "good ideas" or any dangerous accumulation of our bad feelings. We can hardly feel at home or entirely comfortable in a community where a multitude of men have not as yet acquired the right to vote. We never more can expect to feel comfortable or entirely safe in a community where the women are permitted to remain politically our inferiors. A national idealism at thie time in the world's history is grotesque without the conception of "equal votes for women." Our vaunted devotion to democracy is a farce if we cannot treat women in the spirit of fellowship as our equals. Woe to our political institutions, woe to our manhood, if we fail to give a hearty welcome to the advancing spirit of a nobler womanhood. ALBERT B. WILLIAMS. Jenkintown, Pa., March 6, 1913. _From Public Ledger, March 8, 1913. To the Members of the Pennsylvania Men's League for Woman Suffrage: If you will write briefly in favor of woman suffrage to members of the Judiciary General Committee and to other Senators, it may result in the Rockwell Resolution being reported favorably and finally passed. Success may depend upon your action HENRY JUSTICE, Secretary March 13th, 1913 [*56731*][89] Member of the Senate of the Pennsylvania State Legislature, 1913 Senators EDWIN H. VARE, 364 Snyder Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. *SAMUEL W. SALUS, 614 South 11th St., Philadelphia, Pa. JAMES P. MCNICHOL, 222 North 19th St., Philadelphia, Pa. JOHN O. SHEATZ, 926 North 63rd St., Philadelphia, Pa. RICHARD V. FARLEY, 2512 North Alder St., Philadelphia, Pa. *FRANCIS S. MCILHENNY, St. Martins, Chestnut Hill, Pa. *AUGUSTUS F. DAIX, JR., 1613 North 33rd St., Philadelphia. Pa. JAMES T. NULTY, 4292 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. *WILLIAM C. SPROUL, Chester, Pa. *CLARENCE J. BUCKMAN, Langhorne, Pa. EDWIN M. HERBST, Oley, Pa. JOSEPH HEACOCK, Wyncote, Pa. JOHN G. HOMSHFR, Strasburg, Pa. *HARVEY HUFFMAN, Stroudsburg, Pa. *EDWARD E. BEIDLEMAN, Harrisburg, Pa. *JAMES A. MILLER, New Tripoli, Pa. *DANIEL P. GERBERICH, Lebanon, Pa. J. HARRY MORGAN, Bethlehem, Pa. JOHN GYGER, Kimberton, Pa. ASA K. DEWITT, Plymouth, Pa. STERLING R. CATLIN, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. WALTER MCNICHOLS, Scranton, Pa. *CHARLES E. MILLS, Athens, Pa. CHARLES W. SONES, Williamsport, Lycoming Co., Pa. ROBERT W. HILTON, Smethport, Pa. JAMES K. P. HALL, Ridgway, Pa. JOHN T. FISHER, Shamokin, Pa. HENRY WASBERS, York, Pa. *CHARLES A. SNYDER, Pottsville, Pa. ENOS M. JONES, Altoona, Pa. FRANKLIN MARTIN, West Fairview, Pa. *WILLIAM E. CROW, Uniontown, Pa. *JOHN W. HOKE, Chambersburg, Pa. JOSEPH ALEXANDER, Madera, Pa. JACOB C. STINEMAN, South Fork, Pa. JAMES W. ENDSLEY, Somerfield, Pa. THEODORE M. KURTZ, Punxsutawney, Pa. CHARLES H. KLINE, 1002 Frick Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. CHESTER D. SENSENICH, Irwin, Pa. HENRY COOPER, Bellevue, Pa. J. FRANK GRAFF, Worthington, Pa. DAVID HUNTER, JR., 3402 Perrysville Ave., N. S., Pittsburgh, Pa. CHARLES J. MAGEE, 700 Greenfield Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. *ARCHIBALD W. POWELL, Glassport, Pa. JOHN P. MOORE, Knoxville, Pa. *J. CARTER JUDSON, Washington, Pa. *JOSEPH H. THOMPSON, Beaver Falls, Pa. *FRANK M. KNAPP, Warren, Pa. *HENRY A. CLARKE, Erie, Pa. *BENJAMIN JARRETT, Farrell, Pa. *Members of the Judiciary General Committee. [56732]TELEGRAM. [???] 3/17/13 Will be brought to allentown Pa The White House, Washington 1 WU JM 46 NL 7 : 55 a.m. 17th Indianapolis, Ind., March 16, 1913. [89] The President, Washington, D. C. The Executive board of the Equal Suffrage Association of Indiana and committee of Central Labor Union, most respectfully solicit President Woodrow Wilson to recommend in a message to Congress an amendment to the Federal Constitution entitling women to the ballot. Hanna M. Graham, President; Mrs. Geo. N. Carter, Secretary. # [56733][*The White House Mar 20 1913 Received*] [*Ackd 3/20/13*] Beloit Wis. Mar 14, 1913 To the Hon. Woodrow Wilson [*89*] President of U.S. Dear Sir, By this morning's paper I see that you have given the suffragists hope that you will put their wishes before Congress. I hope that was a mistake. I believe that you have too great a regard for the welfare of this country to lend your influence to bring such a calamity upon this nation. You who all your life been surrounded by refining influences and high ideals cannot conceive of the ignorance of the great mass of the women. I need not call your attention to the recent strikes, some led by a woman! [*56734*]2 175000 followers of one woman, 175000 votes, these each counting one even as yours. You know how the country is honeycombed with anarchism and where there now is one vote then there would be two or three or more. Daughters and mothers would be called on to help make laws satisfactory to these evil ones. Let the Suffragist begin a campaign of education if they are anxious to help the women. Teach them truth, honesty and all things that will make good citizens, good wives and good mothers. The men now can call of the bad men, but - if vote is given to women God help them. Respectfully Mr. P Kendall 56735J. M. MULKEY, Pres. John A. DeTar, Vice-Pres. and Sales Mgr. J. L. C. Mulkey, Sec'y O. W. Mulkey, Treas. [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 20 1913 RECEIVED*] Letter No. MULKEY SALT COMPANY MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF EVAPORATED AND ROCK SALT DETROIT, MICH. March Eighteen Nineteen Thirteen. Ack'd Mar 20, 1913 J.F.S. Honorable Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, Washington, D. C. Sir:- I had the honor of occupying a seat on the same platform with you when you spoke in Detroit, Michigan, at the Light Guard Armory early in nineteen twelve. I am not an aspirant for any position under your administration, but I am deeply interested in the movement for woman suffrage. I believe it is the one thing necessary for the correction of many of the evils of this day, especially that of vice. I sincerely trust that you will see your way clear to endorse the movement for an amendment to the constitution allowing suffrage to women. I enclose you herewith copy of a telegram I sent to the Michigan Delegation to Democratic Convention in Baltimore which will explain itself. Yours very truly, J. M. Mulkey JMM/O. To insure prompt attention send all correspondence to Equity Building address All questions subject to acceptance by return mail 56436Form 2509 J. DAY LETTER THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER RECEIVER'S No. TIME FILED CHECK FILE EARLY TO ENSURE DELIVERY DURING THE DAY SEND the following DAY LETTER subject to the terms on back hereof, which are hereby agreed to Detroit, Mich., June 28, 1912. To Michigan Delegation to Democratic Convention Baltimore, Maryland, I have voted for every Democratic Nominee for President since 1876 With me this year it is Wilson or Roosevelt You are not reprecenting Michigan Democrats when you espouse a cause of Harmon or any of his allies Michigan should be found in the Wilson column J. M. Mulkey, Pres. MULKEY SALT CO. 56737THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 16 1913 [*file*] [*89*] The Women of Bible Lands. (By Madame Lydia Von Finkelstein Mountford). There exists a somewhat general impression that the women of Bible Lands, both in ancient and modern times, were kept in a state of seclusion and ignorance, and not permitted to take any part in the questions and activities of public National Life. That is a mistaken idea. The women who are in so-called se- clusion are a very small percentage of the women of the country. But all the women, more or less, take an interest in the National Life. We have many examples of prominent public positions being held by women in Bible Lands, of which we will cite a few examples. Miriam, the sister of Moses the great emancipator of the tribes of Israel, and the greatest of law-givers, was a prophetess, and the chief counsellor and leader of all the women of Israel. At the triumphal Passage of the Red Sea Miriam headed the women with song and timbrels: the men of Israel marching under the leadership of Moses and the women marching under the leadership of Miriam; celebrating equally without distinction of sex, their national deliverance. Thus we have proof that a "Women’s Parade” is not an innovation of the "Suffragettes" of this century. Deborah was a prophetess and also "Judged Israel" - And all the children of Israel came to her for "judgment"; - Barak the general of the armies of Israel refused to go to the battle against the 56738-2- 56739 Kine of Canaan, unless Deborah headed the army as Commander-in-Chief, which she did and won the battle. It is recorded that Deborah had a husband, but it is not recorded that because she held position as the Chief Judge in Israel, and as Commander-in-Chief of the army de- feated the invader of her country in battle, she in any manner neglected her domestic duties. Huldah was a prophetess and President of the Temple College in Jerusalem. At an important national crisis Josiah, the King of Judah, ordered the High Priest and other members of his cabinet to take counsel and advice of Huldah, which they did. Huldah was a married women and her domestic relations must have been as successful as her public career; otherwise, as an oriental women, she could not have occupied such an eminent position. In the New Testament times, the famous Evangelist Philip had four daughters, virgins, who were Prophetesses. To be a prophetess does not mean to be one who foretells future events. It means primarily, a public speaker and teacher. Also one who holds a public position, both religious and political. One who is consulted by men as well as women. These four daughters of Philip the Evangelist, as women, ani evidently were as well fitted for public life as the married Prophetesses. We have no record in Bible History that the men of those times regarded these and other notable women as in any way inferior to themselves or as cranks unfit for public careers because of their sex. 56739 -3- Consequently the men and women of the United Sovereign States of America ought to strive to be even more progressive than the ancients, and not to be retrogressive in comparison. The modern woman of Bible Lands is not by any means so far behind the thought and progress of this century as she is so frequently misinterpreted to be. Competent women in Bible Lands never lost their rights to public positions as counsellors and leaders among their own people; careers they fill honorably and successfully, whether as married or unmarried women, up to the present time. These women, and all women holding property in real estate, have a vote in local affairs. But they are now interested in extending such rights which will place the sexes on an equality in responsibilities and activities. St. Paul the great Apostle of Bible Lands in his Epistles to the Galatians emphasizes that to Christians, "There can be no male and female, for ye are all one Man in Christ Jesus." Lydia M Von F Mountford of Jerusalem, Holy Land P.O. Box 323 Washington D.C. [*56740*]Searchlights on the A SERIES OF ILLUMINATING LECTURES ON Hidden Life in Modern Palestine BIBLE TRUTHS VERIFIED and UNFOLDED through the traditions, symbolism and actual life in the Holy Land at the present day. *** *** "STAND FAST "FOR THE LAW AND HOLD THE SHALL GO TRADITIONS FORTH OUT OF WHICH YE ZION, AND THE HAVE BEEN WORD OF THE TAUGHT WHETHER LORD FROM BY WORK JERUSALEM" OR OUR EPISTLE." Micah 4-2. II Thessalonians 2-15 *** *** By Madame Mountford The Holy Land Messenger from Jerusalem, Palestine [*56741*]Lydia Mamreoff von Finkelstein Mountford was born and brought up in the Holy City, Jerusalem, and is an eminent lecturer and interpreter of the manners and customs of the Holy Land. In the traditional or unwritten history and folk lore of the people in PALESTINE today MADAME MOUNTFORD has found much that throws additional light on the Written Word revealing the esoteric meaning of seemingly obscure passages of Scripture, and which give more minute details of family life and customs referred to by the sacred writers, which have been handed down in song and story from generation to generation as was done from time immemorial. I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my dark saying upon the harp. Ps. 49-4. That the Lord's law may be in thy mouth Exodus 13 :9. Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations; ask thy father and he will show thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee. Deut. 32: 7. That this may be a sign among you that when your children ask their fathers in time to come saying what mean ye by these stones. Joshua 4: 6-7. I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old; which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. We will not hide them from their children, showing the generations to come, the praises of the Lord, and His strength and His wonderful works that He hath done. Psa. 78:4. This unknown and mysterious phase of Oriental thought and life still exists amongst the natives in Palestine, and MADAME MOUNTFORD GREW UP AMIDST SUCH SURROUNDINGS UNCONSCIOUSLY DRINKING IN KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM. At this perennial fountain of living waters she became imbued with the hidden life of the people, as it revealed to her A MEANS TO VERIFY THE STATEMENTS MADE IN THE BIBLE outside the written word itself, for even John declares that: there were many other things which Jesus did the which if they should be written everyone, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. John 21: 25. In these days of Higher Criticism doubts and controversy and religious uncertainty regarding the authenticity of the Biblical records MADAME MOUNTFORD'S LECTURES COME AS A VERITABLE PROPHECY for she can and does express Oriental thought in Western language in a clear, comprehensive, instructive and entertaining manner. "She makes the Bible a living book and has been deservedly called everywhere a 'Revelation of Revelations' and a 'Living Commentary of Bible Life and Times.' In her series of addresses and lectures on the Holy Land she depicts every phase of Biblical Life, and turns the sacred texts into a moving, vital panorama of word painting, and the Bible Characters live, move, and have their being in the presence of the audience, as dramatically, both by voice, gesture and manner she gives the interpretations of Modern Life in Palestine, in which country she was born and brought up, thus linking together the oldest and newest of history." "She has presented her lectures not only in Great Britain and Australia, but also throughout the United States and Canada with unvarying success. Words fail to convey any idea of their instructiveness and charm. They glow throughout with her fascinating personality and marvelous word painting. The words of holy Writ impress their original meaning, and the parables of both the Old and New Testament are revealed in their true significance." "For Bible Students and Teachers, the lectures are invaluable, and to all they furnish interpretations of Bible life never to be forgotten." "She is strongly endorsed by pulpit, press and laity everywhere, and by eminent and distinguished preachers in every religion and denomination; also by professors and scholars of various schools of religious teachings. The universal verdict is that she is without a rival on the public platform as a living exponent and interpreter of the Bible and Bible Land Customs and People because she is a part of the atmosphere of Palestine." The Tower of David, on Mount Zion and Water Carriers going into Jerusalem Madame Mountford talking to a Plowman and a Sower, in Palestine Press Notices She has appeared before audiences of one and two thousand people nightly for six evenings each week. She gave one hundred lectures for the Sunday School Union of Brooklyn and New York, with such an unusual degree of success, that they requested and received a second series of one hundred lectures.— New York Times. The lectures are accurate, instructive and interesting illustrations of oriental life. They are of great value in the light which they shed upon Bible scenes, and, in this respect, are a very interesting commentary upon the Old and New Testaments. - New York Observer. Hidden Life in Palestine is more than a lecture. It was a revelation of life of a strange people, in perhaps the most interesting country in the world, and an exposition of difficult passages of scripture at the same time. -Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Her lectures are very interesting and instructive in the light which her descriptions and statements have thrown on the interpretations of the Bible. -Congregationalist, Boston. The wonder deepens! Positively the more one sees and hears this gifted woman, the more profound is the admiration and astonishment she awakens. Again last night she literally held spellbound an immense audience, filling every available place in the School of Arts. Criticism verily sat dumb before the wondrously truthful and life-like pictures she painted of every-day life in the Metropolis of Palestine. -Sydney Bulletin, Australia. 56742Editorial from the Santa Cruz Surf, (California) "By special request Madame Mountford tarries two days longer in Santa Cruz to give her lecture concerning the central character of Christendom. The lecture is an illustration, an interpretation of the Western conception, of the Biblical narrative, which is veiled in many Orientalisms, not understood or comprehended by the Occidental mind. No study of Scripture, no degree of familiarity with Hebrew literature, no accounts of travelers, nothing, in fact, short of actual observation in Palestine could convey as adequate a knowledge of the earthly life of the Man Jesus as Madame Mountford in her fervent lectures is able to impart in a single evening." REV. J. M. BUCKLEY, D. D., says: (In Christian Advocate, May 25,1905) : "Madame Von Finkelstein Mountford is arranging for single lectures, or courses of lectures, on Bible Lands. She is the best lecturer upon Bible Lands, customs and peoples, religion and historical relations that we have heard. She is a native of Jerusalem, though of Russian-German descent. We were introduced to her by Bishop Vincent soon after her arrival in the United States, and have heard her since, at intervals, many times. We met her in Jerusalem in 1889, and were introduced by her to many of her early friends." "She speaks good idiomatic English with a volubility that beats the record . . . Her voice is musical and clear and many and wonderful are the things she does with it. She can lecture standing, walking, sitting or lying down ; she can sound the war cry of the desert, sing an Arab song in the tent, wail with the Jews under the walls of Zion, chant the Moslem call to prayer from the Minaret top . . . After hearing her luminous lectures thousands understand the Bible who before only read it." Melbourne Argue, Australia SUBJECTS MADAME MOUNTFORD'S LECTURES I. "The Thief on the Cross and The Parable of the Ten Talents" II. "The King of the Shepherds or The Twenty-third Psalm." III. "Jerusalem My Happy Home, Its Street Calls and Picturesque Life." IV. "The True Life of Jacob or The Patriarchal Life of the Bible." The Life of Christ in three Lectures. V. "His Nativity, or, The Babe of Bethlehem. Visit of Wise Men." VI. "Dedication in the Temple." "Childhood and Flight into Egypt." VII. 'His Manhood, Ministry, Baptism, Crucifixion, Resurrection." VIII. "The Message and the Messenger." Illustrative of Parables and Sayings. "Jerusalem My Happy Home" PERMANENT ADDRESS, P.O. Box 182, New York City or P.O. Box 323, Washington, D. C.2 89 THE WHITE HOUSE, MAR 23 1913 RECEIVED Odd Fellows Hall, Washington, D.C. March 18,1913. RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. * RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at The Woman's Educational League of Washington, D.C. Anna Kelton Wiley Chairman of the Meeting. Mrs. Rose Bingham President, Woman's Educational League, 1211 I Street, Washington, D.C. 56743 [*89*] Fill out and forward Gt. Com. upon either resignation or election of Local Deputy. NOTICE OF ELECTION OF LOCAL DEPUTY. FRANCES E. BURNS, St. Louis, Mich. Dear Sister:- You are hereby notified that Inez E. Perry resigned (Name L.D.) as local deputy of Gd. Blanc No. 140 on Mar 20 1912, and (Name Hive) (No.) (Date) Roxanna Green, Grand Blanc, Mich (Name new Local Deputy) (Address) (State) was elected as local deputy for this Hive on March 20 1912 (Date) Please see that she is properly instructed and commissioned. Fraternally, Record Keeper. [?] [*56744*][*THE WHITEHOUSE MAR 22 1913 RECEIVED*] [*House of Representative U.S. Washington, D. C.*] [*ACK'D MAR 22 1913 J.F.S.*] [*89*] LaFayette, Ala. March 20, 1913. Hon. Woodrow Wilson White House. D. C. My dear Mr. President: I notice in a Washington dispatch that the suffragettes are endeavoring to get you to suggest something in your first message to Congress favoring woman suffrage. I know that you will pardon me for saying that I trust that you are not even considering such a thing. With best wishes, I am yours sincerely, J. Thos. Heflin. [*56745*][*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 21 1913 RECEIVED*] [*recd 3/21/13]* [*89*] Bethesda Md March 20 Mr President Dear Sir The march of human events and the development of so many progressive ideas in the last few years as Victor Hugo says in one of his books, that "[?] move faster than [?]" compel me to take notice of such things and the awakening of the social consciousness in so many people in the last few years coupled with your plea for justice in your address on the 4th of March emboldens me to say and ask, that, in your message to the upcoming congress that you make recommendation that legislation be enacted that will 56746give to women equal suffrage with men in the country. Wishing you every success in your desires to serve the nation as its president I Remain Your truly H Hendrixson P.S I have the honor to be born the same year as yourself and on the day after. And also am of Scotch decent, my Father tracing his ancestory back to the days of the covenanters, and being a decendant of the covenanter Preacher Alexander Henderson. 56747[*[89]*] RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this Resolution be sent to President Wilson. ADOPTED at a meeting at Canaan. March 20 1913. Canaan Equal Franchise League. Cann. Chairman of Meeting Mrs Frank Hitchcock Canaan. [*56748*]MARCH 23, 1913. Will President Wilson Begin Humanizing Nation Right at Home? Mrs. Hitchcock Calls Attention to the Sinks of Depravity Under the Very Eyes of the White House. What a Clergyman Saw PRESIDENT'S PROMISE MRS. B. A. HITCHCOCK (By Mrs. B. A. Hitchcock, President Canaan Equal Franchise League.) According to his inaugural address, President Wilson's policy will be to humanize the nation. That sounds good. We would suggest that he begin carrying out that policy right near his home; in short, begin in the city of Washington. He has pointed out the presence of certain evils which menace the nation’s prosperity. He speaks of “rectifying wrongs.” He hints at some old things with which we have grown familiar but which have dropped their disguises and shown themselves alien and sinister”; and we have “become willing to look them frankly in the eyes and to comprehend their true character," and so on. All this sounds good. It will sound better if what he preaches will be put into practice. We are afraid, however, that what Woodrow Wilson has said about justice and humanity and “solemn passion stirred by a knowledge of wrong and evil” and “ideals lost,” etc., will prove to be just a WOODEN ROW of nice academic sophistries that pleased the aesthetic sense of those minds intellectual enough to enjoy vague highfalutinisms. Now, I am going to point out where our new president can begin to do his first bit of national housecleaning. About two blocks from national capitol are twenty-three contiguous brothels. Sixty-one are within THREE MINUTES’ WALK OF THE GREAT MARBLE EDIFICE WHERE the DISTRICT IS GOVERNED. Another segregation of prostitutes is just northeast of the botanical garden. While Mr. Wilson was delivering his euphonious rotundities of finished oratory—I mean his inaugural address—750 keepers of saloons, brothels and gambling houses were doing big business, making capital out of the vilest passions and appetites of humanity. In company with a superintendent of schools, on the night before inauguration, a clergyman of Washington went through the LARGEST VICE DISTRICT, NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS! In front, of fifty-six brothels on four blocks were 388 MEN AND BOYS awaiting admission and crowding into the houses just as fast as those leaving made room for them. In a group of twenty-seven youths before one resort WERE THREE BOYS in KNEE PANTS listening intently to the conversation about the doorway. The Woman Who Was Shocked. This reminds me of the “Shocked Home Woman’s” anonymous letter to the Herald, protesting against my indecent revelations. Dear, misguided madam! You evidently belong to that grade of woman who regard indecency concealed a virtue, while indecency revealed is a crime. Very well, madam; I'll attend to you later. I am busy with Washington affairs just now, but, will say in passing, that I have a perfectly stunning charge of dynamite up my sleeve which will be set off for you in the Herald in due time. And, since it is dynamitish etiquette to warn people of a coming blast, I hereby warn you. I do hope the Herald won't go bankrupt, should you refuse to peruse its columns—but let us get back to Washington. On the night of inauguration, hundreds of respectable women witnessed these vile sights of which this clergyman tells us. I quote from one of these: “I saw nineteen respectable women and girls waiting for the Mount Vernon car directly in front of one of these vicious resorts from which CROWDS of men and boys were constantly passing in and out.” These respectable women and girls were either returning from, or going to, the great fireworks. They should, of course, have remained in the sanctity of their homes, then they would not have witnessed man’s indecency revealed so brazenly. No attempt is made to conceal vice in Washington, it seems. Washington, with 350,000 inhabitants, with 735 police, had, in the year ending July 1, 1911, 34,068 arrests. Government must, to use a Wilsonian phrase, be somewhat “debauched and too often made an instrument of evil” in Washington Think of it! Prostitution rife in our capital city! Only three minutes from the White House to these houses of hell! Sewers of infamy, where women are herded like beasts, and two footed swine flock by the hundreds every night to wallow in bestiality so foul that the mind reels with loathing and horror at the thought of them. And these men and boys go back to the SANCTITY of their HOMES carrying with them the putrid slime of their bestial wallowings! Indeed, Mr. Wilson, to quote from your fine oratory, “We need some ‘air out of God’s own presence,’ "’ to blow through Washington and this whole country to purify our moral atmosphere of this abominable stench of man’s own making. Giving a Good Account of Themselves. Officials claim that there is no law in Washington against fornication. The public laws of 1898, in Chapter 199, Section 8, provide penalties for persons ‘‘visiting houses of ill fame” and “NOT GIVING A GOOD ACCOUNT OF THEMSELVES! In the name of virtue, God and common decency, did you ever hear more than that? [??????????] human beings will look back on these old times when prostitution reigned somewhat as we look back now to the days of that disgusting old s[??] gorger of women, Solomon, whose doings have filled all decent men and women with repulsion. But I must stop. I think that shocked woman in New Haven ha[s?] fainted. She says I seem to “hold nothing sacred." I suppose Solomo[n?] and his immense herd of wives and concubines, is a sacred subject, simpl[y?] because his lecherous doings are chronicled in the bible. I wonder how his numerous women folk managed about maintaining the sanctity of the home? With all he had in the woman line, he yet craved more until God himself, the all patient, couldn't stand his unspeakable lust. But we have left Wooden Row Wilson right there in that choice Black House neighborhood of his, talking about being "stirred by the knowledge of wrong” and the “many deep, secret things which we have too long delayed to look into and scrutinize with candid, fearless eyes.” Yes, Brother Wilson, you and all mankind and womankind, too, have certainly not been too keen on scrutinizing the greatest evil of our time, and all other times, but it is never too late to begin to scrutinize. No one is so blind as they who will not see. Doubtless those respectable people who saw those hundreds of husbands, brothers and sons— yes, and FATHERS, swarming like carrion flies in and out of the fifty-six brothels, close on to the White House door yard, said: Why, those men and boys are going to church.” Well, they were, the devil's church, where the children of the devil worship the religion of lust. I notice President Wilson does not call on the women who helped to get him into the White House listen to his closing sentences. "Men's hearts wait for us." (How about the women's hearts?) “Men's lives hang in the balance.” (How about those women's lives in the BLACK HOUSES OF HELL so close to the White House?) "Men's hopes call upon us,” etc. Are women without hope, Mr. Wilson? Hear him: “I summon all honest MEN, all patriotic, all forward looking men to my side. God helping me, I will not fail them.” Very good. Are you going to fail the women who put their trust in you last November?About two blocks from national capitol are twenty-three contiguous brothels. Sixty-one are within THREE MINUTES’ WALK OF THE GREAT MARBLE EDIFICE WHERE the DISTRICT IS GOVERNED. Another segregation of prostitutes is just northeast of the botanical garden. While Mr. Wilson was delivering his euphonious rotundities of finished oratory—I mean his inaugural address—750 keepers of saloons, brothels and gambling houses were doing big business, making capital out of the vilest passions and appetites of humanity. In company with a superintendent of schools, on the night before inauguration, a clergyman of Washington went through the LARGEST VICE DISTRICT, NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS! In front of fifty-six brothels on four blocks were 388 MEN AND BOYS awaiting admission and crowding into the houses just as fast as those leaving made room for them. In a group of twenty-seven youths before one resort WERE THREE BOYS in KNEE PANTS listening intently to the conversation about the doorway. The Woman Who Was Shocked. This reminds me of the “Shocked Home Woman’s” anonymous letter to the Herald, protesting against my indecent revelations. Dear, misguided madam! You evidently belong to that grade of woman who regard indecency concealed a virtue, while indecency revealed is a crime. Very well, madam; I'll attend to you later. I am busy with Washington affairs just now, but, will say in passing, that I have a perfectly stunning charge of dynamite up my sleeve which will be set off for you in the Herald in due time. And, since it is dynamitish etiquette to warn people of a coming blast, I hereby warn you. I do hope the Herald won't go bankrupt, should you refuse to peruse its columns—but let us get back to Washington. On the night of inauguration, hundreds of respectable women witnessed these vile sights of which this clergyman tells us. I quote from one of these: “I saw nineteen respectable women and girls waiting for the Mount Vernon car directly in front of one of these vicious resorts from which CROWDS of men and boys were constantly passing in and out.” These respectable women and girls were either returning from, or going to, the great fireworks. They should, of course, have remained in the sanctity of their homes, then they would not have witnessed man’s indecency revealed so brazenly. No attempt is made to conceal vice in Washington, it seems. Washington, with 350,000 inhabitants, with 735 police, had, in the year ending July 1, 1911, 34,068 arrests. Government must, to use a Wilsonian phrase, be somewhat “debauched and too often made an instrument of evil” in Washington Think of it! Prostitution rife in our capital city! Only three minutes from the White House to these houses of hell! Sewers of infamy, where women are herded like beasts, and two footed swine flock by the hundreds every night to wallow in bestiality so foul that the mind reels with loathing and horror at the thought of them. And these men and boys go back to the SANCTITY of their HOMES carrying with them the putrid slime of their bestial wallowings! Indeed, Mr. Wilson, to quote from your fine oratory, “We need some ‘air out of God’s own presence,’ "’ to blow through Washington and this whole country to purify our moral atmosphere of this abominable stench of man’s own making. Giving a Good Account of Themselves. Officials claim that there is no law in Washington against fornication. The public laws of 1898, in Chapter 199, Section 8, provide penalties for persons ‘‘visiting houses of ill fame” and “NOT GIVING A GOOD ACCOUNT OF THEMSELVES! In the name of virtue, God and common decency, did you ever hear more than that? Can anybody on top of God's earth visit such places of infamy and "give a GOOD ACCOUNT of THEMSELVES?" What are we women and decent men to understand by that ambiguous phrase? Well, now, I want to say right here that the editor of the Bridgeport and Waterbury Herald has said the truest, best, most concise thing about this curse of the world, as well as the world's most infamous and needless shame, namely: prostitution. That is, I suppose he said it, for it is in the editorial section of the Herald, March 16. Nothing better could be said. It is all so conclusive, and the final conclusion of the whole matter. The reason we have prostitution is, in the last sentence, summed up in one little word of three letters, MEN. Shocking! Yes, quite so. It is this fact that makes all decent womanhood recoil with contempt and disgust from the tons of sentimental trash that men have the colossal cheeks to dump out on the public in the form of sermons, speeches, magazine articles, books, plays; and, in all this welter of slush about man's love for the pure woman, the joys of home, wife and children; the beauty of her angelic patience, forgiveness, and some million or two other almost impossible virtues, there looms always, like a grinning and satiric skeleton, that hideous and unspeakably flagitious, utterly wicked and abominable thing, prostitution, which gives the LIE DIRECT TO EVERY SPECIOUS SOPHISTRY AND VAIN EXCUSE OF MAN. How has it been possible for woman, as half of the race, to endure, and even condone, and put up with this shameful open degradation of her sex by man? To say that it is a necessary evil is but to grossly insult the God of our humanity. Man drags a supreme and sinless being down to a level with his own degraded self. God is then no better than he is. For woman to say: "It is a man's nature to be a beast, he can't help it," is but to seek to disgrace the Almighty, for it is inconceivable that a God of justice and absolute holiness would create a being so below the brutes that he must needs destroy, through his base lust, untold millions of the mother sex, by the foul way of prostitution. Man Has Lived an Evil Sex Lie. No preaching since Adam can, at all times, save man from the self flaying of his own conscience in this matter. He knows (the worst of them know) that he has lived for ages an evil sex lie. They, men of lust, know that they have, as a great writer has said, "blackened and befouled the faces of their mothers for ages. The woman, for ages, has shed her innocent blood and suffered pain and torment that the man may be born, and the man covers himself with guilt, conceals it at times, but the world of humanity knows that the majority of him is a sex hypocrite, a moral sex sneak, and a liar to his mother's sex. I wonder how it is possible that the average man can live the hideous life he does and not hate himself to death, when he thinks (if he ever does) of his mother, his clean, chaste sister, his trusting wife, his pure, innocent daughter. I can only explain it in this way: That the man who demands the degraded woman to match with his own degraded self has, through centuries of deliberate conscience blunting and self told lies, succeeded in developing a hide on his conscience thicker than that on the back of a rhinocerous. The men (who are still in the minority) of right instincts, possessed of the conscience God meant them to have, is steadily growing in moral strength, and, praise God, surely increasing in numbers. We are but taking another step in evolution. The time will come when able lust. But we have left Wooden Row Wilson right there in that choice Black House neighborhood of his, talking about being "stirred by the knowledge of wrong” and the “many deep, secret things which we have too long delayed to look into and scrutinize with candid, fearless eyes.” Yes, Brother Wilson, you and all mankind and womankind, too, have certainly not been too keen on scrutinizing the greatest evil of our time, and all other times, but it is never too late to begin to scrutinize. No one is so blind as they who will not see. Doubtless those respectable people who saw those hundreds of husbands, brothers and sons— yes, and FATHERS, swarming like carrion flies in and out of the fifty-six brothels, close on to the White House door yard, said: "Why, those men and boys are going to church.” Well, they were, the devil's church, where the children of the devil worship the religion of lust. I notice President Wilson does not call on the women who helped to get him into the White House listen to his closing sentences. "Men's hearts wait for us." (How about the women's hearts?) “Men's lives hang in the balance.” (How about those women's lives in the BLACK HOUSES OF HELL so close to the White House?) "Men's hopes call upon us,” etc. Are women without hope, Mr. Wilson? Hear him: “I summon all honest MEN, all patriotic, all forward looking men to my side. God helping me, I will not fail them.” Very good. Are you going to fail the women who put their trust in you last November?[*Ack. 3/24/13*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 24 1913 RECEIVED*] Brass[?] [*89*] March 21,-1913. To President Woodrow Wilson, My dear Mr. President, As an American citizen and a member of the Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Association ,- I write to respectfully urge [*56750*]that your Excellency press the passsage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on Equal terms with men, in the message convening the extra session of Congress. Very respectfully Elizabeth Norrill Edwards [*56751*](Mrs. John Cauper Edwards.) March 1913. Brookline Mass.[*2*] [*89*] RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this Resolution be sent to President Wilson. ADOPTED at a meeting at Stamford Conn. March 21st, 1913. Held by the Stamford Equal Franchise League. Chairman of meeting of Stamford Equal Franchise League Abby C. Fessenden 86 Glenbrook Road Stamford Conn. 56752 56752[*[89]*] [*2*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting Covington, Ky. March 21st 1913 Jessie. E. Firth. Chairman of the Meeting. [*56753*] THE WHITE HOUSE THE NATIONAL MEN’S LEAGUE MAR 22 1913 FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE. RECEIVED President, VICE-PRESIDENT, SECRETARY JAMES LEES LAIDLAW, CHARLES THOMAS HALLINAN, OMAR E. GARWOOD, 26 BROADWAY, CARE CHICAGO EVENING POST, 316 TABOR OPERA HOUSE BLOCK, NEW YORK CITY CHICAGO, ILL. DENVER, COLO. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE: JUDGE BEN B. LINDSEY, DENVER, COLO JOHN C. BRALY. [??ckd] Mar 22, 1913 T. M. H. March 21st, 1913 W. M. DAVIS, LUMBERMEN'S BANK BLDG., PORTLAND, ORE. WILLIAM LITTLEFORD, 89 1002 FIRST NAT'L BANK BLDG., CINCINNATI, OHIO. REV. HENRY IVES, ANDOVER, NEW HAMPSHIRE. His Excellency President Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D. C. Sir:- In behalf of the National Men's League for Woman Suffrage, with its many thousand members in nearly every State in the Union, I most respectfully urge that if it meets with your approval, you recommend in your message to Congress, about to assemble in Special Session, the Passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Respectfully, James L. Laidlaw Prest [56754]The White House Ack Mar 24 1913 3/24/13 Received 208 Dixon St. Shawness OKla., Mch 21st, 1913. Woodrow Wilson, Pres. U.S. White House, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir; 89 Seeing you are to be waited on by the Suffragists or 4th inst, I beg to say: I believe the cause most deserving for hereditary intelligence alone. The Indian, Negro, foreigners and incompetent [male?] while generally are allowed to vote. Then why not our intelligent, refined, educated, loyal, christian mothers, sisters, wives and daughters? Who is more interested in the children and home or more capable than mother, sister, wife and daughter? Intelligence marks the strength of a nation. Weighty measures displace lighter ones. There is nothing that would stimulate woman to the study of the questions of the day ( which are of the most importance) like suffrage to them. "God is just, + no [respecter?] of person." Then would you pray a blessing on your son that you would not on your daughter? Then I pray you will approve and otherwise assist the cause. Very Respect. W.G. Looney 56755THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 23 1913 THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF NURSES, RECEIVED HONORARY PRESIDENTS: MRS. BEDFORD FENWICK, 20 UPPER WINPOLE STREET, LONDON SISTER AGNES KARLL, R.N., NÜRNBERGER STR., 22 BERLIN, W.90 PRESIDENT: MISS ANNIE W. GOODRICH, R.N., REGENT'S OFFICE, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, ALBANY, NEW YORK STATE HON. SECRETARY: HON. TREASURER: MISS L. L. DOCK, R.N., 265 HENRY STREET NEW YORK MISS M. BREAY, 431 OXFORD STREET, LONDON, W. HEADQUARTERS: 431 OXFORD STREET, LONDON, W Ack. 3/24/13 COUNTRIES AFFILIATED: GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND THE UNITED STATES GERMANY HOLLAND FINLAND DENMARK CANADA INDIA NEW ZEALAND Mar 21 President Wilson: [*89*] Dear Mr President, As a nurse with 25 years of professional social work, all of which has impressed me with the need we women have of the ballot in order to be able to do our own work as it ought to be done. I write to plead personally with you. to ask you to recommend a woman suffrage amendment to Congress in your special message. It seems incredible that any other question should appear of more urgent importance than the enfranchisement of one-half the people! Can it be true that the splendid sentiments expressed in your last book.. refer solely to men? I Remain very truly Lavinia L Dock [*56756*]RESOLUTION [*[89]*] We, the undersigned citizens and residents of the State of Tennessee, members of the Legislative Department, of the Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association, in open called meeting, do reaffirm our loyalty to the cause of the ENFRANCHISMENT of the WOMEN of AMERICA. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT we call upon President, Woodrow Wilson, to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Adopted at Nashville, Tennessee, March, 21st, A.D. 1913. Mrs. Jno O Turney, Superintendent, Legislative Depart, T.E.S.A. Chairman of the call meeting. Mrs. John I. Cox, Chairman, Nortern, Grand Division, Peter M. Donelson, Chairman, Middle Division, Mrs. William Krauss, Chairman, Western, Grand Division, Mrs Chas H Eastman Chairman Davidson County. SPECIAL COMMITTEE: Leg. Dpt. T.E.S.A. J. Florence Barcus. Mrs M A Owen Mrs Robert Beatty We, the undersigned citizens of the State of Tennessee, hereby endorse the foregoing Resolutions, and there by reaffirm our loyalty to the cause of the ENFRANCHISEMENT of the WOMEN of AMERICA, and respectfully, ask your Excellency to incorporate in your message to Congress, soon to be assembled in an extra-ordinary session, the passage or consideration of an Amendment to the Federal Constitution giving women the elective franchise. Geo. H Van Vaeslenburgh. - Les Brock Merchant, & Douggest ttb J Reparess in Brasty -State of Tennessee, members of the Legislative Department , of the Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association, in open called meeting, do reaffirm our loyalty to the cause of the infranchisment of the Women of America. Therefore, be it resolved , that we call upon President , Woodrow Wilson , to urge , in his message convening the extra session of Congress , the passage of an Amendment to the constitution of the United States giving Suffrage to women on Equal terms with men. Adopted at Nashville , Tennesee, March, 21st , A.D. 1915 Mrs. Jno. E. Turney , Superintendent, Legislative Depart, T.E.S.A. Chairman of the call meeting. Mrs. John I. Cox, Chairman , Eartern, Grand Division, Bella M. Donelson , Chairman , Middle, Grand Division Mrs. William Krauss, Chairman, Western , Grand Division Mrs. Chas. H Eastman Chairman Davidson County. Special Committee: Leg. Dpt. T. E . S . A . J. Florence Barcus Mrs. M A Owen Mrs Robert Beatty We, the undersigned citizens of the State of Tennessee, hereby endorse the foregoing Resolutions, and there by reaffirm our loyalty to the cause of the enfranchisement of the women of America, and respectfully , ask your Excellency to incorporate in your message to Congress, soon to be assembled in an extra-ordinary session, the passage or consideration of an Amendment to the Federal Constitution giving women the elective franchise. Geo H Vandenburgh Les Brock Merchant & Druggist Atty & Referee in Bkruptcy Frank Slemons (Atty) Hamilton Parks Lawyer Jno C Turney (Atty) W. C. Di Crell- President of 4th & 1st nat Bk L. B. Fite Retired Merchat James E Caldwell President 4th Natl Bk J H Tanner (atty) Noah V. Cooper Atty at Law [*56757*]THE DEMOCRAT, NASHVILLE, TENN., WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 6, 1912. Woman as Necessary in Political Work as Man [56758] -Photo by Corbitt. MRS. JOHN E. TURNEY. Mrs. John E. Turney, prominently known throughout the country as the authoress of “The Legal Status of Women of Tennessee," and also as the law partner of her husband in the firm at Turney & Turney, Cole Building, has written for The Democrat the following article of interest to women who are directing their activities to the election of Woodrow Wilson for President: When the theory of popular government finds its full development and perfect realization in the American system, woman will hold her natural place in politics. It has been said by America’s uncrowned queen, “The greatest discovery was the discovery of woman by herself,” but to my mind the greatest discovery has just been revealed by man—he hath discovered woman’s sphere (right here in Tennessee.) This is evidenced by the fact that he is calling upon woman, sens appreciation and weakens efforts. Every crisis in the State, and even the ordinary conduct of political influence is proportioned to her knowledge of man in history and man in the world of today. The woman who is thus equipped as counselor, friend and servant in political affairs possesses unmeasured influence for good. Not only should she know what has been, but what is. Her brains and heart should be touched with human life which flows by her own hearthstone. She feels for the poor, for the helpless, for the suffering; she gives of her love and her labor for their relief; she should do more, she should follow these interests to the point of society's comprehensive action in law. It is well to build and visit hospitals; it is better to know what lack of sanitary conditions breeds disease, and by public sentiment coerce political and leg- You Have MUST BE PERSISTENT. What does woman do? I do not hesitate to assert that woman's influence has been a necessary factor in the progressive ideas of legislation that are now commanding the attention of all this United States. and with even more emphasis I declare that if she were more studious of political conditions, and more persistent in behalf of her convictions on political questions, she might remedy many existing defects in the conduct of public affairs. WOMEN’S TONGUES DREADED. The men in politics who love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil, have occasion to dread the light which women’s tongues let in on their devious ways. I repudiate the sentiment which declares that women need have no political convictions and need give no political service until she is enfranchised. While I cannot understand how any fair-minded, patriotic woman can be content without the scepter of freedom in this grand Republic, I still remember how much women owe to a system of Government under the flag. What will be the result? This enlargement of woman's activities will make her stronger and purer in her home. The nineteenth century developed a comparative appreciation of the industrial woman in society, and the result of her quiet, earnest and effectual efforts, if but understood by all our people, would cause the progressive element of society to bow in reverence to her achievements of all that is good and great. WOMAN'S INFLUENCE NEEDED. With woman's influence withdrawn from Governmental affairs, anarchy will prevail; dispense with her in our schools and the grand educational system of today would degenerate to the dark ages; banish her from the arts and they will lose their very divinity; take her from the industrial walks and avocations of life, and confine her exclusively to the narrow sphere of housewife and servant, and the wheels of progress would turn backward, and the retrogression of society would be the inevitable result. On the contrary, support her in her proud position of wife and mother, sustain her in every advance movement, vote for Wilson, Marshall, McMillin and the nominees of the Democratic party for the Legislature, and the women of America will lead society onward and upward, from civilization to civilization, through endless stages of progress. THE WHITE HOUSE APR 7 - 1913 RECEIVED To His Excellency, Woodrow Wilson, President U. S. Washington, D. C. Mr. President :- Even, if you should not at this strenuous time, find an opportunity to read the foregoing article[*56758*] -Photo by Corbitt. MRS. JOHN E. TURNEY. Mrs. John E. Turney, prominently known throughout the country as the authoress of “The Legal Status of Women of Tennessee,” and also as the law partner of her husband in the firm of Turney & Turney, Cole Building, as written for The Democrat the following article of interest to women who are directing their activities to the election of Woodrow Wilson for President : When the theory of popular government finds its full development and perfect realization in the American system, woman will hold her natural place in politics. It has been said by America’s unthrowned queen, “The greatest discovery was the discovery of woman by herself,” But to my mind the greatest discovery was just been revealed by man—he hath discovered woman's sphere (right here in Tennessee.) This is evidenced by the fact that he is calling upon woman, through different mediums, for assistance, not only in local politics, but in National also. That she may serve her country today, though disfranchised, and when she has the ballot in her hand serve better, I earnestly advocate her present participation in politics, for the reason, first, what she can do ; second, what does she do ; third, what will be the result of | her doings ? MUST SEEK KNOWLEDGE. The basis of all influence and action is knowledge. Woman's first duty is to know the system of Government under which she lives, The political history of the United States, as well as geographical and social, should be familiar to every intelligent woman. Woman’s conscientious nature cannot fail to find warrant for her present obligation and earnest effort in responding to the call upon issues which now confront our whole people. American biography is another fruitful source of information. Not the biography of woman alone, but of men who have fought our social, industrial and political battles. Every contest for better conditions of living bears directly upon the home and the woman in the home. IGNORANCE WEAKENS EFFORTS. Ignorance of what security costs lessens appreciation and weakens efforts. Every crisis in the State, and even the ordinary conduct of political influence is proportioned to her knowledge of man in history and man in the world of today. The woman who is thus equipped as counselor, friend and servant in political affairs possesses unmeasured influence for good. Not only should she know what has been, but what is. Her brains and heart should be touched with the human life which flows by her own hearthstone. She feels for the poor, for the helpless, for the suffering ; she gives of her love and her labor for their relief ; she should do more, she should follow these interests to the point of society’s comprehensive action in law. It is well to build and visit hospitals ; it is better to know what lack of sanitary conditions breeds disease, and by public sentiment coerce political and legislative action which shall substitute conditions of health for such as breed disease. At the point where philanthropic effort seeks the aid of political action and the impulses are not guided by knowledge, she will miss her opportunity of usefulness, injure the cause she loves, and incidentally lose her prestige as a political factor. What does she do ? It has been said that woman’s present activity is usually applied to further her personal interests or the philanthropic and industrial scheme where her sympathies lie, and in securing the ballot for the disfranchised half of America’s citizens. WIFE IS A HELPMATE. These aims are good. Is not a wife a real helpmate if she honorably aids her husband to get to Congress? No patriotic citizen need blush for the desire to sit in the greatest council chamber of the world who has been aided by his helpmate. HOW WOMEN HAVE HELPED. Many instances exist today wherein the wife has gone forth and advocated to a successful conclusion the candidacy of her worthy and meritorious husband. We scan the halls of our National Congress -there we find wives of Senators and members of the Lower House of Congress who have not only aided in the election of their husbands but who daily confer and perhaps advise as to pending legislation. APRIL 4TH, 1913. [*56759*] home. The nineteenth century developed a comparative appreciation of the industrial woman in society, and the result of her quiet, earnest and effectual efforts, if but understood by all our people, would cause the progressive element of society to bow in reverence to her achievements of all that is good and great. WOMAN'S INFLUENCE NEEDED. With woman's influence withdrawn from Governmental affairs, anarchy will prevail ; dispense with her in our schools and the grand educational system of today would degenerate to the dark ages ; banish her from the arts and they will lose their very divinity ; take her from the industrial walks and avocations of life, and confine her exclusively to the narrow sphere of housewife and_ servant, and the wheels of progress would turn backward, and the retrogression of society would be the inevitable result. On the contrary, support her in her proud position of wife and mother, sustain her in every advance movement, vote for Wilson, Marshall, McMillin and the nominees of the Democratic party for the Legislature, and the women of America will lead society onward and upward, from civilization to civilization, through endless stages of progress. [*Ackgd 4/7/13*] To His Excellency, Woodrow Wilson, President U.S. Washington, D.C. [*THE WHITE HOUSE, APR 7- 1913 RECEIVED*] Mr. President:- Even, if you should not at this strenuous time, find an opportunity to read the foregoing article advocating your election, I wish to congratulate you upon your victory, as well as the perfect success of your administration to date; I ask that your Excellency give enough of your valuable time to consider the question contained in the accompanying RESOLUTIONS, which have been adopted at many meetings held in the State of Tennessee, as well as throughout the whole United Sates. With best wishes, I beg to remain, Respectfully, Mrs. Jno E Turney Nashville, Tennessee.[*56758*] -Photo by Corbitt. MRS. JOHN E. TURNEY. Mrs. John E. Turney, prominently known throughout the country as the authoress of “The Legal Status of Women of Tennessee,” and also as the law partner of her husband in the firm of Turney & Turney, Cole Building, as written for The Democrat the following article of interest to women who are directing their activities to the election of Woodrow Wilson for President : When the theory of popular government finds its full development and perfect realization in the American system, woman will hold her natural place in politics. It has been said by America’s unthrowned queen, “The greatest discovery was the discovery of woman by herself,” But to my mind the greatest discovery was just been revealed by man—he hath discovered woman's sphere (right here in Tennessee.) This is evidenced by the fact that he is calling upon woman, through different mediums, for assistance, not only in local politics, but in National also. That she may serve her country today, though disfranchised, and when she has the ballot in her hand serve better, I earnestly advocate her present participation in politics, for the reason, first, what she can do ; second, what does she do ; third, what will be the result of | her doings ? MUST SEEK KNOWLEDGE. The basis of all influence and action is knowledge. Woman's first duty is to know the system of Government under which she lives, The political history of the United States, as well as geographical and social, should be familiar to every intelligent woman. Woman’s conscientious nature cannot fail to find warrant for her present obligation and earnest effort in responding to the call upon issues which now confront our whole people. American biography is another fruitful source of information. Not the biography of woman alone, but of men who have fought our social, industrial and political battles. Every contest for better conditions of living bears directly upon the home and the woman in the home. IGNORANCE WEAKENS EFFORTS. Ignorance of what security costs lessens appreciation and weakens efforts. Every crisis in the State, and even the ordinary conduct of political influence is proportioned to her knowledge of man in history and man in the world of today. The woman who is thus equipped as counselor, friend and servant in political affairs possesses unmeasured influence for good. Not only should she know what has been, but what is. Her brains and heart should be touched with the human life which flows by her own hearthstone. She feels for the poor, for the helpless, for the suffering ; she gives of her love and her labor for their relief ; she should do more, she should follow these interests to the point of society’s comprehensive action in law. It is well to build and visit hospitals ; it is better to know what lack of sanitary conditions breeds disease, and by public sentiment coerce political and legislative action which shall substitute conditions of health for such as breed disease. At the point where philanthropic effort seeks the aid of political action and the impulses are not guided by knowledge, she will miss her opportunity of usefulness, injure the cause she loves, and incidentally lose her prestige as a political factor. What does she do ? It has been said that woman’s present activity is usually applied to further her personal interests or the philanthropic and industrial scheme where her sympathies lie, and in securing the ballot for the disfranchised half of America’s citizens. WIFE IS A HELPMATE. These aims are good. Is not a wife a real helpmate if she honorably aids her husband to get to Congress? No patriotic citizen need blush for the desire to sit in the greatest council chamber of the world who has been aided by his helpmate. HOW WOMEN HAVE HELPED. Many instances exist today wherein the wife has gone forth and advocated to a successful conclusion the candidacy of her worthy and meritorious husband. We scan the halls of our National Congress -there we find wives of Senators and members of the Lower House of Congress who have not only aided in the election of their husbands but who daily confer and perhaps advise as to pending legislation. APRIL 4TH, 1913. [*56759*] home. The nineteenth century developed a comparative appreciation of the industrial woman in society, and the result of her quiet, earnest and effectual efforts, if but understood by all our people, would cause the progressive element of society to bow in reverence to her achievements of all that is good and great. WOMAN'S INFLUENCE NEEDED. With woman's influence withdrawn from Governmental affairs, anarchy will prevail ; dispense with her in our schools and the grand educational system of today would degenerate to the dark ages ; banish her from the arts and they will lose their very divinity ; take her from the industrial walks and avocations of life, and confine her exclusively to the narrow sphere of housewife and_ servant, and the wheels of progress would turn backward, and the retrogression of society would be the inevitable result. On the contrary, support her in her proud position of wife and mother, sustain her in every advance movement, vote for Wilson, Marshall, McMillin and the nominees of the Democratic party for the Legislature, and the women of America will lead society onward and upward, from civilization to civilization, through endless stages of progress. [*Ackgd 4/7/13*] To His Excellency, Woodrow Wilson, President U.S. Washington, D.C. [*THE WHITE HOUSE, APR 7- 1913 RECEIVED*] Mr. President:- Even, if you should not at this strenuous time, find an opportunity to read the foregoing article advocating your election, I wish to congratulate you upon your victory, as well as the perfect success of your administration to date; I ask that your Excellency give enough of your valuable time to consider the question contained in the accompanying RESOLUTIONS, which have been adopted at many meetings held in the State of Tennessee, as well as throughout the whole United Sates. With best wishes, I beg to remain, Respectfully, Mrs. Jno E Turney Nashville, Tennessee.New York Woman Suffrage Parade Saturday Afternoon May 3, 1913 Office Central Committee 46 East 29th Street New York City Telephone 9880 Madison Square New York, March 22, 1913 The Honorable Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D.C. Dear Mr.Wilson, On Saturday afternoon, May 3, we are to hold our annual Woman Suffrage Parade. We trust that by giving you this very early notice of the event, you may be enabled so to arrange your engagements as to allow of your being present on the grandstand and reviewing the procession. Holding as we do that this demonstration is equal in importance with any that occurs in the metropolis, we trust that you will honor the occasion. Very respectfully yours, Harriot Stanton Blatch Chairman Anna H. ShawGeorgia Woman's Suffrage Association. Mrs. M.L. McLendon, President, Mrs. Alice B. Daniels, Recording Secy., 139 W Washington St, Atlanta. 467 N. Jackson St , Atlanta, Ga. Miss S. A. Gresham, Vice-President, Mrs. Amelia R. Woodall, Treasurer, Waynesboro, Ga. 236 Hilliard St., Atlanta. Miss Kate Koch, Corresponding Secy., Mrs. M. K. Matthews, Auditor, 382 Moreland Ave., Atlanta. Washington Terrace, Atlanta. Ackd 3/25/13 Atlanta, Georgia., March 22nd, 1913. Hon. Woodrow Wilson President of the United States, Washington, D.C. 89 The White House Mar 25 1913 Received Dear Sir: - For the Georgia Woman's Suffrage Association, I respectfully ask you to recommend in your message to the United States Congress, when it convenes on April 7th 1913, that an Amendment to the Constitution be submitted to the voters, which will extend to the women of the United States the [Election?] Franchise upon the [same?] qualifications upon which it is now extended to men of all colors and from all countries. I ask this because it is just and right that the two halves of our common humanity should have equal rights, and that this government may live up to the principles on which it was founded. I also ask it in order that the women in the homes and in the industries may have equal power with men to influence conditions affecting their respective spheres of action. Let me call your attention to the fact that more than seven million women, who are occupied in the industries of the United States, are helpless to legislate upon the hours, conditions, or remuneration for their labor. The children of this Nation are being sacrificed to the never ceasing demand for cheap labor. The same commercialized trend of legislation is waisting our mineral, land and water resources. The moral conditions menacing the growth of this country is deplorable. The motherhood of the Nation agonizes because there is no power in the disfranchised class 56761Georgia Woman's Suffrage Association MRS. M.L. McLENDON, President, 139 Washington St., Atlanta. MISS S.A. GRESHAM, Vice-President, Waynesboro, Ga. MISS KATE KOCH, Corresponding Secy., 382 Moreland Ave., Atlanta. MRS. ALICE B. DANIELS, Recording Secy., 467 N. Jackson St., Atlanta, Ga. MRS. AMELIA R. WOODALL, Treasurer, 236 Hilliard St., Atlanta. MRS. M.K. MATTHEWS, Auditor, Washington Terrace, Atlanta. ATLANTA, GEORGIA in which women have been placed and without their consent. Give women equal power with men to mould the conditions directly affecting the industries, the resources and the homes of this Nation and they will not disappoint you as men have so often disappointed us when we have asked for such legislation as we thought would protect our children, ourselves and our homes from the evil surrounding us and them. If you will recommend Congress to do anything, it will gladly respond for at this time you are all powerful. I therefore earnestly appeal to you, the first Democratic President we have had for years and should stand for all the people regardless of sex and of previous conditions of servitude to help the women of the Nation to help themselves and remove the stigma of Disfranchisement from them. By declaring to Congress, through the medium of your messages that you favor the extension of the Franchise to the women of the United States, Congressmen will lend a listening of ear and great results will follow. When all women are enfranchised as are the women of the nine free states of the Union, a bone of contention will be removed, and you will have the great satisfaction of knowing that you have brought peace and happiness to all the people of the greatest Nation on Earth, and then all the people will have a voice in government. Hoping and praying that you will hear the women who want equal rights in this Republic, I remain Your truly Mrs. Mary L. McLendon President of the Georgia Woman's Suffrage Association Ack 3/24/13 Mar. 22, 1923 The White House Mr. Wilson, Mar 27 1913 Received I beg you to use your influence to have the amendment passed giving votes to women, for the higher good of humanity. (Miss) E. Robinson Hampton VA 89 56763Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, Honorary Chairman Miss Mary Garrett Hay, Chairman Mrs. Martha Wentworth Suffren, Vice-Chairman Mrs. Thos B. Wells, Secretary Mrs. Margaret Chanler Aldrich, Treasurer Ackd [3/25/13?] Woman Suffrage Party of the City of New York A Union for political Work of Existing Equal Suffrage Organizations Headquarters 30 East 34th Street Southwest Corner Madison Avenue Telephone 6300 Madison Square 89 Manhattan Borough Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw, Chairman Bronx Borough Mrs. Archibald C. Fisk, Chairman Queens Borough Mrs. Alfred J. Eno, Chairman Richmond Borough Mrs. William G. Willson, Chairman The White House Mar 25 1913 Received New York, March 22, 1913 The President, Executive Mansion Washington, D.C. Dear Sir, Our Chairman, Miss Mary Garrett Hay, has instructed me to convey to you the earnest wish of our organization, the Woman Suffrage Party of the City of New York, now nearly seventythree thousand strong, composed of both men and women. We beg you to include the consideration of woman suffrage by Congress at its next session, among the measures that you bring forward for attention. We believe that the interest felt by the people at large upon this topic is as great, if not greater, than that felt upon any other. We desire to support your administration, and to do so we hope to learn, thus early in your official life, that you respect the desire of woman for the vote, as being the highest privilege of citizenship. We ask that your Message to Congress may embody the enfranchisement of women. Respectfully yours, Martha Wentworth Suffren Vicechairman 56764Equal Suffrage League of Virginia President, Mrs. B. B. Valentine, [2338?] Monument Ave., Richmond, VA. Hon. Vice-Presidents Mrs. Louise Collier Willcox, Norfolk, VA. Miss Ellen Glascow, Richmond, VA. Mrs. Kate Langley Bosher, Richmond, VA Vice-Presidents Miss Mary Johnston, Richmond, VA. Mrs. J. H. Lewis, Lynchburg, VA. Mrs. W. J. Adams, Norfolk, Va. Mrs. C. V. Meredith Richmond, Va. Mrs. Stephen Putney, Wytheville, Va Mrs. G. M. Smithdeal Recording Secretary Mrs. A. M. Tyler, Headquarters secretary. Mrs. E. G. Kidd, Treasurer. Mrs. John S. Munce, Auditor of Richmond, Va. Ack. 3/24/13 State Headquarters, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, Va Mar 22, 1913 President Woodrow Wilson The White House 89 Washington D. C. Mr President: Enclosed herewith please find a resolution adopted by Richmond branch, Equal Suffrage League of Virginia, at a meeting held on March 20. It is respectfully submitted, we hope, for your favorable consideration. Alice M. Tyler, Headquarters sec'y, Equal suf. League of Va. 56765EQUAL SUFFRAGE LEAGUE OF VIRGINIA. PRESIDENT. Mrs. B. B. VALENTINE, 2388 MONUMENT AVE, RICHMOND, VA. HON. VICE-PRESIDENTS. MRS. LOUISE COLLIER WILCOX, NORFOLK, VA. RICHMOND, VA. MISS ELLEN GLASGOW, RICHMOND, VA. MIS. KATE LANGLEY BOSHER. RICHMOND, VA. VICE PRESIDENTS. MISS MARY JOHNSTON, HICHMOND, VA. MRS. J.H. LEWIS LYNCHBURG, VA. MRS. W.J. ADAMS, NORFOLK, VA. MRS. C.V. MEREDITH, RICHMOND, VA. MRS. STEPHEN PUTNEY, WYTHEVILLE, VA. STATE HEADQUARTERS, 800 EAST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND, VA. [*56765-a*] [89] EQUAL SUFFRAGE LEAGUE OF VIRGINIA. PRESIDENT, MRS. B. B. VALENTINE, 2838 MONUMENT AVE., RICHMOND, VA. HON. VICE PRESIDENTS. MRS. LOUISE COLLIER WILLCOX, NORFOLK, VA. MISS ELLEN GLASGOW, RICHMOND, VA. MRS. KATE LANGLEY BOSHER, RICHMOND, VA. VICE-PRESIDENTS. MISS MARY JOHNSTON, RICHMOND, VA. MRS. J. H. LEWIS, LYNCHBURG, VA. MRS. W. J. ADAMS, NORFOLK, VA. MRS. C. V. MEREDITH, RICHMOND, VA. MRS. STEPHEN PUTNEY, WYTHEVILLE, VA MRS. G. M. SMITHDEAL, RECORDING SECRETARY. MRS. A. M. TYLER, HEADQUARTERS SECRETARY. MRS. E. O. KIDD, TREASURER MRS. JOHN S. MUNCK, AUDITOR. OF RICHMOND, VA. STATE HEADQUARTERS, 800 EAST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND, VA. RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at_____ Richmond, Va. March 20, 1913 Lila Meade Valentine Chairman of the Meeting. 56766Ack. 3/24/13 89 Greensboro, N.C. March 22, 1913 To Mr. Wilson :- The White House Mar 23 1913 We have a president so democratic that one need not fear to approach him about a matter which is of great concern to us all. Because you have been asked to recommend national suffrage for women, I make bold to send you an anti-suffrage article, not because it gives my views alone but because it speaks for the women in North Carolina, in largepart for the best women [?] the South. Very respectfully, Matta Folger Townsend (Mrs. F.L. Townsend) 56768514 E St NW(?) Washington D.C. March 22 1913 (?) 3/24/13 The President Executive Mansion Washington D.C. Sir: As an active member and on who is sincere in the effort to obtain Suffrage for Women, I plead with your honourable & most able judgement to give our worthy cause, suffrage, and opportunity to demonstrate itself. To mention the subject favorably to theCause, in your next message to Congress, even though the verbage be limited would greatly benefit us. We have what we believe to be true, an absolute reason to think that the opposition to suffrage is not advocated by those who need be benefited, in any way; rather those who are not called on to be self-supporting. A woman who needs the benefits, but who opposes the cause for the sex, we believe must do so for one or all of three reasons, ie because she is ignorant of the good to be derived there- from, unduly influenced by those who fear competition of clean brains, or by those who are independent of the struggle for life. You, Mr President are not an enemy to our Cause for suffrage so please, I beg of you, show your unquestionable friendship for it by incorporating the subject 56770favorably in your message to Congress. Very sincerely yours (Mrs) Edna S. Ward.ack 3/24/13 The white house received Mar 22 1913 89 President Woodrow Wilson Washington, Dc Dear Mr. President, It is a pleasure and an honor to appeal to you personally and I ask on behalf of our woman and myself of this United States that you in your message concerning this extra session of congress enter a 56771 passage amending the constitution of the United States, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. I appeal to the "higher man" who has been given the privilege of reign over our United States. May it be proven by a law of your own of sense of justice, and may you respond to nothing less. With sincerity, I am Minnie Anna Bray 56772Ackd 3/27/13 89 The White House Mar 27 1913 Received Mrs. CP Corsby, Pres. Mrs J J Reardon, Vice - Pres Mrs D J Cole, Sec Rhinelander Equal Suffrage League "There is not a single reason given why men should vote that does not apply with equal force to women." Rhinelander, Wis March 23, 1913 Mr. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States Washington DC Dear Sir - The many suffragists of Rhinelander Wis hope you are enough interested in equal rights and justice to all, to urge, in your message to Congress, an amendment giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Yours respectfully, Mrs. C P Crosby Pres Rhinelander Equal Suffrage League 56773Brookline, Mass. To His Excellency the President of the United States My Dear Mr. President- I respectfully ask that you urge in your message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the Constitution of the UNited States giving full franchise to women. Very truly yours Lilliam B. Gray March 23rd '13 Mrs T.H. Gray Jr. 214 [????} Rd.T[*HE WHITE HOUSE MAR 25 1913 RECEIVED*] [*89*] [*Ackd 3/ 25/13*] March 23, 1912 Dover N.H Woodrow Wilson President U.S.A. Dear Sir, May I ask you, at this Easter time symbolic of rise from lower to higher conditions, to urge in your message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the US Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men? Feeling that millions of women forced to go out as workers, unprotected, often doing men's work will never have proper chances until the vote is theirs to make them considered by types of men like the Washington Police and their allies of some value and so worthy of protection Sincerely Henrietta Horsch 14 S Locust St [*56775*]Hampton Virginia R.D.I. March 23rd - 1913 [*Ack. 3/24/13*] [*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 24 1913 RECEIVED*] Dear Mr President I beg you to give your support to are amendment to the United States Constitution, giving suffrage to women in equal terms with men. Every feeling that I have of patriotism and fellowship inspire my most natural desire to vote - Hoping that you can understand I am, most respectfully Faith N. Morgan 56776Bell Telephone Walnut 48-96 Woman Suffrage Headquarters for Eastern Pennsylvania 18 Eastern Vice President Miss Lida Stokes Adams Treasurer Dr. Anna P. Sharpless 207-208 Hale Building Philadelphia Recording Secretary Miss Helen Moore Fogg Executive Secretary Miss Caroline Katzenstein [?] 3/26/13 March 24, 1913 The White House Mar 26 1913 Received 89 Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States. Dear Sir:- I have the honor to call Your Excellency's attention the following Resolution: RESOLVED - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting of THE COUNCIL OF THE EASTERN DISTRICT of Pennsylvania held March 21, 1913. Lida Stokes Adams. Chairman of the Meeting. 56777BLEAZBY BROTHERS SUMMER SHOPS: WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 321 LAKE ST., PETOSKY, MICH. INDIAN AND JAPANESE GOODS HARBOR SPRINGS, MICH. 339 WOODWARD AVE. [*Ackd. 3/26/13*] [*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE, MAR 26 1913 RECEIVED*] DETROIT, MICH., March 24,1913. Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. President:- The writer begs a few moments of your time to urge you to express the hope, in your forth-coming message to Congress, that they will pass a Resolution, submiting an Amendment to the Constitution [s]to the States, providing for the Full Enfranchisement of Women. It is a foregone conclusion that it will not be many years before this movement will have completely reached its fulfillment , and I urge this opportunity upon you now, while it is golden. The President who can sign his name to a Resolution submiting such an Amendment will be ever gratefully remembered by the women and men of progressive ideas, as an Emancipator politically of half the citizens of our country. The writer voted for you, and in doing so, broke away from a long line of ancestral tendencies to vote otherwise, and he does not believe he is going to be disappointed in your new type of administration. Your broad non-partisan spirit is appealing to the great mass [the] of people. While we know many men of many minds may urge a vast variety of subjects on your attention for reference to Congress, it is impossible and impracticable to suggest more than Tariff, Currency and Banking, but this one subject is a matter of such apparent justice, and has the expediency of an opportunity that may be golden today, and a lost one tomorrow,--as no credit could acrue to an official signing [an] A Proclamation, after a large number of states had already given the women the vote. If you will allow me one more word,- the writer is an Importer, in a small way , and was once told by one close to the Customs Authorities, that the Government always considers an importer a Crook, until he is proven otherwise, and the thought has often occurred to me since, that a law, holding that notion of the great body of honest importers is not fair nor just in its attitude or possible wording. In trust that these thoughts may have your sincere consideration, and with great respect, I remain, Yours Sincerely, Arthur J Bleagy [*56778*][89] Resolved--That the Allen County Political Equality Club, composed of both men and women, requests President Wilson, in his message, convening an extra session of Congress, to urge the passage of an amendment to the Federal Constitution, granting suffrage to women, equally with men. Resolved--That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting held in Lima, Ohio, March 24, 1913. Mrs. W.E. Crayton, Chairman Mrs. E.B. Ogilvie, Sec. [56779]Ack'd 3/24/[?] KEARNS THE WHITE HOUSE, MAR 25 1913 RECEIVED M.C.KEARNS GEN.M'G'R & TREAS. President Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D. C. 17 Honored Sir:- As a student of the woman's movement and as a believer in equal rights for all, I earnestly hope that a federal law may be enacted giving them the privilege of voting at an early date, thereby obviating the necessity of granting to them the franchise reluctently a little later on. It is a righteous cause and one which will win out, be it sooner or later, but I sincerely hope the honor may come to this administration. I sincerely trust that you will look at this question in the same broad-minded spirit shown on other occassions while Chief Executive of the State of New Jersey, Respectfully, W G Kearns WRK-S [*56780*] Stoneham Mass 389 Main St March 24, 1913 [Acked 3/25/13] 89 The White House Mar 25 193 Received President Wilson Dear Sir: I feel sure that this letter will find the waste-basket and not your eyes - nevertheless it will be written. I read with interest of your half hour interview with the Woman Suffragists - and felt pleased that one of them quoted your own words about "experts" and "guardians" (none of whom you want - neither do we.) 56781as a good argument for our cause- Directly after-I read in my Chicago "Public" (wonderful brain child of Louis Post) your own words in the Mexican matter-"all just governments rest on the consent of the governed"- Are women governed? and aren't they as fit to help make the laws as many men? We don't ask any flummery fuss-or feathers. We ask simple justice- Very respectfully yours Mary Gaye Marston Member Mass. Woman Suffrage [*56782*] over-The Hamilton Apt ? Norristown pa Mar - 24th 1913 [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 26 1913 RECEIVED*] [*Ackd. 3/26/13*] H-W-M [*89*] Hon. Woodrow Wilson President Washington D.C. Honorable Sir: Permit me to call your attention to Copies of Resolution passed by the various Suffragist Associations recommending the Amendment to the Constitution of the U.S. giving Suffrage to women. I trust you can urge upon Congress - the passage of this Amendment Most respectfully Your obedient servant. Helen W. Mouck [*56783*][*THE WHITE HOUSE. MAR 27 1913 RECEIVED*] [*89*] Womans Party of Cook County CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Chicago, Illinois, March 24, 1913 [*ACK'D MAR 27 1913 J.F.S.*] Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President U.S., Washington, D.C. My dear Mr. Wilson: The following resolution[s] [were] was adopted at a meeting of the Womans Party of Cook County March 23, 1913, and [were] was presented by the President, Mrs. Charlotte C. Rhodus. WHEREAS, the Womans Party of Cook County is in favor of EQUAL RIGHTS for both men and women, and WHEREAS, in every Marriage and every Divorce one man and one woman are the parties at interest, now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that instead of a Marriage and Divorce Commission composed of ALL men and ALL women, or a majority of either, the Womans Party of Cook County believes in EQUAL RIGHTS, and urges the President of the United States to appoint such a Commission to be composed EQUALLY of men and women, and , be it further RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be presented to the President. Respectfully submitted, (Mrs. Thos) Charlotte C. Rhodus. President Womans Party of Cook County. 835 Junior Terrace Chicago, Ills. [*56784*] [*[89]*] CUVAHOGA PHONE. 237 DR. LOA ERMINA SCOTT PARK BLOCK [*THE WHITE HOUSE, MAR 31 1913 RECEIVED*] CHARGRIN FALLS, OHIO _______________________191____ At a meeting of the Equal Suffrage Club of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, the following resolution was unanimously adopted. RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Chagrin Falls, Ohio, March 24, 1913. L.E. Scott Chairman of the Meeting. [*56785*]Ohio Woman Suffrage Association Honorary President Corresponding Secretary Frances M. Casement Ethel R. Vorce Painesville 1876 East 73 St., Cleveland President Treasurer Harriet Taylor Upton Zell Hart Deming Warren Warren Vice President Auditor Pauline Steinem Dora Sandoe Bachman 2228 Scottwood Ave., Toledo Eberly Building, Columbus Recording Secretary Member National Executive Committee Clara Snell Wolfe Belle Coit Kelton Oberlin 51 N. Monroe St., Columbus Headquarters: Masonic Bldg., Warren, Ohio March 24, 1913. Ackgd 3/25/23 [89] The President, The White House, Washington, D.C. Sir:- While my father was in Congress, from 1880 to 1893, our Presidents were mostly from Ohio and I knew them personally. I was always suggesting to them to ask Congress to submit a sixteenth amendment to the Constitution providing for the enfranchisement of women. They just laughed at me good-naturedly and none of them ever considered my appeals seriously until Mr. Roosevelt's time and then he did see me twice and once sent for me to come and talk the matter over but he did nothing decisive. I do not know whether you will feel you can make such a suggestion in your message for the extra session, but having been in the habit of asking the leaders of this nation to do this, I would feel I had not done my duty unless I had appealed you on this same subject. I will not argue with you about this because I know you have no time to listen to arguments but I do want to quiet my conscience [56786] #2. with the thought that I have asked you to do a thing which I think you ought to do. I write, not on my own account only, but in behalf of the thousands of members of the Ohio Woman Suffrage Association whom I have the honor to represent. Never was there a class of people so intelligent, so moral, so faithful as are the women of the United States and it is this great moral force which is asking to be recognized in the government which up to this time has been motherless. Yours most respectfully, [*Harriot Taylor Upton*] HTU.BJ[*The White House Received Mar 25 1913*] [*89 Ackd. 3/25/13*] Elkton, Maryland To the President, Washington, D.C. Mr. President: Until women vote they will not be able to fully share in political matters and thus they will take but a partial interest in public affairs and, as a result, will be ignorant of public interest and exert an ignorant and often vicious influence upon public like. I respectfully urge you to use your best efforts to obtain for all women equal opportunity with men in the use of the ballot. with great admiration and respect, Owen R. Washburn March 24th, 1913 56788[*89*] [*Ackd. 3/27/13/*] [*The White House Received Mar 27 1913*] Equal Suffrage League of Norfolk Norpole, Virginia March 25th, 1913. President Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir: As the president of an organisation of nearly four hundred members, men and women, I respectfully call your attention to the subject of Equal Suffrage for men and women. We hope that the question may be allowed to come up at this extra session of congress, for although we expect it will eventually be decided in our favor we want to spare as much as possible the bad feeling often engendered in the family circle, placing husband and wide or brother and sister against the other in useless discussion. The speedy settlement of this agitation would serve the eliminate the possibility of hurt to our cause by over-enthusiastic cranks which is always greatly to be feared in every popular movement. Hoping you will appreciate our position in this matter and see your way to attain an early settlement of sane, I am Most respectfully yours, Pauline Frostall Adams President Norfolk Equal Suffrage League. 56789[*Ackd 3/26/13*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 26 1913 RECEIVED*] MEN'S LEAGUE FOR WOMAN SUFFRAGE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK George Foster Peabody PRESIDENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE CARLETON SPRAGUE, Buffalo HAMILTON HOLT Prof. HENRY R. SEAGER WILLIAM A. DELANO Prof. W. P. TRENT EDWARD LAUTERBACH Prof. JAMES H. ROBINSON Rev. W. C. GANNET, Rochester RICHARD WELLING THOMAS W. HOTCHKISS WALSON H. BROWN G. E. FRANCIS, Syracuse SAMUEL UNTERMYER Judge WILLIAM VANAMEE , Newburgh Rev. PAUL MOORE STRAYER, Rochester H. H. SEYMOUR, Buffalo VICE-PRESIDENTS WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS Rev. JOHN P. PETERS Prof. NATHANIEL SCHMIDT, Ithaca Pres. LANGDON C. STEWARDSON, Geneva Hon. WILLIAM S. BENNET Z. R. BROCKWAY, Elmira GEORGE F. KUNZ Rabbi STEPHEN S. WISE WILLIAM M. IVINS WILLIAM J. SCHIEFFELIN Hon. HERBERT PARSONS JOHN MITCHELL JOHN B. OLMSTED, Buffalo F. R. HAZARD, Syracuse ADVISORY COMMITTEE ALEXANDER D. JENNEY, Syracuse GEORGE A. RICKER, Buffalo EDWARD T. DEVINE JOHN E. MILHOLLAND NELSON S. SPENCER Rev. J. HOWARD MELISH GEORGE HARVEY EDWIN MARKHAM JAMES S. CLARKSON THEODORE WILLIAMS THOMAS F. FENNELL, Elmira Prof. HERBERT E. MILLS, Poughkeepsie PAUL DOUGHERTY SANFORD W. ABBY, Canandaigua FRANCIS C. HUYCK, Albany GEORGE R. LUNN, Schenectady EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE JAMES L. LAIDLAW, Chairman, 26 Broadway, New York City. MAX EASTMAN. Secretary and Treasurer 27 West 11th Street New York City R. C. BEADLE, Executive Secretary 11 Broadway, New York City Prof. JOHN DEWEY. Dr. SIMON FLEXNER OSWALD GARRISON VILLARD. ROBERT BAKER CHARLES C. BURLINGHAM. SWINBURNE HALE FREDERICK NATHAN. JAMES DUANE LIVINGSTON CHARLES H. STRONG. ROBERT K. WALTON JAS. L. ROBINSON PROF. V. G. SIMKHOVITCH JEFFERSON N. SELIGMAN FREDERICK S. GREENE [*89*] March 25, 1913. Honorable Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, White House, Washington, D.C. Honorable and Dear Sir: - May I respectfully urge upon you the desire of many that you incorporate in an early message to Congress a recommendation looking toward a referendum on the question of amending the Constitution of the United States guaranteeing the right of the ballot to all of the people irrespective of sex. I am Respectfully yours, R. C. Beadle Executive Secretary AMS/ RCB [*56790*]Brookline< Massachusetts March 25th, 1913 To His Excellency Woodrow Wilson President of the United States Dear Mr. Wilson The subject of Womens' Suffrage seems to me and to many of my friends both women and men of such great importance that I trust you will be able to introduce it into your speech at the openingof this Special Session of Congress when it meets on April seventh. I am Respectfully Yours Janet C. Bearse Mrs. Horace L. Bearse Hedges Road Brookline [*56792*]The White House Mar 26 1913 Received [*Ackd. 3/26/13*] To President Woodrow Wilson An Appeal [*89} Sir, isn’t it unjust that the great United States of America standing for liberty and Justice to all her people - built upon the wide foundation - stone of government 56793United States use your great power in lifting this wrong by making plea in your Coming Message to Congress for the universal franchise for the women of our Country? Very Respectfully Yours Linnie M. Bourne Washington D.C. -- March 25th 1913 for the people by and of the people "and" no taxation without representation" - has refused the greater half of 'All the people' the women -- their rights under the Constitution? Will not you, as a just leader and President of 'all the people' of these 56794[*Ackd. 3/27/13*] THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 27 1913 RECEIVED [*89*] Minneapolis, Minn., March 25, 1913. His Excellency, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, Washington, D. C. My Dear Mr. President: Without in anywise challenging your wisdom upon questions that may now be or hereafter may come before you, I wish as a citizen and believer in democratic progressive principles to urge upon you the desirability of recommending to Congress the passage of a proposed constitutional amendment granting to women the franchise on equality with men in the respective states. Such an amendment could not be feared by our Southern friends and would work out full justice to our female citizenship. It would furthermore not be binding, of course, until ratified by the requisite number of states, and is therefore in its essence merely giving the women of some dilatory states the possibility of getting the franchise which is witheld by provoking procrastination. 56795In a recent article in "The Invincible Magazine" of St. Louis I presented an argument syllogistically set forth as follows: EVERY LAW TENDING TO DEMOCRATIZE OUR GOVERNMENT BY THE ADDITION TO ITS VOTING STRENGTH OF ITS HIGHEST INTELLIGENCES IS FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE NATION AS A WHOLE. EVERY LAW ENFRANCHISING WOMEN ON EQUALITY WITH MEN IS A LAW TENDING TO DEMOCRATIZE OUR GOVERNMENT BY THE ADDITION TO ITS VOTING STRENGTH OF ITS HIGHEST INTELLIGENCES. THEREFORE, EVERY LAW ENFRANCHISING WOMEN ON EQUALITY WITH MEN IS FOR THE BEST INTEREST OF THE NATION AS A WHOLE. Assuring you of my profound admiration of your official actions so far made manifest to the people, and with a heart full of thankfulness for the deliverance into your hands the destinies of our great Republic, I wish to remain Very sincerely yours, Robert James Brennen Under separate cover, with my compliments, I hand you a copy of a little volume recently issued, of which I take pride in being the author. ROBERT JAMES BRENNEN.[*[89]*] [*2*] THE WHITE HOUSE APR 3 1913 RECEIVED PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON, WASHINGTON D.C. AT A MEETING OF THE WOMEN'S POLITICAL UNION OF NEW JERSEY BRANCH OF THE ORANGES A BODY OF MEN AND WOMEN COUNTING A MEMBERSHIP OF TWO HUNDRED, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION WAS PAST. RESOLVED THAT THIS MEETING CALLS UPON PRESIDENT WILSON TO URGE IN HIS MESSAGE CONVENING THE EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS, THE[A] PASSAGE OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION GIVING SUFFRAGE TO WOMEN ON EQUAL TERMS WITH MEN. RESOLVED THAT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE PRESENTED TO PRESIDENT WILSON. ADOPTED AT A MEETING HELD AT THE HOUSE OF MRS. STAUNTON ,159 MAIN STREET, ORANGE, N.J. MARCH 25th, 1913. Cornelia J. Browne. Chairman. Martha Louise Nordine Secretary Mary Ruggles Andrews Treasurer 56796[*Ackd. 3/26/13.*] Washington D.C. March 25/13 The President, White House Washington D.C. THE WHITE HOUSE, MAR 26 1913 RECEIVED [*89*] Sir: Permit me to ask you to make favorable mention of our cause, Suffrage for Women, in your next message to Congress. Any favorable mention which may give that honorable Committee, a reason to think they may look to you as a friend of our Cause, will help us mightily, if only to give our belief a chance to demonstrate itself, means to show your 56797fair disposition to further an advocacy, which has absolute sympathy with nearly all of the best women, and very many of the best men. We believe that every sympathetic word expressed for the cause of woman means a kindness to the women of the household, administered by the man who expressed it. That is the true light of the movement, and if all could look upon the question without prejudice, we would not have to trouble you for even a light favorable mention. Please Mr President, comply with my request, if only so little. You are, I believe, a very fair and equitable believing man, and I am going to trust you are a friend in fact. I am, Very Respectfully, (Mrs) D. A. Cross 152 13th St, S.E. 56798[*Ackd. 3/26/13*] [*89*] Peekskill N.Y. Mar. 25, 1913 To his Excelency The president of the United States Mr. Woodrow Wilson: - Mr President, I would respectfully request that you urge, in your message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States constitution giving Suffrage to women on equal 56799terms with men. Yours very respectfully, Mrs. Annie B. Fish.Ypsilanti, Michigan, Mar. 25, 1913. [*2*] [*89*] THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 29 1913 RECEIVED President of the United States; President Wilson- Please note action taken recently on the following: Resolved - that this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved - that a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting of Ypsilanti Equal Suffrage Association, March 22, at the home of Mrs. D.L. Quirk, Jr. (Mrs) Sarah M. George. Chairman of the meeting. 56801THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 27 1913 RECEIVED Religious Society of Friends New York Monthly Meeting 221 East 15th Street, New York City [*2*] [*89*] At a joint mass meeting held under the auspices of the Friends Equal Rights Association and the Woman Suffrage Party of the Twelth Assembly District on Tuesday evening, March 25th at the Friends' Meeting House, 221 E. 15th Street, New York, the following resolutions were adopted:- RESOLVED-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Gertrude S. Gillette. Chairman. 56802[*Ackd. 3/26/13*] The Carlton, 21st & N Sts., N. W., Washington, D.C., March 25, 1913. THE WHITE HOUSE, MAR 26 1913 RECEIVED [*89*] To the President of the United States, Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C. Sir: I have the honor to call your attention to the enclosed Resolution passed yesterday at a meeting of Department Women of Washington, and to urge you to favorable action thereon. Respectfully, (Miss) Lily Ray Glenn 56803[*[89]*] RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting of Department Women on Monday, March 24, 1913, at Washington, D. C. Lily Ray Glenn Chairman of the Meeting. Apartment 9, The Carlton. 56804[*2*] March 25 - 1913 Woodrow Wilson President U.S.A. Dear Sir - I understand there is to be an extra session of Congress on April 7th 1913 and as a defenseless voteless woman who pays taxes without representation I ask as simple justice that an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men be made. Respectfully yours Arvilla H. [?] Union N.H. 56805[*Ackd. 3/26/13*] [*89*] 1432 R St., N.W., Washington, D.C., March 25, 1913 THE WHITE HOUSE, MAR 26 1913 RECEIVED To the President of the United States, Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C. Sir: I have the honor to transmit the enclosed Resolution, which is self explanatory. Respectfully, Catherine M. MacLennan 56806[*[89]*] RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting of Department Stores Employees, on Tuesday, March 25, 1913, at Washington, D. C. Catherine M. MacLennan Chairman of the Meeting. 1432 R St., N. W. Washington, D. C. 56807[*Ackd.* 3/26/13*] VOTES FOR WOMEN NEW YORK STATE WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION President, Harriet May Mills 926 West Genesee Street, Syracuse Vice-President-at-Large, Mrs. Marie Jenney Howe 31 West 12th Street, New York Recording Secretary, Mrs. Nicolas Shaw Fraser Geneseo Corresponding Sec'y, Mrs. Joseph Gavit 862 Myrtle Ave, Albany Treasurer, Mrs. William M. Ivins 145 West 56th Street, New York Auditors, Mrs. Henry Villard 540 Park Ave., New York Mrs. Dexter P. Rumsey 742 Delaware Ave., Buffalo HEADQUARTERS, 180 MADISON AVE., NEW YORK Telephone, 1761 Madison Square Mar. 25, 1913. [*89*] THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 26 1913 RECEIVED President Woodrow Wilson, Executive Mansion Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: In behalf of our State Association numbering 1,000,000 or more, I am writing to ask if you will not urge, in your message to the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution, extending suffrage to women on equal terms with men? We feel that the time has come for such action and hope you will at least recommend the submission of this question to the various States. Very respectfully yours, Harriet May Mills. 56808[*2*] [*89*] Wallingford, Conn., March 26, 1913. To His Excellency Woodrow Wilson President of the United States Washington, D. C. In view of the widespread interest in Equal Suffrage The Wallingford Connecticut Equal Suffrage League bespeaks the co-operation of President Wilson in securing an amendment to the Federal Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. And we respectfully urge that he recommend such measure to Congress at as early a date as he deems wise. Signed by the officers and directors of the Wallingford Equal Franchise League. Harriet L. Greenleaf, President Harriette Richardson, Vice President Mrs. Benjamin F. Harrison Mrs. Mary Parmelee Mrs. A. J. Arthur Helen Choate Pitman Edith M. Backes Secretary Margaret C. Collins M/E/C 56809Equal Suffrage League [*Ackd. 3/28/13*] [*89*] Williamsburg VA March 26th 1913 THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 28 1913 RECEIVED To his Excellency The President of the United States. Mr. President, I have the honor to enclose a resolution passed at a recent meeting of the Equal Suffrage League of Williamsburg, Virginia. The demands on your time and attention are heavy we know but we hope that you will see fit to give some of it to this question which his so dear the heart of 56810Equal Suffrage League Williamsburg, Va................................................................................. 191 of the majority of thinking Mothers in the Country - With good wishes for and belief in your Administration. I am very truly Elizabeth Scott Crawford. Mrs Richard M. Crawford President of Equal Suffrage League of Williamsburg, Virginia. 56811Equal Suffrage League Williamsburg, Va. 191 RESOLVED -- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting of the Equal Suffrage League of Williamsburg, Virginia on March 25th. 1913. Mrs Richard Crawford. President E. S. League 56812[*Ackd. 3/27/13*] Dr. L. Adele Cuinet 152 Henry Street Brooklyn, NY [*89*] The White House Mar 27 1913 Received President Wilson Dear Mr President - The question of political privilege to all the people of these United Staets will soon come up for action, myself and many others believing in a pure democracy beg of you to look favorably and assist in enfranchising all citizens by giving the women the same voice in their government as the men, thereby making these United States a democracy in reality as well as in name. Very Truly yours L.A. Cuinet March 26th / 13 56813J. FISH S. J. FREINHAR FISH & FREINHAR DEPARTMENT STORES 821-829 SOUTH STREET N. Y. TEL. 322-j 80 WATER ST., NEWBURGH N. Y. TEL. 748 [*Ackd 3/27/13*] [*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 27 1913 RECEIVED*] Peekskill, N.Y., 3/26/13. To His Excellency, The President, Of the United States, Mr. Woodrow Wilson, Mr. President:- I would respectfully request that you urge in your message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Very respectfully yours. Jacob Fish [*56814*][*[89]*] 5 Arlington Ter., Malden, Mass March 26, 1913 [*J*] THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 28 1913 RECEIVED Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States Washington, D.C. Dear Sir: In behalf of the Colebrook Equal Franchise League I wish to ask you in your message to the special session of Congress to urge the members of Congress to amend the constitution so that women may have equal suffrage with men. Very truly yours, Ellen Jeffery Vice-President 56815Malden Mass March 26 1913 [*2*] [*89*] The White House Mar 28 1913 Received Woodrow Wilson President of the United States Washington D.C. Dear Sir: As a believer in equal Suffrage for men and women I wish to ask you in your message to the Special Session of Congress to urge the members of that body to amend the Constitution of the United States so that Women may have equal voting rights with men. Very truly yours Jessie A Jeffery 56816Malden Mass March 26 1913 [*2*] {89*] THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 28 1913 RECEIVED Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:- As a believer in equal suffrage for men and women I wish to ask you in your message to the special session of Congress to urge the members of that body to amend the constitution of the United States so that women may have equal voting rights with men. Very truly yours, Joan Cameron MacLe[?] 56817[*2*] [*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 27 1913 RECEIVED*] Toledo Woman Suffrage Association Equality Before the Law Toledo, March 26, 1913 Whereas true democracy is based on justice to all people irrespective to sex Resolved - that this meeting respectfully requests President Wilson to urge in his message, calling the extras session of Congress the enactment of an amendment to the Federal Constitution, giving the ballot to women on equal terms with men. Resolved- that this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting of the Toledo Women Suffrage Association. Elizabeth Schauss President. 56818[*[89]*] The White House MAR 31 1913 received [*Ackgd. 3/31/13*] Memphis, Mo., March 26, 1913. Hon. Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. President: I am sending you herewith a printed statement recommending the franchise for women. I would be very greatly pleased, could it be incorporated in the first congretional message of your incumbrancy, your message to the coming special session of Congress. I wish I knew what argument to use with success; or, failing, what argument or reason was the exact cause of my failure. You, who are at the seat of government, know the great charge of its affairs, and how it has pledged you, in a way we cannot know. But this question resolves itself to the home rule, the freedom and sovereignty of the individual citizen; and I believe that here it would be unanimously favored. Why our women, who have shown themselves able to pay the ultimate price and pass the supreme test of industry and wisdom, should be still held as wards of the home and of government, as proteges of its laws and customs, I cannot understand. Why it is not incompatable that they should be held as hostages to greed and avarice in an enlightened, christian civilization, I cannot understand. That women are worthy of the ballot, or that they even desire it, possibly cannot be ascertained to the fullest extent but in one way. They must be given the unrestricted ballot. For neither would the men better prepare themselves for its imminent possibility. It is enough to know that they have every essential reason for asking it. The obstructionist and reactionary must be of a special privilege class, who, since they enjoy more than their share of its material benefits, are pledged thereby; and care nothing, or can do nothing, for the moral of the cause. We have been given many evidences to assure us that you are not lacking in generous courage and decision. The power and influence of your position is well known. Your ability as a scholar and a thinker is the nation's pride. 568192. Your broad, progressive democracy has been declared and proclaimed. So my prayer is; May you, therefore, gloriously attain to a right and worthy attitude toward this cause, and therein succeed where so many have so disgracefully failed. May you speedily recognize this to be a propitious season. May there be no unavoidable obstruction in your way, that you may generously and wisely pave the way for pleasant and agreeable negotiations, giving gladness to all, rather than suffer the possibility of the cause being consummated through much ill will, if not through the extremes of hatred and misery; "And who knowest whether thou hast come to the kingdom for such a time as this." You can perform no act to shed greater luster on your name. Should not "kinswoman" be a name still to conjure with? For my part, I had rather have the honor of giving my one little daughter the franchise, when she arrives at what should be the dignity of America womanhood, than enfranchise all the negroes in all the world. My little daughter means more to me than any Greek temple; though it stand through all the ages to proclaim my honor and glory. I do not question the great wisdom and humanity of freeing the negro. Yet it seems fanatical in comparison that we should have fought a long and bloody war for that purpose, since we now have a cause at our door, infinitely more worthy. I am sure we do not need to fight such a war for our sister. The matter can be more sanely/adjusted. That marble temple soon to be erected in Washington, to the memory of Abraham Lincoln, is the white child of a black people. Our present political attitude toward our woman, is the black child of a white people; and would suggest obsidian for our monument. Must I be compelled to tell my daughter that I cannot adaquately protect her? The law does not give me the moral support to teach her the laws of independence, of strength and of freedom. Must I tell her that when I can no longer protect her she has not the right to protect herself? Must I say to her that there is a man whom neither of us know as yet, and may never know until too late, who knows more about what is best for her than she knows herself? Must I tell her that in lieu of her liberty we have certain laws and customs, and that when they fail there is no redress? The law ought not be party to such dealings. Let the fortune of the woman be what it may; it still lacks her moral birthright. The state does not adaquately guarantee it, and cannot, but by her ballot. And the wrong to the woman is only half the evil. The other half is to be found in the wrong to the man. It places a burden on his shoulders, which he most certainly ought not to bear. It deprives him of her wise and willing help, which he so sadly needs. The ballot in the hands of woman will go far toward purging our public and private life of its 568203. much lamented grossness. Though it would be a very unworthy argument to expect woman to tend, what man has befouled, yet one wrong breeds another, and the one way is to substitute the right for the wrong. "He who labors to be rich shall not be held guiltless." There is that in mere money getting, which cannot be disassociated from sin and wrong. Greed and avarice is pre-eminently the fault of man. In desiring the ballot, the woman comes meerly asking her own. Time was, in order to make a living we thought to get up early in the morning, go out with the hoe, the plow or the gang plow, and dig it out of the ground. According to our present lights, all that is old fashioned folly-lolly. The modern way is to live on our debts, gamble with our credit, use great slabs of hot air and copious quantities of water, preach clean politics and practice dirty business. These are the kind of men who would deny the vote to women, or lend it faint hearted support. But the greatest good of women's vote will consist in refining our dear American home and dignifying every member therein. This cause has come not to destroy or to injure any worthy institution; not to avoid any beneficent law or custon; but to fulfill that which can be made satisfactory in no other way. It is no exaggeration to say that the question is already fairly before the people for their decision. If it is not, then it is the fault of those whom we have hired to represent us; but who, for some illegitimate reasons, prefer rather to misrepresent us. Yours respectfully, D.J. Schenk 56821ADVOCATING WOMAN SUFFRAGE Though not in any desiring to becloud the well defined work of this special session; yet I take this, the earliest opportunity of my administration, to propose for your consideration, a measure of the most vital importance to the civil liberty and humanity of our commonwealth. I refer, at this time, to the enfranchisement of women, that it may be given a consideration worthy of its importance early in the administration—at least at the next regular session of Congress. It is inconceivable that a condition deleterious to one half of the population could be anything but pernicious to the entire population. It is unreasonable to recognize distinctions where there is no distinctions; and to discriminate when such discrimination wrongs the woman, and, in no less measure, the man also. It is contrary to that good judgment of a free, sane and fair minded people that they should seek to perpetuate a condition tolerable only in a semi-barbarous state. A condition incompatible and intolerable in an intelligent, educated and enlightened state. If we fail to recognize women when they come asking their own; we repudiate our high ideals of an American republic, and retire in shame to give place to a more worthy people. 56822[*Ackd. 3/28/13*] [*89*] THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 28 1913 RECEIVED Lancaster New Hampshire March 26 1913 Dear Mr President This is the first letter I ever sent to a President but I feel that you will heed these petitions and so earnestly hope that the prayers of the mothers of the land are answered and that you may be the emancipator of the sex for the good of the race. Sincerely 56823Mrs Berthe Whiting Spaulding Daughter of American Revolution.[*89*] Resolved - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Lancaster N.H. March 26 1913 Nellie H Fletcher 56824[*[89]*] Mary L. R Bass Lizzie L Young Jebt S. Bass Ala A. Hubbard S. E. Griswold C. A. Curtis Clara B Howe Nina A. Pillon J. P. Wark. Isabella S. Wark Helen L. Rowell Charles F Clarke Mrs. W E. Ingren Charles W [Wilson?] C. F Savage A. Bailey Frank W. Spaulding Raclie Newton Nourse Susie Newton Thomas W. Wallace Ellen M. Trumbly [Mrs?] Frank Spaulding Chairman of the Meeting. [*56825*][*A*] [*89*] St. Louis Mo. Mar. 26, 13 Mr. President Wilson of the U.S.A. Dear Sir, Please recommend in your message to Congress on April 7- the passage 56826of an amendment to the constitution of the U.S.A. giving equal suffrage of both sides. Respectfully H.W. Tarrant K021 W. Belle Pl 56827First Vice President S. Fannie Clark Okolona Second Vice President Annie Kinkead Dent Yazoo City Recording Secretary Alma Dorsey Birdsall Yazoo City Treasurer Frances M. Durant Coffeeville Mississippi Women's Suffrage Association President Lily Wilkinson Thompson 503 Fortification Street Jackson Corresponding Secretary Ella O. Biggs 1031 Robinson Street Jackson Jackson, Miss., March 26, 1913 Superintendents of Departments Press and Legislative Nellie N. Somerville Greenville Educational Eva Cox Columbus Institutional Madge Quin Fulgar McComb City Member National Committee Ruth Noble Warren Jackson [*89*] [*The White House, Mar 28 1913 RECEIVED*] President Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D. C. Dear President Wilson: I behalf of the Mississippi Woman Suffrage Association, the undersigned officers of the Association beg that, in your message calling the extra session of Congress , you will urge the passage of an Amendment to the constitution of the United States, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. The membership of the Mississippi Woman Suffrage Association has increased threefold within the last year, indicating beyond question the increasing demand for the enfranchisement of Mississippi women. For every suffragist enlisted in the movement , however , there are thousand who are inactive but sympathetic . Hence this appeal is echoed by thousand of Mississippians. We beg to remind you that when women suffrage shall prevail, the worlds of time, energy, thought and prayer now consumed in securing the ballot for women will be a great force consecrated to the betterment of humanity. . Therefore as a matter of economy , as well as one of the justice and right , we urge that you recommend the proposed measure. With best wishes for you personally , and assuring you that had we been voters in the last presidential campaign, we would have supported you unanimously, we are, yours Sincerely, Lily Wilkinson Thompson President. S. Fannie Clark 1st Vice-President. Annie K. Dent 2nd Vice -President. Ella O. Biggs Corresponding Secretary Alma Dorsey Birdsall Recording Secretary. Edgworth Marshall Tucker Treasurer. [*56828*]5700 NEW YORK UNDERWRITERS AGENCY A & J.H. STODDART 100 WILLIAM STREET NEW YORK Gottold L. Werth, Fire Insurance Kirkwood, MO. THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 30 1913 RECEIVED St. Louis March 26 1913 [*2*] [*89*] Mr. Wilson President United States of America Dear Sir Will you please include in your message to the extra session of Congress the passage of an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, giving suffrage to women on the same terms as men. Respectfully Yours L.L. Werth 56829 THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 27 1913 RECEIVED Haverford Court. Haverford, PA. [*Ackd. 3/27/13*] [*89*] March 26th/13. My dear President, Ever since marching in the Suffrage Parade in Washington, the day before your magnificent Inaugural, I have been tempted to write a few lines to tell you that, from my personal experiences, I knew that the behaviour 56830of the mob and the attitude of the police had not been exaggerated in the reports. I shall never regret this trial by fire, however, for the splendid character of the women who are in the fore front of this reform was brought out as never before. I hope that among the many questions requiring your consideration at this time, you will be able togive some attention to the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Will you not urge the passage of such an amendment in your message convening the extra session of Congress? Mr. Weston joins me in heartiest congratulations and kindest regards to you and to Mrs. Wilson. I would like to add my humble endorsement and sincere gratification on reading your inaugural. Yours very respectfully, Mary H Weston. (Mrs S. Burns Weston.) 56831THOS. E. WILL. EXECUTIVE SECRETARY TELEPHONES: MAIN, 4260 LINCOLN, 3568 FEDERAL CONTROL OF FEDERAL AFFAIRS : DISTRICT CONTROL OF DISTRICT AFFAIRS. LET THE PEOPLE RULE. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SUFFRAGE LEAGUE OURAY BUILDING, 809 G STREET, NORTHWEST. Washington D.C. March 26, 1913. [*Ackd. 3/27/13*] [*89*] THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 27 1913 RECEIVED Hon. Woodrow Wilson President of the United States. Dear Sir:- I am enclosing, herewith, copy of resolutions unanimously adopted by the District of Columbia Suffrage League on the 21st inst. Very respectfully, Thos. E. Will. Executive Secretary. 56832[*89*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Unanimously adopted at a meeting of the District of Columbia Suffrage League, 809 G Street, N.W., March 21, 1913. Wm. E. Will Chairman of the Meeting. 56833[*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 20 1913 RECEIVED*] "Votes for Women" We demand for women the full franchise, with restrictions excluding the criminal and illiterate of both sexes The Pennsylvania Limited Suffrage League. Recording Secretary Mrs. Imogen B. Oakley Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer Mrs. Edward Yarnall Hartshorne Merion P. O., Pa. President Miss Mary Winsor, Haverford, Pa. Vice-Presidents Mrs. John Read Pettit Mrs. Oswald Chew Mrs. Russell Duane Mrs. John Scollay Miss Elizabeth McKean Rhodes Advisory Board Mrs. Joseph P. Mumford Mrs. Richard Peters Miss Anne Hollingsworth Wharton Mrs. James D. Winsor Mrs. S. Burns Weston Mrs. Otis Skinner March 26th 1913. Hon. Woodrow Wilson: Dear Mr President: Enclosed please find resolution passed at the regular weekly meeting of the Penna Equal Limited Suffrage League (formerly Penna Limited Suffrage League) on Thurs. March 20th 1913 at 247 So. Camac St. Phila. I take this occasion to urgently request you & seize this opportunity to put your own Democratic Principles into practice by showing the country that you were really in earnest when you said so eloquently "Free men (and women) need no guardians"— Very sincerely yours, Mary Winsor 56834[89] RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at 247. So. Camac St, Phila. Thurs. March 20th 1913. Mary Winsor Chairman of the Meeting. 56835March 26 - /13 President Woodrow Wilson - [*Ackd. 3/27/13*] [*89*] THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 27 1913 RECEIVED Dear Sir I am not a politician asking professionally for favors, but just a plain woman who feels for other women. - especially the under women. There must be a way to help them. the over worked and underpaid. Their cry 56836rings like the "Cry of the Children." "Do you hear them, O, my brother ? "For , oh!" say the woman, we are weary. The quickest way is to give them the vote to help themselves. Looking for help, believing Mathilda D Wright 1908 G St Wash D C 56837THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 29 1913 RECEIVED 50 Spooner Road Chestnut Hill Massachusetts [*F*] [*89*] March 26, 1913 His Excellency The President of the United States, Dear Mr. President: Respectfully, I ask that when you convene the extra session of Congress, you will urge an amendment to the Constitution granting suffrage to women on Equal terms with men. Yours truly, Nettie Plutz Young. (Mrs. Tomas Ralph Young.) 56838[*2*] [*89*] THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 29 1913 RECEIVED Hartford Equal Rights Club At an executive meeting of The Hartford Equal Rights Club held on March 24, the following resolution was voted. Resolved: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution, giving sufrrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved: That a copy of this Resolution be sent to President Wilson. (Mrs.) Elizabeth D. Bacon, Chairwoman of meeting. 106 Capen St. Mar. 27th, 1913. 56839"I have never heard an argument made against woman suffrage which might not have been urged with equal force against manhood suffrage. 'A government of the people, by the people and for the people' will never be realized in this country till women have the right to vote." JOHN H. LIGHT, Attorney-General of Connecticut. Lest We Forget "The present generation can hardly realize what insulting epithets were heaped upon the early workers by public speakers and the press." JOHN HOOKER, in "Reminiscences." Compliments of The Hartford Equal Rights Club 56840Isabella Beecher Hooker Her efforts secured just property rights for women. Harriet Beecher Stowe Her pen secured freedom for an enslaved race. Both lived and died classified, as far as the franchise is concerned, under the Laws of Connecticut with Children, Idiots and Convicts. Designed and Published by Mrs. Kendrick of Hartford 56841PIONEER SUFFRAGISTS OF CONNECTICUT JOHN HOOKER, Hartford ISABELLA BEECHER HOOKER, Hartford EMILY P. COLLINS, Hartford HARRIET BEECHER STOWE, Hartford FRANCES ELLEN BURR, Hartford MRS. B. M. PARSONS, Hartford REV. DR. N. J. BURTON, Hartford MRS. MARSHALL JEWELL, Hartford EMILY J. LEONARD, Meriden JUDGE JOSEPH SHELDON, New Haven ABBIE B. SHELDON, New Haven REV. PHOEBE HANAFORD, New Haven MRS. SUSAN J. CHENEY, South Manchester CHARLES CHENEY, South Manchester WARD CHENEY, South Manchester REV. OLYMPHIA BROWN, Bridgeport GEORGE A. HICKOX, Litchfield MARY C. HICKOX, Litchfield JULIA SMITH, Glastonbury ABBIE SMITH, Glastonbury Meyer & Noll Print[*89*] [?4*] [THE WHITE HOUSE, MAR 30 1913 RECEIVED*] Whereas We the members of the Huron County Suffrage Committee believe that we are entitled to our full rights as citizens under the Constitution of the United States; and Whereas We are confident that the social and industrial conditions of our country demand the protection of all good citizens - women as well as men: therefore be it Resolved that we call upon President Wilson to urge in his message convening Congress in extra session, the passage of an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men: and Resolved that we send a copy of this resolution to President Wilson. Adopted this 27th day of March 1913 by the Huron County Women's Suffrage Committee. Charlotte N. Boalt Chairmen [*56842*]Mar 27 1913 To the Presdient of the United Staes Dear Sir Womans suffrage is the question the day , a national one - and we feel that you as the president of these United States should give it your earnest attention. We do not ask this as a favor but as a right, we believe that when women are given that right she will be in a [?position?] to act better 56843her part as wife and mother, that the conditions that are hers to cope with can only be improved when she can express herself through the ballot. There never can be a true democracy until women are given equal rights with men. What is good for a few must actually be good for all all. Votes for women means better government, else the earnest women fighting for the cuase must be mistaken in [?] abilty, they never can be mistaken in their desire for the betterment of the people. Miss Margaret Boland 2645 S. Colorado St Phila PA Member Women's suffrage society County of Phila. 56844[*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE, APR 9 - 1913 RECEIVED*] To the President of the United States Washington D.C. The resolutions were passed by the Kalamzoo Equal Suffrage Association. The Association is made up of about one-thousand men and women who have the management of the suffrage campaign for southwestern Michigan We feel that this amendment is vital to our welfare and pray your consideration. Most respectfully (Mrs) Mary A. Brander Kalamzoo Mich. Mar. 27, 1913. [56845][*[89]*] RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his meeting convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Kalamazoo Michigan March 26..1913 Mary A. Brander Sec'y K.E.S.A. Chairman of the Meeting. 56846[*2*] [*89*] THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 30 1913 208 North Main St., Bellefontaine, Ohio, March 27, 1913. To His Excellency, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, Pres. of the United States, Executive Mansion, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:- Enclosed please find a Resolution adopted by the Woman's Franchise League of this city, which we respectfully ask that you will give the subject embodied in it your earnest attention. Very Respectfully, Florine Folsom, Pres. of The Woman's Franchise League. 56847[*[89]*] Whereas- The most just and speedy method of securing the enfranchisement of the women of the United States is by an Amendment to the National Constitution, be it Resolved , that we, The Woman's Franchise League of Bellefontaine, Ohio, respectfully call upon President Wilson to urge in his message to the extra session of Congress, convening in April, the passage of an Amendment giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Florine Folsom, Chairman. Adopted, March 25th, Bellefontaine, Ohio. To His Excellency, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States. 56848[*Ackd. 3/28/13.*] [*89*] Washn DC. Mar 27 - 1913 THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 28 1913 RECEIVED Mr Woodrow Wilson: - President - United States, Dear Sir:- I realize a great pleasure in addressing an appeal, personally to our Democratic President, in behalf of women, and I ask, that you in your message concerning the extra session of Congress enter a passage amending the Constitution of the United States, giving women equal suffrage with men, And feeling that I am safe , in relying upon your broad sense of Justice, to award Justice to our cause. I remain, Respectfully Angela A. Herbert. 56849[*[89]*] [*Suffrage Ackd. 3/31/13*] THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 30 1913 RECEIVED 1300 Market St. Wheeling W. Va Mar 27 Hon. Woodrow Wilson Washington DC My dear Mr President, I have been wanting to write to you for a long time on a subject dear to my heart - woman suffrage. Much as I admire you as a man and you were my choice for President and I "talked you up" on all possible occasions, yet I must voice my disappointment which amounts almost 568502 & real grief at your attitude on suffrage. Just as in Mr. Roosevelt's case it seems so inconsistent with your democratic utterances in your addresses. Mr. Roosevelt refused to recommend the enfranchisement of women while President and it was not I believe until he wanted their votes that he came out for suffrage. Yet all that time he talked eloquently of the rule of the people. I wonder what we women are if we are not 56851 3 "people." It hurts my self respect to be classed with idiots, criminals minors and paupers as those not fit to have a voice in their own government and I do not think it is really respectful on the part of men to allow us to stay in that category. - I ask you in all sincerity Mr. President, how much could men accomplish without votes? Please do not "consider" this question of justice any longer but come out and help us to become real citizens.What can be more important than the status of women, half the human race and the mother half? If you will let me know what are your doubts in the matter I think I can remove them. I have given the subject some study, ever since seven years ago when Wheeling had a campaign for municipal woman suffrage on the occasion of getting a new charter. With best wishes for the happiness of yourself and your family while in the White House and for your successful Administration, I am Yours sincerely Florence Hoge (Miss)[*89*] President Mrs. H. N. Fleming, 202 W. Eighth Street, Erie, PA. Vice-President Miss Jane Weir Pressley, 2140 Myrtle Street, Erie, PA. 2nd Vice-President Mrs. R. C. Stevens, 454 W. Eleventh St., Erie, PA. Recording Secretary Mrs. Belle Davis Smith, 120 W. 18th Street, Erie, PA. Corresponding Secretary Miss Sarah Scott Hubley, 206 East Fifth St., Erie, PA. Treasurer Miss Celestia Hershey, 1629 Hess Avenue, Erie, PA. N. W. Penna. Equal Franchise Association Meetings at Public Library 2nd Tuesday Evening of Every Month Auditors Mrs. T. P. Byrnes 1023 Chestnut St., Erie, PA Mrs. H. F. Watson, 6th & Chestnuts Sts., Erie, PA Advisory Board Miss Sarah A. Reed, 17 E. Tenth Street, Erie, PA. Marvin E. Griswold, 255 W. Tenth Street, Erie, PA Mrs. Samuel Semple, Titusville, PA. Mr. A. M. Howes, Sec. Business Men's Exchange Hon. A. W. Mitchell, 607 Marine Bank Bs., Erie, PA Mrs. C. W. Stranahan, 140 W. Eighth St., Erie, PA 208 East 5th St., Erie, Pa., March 27, 1913. [*The White Hours MAR 31 1913 Received*] His Excellency, The President of the United States, Washington, D. C. Greeting: The members of the Equal Suffrage Association of Northwestern Pennsylvania, pray your Excellency to seriously consider the matter contained in the subjoined resolution, adopted at a special meeting of the Association. RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message covening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Respectfully submitted for THE EQUAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA Sarah Scott Habley Corresponding Secretary. 56852[*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 1- 1913 RECEIVED*] [*F*] Honorary Presidents Mrs. Clarence Mackay Roslyn, Long Island Mrs. H. Stanislawsky Santa Rosa, Cal. Mrs. Alfred Hodges 31 E. 28th St., New York Mrs. J. E. Stubbs University, Reno Mrs. Henry Robinson Reno Vice-Presidents 1st, Mrs. F. O. Norton 833 Ralston St., Reno 2nd, Mrs. J. E. Church 358 Washington St., Reno 3rd, Mrs. Jennie Logan 115 Mill St., Reno Nevada Equal Franchise Society State Headquarters 139 North Virginia Street, Reno Member National American Woman Suffrage Association And International Woman Suffrage Alliance President, Miss Anne H. Martin, 157 Mill Street, Reno Vice-Presidents 4th, Mrs. Charles Gulling 744 W. Fourth St., Reno 5th, Mrs. J. E. Bray Carson 6th, Miss Bird Wilson Goldfield 7th, Mrs. O. H. Mack 428 Hill St., Reno Recording Secretary Mrs. Burroughs Edsall 839 N. Lake St., Reno Corresponding Secretary Mrs. C. H. Bridges 826 N. Center St., Reno Treasurer Mrs. A. Chism Chism Ranch, Reno Reno Nevada 27 March 1913 Advisory Board Churchill County Hon. W. H. Williams, Fallon Clark County Mr. C. P. Squires, Las Vegas Douglas County Mr. H. A. N. Todd, Gardnerville Elko County Judge E. J. L. Taber, Elko Esmeralda County Hon H. V. Morehouse, Goldfield Judge Peter Somers, Goldfield Eureka County Mr. T. F. Plummer, Palisade Humboldt County Mr. J. F. Abel, Winnemucca Hon. L. N. Carpenter, Lovelock Lander County Hon J. A. Miller, Austin Lincoln County Hon. Levi P. Syphus, St. Thomas Lyon County Mr. C. C. Braun, Dayton Mineral County Mr. Eugene Grutt, Hawthorne Nye County Hon. Key Pittman, Tonopah Ormsby County Judge E. S. Farrington, Carson Judge F. H. Norcross, Carson Lieut.-Gov. Gilbert Ross, Carson Storey County Mr. James M. Leonard, Virginia Washoe County Dr. J. A. Ascher, Sparks Mr. Frank M. Lee, Reno Judge W. A. Massey, Reno Mr. A. Grant Miller, Reno Senator Francis G. Newlands, Reno Bishop Robinson, Reno President Stubbs, University, Reno Mr. George H. Taylor, Reno White Pine County Hon. S. W. Belford, East Ely To His Excellency, The President of the United States, Dear Mr. President: I have been requested by the Chairman of the Congressional Committee of the National American Woman Suffrage Association to write you a personal letter urging you to do everything possible to assist the passage of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, giving suffrage on equal terms to men and women. Nothing in our opinion could assist this end more than for you to urge, in your message convening the extra session of Congress, that such an amendment be introduced and passed. I am Very sincerely and respectfully yours Anne H. Martin [*56853*][*2*] [*89*] THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 29 1913 RECEIVED Hampton Va. Hampton Roads Ave. March 27, 1913. Pres. Woodrow Wilson White House Washington D.C. Dear Mr. President, I hope you will use your influence to urge Congress to pass an amendment for equal suffrage, I thinK my mother ought to have the vote. Yours Truly Frederic H. Morgan. 56854THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 28 1913 RECEIVED Added 3/28/13 89 212 W. Chilten Ave. Germantown Pa. President Woodrow Wilson - My dear Sir - At a meeting of the Germantown and Chestnut Hill Suffrage Club, composed of one hundred and seventy two women, the following was unanimously passed. 56855Resolved, that this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved, that a copy of this resolution is sent to President Wilson. Hoping you may see the justice of this request, I am Respectfully yours. (Mrs Ww) Ellen Mason Rec. Sec. March 24th 1913 [*56856*]The White House Mar 29 1913 Received * BROOKLINE EQUAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION HEADQUARTERS: 9 BOYLSTON STREET BROOKLINE, MASS. * OPEN DAILY TELEPHONE EXCEPT SUNDAYS, FROM 10 TO 6 BROOKLINE 4969-W March 27, 1913, His Excellency, Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:- At a meeting of our Association on Tuesday after- noon, March twenty-fifth, the following resolution was passed unanimously: Resolved: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Earnestly hoping that you will give this matter favorable consideration, I am, Yours truly, Mary Hutchison Page. President. 56857[*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE*] [* APR 4 - 1913 *] [*RECEIVED*] New Orleans La Mar 27 13. To His Excellency. Hon Woodrow Wilson President of the United States Honorable Sir Believing in the rights of Woman and that they should be afforded the same rights and privileges as men. I write to ask your kind attention and harty co-operation in the 56858Passage of an amendment to the constitution of The United States, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. I was one of the four, (From Louisiana.) Who Paraded in your city, on March third. Respfully, Emma Roach 1329 Prytania st. 56859No. 308 Main Street Rooms 4. 6. 7 and 8. Notary Public C. Whittle Sams Attorney at Law Norfolk, Va. Office: Southern Bell Phone No. 1105 Residence : Southern Bell Phone No. 1683 [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 28 1913 RECEIVED*] [*Against*] [*89*] [*ACK'D MAR 28 1913 C.T.H.*] Honorable Woodrow Wilson President of the United States, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:- The daily papers report that the Suffragettes petition you to recommend to Congress an amendment of the Federal Constitution, giving women the right to vote on terms of equality with men. The Woman's Suffrage question the writer regards as such a threatening danger that he has written a book on that subject . This work is now in process of being published, and it is believed will present the subject in a light in which it has not been sufficiently considered. It is entitled "Shall Women Vote? A book for Men." A copy of this work will be sent to you as soon as it issues from the press. Meanwhile , we earnestly request that no encouragement be given to this proposition to enforce upon all the States a law allowing women to vote, not by the amendment of their own several constitutions and laws, which would give each separate State a vote and decision in the matter, but by amendment of the Constitution of the United States. [*56860*]This matter involves in the highest possible manner the very spirit and essence of the doctrine of States Rights. It is the most valuable and sacred right which any State can possibly possess, that of deciding the question of its citizenship. This is a question above all others for each State to decide for itself. No two-thirds of the States should be given the power to dictate to the remaining one-third what the qualification of their electorate shall be. It has been by the assertion of the right to determine these matters for themselves that the Southern States have beem able to throw off the incubus of the negro vote put upon us by other sections of the country, and thus to be able to attain their present prosperity and enjoy their present peace. If this matter of citizenship be opened by Federal constitutional amendment as to women, all that has been done to build up the South since the War might be torn down by additional amendments in regard to negroes. We therefore most respectfully, but as earnestly as it is within our power to do, request that you consider this matter from the standpoint of the Reserved Rights of the States, and do nothing which would weaken that fundemental Democratic doctrine. Leave this matter to be dealt with exclusively [56861]by each separate State, so that if only one State in the Union prefer to have its public affairs attended to in the manner approved by the experience of ages, that is, by men, it could do so, and be a refuge for the men from other States which had been unwise enough to open their doors to the dreadful domestic disorders which have followed, and which are bound to follow the adoption of any such plan, a plan not only wrong in principles of government, but which may ruin the home and undermine our family life. Your portrait has hung in my office ever since you became the leader of our party. Let us have the right to feel that in democratic success, we have strengthened, not weakened the powers of the States, and that their most sacred rights will be carefully guarded by a democratic President, in whose election we rejoiced. Respectfully, [A?ittle] Sams Dict. - C.W.S. / F. [*56862*]Peekskill, N.Y. March 27th., 1913. [*J*] [*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE, MAR 29 1913 RECEIVED*] To his excellency, President of the United States, Washington, D.C. Mr. President;- I would respectfully request that you urge in your message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Very respectfully yours, Abbie R. Seymour, #321 Union Ave., [*56363*][*ackd 3/28/13*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 28 1913 RECEIVED*] Mrs. Frank Hiram Snell begs to ask The President of the United States that he will urge, in his message covering the extra [*56864*]session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the Constitution. giving suffrage to women. [*89*] The Alsters 1721 21st Street March 27th 1913. [*56865*]Illinois Equal Suffrage Association President: GRACE WILBUR TROUT, Oak Park, Ill. First Vice President: MISS JANE ADDAMS Second Vice President: MRS. JOSEPH T. BOWEN Recording Secretary: MISS VIRGINIA BROOKS Corresponding Secretary: MRS. BERTRAM W. SIPPY Treasurer: MISS JENNIE F. W. JOHNSON Auditor: MRS. J. W. McGRAW 938 Fine Arts Building Telephone Harrison 3856 Chicago Departments Organization MRS. MARY R. PLUMMER Press MISS MARGARET DOBYNE Literature DR. ANNA E. BLOUNT Publicity MRS. GEORGE S. WELLES Legislative MRS. SHERMAN M. BOOTH Church MRS. H. M. BROWN DEPARTMENTS Lecture MISS S. GRACE NICHOLES Industrial MISS MARY McDOWELL Woman's Journal MRS. LILLIAN N. BROWN Directors MRS. ELVIRA DOWNEY MRS. CHARLES A. WEBSTER MRS. ELLA S. STEWART Chicago, Ill. March 27, 1913. Hon. Woodrow Wilson, Pres. of the U.S., Washington, D.C. My dear Sir:- The Illinois Equal Suffrage Association with a membership of many thousand, would respectfully urge that in your message at the extra session of Congress, you recommend the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Cordially yours, Grace Wilbur Trout State President. 56966[*THE WHITE HOUSE, MAR 28 1913 RECEIVED*] [*Ackd 3/28/13*] [*89*] To President Woodrow Wilson Dear Sir - In your message to Congress, kindly suggest Suffrage for women - Help them to have some voice in the Government, for the betterment of man kind and the hearth-stone. They have waited with patience and [*56867*]dignity for recognition They have earned it. Yours sincerely -- Eliza Johnson Walton March 27th 13 -- New York N.Y. [*56868*][89] THE WHITE HOUSE APR 3 - 1913 RECEIVED NEW YORK UNDERWRITERS AGENCY A. & J.H. STODDART 100 WILLIAM STREET NEW YORK GOTTHOLD L. WERTH, FIRE INSURANCE KIRKWOOD, MO Added 4/31/13 215 Chestnur Street, St. Louis, Mo. March 27th.1913 Mr. President - I have been an ardent advocate for some years of the political equality of women, and as I am also an ardent admirer of our President I naturally hope that he shares my views in this matter and I therefor trust that you will see your way clear in your message to Congress, to urge that body to pave the way, by constitutional amendment to enfranchise "our better halves" so that in 1914 you may become the President of our entire population instead of only the Male part (or half). The winters which have passed over my head seem more like summers, for I feel quite youthful for my age, possibly because I have had a tender feeling for the rights of others and especially for the equal rights of our sisters, and it has been my privilege to cast my vote for your predecessors, and some who I thought ought to have been your predecessors, (notably your Secretary of State) from 1860 to 1908. Hoping that you will give this matter favorable consideration I am Your humble servant GL Werth [56869][*89*] [*y*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 30 1913*] His Excellency, Woodrow Wilson, President United States, Dear Sir: Will you not, in your message to the special session of Congress called for April 7, urge the passage of a bill providing for an amendment to the constitution granting the suffrage to women? I believe that the women of the country would exercise the franchise in a manner which would be a benefit to the public questions and that to be given [**] [56870]a civil position such as is enjoyed by men would be of great advantage to the women themselves. Yours Sincerely, Ella C. Wright (Mrs. Ger. H. Wright) New Milford, Connecticut March 27 - 1913 56871905 Pennsylvania Building, Philadelphia, March 28th, 1913 Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, Washington, D.C. Sir: May I respectfully ask that, in your message convening the extra session of Congress, you urge an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. I feel confident that a general betterment of conditions will be effected more quickly if women are given the right of franchise. Respectfully, Cora Crawford 56872[*y*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 29 1913 RECEIVED*] [*89*] 1940 Calvert Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. The President, Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. President: I respectfully and earnestly beg that you urge, in your message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Very respectfully, (Miss) Catherine Mackay Drayton March 28, 1913 [*56873*][*y*] [*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 31 1913 RECEIVED*] Harbor Springs, Mich. March 28 Pres. Wilson, Surely no question is of greater import than that of full suffrage for women How can you settle all the other questions with a vote of half the people? Trusting you urge the consideration of this for the extra session of Congress. Yours truly Mrs. C. F. Erwin [*56874*]2 89 THE WHITE HOUSE, MAR 30 1913 RECEIVED New Milford Conn Mar 28th 1913 To the Honorable Woodrow Wilson Honored Sir - I take the liberty of addressing you, in company with many of my Sister Suffragists, in order to urge you to include in your first message to Congress, a recommendation that the resolution submitting the [*56875]Constitution amendment, granting votes to women, be passed at the first Session. The sentiment in favor of equal franchise is rapidly growing in Connecticut, as in other States, and we feel that for the general welfare, Women should have the power to deal with questions that deeply concern them through the Ballot - Very Respectfully Mrs. F.J. Hatch - 56876[*Ackd. 3/31/13*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 30 1913 RECEIVED*] [*[89]*] To His Excellency President of the United States Honored and Admired Sir Will you honor condersend to read a few lines written by an old woman whose earliest recollections of Presidents is of rending the air with cheers for General Jackson in unison with her brothers and sisters. And who in 1833 signed with many others a petition to Congress for the Abolition of of Slavery in the District of Columbia. And now at the age of 92 she truly rejoices that the Party she was taught and has all her long life believed to be the Party of the people is once more in power, with a leader with such high Ideals; - the lofty sentiments of whose Inaugural must have touched and stirred the hearts of all who heard or have read them inspiring all who serve their country to do it, the best of their ability; Surely all right minded people will pray God to give our President and his advisors strength, and Power to prove that the Democratic Party is not lacking in Principle, Patriotism, or Intelligence. [*56877*]I was asked to write a personal letter to the President and I considered it an honor and a privilege to do so, dear Sir and trust he will excuse the liberty Now to business The question of Equal Suffrage has has agitated not only our little State of Connecticut but has aroused this quiet old historic town of Guilford, that gave Columbia College (then Kings) her first President, and was the ancestral home of the Beechers, Fields, Wards &c not to mention its Old Stone House built in 1639 - In this small but famous town of but 3001 inhabitants we have a membership of 640, the list is headed by three of the four Protestant Clergy of the borough and their wives. Now this Equal Suffrage League has thrust the Office of President on me, and so it behooves me to sign this document. I do not think the women of this state couch or desire office, but would gladly assist in electing the trustworthy to fill them. We would like to be citizens of this Glorious Republic that we of the old Western helped to found. We object to being longer classed with imbeciles, lunatics, and criminals. We hope dear Sir you will embrace the opportunity Lady Cook said President Roosevelt missed of giving thundering down the ages beside Washington and Lincoln. Most Respectfully Katharine E. Hunt Guilford, Connecticut March Twenty Eighth, 1913. [*56878*]Mr Secretary please do not throw this in the waste backet please let it go to his Excellency with the select few- RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this Resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at F.C. Spencers March 19th 1913 Chairman of meeting Katherine E. Hunt 56879[*y*] [*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 30 1913*] Lynchburg, Va., March 28, 1913. To His Excellency, President Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. Wilson:- The Equal Suffrage Club of Lynchburg, of which I have the honor to be president, has passed the enclosed resolution, which I commend to your conscientious consideration. Should not the status of a vote be fixed by the National Constitution? Would it not be fairer to the several states represented to have a standardized citizenship fixed by the Federal constitution instead of the unequal representation resulting from a flutuating standard in the different states---some having equal suffrage and some manhood only? After your great speech for Democracy in Richmond last year, I wrote to you, asking you some questions concerning the right of women citizens to vote, and you answered me that you were honestly trying to reach a conclusion on that point; you made the same reply to a committee of equal suffragists who recently visited you at the White House. As a friend, and not as a critic, permit me to say that this retarded action of your usually logical and perspicuous mind seems very inexplicable to some of us; particularly as the question at issue is such a basic [*56880*] 2 one in any definition of democracy. Have you forgotten what you so finely said about the stripes in our national flag suggesting to you "alternate strips of parchment upon which are written the fundamental rights of man, alternating with the streams of blood by which those fights had been vindicated and validated? Of course you are too wise and too sincere a democrat to believe that those "fundamental rights" were the rights of males alone, and not of humans? You also said: "life has changed under our very eye, so that what we do will have to be adjusted to almost absolutely new condition." The new conditions are here; they are the inevitable development of democracy, and they demand that you "construct liberty for each successive age, and that if necessary you reconstruct liberty for each successive age." You enumerate our anchors of hope and courage: "In the first place, we have the standards of liberty and equal opportunity. In the second place we have this standard that the people are entitled to a government which represents them -- (Applause)-- and in the third place they are entitled to government by that government which is in the common interest and not in the interest of special privilege." You reminded us that Virginia led a great nation and helped to create a great nation in a new age. To you, therefore, as the exponent of democracy, the head of our nation and a Virginian, the women of Virginia confidently appeal. We are the descendants of those men who helped to erect this government: We are demanding to exercise the "indubtiable, inalienable and indefeasible right" of altering and 56881 3 reforming our constitution in a manner "most conducive to the public weal." Read once more the words you spoke one year ago. Read them in the light of the interests and the hopes of one half the citizens of your country -- interests you have sworn to conserve and uphold. Your consistency is the hope of the nation. "If ye believe these things, happy are ye if ye do them." With cordial best wishes, Very respectfully yours, Elizabeth D.L. Lewis (Mrs. John H. Lewis) 56882[89] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Lynchburg, V[??]qiui[?], March 27th, 1913. of the Equal Suffrage Club of Lynchburg. Mrs. William T. Peck. Chairman of the Meeting. 56883 White states…Full Suffrage Shaded “.. Partial “Dark “ .. No “ Arizona Equal Suffrage Central Committee Prescott [?] Arizona, March 28th 1913 Mrs. Angels Hammer, Wiekenburg Mrs. C. H. Rutherford, Jerome Mrs. Mary 8. McCormick, Phoenix Mrs. Pauline M. O'Neill, Phoenix Mrs. Mary Coffin, Flagstaff Mrs. Abbie O. Haskins, Tucson Mrs. E. J. Plannigan, Bisbee Mrs. P. M. Doan, Tombstone Mrs. A. T. Bird, Nogales Mrs. F. M. VanMourick, Nogales Mrs. Roy McFate, Clifton Mrs. J. W. Aker, Clifton Mrs. Virgil Partch, Phoenix Mrs. Joseph B. Patterson, St. Johns Mrs. Victoria A. Garvin, Yuma Mrs. Lulu Anderson, Willcox Mrs. Frances W. Munds, Chairmen, Prescott Mrs. L. C. Hughes, Tucson Mrs. Rose G. Randall, Payson Mrs. Elisabeth Layton, Thatcher Mrs. M. E. B. Farr, 88. Johas Mrs. William B. Cleary, Warren Mrs.H. H. Watkins, Kingman Mrs.5. B. Colemen, Thatcher Mrs. Ines H. Lee, Thatcher Mrs. J. A. Hopkins, Miami Mrs. J. E. Wise, Calabasas Mrs. James Beott, Pinedale Mrs. Fannie Beese Pugh, Yuma Mrs. Mary Loy, Prescott Mrs. Nellle Bmith, Bnowflake Mrs.Kean St. Charles, Kingman State Headquarters, Hotel Adams WOODrow Wilson, President of the United States, Washington, D.C.  THE WHITE HOUSE APR 3-1913 RECEIVED Dear Sir :- This is to express the hope that you will see fit to recommend in your message convening the extra session of Congress the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving full suffrage to the women on equal terms with the men. I ask this in the name of the women voters of Arizona who have so recently been enfranchised. I will refer you to our senators and congressman from Arizona as to my standing and my right to recognition as the representative of this body of women.I am also a progressive democrat and shall do my utmost to keep Arizona in the democratic column.With the assurance that I shall take great pride and pleasure in supporting your policies [and] as outlined in your inaugural address,  I am , Yours Sincerely,Mr. J H Francis Millard Mumde 56884[*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 20 1913 RECEIVED*] NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION Branch of International Woman Suffrage Alliance and of National Council of Women President Anna Howard Shaw Meylan, Pa. 1st Vice-President Jane Addams Hull House, Chicago, Ill. 2nd Vice-President Charlotte Anita Whitney 2121 Webster Street, Oakland, Cal. Corresponding Secretary Mary Ware Dennett 505 Fifth Avenue, New York Recording Secretary Susan W. FitsGerald 7 Greenough Ave., Jamaica Plain, Mass. Treasurer Katherine Dexter McCormick 505 Fifth Avenue, New York 1st Auditor Harriet Burton Laidlaw 6 East 66th Street, New York 2nd Auditor Louise De Koven Bowen 1430 Astor Street, Chicago, Ill. National Press Bureau, Elinor Byrns, Chairman, 505 Fifth Avenue, New York College Equal Suffrage League M. Carey Thomas, President Bryn Mawr, Pa. NATIONAL AUXILIARIES: Friends Equal Rights Association Mary Bentley Thomas, President Ednor, Maryland The Equal Franchise Society Mrs. Howard Mansfield, President 535 Park Avenue, New York Telephone, 6855 Bryant Headquarters, 505 Fifth Avenue, New York [*89*] March 28th. 1913. President Woodrow Wilson, The White House, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:- It is earnestly hoped by the woman suffragists of the United States that, in your forth-coming message to Congress, you will make some reference to the extensive movement for woman suffrage in our country, and urge upon Congress the submission of an amendment to the National Constitution, forbidding disenfranchisement on account of sex. This hope, on the part of a large number of women of the United States, is based upon your well known broad and democratic views. In fact, it is impossible for any man or woman to read your most inspiring book "The New Freedom", and fail to recognize that [*56885*] -2- the fundamental principles which you lay down for men are equally fundamental principles when laid down for women, and that free women, no more than free men, need guardians. The suffragists of the United States are wholly in accord with you in believing that, if there are any number of men who desire guardians, who desire to be controlled, who desire to be dictated to in their life, that it is an unfortunate thing for the country and unfortunate for the manhood of the country. But we go further than that and believe the same is true in regard to women. Believing this, we earnestly hope that you may grasp the opportunity which the present world-wide movement for Democracy gives you, to take a broad and generous view of equal justice for men and women. Trusting that your administration may be as successful for the well-being of our country as its beginning prophesies. I am, Very truly yours, Anna Howard Shaw, 56886The White House Mar 30 1913 Received 2400 Turner Street, Philadelphia, March 28th, 1913. To the Honorable Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, Washington, D.C. Sir: Believing that a betterment of conditions generally can be effected more quickly and thoroughly with the aid of the women's ballot, I would respectfully urge that, in your message convening the extra session of Congress, you urge an amendment to the United States Constitution, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Respectfully, Carrie B. Staudenmayer 56887[*THE WHITE HOUSE Mar 30 1913 RECEIVED*] [*89*] THE RALEIGH PENNSYLVANIA AVE. & 12TH ST. WASHINGTON D.C. U.S.A. E. L. WESTON, MGR. Washington D. C. March 28 '13. President Woodrow Wilson, Dear President Wilson;— Appealing to your sense of justice I would like to ask you in behalf of the women of the United States, that you in your message convening this extra session of congress, enter a passage, amending the Constitution of the United States giving suffrage to women. With Sincerity, I am, Grace Talmadge Veach. [*56888*][*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 1 - 1913 RECEIVED*] "Equality before the Law" Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association [*F*] President MRS. DRAPER SMITH, Omaha Vice-President MRS. ANNA KOVANDA, Table Rock Recording Secretary MISS DAISY DOANE, Omaha Corresponding Secretary MISS MARY H. WILLIAMS, Kenesaw Treasurer MRS. W. E. HARDY, Lincoln First Auditor MRS. H. H. WHEELER, Lincold Second Auditor MRS. M. M. CLAFLIN, University Place Honorary Presidents MRS. CLARA B. COLBY, Beatrice MRS. MARY SMITH HAYWARD, Chadron DR. INEZ C. PHILBRICK, Lincold HEADQUARTERS Brandeis theatre Building Omaha, Neb. MRS. VIOLA M. HARRISON, Executive Secretary Education MRS. GEO. E. HAVERSTICK, Omaha Lecture Bureau DR. INEZ C. PHILBRICK, Lincoln Literature MISS DAISY DOANE, Omaha Membership Extension MISS ANNA L. PETERSON, Omaha Press MRS. F. A. HARRISON, Omaha Publicity MRS. M. M. CLAFLIN, University Place Women's Journal MRS. ADA SHAFER, Omaha Kenesaw, Nebr., March 28, '13. Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States Mr. President: I write to ask you to recommend to Congress, in your message convening the extra session, the passage of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which shall grant suffrage to women on equal terms with men. I ask this in the name of the Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association, whose corresponding secretary I am, and on behalf of the Kenesaw Woman Suffrage Association, whose resolution I inclose, and for myself and numerous friends of both associations. Very truly yours, Mary H. Willams I inclose also a resolution from the W. C. J. N. of Kenesaw. [*56889*][89] Resolved, That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting, at Kene - saw, Nebraska of the Women Suffrage Association Ellen D. K[?]arm 56890[89] Resolved, That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in this message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving women suffrage on equal terms with men. Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Kenesaw, Nebr, of the W. E. T. U. Mrs. RBE Hill Chairman of the meeting. 56891[*[89]*] [*F*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 31 1913 RECEIVED*] Eighty-four North Cliff Street Ansonia, Connecticut To The President of the United States Dear Sir, As the President of the Woman Suffrage Party of Ansonia Derby and Shelton, I take the Liberty to enclose for resolution passed at the last meeting. [*56892*]We beseech you to give the matter your serious and immediate attention Yours Respectfully, B. J. Andrews. Ansonia March 29. 1913.[*[89]*] Resolved: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved: That a copy of this Resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Derby Conn 1913. By the Woman Suffrage Party of Ansonia, Derby and Shelton Chairman of Meeting Mrs. [?] E Andrews [*56894*]1322 [?] Street, N.W. Washington D.C. March 29th, 1913. [*Ackd. 3/28/13*] [*The White House, Mar 28, 1913 Received*] Hon: Woodrow Wilson President of the United States. Washington, D.C. Dear Sir, Believing that it is your sincere desire to do all that lies in your power to give to this Country a wise and Christian administration, I beg to urge on you the claims of women to the suffrage. I hope you will see your way clear to submit this question, which is agitating the minds of all thoughtful persons at this time, in your message to Congress when it is convenes for the extra session on April 7th. With a prayer for your happiness and success. Believe me, Yours respectfully, (Mrs.) E.A. Duffield. 56895Fredericksburg, Virginia [89] March 29th, 1913 THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 31 1913 RECEIVED Thomas Woodrow Wilson President of the United States Mr. President: I am in structed by he Equal Suffrage Large of Fredericksburg to forward to you the [?] enclosed - Respectfully, Janette R. Fitzhough. (others' Janette R Fitzhugh) 56896 [*[89]*] Equal Suffrage League of Virginia. President, Mrs. B.B. Valentine, 2338 Monument Ave., Richmond, VA. Hon. Vice-Presidents. Mrs. Louise Collier Willcox, Norfolk, VA. Miss Ellen Glasgow, Richmond, VA. Mrs. Kate Langley Bosher, Richmond, VA. Vice-Presidents. Miss Mary Johnston, Richmond, VA. Mrs. J.H. Lewis, Lynchburg, VA. Mrs. W.J. Adams, Norfolk, VA. Mrs. C.V. Meredith, Richmond, VA. Mrs. Stephen Putney, Wytheville, VA. Mrs. G.M. Smithdeal, Recording Secretary. Mrs. A.M. Tyler, Headquarters Secretary. Mrs. E.G. Kidd, Treasurer. Mrs. John S. Munce, Auditor, of Richmond, VA. State Headquarters, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA. RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Fredericksburg, Va. held March 27th, 1913 by the Fredericksburg, branch of The Equal Suffrage League of Virginia Janetta R W Hugh Chairman of the MEEting [*56897*]Sara E. Fletcher, M.D. 338 East State Street The White House Columbus Ohio April 1- 1913 Received March 29 - 1913 To His Excellency The President of the United States Washington D.C. Dear Sir: I would most respectfully and most earnestly beg of you to favorably consider the question of enfranchising the women of the United States. Will you not urge the enactment of Congress of a sixteenth amendment to our federal constitution which will give women all the rights of full citizenship! I was in the recent suffrage Parade in Washington and when I recall the jeers and insults which were heaped on us by the assembled "hoodlums" I am animated by a strong desire to kill at least one of those ignorant votes Very respectfully and very earnestly yours, Sara E. Fletcher 56898[*J*] [*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE, APR 1- 1913 RECEIVED*] To his Excellency Woodrow Willson Esq - President of the United States - In the special convening of Congress - I hope you will recommend the amendment to the Federal Constitution giving women the vote - I am yours most respectfully Annelia G. Hollingsworth 130 Longwood Ave - Brookline Massachusetts April twenty-ninth 1913 [*[March?]*] [*56899*][*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 1 - 1913 RECEIVED*] [*F*] 1913. New Hampshire Woman Suffrage Association PRESIDENT MISS MARTHA S. KIMBALL, Portsmouth VICE PRESIDENT MRS. MARY I. WOOD, Portsouth SECRETARY Mrs. Agnes M. Jenks, Concord TREASURER Miss Harriet L. Huntress, Concord AUDITORS Mrs. Susan C. Bancroft, Concord Rev. Henry G. Ives, Andover MEMBER NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Mrs. Mabel H. Churchill, Cornish HONORARY PRESIDENT Mrs. Armenia S. White HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENTS Senator Jacob H. Gallinger Hon. Henry W. Blair Hon. Henry B. Quinby Hon. Oliver E. Branch Dr. Orlando B. Douglas Miss Mary N. Chase Miss C. R. Wendell ADVISORY COUNCIL Hon. D. W. Badger, Portsmouth Hon. H. H. Metcalf, Concord Mrs. George Bingham, Manchester Mrs. Josephine H. Sweet, Rochester U. S. Congressman Raymond B. Stevens, Landaff Mrs. Robert Hayward, Keene Sherman E. Burroughs, Esq. Manchester Mrs. Helen R. Thayer, Portsmouth Dr. Inez Ford Nason, Dover Mrs. Dorothy E. McLane, Milford Mrs. H. M. Perkins, Somersworth William Burlingame, Eq., Exeter Prof. George Ray Wicker, Hanover Miss Ida Taft Eastman, Littlton Miss Maud Starling, Plymouth judge Charles r. Corning, Concord General Elbert E. Wheeler, Nashua Mrs. Robert P. Bass, Peterboro Mrs. Juliet Barrett Rublee, Cornish Andrew Felker, Esq., Meredith Center [*56900*] Andover, N. H., March 29, 1913 The President, My dear Sir, Permit me respectfully, but urgently, to appeal to you to embody in your message convening an extra session of Congress, the passage of an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, giving Suffrage to women on equal terms with men. The conditions in this state could be much improved thereby. I remain, Sir, yours most respectfully, Susan Whiting Ives President, J.[*[89]*] [*F*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 3 - 1913 RECEIVED*] President Woodrow Wilson : Dear Mr. President, - The members of the Current Topics Club, a group of women who for seventeen years have been [*56901*]but we wish merely to join our sisters in the expression of a principle. Yours sincerely, H. May Johnson, Secretary 1412 V street Wednesday studying politics, have requested me to forward the enclosed resolution. We do not wish to be discourteous, in view of the fact that your opinion on the questions is known to us, [56902][*[89]*] At a bi-weekly meeting of the Current Topics Club the following resolution was presented, discussed and adopted. RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Washington D.C. March 29, 1913 Kate D. Buckman Chairman of the Meeting. [*56903*]366 Dyckman St. Peekskill N. Y. To his Excellency the president of the United States, Mr. Woodrow Wilson, Mr. President :- [89] I would respectfully request that you urge, in your message convening the extra session of congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States constitution giving Suffrage to women on equal terms with men Yours very respectfully, (Miss) Margaret A. Kelly Mar. 29. 1913. 56904C. A. LINDBERGH, MEMBER OF CONGRESS, 6TH DISTRICT. MINN. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON March 29th,1913 Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, White House, Washington,D.C. Dear Mr. President ;- A number of people have suggested to me, as well as to other Members who favor the Woman Suffrage cause, to suggest that you mention this subject in your message to the coming session of Congress. Of course I would not presume to suggest what should be mentioned in your message. Personally I am in favor of equal suffrage and hope that it will be secured without unreasonable delay. Wishing you success and promising you my assistance wherever I can give it in support of progressive legislation, I am, Yours sincerely, C A Lindbergh 56905 ee neTelegram 89 The White House Washington Will be brought to attention Pr 24 WU JM 15 143pm Boston, Mass., March 29, 1913. accd[?] 3/29/13 The President, Washington, D.C. We hope you will take more def. action on the woman suffrage question. Mrs. H. S. Luscomb, Florence Luscomb. [*[89]*] [*F*] March 29th 1913- [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 31 1913 RECEIVED*] To The President of the United States Mr. Wilson - Dear Sir - In accordance with a Resolution adopted at a meeting of the Stanton Suffrage Club - on March 27th 1913 - I am sending the enclosed resolution to you - with the strong hope that it will [*56907*]meet with your earnest and sincere consideration - and final adoption - With this hope -- I am most truly yours - Josephine Beverly Mason - Secretary - 1906 - Florida Ave - Washington - D.C.[89] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at The Staulin Suffrage Club- [??] Nuici E Alleuder Chairman of the Meeting. March 27 1913 56909 [*[89]*] [*F*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 1 - 1913 RECEIVED*] AUTOMOBILE DEPARTMENT. BOSTON INSURANCE COMPANY. CAPITAL ONE MILLION DOLLARS. Mch 29, 1913. His Excellency President Wilson Dear Mr President At the special convening of Congress on April 7 1913 I sincerely hope you will recommend an amendment to the Federal Constitution giving women the Franchise on the same terms as men Yours very sincerely [Wallis?] [Newell?] [*56910*][*J*] [*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE, APR 1 - 1913 RECEIVED*] To his excellency the President of the United States Woodrow Wilson Honored Sir, In the special convening of Congress I hope you will recommend to the Federal Constitution giving women the franchise Yours respectfully Isabel M. Richards 1047 Beacon Street Brookline - Massachusetts March 29th 1913 [*56911*][89] J Bellevue, Ohio. Mch. 29 -1913 To Woodrow Wilson President of the U.S. Washington D.C. Resolved, that this meeting call upon President Wilson to urge, in the message, convening the extra session of Congress the passage of an amendment to the constitution of the United States, giving Suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Adopted this twenty ninth day of March. 1913. Mrs. May Salter Chairman of Bellevue Suffrage Society.Chicago Political Equality League Florentine Room Congress Hotel Michigan Ave. Mrs. James E. Taylor. President 2954 Calumet Avenue The White House Apr 7 - 1913 Received The Honorable Woodrow Wilson President of the United States Washington, D. C. Dear Sir:- The Board of Managers of the Chicago Political Equality League, an organization numbering 1300 members, passed a resolution, March 29, 1913, calling upon the President to urge in his message, convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Yours respectfully, Lula S. Schweizer Cor. Sec.[89] Brazil Ind. Mar. 29th, 13. President Wilson, U.S.A. The undersigned is an old taxpayer, who has bourn and reared children who have efficiently government position. With all she is not a "citizen". The blasting influence is keenly felt _ therefore she asks you as speedily as possible, in justice to all mothers to recommend 56914to recommend to Congress an amendment to our Constitution favoring equal suffrage. Mrs Helen A. Sherfey.[*89*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Brazil, Indiana March 25..1913. I Romans, Christian Temperance M[??]ire Ms. Emma L. Wilkins Chairman of the Meeting. [*56915*][*THE WHITE HOUSE, MAR 30 1913 RECEIVED*] [*89*] 2400 Turner Street, Philadelphia, March 29th, 1913 Hon. Woodrow Wilson, Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir: May I respectfully ask that in your message convening the extra session of Congress, you urge an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, giving to women suffrage on equal terms with men. Respectfully, Julia A. Staudenmayer [*56916*][*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 1- 1913 RECEIVED*] [*F*] THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF FRIENDS' GENERAL CONFERENCE O. EDWARD JANNEY, CHAIRMAN BALTIMORE, MD. JOSEPH H. TILTON, SECRETARY MOUNT VERNON, N. Y. HARRY A. HAWKINS, TREASURER NEW YORK THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE IS DIVIDED INTO SUB-COMMITTEES ON FIRST-DAY SCHOOLS, EDUCATION AND PHILANTHROPIC LABOR COMMITTEE ON PHILANTHROPIC LABOR CHARLES F. UNDERHILL, CHAIRMAN, 510 WILLOUGHBY AVENUE, BROOKLYN, N. Y. (TELEPHONE, 4824 WILLIAMSBURG.) MARY W. ALBERTSON, SECRETARY, WESTBURY, N. Y. DEPARTMENTS AND SUPERINTENDENTS IN CHARGE. CHILD WELFARE, . . . . ANNA K. WAY, 154 N. 15th St., Philadelphia EQUAL RIGHTS, . . . . MARY BENTLEY THOMAS, Ednor, Md. INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS, . WILL WALTER JACKSON, 50 Beekman St., New York NARCOTICS, . . . . ALBERT T. MILLS, 195 Ashland Ave., Decatur, Ill. PEACE, . . . . ARABELLA CARTER, 1305 Arch St., Philadelphia PRISON REFORM, . . . JOHN WM. HUTCHINSON, Hempstead, N. Y. PROPER PUBLICATIONS AND AMUSEMENTS, . . . . ELIZABETH KOSER WILSON, Biglerville, Pa. PURITY, . . . . CASSANDRA T. CARR, 1715 N. 19th St., Philadelphia TEMPERANCE, . . . . WILSON S. DOAN, Law Building, Indianapolis, Ind. WORK AMONG COLORED PEOPLE, . . . ANNA M. JACKSON, 50 Beekman St., New York Ednor, Maryland 3 - 29 - 1913. President Wilson, Dear friend, As superintendent of Friends - Equal Rights - Association, I am requested to urge thy recommending to Congress the passage of an amendment enfranchising the women of our country. Nearly all Friends indorse this prinicple which has been in effect in our "Meetings for Worship and Discipline" since the time of Joy and Peace It has worked so admirably within limited bounds we, naturally, believe political rights to women may safety be granted. Cordially thy friend, Mary Bentley Thomas [*56917*][89] Belmont College, Nashville, Tenn. March 29, 1913. [*THE WHITE HOUSE, MAR 31 1913 RECEIVED*] President Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D.C. Dear sir, This is to urge that in your message convening the extra session of Congress you incorporate a recommendation for the passage of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving the full franchise to women. It seems in the face of the conditions of modern society that men in positions of responsibility cannot afford to disregard the great dynamic for the right which suffrage for women would bring to bear on the situation. And the sooner the better. Respectfully, Clara Louise Thompson (Ph. D. University of Penn. Teacher of Latin and Greek at Belmont College.)[*J*] March 29 1913 [*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUS, MAR 31 1913 RECEIVED*] 128 EAST DURHAM STREET MOUNT AIRY. PHILA. Hon Boris Peuroke Dear Sir - It is our earnest desire that you urge the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women. This question is one of the foremost in importance before the eyes of the civilized world to. day and stands for all that is good [*56919*]true and just in the uplift of the coming generations - this the good women of the country will attest when given the privilege of a voice in framing the future laws. We know that you as a Republican and a progressive will place the weight of your great influence in favor of this amendment, which will insure its passage. Very Sincerely Yours (Mrs) Eleanor Harvey Wood Wm Albert Wood [*56920*][*The White House Mar 30 1913 Received*] Rhode Island Woman Suffrage Association. Honorary President, Mrs. Ardelia Cook Dewing, 92 Keene Street, Providence. President, Miss Elizabeth Upham Yates, 209 Butler Ave., Providence. First Vice-President Mrs. Ardelia C. D. Gladding, 92 Keene Street, Providence. Second Vice-President, Mrs. Mary F. W. Homer, 270 Blackstone Boulevard, Providence. Third Vice-President, Mrs. Annie B. E. Jackson, 16 Union Street, Bristol. [*89*] Recording Secretary, Miss Mary M. Angell, 1 Congdon Street, Providence. Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Clara L. G. Fittz 631 Public Street, Providence. Treasurer, Mrs. Helen N. B. James, 80 Carpenter Street, Providence Auditors Miss Mary B. Anthony, 72 Manning Street, Providence, Mrs. Alice F. Porter, North Scituate, R. I. Providence, R. I. Mar 29 1913 To President of the United States- Woodrow Wilson. Most Honorable Sir:- Permit me in my official capacity as President of the Rhode Island Woman Suffrage Association, and personally as a working member of the Democratic party to request that you recommend in your message to Congress the submission to the people of an amendment to the [*56921*]Constitution of the - United States - granting political equality to women - Very Respectfully, Elizabeth Upham Yates [*[89]*] [*The White House April 2- 1913 Received*] City Board of Health W.E. Hibbett.M.D., Health Officer Nashville, Tenn. March 30 - 1913 Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir, I respectfully ask your Honor that in convening the extra session of the two Houses of Congress that you will recommend to them, the passage of such a law or laws that will place women upon equal rights with men. Very respectfully Mrs. W.F. [Acres?] R.N. Infant Mortality Nurse City Board of Health. Nashville, Tenn. [*56922*][*[89]*] [*WHITE HOUSE, MAR 31 1913 RECEIVED*] W. Clippier Strut Armad Town Conn Mr Woodrow Wilson President of the United States Dear Sir - In your message at the Opening of Congress will you delight the women of this Country by strongly recommending that women enjoy equal suffrage with men Very Resptly Francine Day (Mrs. R. H. Day) 3/30 1913 - [*56923*][*J*] March 30th 1913 [*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE, APR 1-1913 RECEIVED*] His Excellency President Wilson: Dear Mr. President: At the special convening of Congress I hope you will recommend striking the word male from the Federal Constitution as a qualification for voters. Yours very sincerely Gertrude B. Newell 17 High St. Brookline Mass. [*56924*]224 McGregor Avenue Mt Auburn, Cin. O. March 30, 1913. [*Ackgd 4/2/13*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE, APR 2- 1913 RECEIVED*] Hon Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, Washington, D.C. [*[89]*] My dear Mr. Wilson, In common with thousands of earnest American women, I beg you, in your next message to Congress, to urge the passage of a woman suffrage [*56925*] amendment to the United States Constitution. Recently I attempted to express a profound political conviction by joining in a peaceful parade; and I suffered an unspeakable insult under the very eyes of the Goddess of Liberty -- the symbol of a government that my family have served politically and on the battlefield in every generation since the country was colonized [*56926] down to the present. This experience has made it all the more clear to me that women should have that legal and matter-of- fact means of expressing their political convictions, the ballot. Your faithfully, Edith Weld Peck[*[89]*] Pennsylvania Men's League for Woman Suffrage President Hon. Dimner Beeber Vice-Presidents Prof. Leo S. Rowe, Philadelphia Rt. Rev. James H. Darlington, Harrisburg Julien Kennedy, Esq., Pittsburgh Secretary-Treasurer Henry Justice, 2023 Pine St., Philadelphia [*The White House April 1- 1913 Received*] Board of Directors Geo. Burnham, Jr. Dr. John G. Clark Morris Llewellyn Cooke Rev. Carl E. Grammer Alfred H. Granger Arthur E. Hutchinson J. Levering Jones Henry Justice Francis Fisher Kane Rabbi Jos. Krauskopf Shippen Lewis William Draper Lewis Frank E. Morgan Geo. D. Porter Col. Sheldon Potter Louis W. Robey Jeremiah J. Sullivan, Jr. Roy Smith Wallace Dr. Geo. Woodward Office of Secretary-Treasurer 2023 Pine Street Philadelphia March 31/13 To the President: This League, in annual session, passed the fol. Resolution: Resolved: that the President be requested to urge Congress in extra session to pass an amendment to the Constitution, giving equal suffrage to women: Resolved: that a copy of this Resolution be sent to the President. (signed) Dimner Beeber, President, Henry Justice, Sec'y. [*56927*]TELEGRAM. [*89*] [*Accd 4/1/13*] The White House, Washington. 9 WU JM 52 NL 839am April 1. Philadelphia, Pa., March 31, 1913. The President, Washington, D.C. The Pennsylvania Men's League for woman suffrage in annual meeting, assembled, resolved: That the President be requested to urge Congress in extra session to pass an amendment to the Constitution giving equal suffrage to women, also resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to the President. Dimner Beeber, President; Henry Justice, Secretary. [*56928*][*[89]*] [*F*] HONORARY PRESIDENTS Mrs. Clarence Mackay Roslyn, Long Island Mrs. H. Stanislawsky Santa Rosa, Cal. Mrs. Alfred Hodges 31 E. 28th St., New York Mrs. J. E. Stubbs University. Reno Mrs. Henry Robinson Reno VICE-PRESIDENTS 1st, Mrs. F. O. Norton 833 Ralston St., Reno 2nd, Mrs. J. E. Church 358 Washington St., Reno 3rd, Mrs. Jennie Logan 115 Mill St., Reno NEVADA EQUAL FRANCHISE SOCIETY State Headquarters 139 North Virginia Street, Reno Member National American Woman Suffrage Association And International Woman Suffrage Alliance President, Miss Anne H. Martin, 157 Mill Street, Reno VICE-PRESIDENTS 4th, Mrs. Charles Gulling 744 W. Fourth St., Reno 5th, Mrs. J. E. Bray Carson 6th, Miss Bird Wilson Goldfield 7th, Mrs. O. H. Mack 428 Hill St., Reno Recording Secretary Mrs. Burroughs Edsall 839 N. Lake St., Reno Corresponding Secretary Mrs. C. H. Bridges 826 N. Center St., Reno Treasurer Mrs. A. Chism Chism Ranch, Reno Reno Nevada 27 March 1913 Advisory Board Churchill County Hon. W. H. Williams, Fallon Clark County Mr. C. P. Squires, Las Vegas Douglas County Mr. H. A. N. Todd, Gardnerville Elko County Judge E. J. L. Taber, Elko Esmeralda County Hon H. V. Morehouse, Goldfield Judge Peter Somers, Goldfield Eureka County Mr. T. F. Plummer, Palisade Humboldt County Mr. J. F. Abel, Winnemucca Hon. L. N. Carpenter, Lovelock Lander County Hon J. A. Miller, Austin Lincoln County Hon. Levi P. Syphus, St. Thomas Lyon County Mr. C. C. Braun, Dayton Mineral County Mr. Eugene Grutt, Hawthorne Nye County Hon. Key Pittman, Tonopah Ormsby County Judge E. S. Farrington, Carson Judge F. H. Norcross, Carson Lieut.-Gov. Gilbert Ross, Carson Storey County Mr. James M. Leonard, Virginia Washoe County Dr. J. A. Ascher, Sparks Mr. Frank M. Lee, Reno Judge W. A. Massey, Reno Mr. A. Grant Miller, Reno Senator Francis G. Newlands, Reno Bishop Robinson, Reno President Stubbs, University, Reno Mr. George H. Taylor, Reno White Pine County Hon. S. W. Belford, East Ely Reno, Nevada Mar 21st 1913 [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 6- 1913 RECEIVED*] To His Excellency The President of the United States Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. President: To accord with the sentiment of suffragists all over the United States I wish to urge that you make favorable comment on woman suffrage in your message to the special Congress that convenes April seventh. No one can wish for you a more splendid record of achievement than do the women of this nation, who are helping in every way possible to aid in its welfare. Sincerely and respectfully yours (Mrs) Grace E. Bridges. [*56929*]Subscription $1.00 a Year Foreign Subscription $1.50 a Year The Forecase Magazine America's Pure Food Champion The Forecast Publishing Co. Flanders Building Philadelphia C. Houston Goudiss, President. [*89*] [*The White House, Apr 1, 1913 Received*] March Thirty-first Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen Hon. Woodrow Wilson President of the United States, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir: I believe in the justice of Woman Suffrage. Its expediency our great West has already proven. Therefore, I write to ask that in your message to the special session of Congress, which convenes April 7th, you will urge the passage of an amendment to our Federal Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Should this great act of human justice be consummated in your administration, Woodrow Wilson would go down in history as great a man as Abraham Lincoln. The subjection of women, with its attendant wrongs of economic dependence, white slavery and child labor, is no less an evil than was the subjection of the negro race. Expediency may make you popular for the brief space of four years. Human justice would make you truly great. Yours is an opportunity of the ages - a high privilege given to few. Thousands are wondering whether you are large enough to seize it. Very respectfully, Alberta Monknise Gerrdies. Editor. "One publication in the home is worth a thousand on the highway." 56930[89] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 2- 1913 RECEIVED*] 4/2/13 201 Denver Ave. Lynchburg Va. March 31-1913 President Woodrow Wilson, Washington D.C. My dear Mr. Wilson: - I am not writing for your autograph as much as I would prize it, nor do I desire to annoy a very busy man, but please let your answer to my communication be in your message to congress recommending an amendment to the constitution giving the vote to women equal with men. Most respectfully yours Mrs. Callie Randolph Henley 56931[*J*] March 31st 1913, [*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE, APR 1- 1913 RECEIVED*] My dear President of the United States, It may interest you to know that I am the wife of a clean virile upright honest virtuous man. It sounds odd to call a man virtuous does'nt it? I am the mother of two splendid young sons. Virile superb in physical make up of fine intellect, and as chaste as the purest girl, sounds very odd to call a young man chaste, does'nt it? almost a term of reproach. How long is this awful state of things to continue pres Wilson? Please note the enclosed Resolve. also printed matter. May I beg that the latter be returned to Very truly yours Mrs Frank Hitchcock Canaan. Conn. X (over) [*56932*]P.S. A timid little woman said it would not do to send the printed subject to you. that you would be angry and prijudiced against suffrage! As if the mind of a man fit to be president of this free country could be so small as that! Dear President it is a sad and humiliating fact that the majority of my sex are fearfully narrow minded and petty after all, and they judge other minds by their own. B A Hitchcock (Mrs F.)[*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 1- 1913 RECEIVED*] Washington D.C. March 31st 1913 – The President of the United States Woodrow Wilson. The high honor has been conferred upon me to tender to you, the Resolution of the "Secular League" of Washington D.C. The Secular League holds a very high position in the United States, and the subjects and papers presented, are on the vital questions of the day, and the imperative questions of the Nation - These are presented by the numberless distinguished men of our country, thinkers who, by their progressive advancement of thought, aid in the broadening and ennobling of public opinion. Your words in the "the New Freedom:" "If any part of our people want to be patronized by the government, why I am sorry." proves your foresight is keen enough, to need not intrusion of instruction. The passage of [*56933*]an amendment to the Constitution of the United States rests within the power of Congress, and through the mighty strength of your signature, such an amendment, which frees the men and women of America, giving suffrage to them on equal terms, would be perhaps, the noblest benefaction, the most righteous service, which you could render in your care for, and protection of, the people, as their President. Respectfully, Miss Cora Merriam Howes P.O. Box 249 Washington D.C. [*56934*][*89*] RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE WASHINGTON (D.C.) SECULAR LEAGUE. --------- RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, [in his message convening the extra session of] upon Congress the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Pythian Temple, Washington, D.C., March 23, 1913. Hyland C. Kirk Chairman of the Meeting. John D. Bradley, Secretary. [*56935*][*[89]*] Ladies Society of Equity An Organization of Farm Women [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 5 1913 RECEIVED*] Headquarters East Jordan, Mich. Mar. 31, 1913 President Woodrow Wilson Washington, D.C. Mr. President. Dear Sir. I am enclosing a resolution from the farmer women asking you the remember them, in your forthcoming message to Congress, by urging the passage of an amendment giving to farmer women, on whom our nation depends so much for living, the right to vote equal with men. We look to you, to be a second Lincoln, and emancipate the women of our nation, thereby doing an even greater work that our honored Lincoln. Our trust is in you Mr. Wilson, that you will heed the calls of the Women for Suffrage. Respectfully, Mrs. James Howey East Jordan, Mich. [*56936*][89] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at East Jordan March 26, 1913. Mrs. James [?] Chairman of the Meeting[*89*] DELL TELEPHONE WALNUT 48-96 Woman Suffrage Headquarters FOR Eastern Pennsylvania Eastern Vice President MISS LIDA STOKES ADAMS Treasurer DR, ANNA P. SHARPLESS Recording Secretary MISS HELEN MOORE FOGG Executive Secretary MISS CAROLINE KATZENSTEIN 207-208 HALE BUILDING PHILADELPHIA [*ACK'D APR 2 1913 C.T.W.*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE, APR 9 - 1913 RECEIVED*] March 31, 1913. Honorable Woodrow Wilson, White House, Washington, D.C. My dear Mr. Wilson: To one who believes in Democracy and who thinks that women are human beings, there can be but one side to the question of woman's right to register her opinion and have it counted at the one legitimate place - the ballot box. Our cause is one of such simple justice and the withholding the right of citizenship from us is such a monstrous assumption of power that I find myself unable to urge a public official, even the highest in the land, to take favorable action upon it. Merely to state our claim should be sufficient. More than this seems, to my mind, an insult to the person addressed and a loss of dignity to the person making the appeal. For the honor of your administration and the fair fame of our country, I hope that future ages may not have to make too invidious a comparison between the United States and more progressive countries. Yours very truly, Caroline Katzenstein, Executive Secretary [*56938*]*[89]* 31 March 1913 The White House, Apr 4- 1913 Received Cynwyd, PA. To His Excellency T. Woodrow Wilsom President of the United States of America Mr. President, I believe that the enfranchisement of women is demanded by simple justice and true democracy. I therefore appeal to you, as the exponent of that democracy, to urge the passage of an amendment to the Federal Constitution, giving the full franchise to the women of the United States. Very truly yours Jeannette Keim President T. Woodrow Wilson 56939*[89]* The White House APR 3 - 1913 RECEIVED Ohio Woman Suffrage Association Corresponding Secretary Honorary President Ethel R. Vorce Frances M. Casement 1876 East 73 St., Cleveland Painesville President Treasurer Harriet Taylor Upton Zell Hart Deming Warren Warren Vice President Auditor Pauline Steinem Dora Sandoe Bachman 2228 Scottwood Ave. Toledo Eberly Building, Columbus Recording Secretary Member National Executive Committee Clara Snell Wolfe Belle Coit Kelton Oberlin 51 N. Monroe St., Columbus *2* HEADQUARTERS MASONIC BLDG. WARREN, OHIO Columbus, Ohio March 31 1913 To His Excellency, the President of the United States Dear Sir. Our Suffrage Association has passed the enclosed resolution, which I hope will meet with favor. We feel the best way to settle this momentous question will be by passing an amendment to the Federal Constitution. Mrs. F. C. Kelton, President of the Columbus Equal Suffrage Assn. 569400[*[89]*] Columbus, O. March 31st, 1913. Resolved: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at of the Columbus Equal Suffrage Association. March 31st 1913 (Mrs. T C) Belle Coil Kelton Chairman of the Meeting. [*56941*]*[89]* The White House APR 3- 1913 RECEIVED Wauseon, Ohio. March 31st 1913. The Honored Woodrow Willson. President United States, Washington.D.C. Honored Sir:- We beg to present you copy of a resolution, adopted by the Fulton County, Ohio,Equal Suffrage Association at their meeting held on the 29th day of March. Asking your kind consideration of the same, we beg to remain, resp't yours, Adaline A. Howard Mrs. Cora Mercer Sec'y. Chairman, 56942*[89]* Resolved: That the Equal Suffrage Association, of Fulton County, Ohio, petition President Woodrow Willson, to recommend in his message, convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved also, That a copy of this resolution be sent to the President of the United States and also to Senator Atlee Pomerene. Adaline A Howard. Sec'y. Mrs. Cora Mere[r?] Chairman. (Adopted at a meeting held in Wauseon, Ohio on the 29th. day of March 1913.) 56943 56943*[89]* Mrs. Edward Orton, Jr., Chairman The Lincoln, Columbus, Ohio Mrs. George T. Guernsey, Vice-Chairman Ridgewood, Independence, Kansas *Ackged Daughters of the American Revolution 4/2/13* 31 Week '13 The White House APR 2 - 1913 RECEIVED Committee on the welfare of women and children National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution To his Excellency The President of the United States Washington, D.C. My dear Mr. President, This is to ask your aid in securing for the women of the United States full citizenship. Will you not urge upon Congress the exactment of a Sixteenth Amendment which will give this to us? My work among dependent 56944and delinquent women and children has long ago convinced me that the ballot is the only efficient weapon in the warfare against great social wrongs. With great respect and esteem Very sincerely yours, Mary Anderson Acton address (Mrs. Edward Acton, Jr) [*56945*]*[89]* *J* The White House Apr 1 - 1913 Received Dover Del. March 31, 1913 To His Excellency Woodrow Wilson, President Washington, D.C. Resolved: that Capital Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, of Dover Delaware call upon President Wilson to urge in his message concerning the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving Suffrage to Women on equal terms with men. Resolved. that a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Very Respectfully ( Mrs.) L. E. Owen Secretary 56946 8[89]* *J* The White House Apr 2-1913 Received New Milford, Conn. March 21st, 1913 Mr. President, Dear Sir: I respectfully request you to favor. The Womans Suffrage Bill the Republican party turned a deaf ear to this demands we now look to the Democratic party 56947for desired rights. I sincerely trust we will share honors with men in electing your Excellency again in nineteen sixteen. Very Sincerely Yours, Mrs. Charles Reilly New Milford Connecticut [*56948*][*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE, APR 9 - 1913 RECEIVED*] "Equality before the Law" Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association President MRS. DRAPER SMITH, Omaha Vice-President MRS. ANNA KOVANDA, Table Rock Recording Secretary MISS DAISY DOANE, Omaha Corresponding Secretary MISS MARY H. WILLIAMS, Kenesaw Treasurer MRS. W. E. HARDY, Lincoln First Auditor MRS. H. H. WHEELER, Lincoln Second Auditor MRS. M. M. CLAFLIN, University Place Education MRS. GEO. E. HAVERSTICK, Omaha Lecture Bureau DR. INEZ C. PHILBRICK, Lincoln Literature MISS DAISY DOANE, Omaha Membership Extension MISS ANNA L. PETERSON, Omaha Press MRS. F. A. HARRISON, Omaha Publicity MRS. M. M. CLAFLIN, University Place Woman's Journal MRS. ADA SHAFER, Omaha Honorary Presidents MRS. CLARA B. COLBY, Beatrice MRS. MARY SMITH HAYWARD, Chadron DR. INEZ C. PHILBRICK, Lincoln - HEADQUARTERS Brandeis Theatre Building Omaha, Neb. - MRS. VIOLA M. HARRISON, Executive Secretary Omaha, Nebr., March 31, 1913. Honorable Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, White House, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:- The enclosed resolutions from the Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association asking that in your message to the extra session of Congress, you urge the passage of an amendment to the Constitution, giving to women the right of suffrage, is respectfully submitted. Sincerely hoping that at this time you may feel it right to take this advance step in the legal movement for Justice to the Womanhood of the United States, I am Very truly yours, Mrs. Draper Smith. Pres. VMH. MMC. [*56949*][*89*] RESOLVED:- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Nebraska Woman Suffrage Assoc. Mrs. Draper Smith Chairman of the Meeting. Daisy C. Doane, Sec'y. [*56950*]*[89]* WOMAN SUFFRAGE PARTY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK A Union for Political Work of Existing Equal Suffrage Organizations HEADQUARTERS 30 EAST 34TH STREET Southwest Corner Madison Avenue Telephone 6390 6391 Madison Square Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, Honorary Chairman Miss Mary Garrett Hay, Chairman Mrs. Martha Wentworth Suffren, Vice-Chairman Mrs. Thos. B. Wells, Secretary Mrs. Margaret Chanler Aldrich, Treasurer MANHATTAN BOROUGH Mrs James Lees Laidlaw, Chairman BRONX BOROUGH Mrs. Archibald C. Fisk, Chairman BROOKLYN BOROUGH Mrs. Edward H. Dreier, Chairman QUEENS BOROUGH Mrs. Alfred J. Eno, Chairman RICHMOND BOROUGH Mrs. William G. Willcox, Chairman 1316 85th St. Brooklyn New York March 31st 1913 *The White House Apr 3 - 1913 Received* To President Woodrow Wilson The White House Washington, D.C. Sir:- I have the honor to transmit to you the following resolution which was adopted at a mass meeting of the men and women of the 9th Assembly District Brooklyn of the Woman Suffrage Party. "Resolved that this meeting call upon President Wilson to urge in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving Suffrage to women on equal terms with men. I earnestly beg that you will give favorable consideration to the same. - Truly yours Beatrice Van Homrijh Stevenson Leader 56951[*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE, APR 5 - 1913 RECEIVED*] *J* Reno Nev March 31 Pres of US Woodrow Wilson Dear Sir I am writing to ask you to emphasize Womans Sufferage in your message to the special session to Congress. as our country is greatly in need of help from the womans vote and efficient work. Yours respectfully Mrs. Taylor Reno Nev [*56952*][*THE WHITE HOUSE, MAR 24 1913 RECEIVED*] [*Ack'g. 3/24/13*] [*89*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Indianapolis of the Woman's Franchise League of Indiana representing. thousands of women desiring the franchise. Amelia R. Keller Chairman of the Meeting. March 22/13 Julia O. Henderson Sec'y. [*56953*][*89*] *J* RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting of W. C. T. U - Rhinelander Wis - March. 23 - 1913 Mrs. C. P. Crosby - Chairman of the Meeting. [*56954*][*THE WHITE HOUSE, MAR 25 1913 RECEIVED*] [*89*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at a State Executive Committee Meeting of the Equal Suffrage Association of Delaware, held on March 24th 1913. Martha S. Grandlon Chairman of the Meeting. [*56955*] [*89] Bramford Nebr. Mch. 24 - 1913 RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the UnitedStates Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting of The Crawford E. S. A Mch 24 - 1913 Mrs. Mary Dichl Chairman of the Meeting. [*56956*] [*89*] [*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE, MAR 25 1913 RECEIVED*} RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution, giving Suggrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this Resolution be sent to President Wilson. ADOPTED at a meeting at New London, Conn., March 24, 1913. Grace Lee Johnson. President. Laura C. Tucker Secretary. For the New London Equal Franchise League [*56957*][*89*] RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Headquarters of Wm. McKinley Circle No. 2 of Ladies of Grand Army of Rep. in G. A. R. Hall 1412 Penn. Ave. N. W. Wash. D. C Mar. 24 - 1913 Sarah. S. Painter Chairman of the Meeting. Julia White Seavitt Sec. [*56958*]*89* [The White House Mar 30 1913 Received] To President Wilson: Washington D.C. RESOLVED That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED That a copy of this resolutions be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Ainsworth Neb. March 25th 1913 Margaret R Alder Chairman of the Meeting. 56959[89] [*J*] RESOLVED - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Thurmont, Md. March 25th 1913 Kathleen M. Beard Chairman of the Meeting. Minne E Cookerly Nancy C. Beard Haidee V. Beard M.L. Beard Violet Elower Florence L. Hammersley L.H. Hamill. A.B. Crouse F.M. Rogers H.S. Beachly Saml Long Jno. G. Jones Elizabeth Hartley Clayton Creager John P. T. Martins E. C. Kefouver beed Charles R.R. Beck [*56960*][89] *J* RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Mch 25th 1913 Womans Club of Bethesda Maryland Mrs E. M Dickens [Chairman of the Meeting.] Cor. Secy. [*56961*]DETROIT FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS Organized January 28th 1895 Charter Member of State Federation, 1895 Officers 1912-13 President Mrs. R.H. Ashbaugh 49 Boston Boulevard First Vice-President Mrs. George I. Berridge 345 Bewick Ave. Second Vice President Mrs. F. S. Burgess 73 Bethune, E. Recording Secretary Mrs. Ralph Ainsworth 164 Ferry Ave., West Corresponding Secretary Miss Sue H. Hoyt 179 East Grand Boulevard Financial Secretary Mrs. Frank J. Miller 852 Brush St. Treasurer Mrs. David A. Thomson 159 Melbourne Ave. CHAIRMEN of DEPARTMENTS Public Bath and Play Ground Mrs. James Arthur 96 Boston Boulevard Legislative and Industrial Mrs. Wilbur Brotherton 106 Pingree Ave. Civic Mrs. W. E. Brownlee 1085 Second Ave. Forestry Mrs. L. W. Snell 24 Ferris Ave. East Free Lecture Mrs. W. R. Alvord 165 Atkinson Ave. Child Welfare Mrs. Gordon Pickell 209 Atkinson Ave. Housewives Welfare Mrs. Alfred Dunk 99 Chicago Boulevard Animal Welfare Mrs. John Trix 61 Hancock Ave., East Public Health Mrs. George Fraser 172 Glendale Ave. Junior Civic League Mrs. J.E. Bolles 948 Cass Ave CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES Program Mrs. W. A. Atkinson 95 Missouri Ave. Press Mrs. J. B. Woolfenden 28 Alexandrine Ave., E. Music Madame Gingras 400 Fine Arts Building Reception Mrs. Levi Eaton 50 Atkinson Ave. Membership Mrs. A. Ward Copley 108 Burlingame Ave. Entertainment Miss Elizabeth Rathbone 27 Baker St. "THE CLUBWOMAN" Editor Mrs. R. H. Ashbaugh 43 Boston Boulevard Business Manager Mrs. Hiram Marks 39 Winder St. Circulation Manager Mrs. John Hickey 295 Woodland Ave. Advertising Manager Mrs. August Helbig 508*9 Chamber of Commerce *J* [89] March 25 1913 Sauet Sli Mari Mich [The White House Mar 29 1913 Received] Resolved- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson, Adopted at a meeting of the Soc Equal Suffrage League meeting at Sault Ste. Marie. March 25 - 1913 Mrs. James T. Moore Chairman of the Meeting [56962][*y*] [*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 30 1913 RECEIVED*] Resolved, that this club calls upon President Wilson to urge in his message convening the extra session of Congress, an ammendment to the United States Constitution, striking out the word "male, giving suffrage to all citizens on equal terms. Resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Addopted at a meeting of the Bloomville, Ohio, No. Name Club, March 25, 1913. Florence A. Pore Chairman. 56963[*J*] [*89*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Lincoln Center, Chicago, March 25, 1913. Mrs M. B. Randall Chairman of the Meeting. [*56964*][*J*] [*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 25 1913 RECEIVED*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Rutherford, N. J. Louise F. Walton. Chairman of the Meeting. 56965*[89]* *J* RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Brimley, Mich. by the Brimley Equal Suffrage League March 26, 1913 - L.B.Aldrich Chairman of the Meeting. 56966[*[89]*] [*F*] RESOLVED - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting of March 26th/13 Mrs Anna Fox Secy Mrs James Howrey. Chairman of the Meeting Woodrow Wilson Washington DC Most Honored President We are a band of Farm Women banded together to do good & help each other & assist our brother man in the betterment of home & nation. & we feel the need of that most potent weapon to use for right. We pray that you use your power & influence in our behalf. Nearly half a century ago, a Republican President freed the Negro. We pray that the time has come now that a Democratic president will emancipate women. & win an undying fame is the prayer of Anna M Fox East Jordan Mich [*56987*][*89*] [*2*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 28 1913 RECEIVED*] RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Babylon L. I. - of the Equal Franchise Society. March 26 th 1915 [Libre] L. Hepburn Chairman of the Meeting. 56968[*2*] *[89]* RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at The Coterie (Womans Club) Mar. 26- 1913 Clara K. Lissers. Chairman of the Meeting. 56969[*89*] [*2*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 28 1913 RECEIVED*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Raideker's Ball Room Washington D.C. March 26- 1913 Lucy James Wilson Chairman of the Meeting. 56970[*[89]*] [*2*] RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting of the Atlanta Civic League. March 26, 1913. Mrs. Amelia R. Woodall Chairman of the Meeting. 56971Resolutions adopted by New Milford Equal Franchise League RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this Resolution be sent to President Wilson. ADOPTED at a meeting at March 26, 1913 New Milford, Connecticut Mrs. G. H. Wright Chairman of the Meeting 56972[89] [The White House Apr 1 - 1913 received] RESOLVED - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Unanimously adopted at a meeting at Hotel Sinton, March 27th, 1913; The Harriet Taylor Upton Study Club has a membership of Eighty. M. McClellan (Baron) Chairmen of the Meeting. 56973THE COLLEGE OF GOOD TEMPLARY is the generic accessory of the National Grand Lodge of the International Order of Good Templars. This College was chartered by the present International Chancellor, June, 1909, as the legitimate successor of the Course of Study conducted by the late Hon. S.B. Chase, which Course has in this and other countries many Certified Alumni of eminent rank. The legal Degree given by the Diploma of this institution is Master of Temperance Literature, (M.T.L.) and carries the rank of other Collegiate Degrees. Object As set forth in the Charter, the object of the College is to acquaint the student with the greatest temperance organization in the world by studying its history and its aims. 2. To inform the student scientifically upon the effects of alcoholic stimulation physically, mentally and morally. 3. To prepare the student for management of meetings and for spontaneous speech and service in the audience. 4. To increase the student's power for service in the country's greatest need, the destruction of the liquor crime and the building of a noble citizenship. The Patronizing Order does not limit the benefits of the College to its membership, but extends its privileges and honors to any one desiring to become useful and efficient as a temperance speaker or worker in the cause. Not only so, but such person may organize a Circle of students who may economize by using one set of books. This Order being the first in this, or any country to furnish the organic machinery in which 56974was incorporated the two great workable principles, voluntary abstinence for the individual and prohibition for the state and nation is constantly seeking to secure wider adherence to these essential factors of progress. The Order engages all the forces of society, men, women and children in efficient methods of growth and personal power, and it gives to the student a key to all the accessories of the general cause. The fee for enrollment is only one dollar; merely to cover expense of correspondence and the Diploma, which is very artistic and beautiful. This will be awarded at the next Grand Lodge Session, after the completion of the study, and written examination on the Texts. The student shall be elected to graduation by the officers of Grand Lodge upon recommendation of the International Chancellor who makes the examinations. The Advantages are numerous but we name a few accruing from study in our College. 1. It gives system and fruition to reading which is too often desultory, if not actually wasteful of time and thought. 2. It develops latent power of thought for service, which is the only true aim of human gifts in life. It is the basis of greatness in service. 3. It teaches how to combine righteous sentiment and action in an indifferent community. 4. It increases opportunity for instruction and intelligent conversation with many who need these advantages. 5. It enlarges the student's capacity for personal enjoyment and social power with his associates. 6. It enriches the community by a larger and more useful personality. Ruskin says very truly: "The largest soul of any country is altogether its own." The best wealth to be entailed is greatness of soul and fruition of good deeds. PRICE LIST OF BOOKS REQUIRED IN THE COLLEGE OF GOOD TEMPLARY. History Turnbull's History of Good Templary; 25 cts., in paper, 45 cts., in cloth. The Templar at Work; Sibley & Cotterill; 25 cts., in paper, 45 cts., in cloth. Send to Sec'y W.O. Wylie, Beverly, Mass. Prompt return by mail. Science Alcohol and the Human Body; Horsely and Sturge; 45 cts., in paper, 75 cts., in cloth or stiff binding. The McMillan Co., New York City. Civics People vs. the Liquor Traffic; John B. Finch; 25 cts. By mail from Wylie. Profit and Loss in Man; Hopkins; 65 cts. to students by mail; Funk and Wagnalls, New York City. The Government; Clark; 60 cts. to students by mail; American Book Co., Cincinnati. Ethics Social Welfare and the Liquor Problem; Warner; 75 cts. to students. 51 Washington St., Chicago. Culture of Justice; Jefferson du Bois; 60 cts. to students; Dodd, Mead & Co., New York City. Right and Wrong Thinking; A.M. Crane; Available in every Library. [*56975*]Literature Black Rock ; Ralph Connor; 25 cts., in paper, 45 cts., in stiff cover ; also The Captain's Bargain ; Julia McNair Wright. . Moderate Drinking ; Lewis Mason ; 25 cts. by mail from W. O. Wylie, Beverly, Mass. The Whistle in the Alley; E. A. Rand; 50 cts. Eaton and Main, New York City. Citizenship The Teaching of Citizenship; E.H. Hughs; W. A. Wilde Co.; 90 cts.; Boston, Mass. Electoral Superintendent’s Reports; E. C. Dinwiddie, Bliss Building, Washington, D. C. Guy Haler, South Norwood, London, Eng. Former Reports; 20 cts. postage. The National Good Templar; 50 cts.; Inde- pendence, Wis. How to Speak Brown’s Standard Elocution ; 75 cts.; Laird and Lee, Chicago. Before the Audience; Shephard; 60cts. Funk and Wagnalls, New York City. If any student has read and will give answers to questions from any other Text in Civil Gov't, Ethical readings, Temperance Stories or Literature, such answers will be accepted in writing. The questions will be furnished by the State Chancellor, who will also accept enrollments and give general direction to students. The Int. Chan. is required, however to examine all papers in answers, to be able to report the students for grad- uation, which honor may be conferred in any state Grand Lodge or in the National Grand Lodge M. McCLELLAN BROWN, International Chancellor. [2216?] Jefferson Ave., Norwood. Cincinnati, O. 8/8 H[?]d[???]ins ao[?],VOTES FOR WOMEN [89] The Political Equality Club headquarters 302 Bechley Building Rochester, N. Y. THE WHITE HOUSE APR 4- 1913 RECEIVED HONARARY PRESIDENT, Mrs. Jean Brooks Greenleaf PRESIDENT, Mrs. Alice C. Clement HONARARY VICE-PRESIDENT, Mrs. Hannah B. Clark SECRETARY, Miss Vivien J. Forbes 1ST VICE-PRES. Mrs. Mary T. L. Gannett TREASURER, Mrs. Alice H. Block 2ND VICE-PRES. Mrs. Emma B. Sweet AUDITORS, Mrs. Lenor M. Peck Mrs. Catherine Rumball 3RD VICE-PRES. Mrs. Helen Barrett Montgomery Resolved:- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved:— That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting of the Executive Board of the Political Equality Club. Alice C. Clement. President. March 27-1913. 56976 EQUAL SUFFRAGE LEAGUE OF VIRGINIA. PRESIDENT. MRS. B. B. VALENTINE, 2338 MONUMENT AVE., RICHMOND, Va. HON. VICE-PRESIDENTS. MRS. LOUISE COLLIER WILLCOX. NORFOLK, VA. MISS ELLEN GLASGOW. RICHMOND, VA. MRS KATE LANGLEY BO[?]HER. RICHMOND, VA. VICE-PRESIDENTS MISS MARY JOHNSTON. RICHMOND, VA. MRS. J. H. LEWIS. LYNCHBURG, VA. MRS. C.V MEREDITH RICHMOND, VA. MRS. STEPHEN PUTNEY. WYTHEVILLE, VA MRS. G. M. [?]MITHDEAL, RECORDING SECRETARY. MRS. A. M. TYLER, HEADQUARTERS SECRETARY. MRS. E. G. KIDD, TREASURER MRS. JOHN S. MUNCE, AUDITOR OF RICHMOND, VA STATE HEADQUARTERS, 800 EAST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND, VA. 89 THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 29, 1913 RECEIVED The Equal Suffrage League of Lynchburg has RESOLVED— That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED— That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Accepted at a meeting at Lynchburg, VA March 27. Jessie B. Peck Chairman of the Meeting. Secretary 56977 89 RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his meeting convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Meriden Conn of the Political Equality Club March 27 1913. Mary J. Rogers Chairman of the Meeting. 56978 Rose Q. Gillette Yalesville, Conn. Nellie D. Patter Yalesville, Conn. Sarah J. Fay Meriden Conn. Isabelle Hill Meriden Ct Lillian E. Perry Meriden Conn Elizabeth C Banner Meriden Conn. Margaret E. Beathi Meriden Conn Elsie A. [?] Meriden, Conn Agnes T Butler Meriden ConnRESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his meeting convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Meriden Conn of the Political Equality Club March 27 1913. Mary J. Rogers Chairman of the Meeting. 56978 Rose Q. Gillette Yalesville, Conn. Nellie D. Patter Yalesville, Conn. Sarah J. Fay Meriden Conn. Isabelle Hill Meriden Ct Lillian E. Perry Meriden Conn Elizabeth C Banner Meriden Conn. Margaret E. Beathi Meriden Conn Elsie A. [?] Meriden, Conn Florence G. Sanderson Meriden Conn. Ellie D. Hotckin Meriden Conn. Ida D. [?] + 1200 signers of a petitition to the same effect. Agnes T Butler Meriden Conn[*89*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Picklua, Mich - March 27, 1913 Orton F. Wintor Chairman of the Meeting. [*56980*][*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE, APR 2 - 1913 RECEIVED*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a Meeting at Lansing March 28 Nora J. Allen Chairman of the Meeting. [*56981*][*89*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Sullivan, Indiana Mar - 28th, 1913. Mrs. Alice Claggett. Chairman of the Meeting. [*56982*][*89*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at March 28 - 1913. Rudyard Mich. N. L. Field. Chairman of the Meeting. [*3*] [*56983*][*89] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Reno, Nevada, 28 March 1913. Anne H. Martin Chairman of the Meeting. [*56984*] [*89*] The Norwich Equal Franchise League. [*2*] RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this Resolution be sent to President Wilson. ADOPTED at a meeting of March 28, 1913. the Norwich Equal Franchise League. Norwich, Conn. Chairman of meeting. Mrs. William A. Norton - Pres. [*56985*][*89*] EQUAL SUFFRAGE LEAGUE OF VIRGINIA. PRESIDENT. MRS. B. B. VALENTINE, 2338 MONUMENT AVE., RICHMOND, VA. HON. VICE-PRESIDENTS. MRS. LOUISE COLLIER WILLCOX. NORFOLK, VA. MISS ELLEN GLASGOW. RICHMOND, VA. MRS. KATE LANGLEY BOSHER. RICHMOND, VA. VICE-PRESIDENTS. MISS MARY JOHNSTON. RICHMOND, VA. MRS. J. H. LEWIS. LYNCHBURG, VA. MRS. W. J. ADAMS. NORFOLK, VA. MRS. C. V. MEREDITH. RICHMOND, VA. MRS. STEPHEN PUTNEY. WYTHEVILLE, VA. MRS. O. M. SMITHDEAL. RECORDING SECRETARY. MRS. A. M. TYLER. HEADQUARTERS SECRETARY. MRS. E. G. KIDD. TREASURER. MRS. JOHN. S. MUNCE. AUDITOR. OF RICHMOND, VA. STATE HEADQUARTERS, 800 EAST BROAD STREET. RICHMOND, VA. [*89*] Harrisburg, Va. March 28th RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Harrisburg, Va. Mrs. R. S. Paul. Chairman of the Meeting. Mrs. John I. [?????] Mrs. H. B. Strayer Miss M. L. Jewell [???] - Equal Suffrage League Harrisburg, Va. [*56986*] [*[89]*] [*F*] Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association AUXILIARY TO NATIONAL-AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION Sarah Barnwell Elliott, President, Sewanee Mrs. J. M. McCormack, Vice-President-at-Large, Memphis Hannah J. Price, Vice President East Tennessee, Morristown Maria Thompson Davies, Vice President Middle Tennessee, Nashville Mrs. F. L. Woodruff, Vice President West Tennessee, Jackson Mrs. Perkins Baxter, Corresponding Secretary, Nashville Margaret Craft, Recording Secretary, Knoxville Catherine J. Wester, Treasurer, Chattanooga Mrs. Ida Clyde Clark, Sup. Press Work, Nashville Mrs. John E. Turney, Sup. Legislative Work, Nashville Mrs. Lyde Merriwether, Honorary Life President, Memphis [*THE WHITE HOUSE Apr 2- 1913 RECEIVED*] RESOLVED - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Nashville, Tenn. of the Equal Suffrage League of Belmont College- March 28, 1913. Clara Louise Thompson. Chairman of the Meeting. Names. Pauline Sherwood Townsend [?] Davis Myers. Ethel Griffin. Florence Catherine Brown Marie Standly Flora Janes Chloe McBride Martha Boone Bertha C. Norris Laura M. Schoein Verna Hooks [?] de [?] Ethel Payne [*56987*] Ella Louise Ward Mary Schoop Carrie Beauman Berenise Hiller Myelle Boyd Marguerite Cotton Bertha Daniel Geraldine P. Dilla. Eva Sutton Margaret Estes Elizabeth Wades Vera Allen Clara Louise Thompson. Edith Chabot. Margaret Green Lois McManus Isabel Best Martha Hall [?] Etha Snodgrass Brenda Head Carol Rix Elmire Bell. [L?] E. King Mary L. Ross (over)Theola Simmons Grace Lestrauer Anne R Kolb Ruth McInnis[89] [???] by the Executive Committee of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Meriden Conn. March 28, 1913 Mable C. Washbourn Chairman of the Meeting. 569882 89 RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at 585 Boylston St. of Newton Equal Suffrage League. Mrs. James J. Wingate Chairman of the Meeting. March 28th 1913 56989Tennesee Equal Suffrate Association [89] AUXILIARY TO NATIONAL-AMERICATN WOMAN SUGGRAGE ASSOCIATION THE WHITE HOUSE APR 4 19113 RECEIVED SARAH BARNWELL ELLIOT, PRESIEDNT, SEWANEE MRS. J. M. MCCORMACK, VICE PRESIDENT-AT-LARGE, MEMPHIS HANNAH J. PRICE, VICE PRESIDENT EAST TENNESSEE, MORRISTOWN MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS, VICE PRESIDENT MIDDLE TENNESEE, NASHVILLE MRS. F. L. WOODRUFF, VICE PRESIDENT WEST TENNESSEE, JACKSON MRS PERKINS BAXTER, CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, NASHVILLE MARGARET CRAFT, RECORDING SECRETARY, KNOXVILLE CATHERINE J. WESTER, TREASURER CHATTAGNOOGA MRS. IDA CLYDE CLARK. SUP. PRESS WORK, NASHVILLE MRS. JOHN E. TRUNEY. SUP. LEGISLATIVE WORK, NASHVILLE MRS LYDE MERRIWETHER, HONORARY LIVE PRESIDENT MEMPHIS. RESOLVED, That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED, that a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting of the Knoxville Equal Suffrage League, March 29, 1913. Margaret M. Craft Chairman of Meeting. OFFICERS KNOXVILLE EQUAL SUFFRAGE LEAGUE: Mrs. C. E. Lucky, President Miss Ada Fanz, Vice-Prest. Miss Margaret M. Craft, Cor. Secy. Mrs. M. K. Purnell, Rec. Sec, Miss Mary Trigg Jackson, Treas. 56990[*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE*] [*APR 2- 1913*] [*RECEIVED*] Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association Auxiliary To National-American Women Suffrage Association Sarah Barnwell Elliott, President, Sewanee Hannah J. Price, Vice President East Tennessee, Morristown Mrs. F. L. Woodruff, Vice President West Tennessee, Jackson Margaret Craft, Recording Secretary, Knoxville Mrs. Ida Clyde Clark, Sup. Press Work, Nashville Mrs. J. M. McCormick, Vice President-At-Large, Memphis Maria Thompson Daviess, Vice President Middle Tennessee, Nashville Mrs. Perkins Baxter, Corresponding Secretary, Nashville Catherine J. Wester, Treasurer, Chattanooga Mrs. John E. Turney, Sup. Legislative Work, Nashville Mrs. Lyde Merriwether, Honorary Life President, Memphis RESOLVED, That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting of the Knoxville Equal Suffrage League, Knoxville, Tennessee, March 29, 1913. Margaret M. Craft. Chairman of the Meeting. OFFICERS KNOXVILLE EQUAL SUFFRAGE LEAGUE: Mrs. C. E. Lucky, President Miss Ada Fanz, Vice-Pres't. Miss Margaret M. Craft, Cor. Sec Mrs. M. K. Purnell, Rec. Sec . Miss Mary Trigg Jackson, Treas. [*56991*][*[89]*] RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this Resolution be sent to President Wilson. ADOPTED at a meeting Clinton, Conn. Mar. 29- 1913. Women Electors Clinton, Conn Chairman of Meeting Effie Stevens Cramer. [*56992*][*[89]*] MRS GUILFORD DUDLEY PRESIDENT MRS. HICKMAN PRICE FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT MRS. IDA CLYDE CLARKE SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT MRS. ELIZABETH BINFORD RECORDING SECRETARY MISS ANNA BLANTON CORRESPONDING SECRETARY MISS FRANCES LERMAN TREASURER MISS NELL ROACHE AUDITOR NASHVILLE EQUAL SUFFRAGE LEAGUE NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE [*THE WHITE HOUSE,*] [*APR 3 -1913*] [*RECEIVED*] March, 29, 1913. The President of the Unithed States is earnestly requested to give his immediate attention to the following resolutions:- RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session Congress, the passage of an amendment to the Unithed States Constitution giving Suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson . Adopted at a meeting of the Equal Suffrage League of Nashville. Anne Dalles Dudley Chairman of the meeting. (Mrs Guilford Dudley ) [*56993*][*(89)*] Woman Suffrage Society of the County of Philadelphia Headquarters-208 Hale Building S.W. Cor. Juniper and Chestnut Streets Philadelphia, Pa. 73 [*2*] Honorary President, Miss Jane Campbell, 413 School House Lane President, Mrs. Elizabeth H.P. Burns, 2530 South Colorado Street Vice President, Mrs. Paschall Coggins Vice President, Mrs. Wm. A. Wood Corresponding Sec., Miss Cornelia Greenough, 4310 Trinity Place Recording Secretary, Miss Julia Lewis, 1535 Pine Street Treasurer, Mrs. Annie D. Fleck, 4101 Chester Avenue Honorary Vice President, Mrs Charlotte L. Peirce Honorary Vice President, Miss Annie Heacock Honorary Vice President, Mrs. Mary T. Kenderdine Philadelphia, March 29th, 1913. The President of the United States, Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C. [*THE WHITE HOUSE. APR 1-1913 RECEIVED*] Honorable Sir:- I am instructed to advise you that at a meeting of this society, held March 26th 1913, the following resolutions were unanimously passed:- RESOLVED:- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Our society has a membership of over eleven hundred, comprising both men and women. I am yours very respectfully, Cornelia Greenough Corresponding Secretary. [*56994*] Mrs. Theodore Hall Jr. Chairman Miss Grace Sherwood, Vice-Chairman [*89*] Mrs. Fred Morrison, Secretary Miss Elizabeth McKay, Treasurer Women Suffrage Party of Ashtabula, Ohio [*2*] Ashtabula, OHIO 29 March, 1913. [*THE WHITE HOUSE APRIL 2- 1913 RECEIVED*] To President Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D.C. At a meeting of the Women Suffrage Party of Ashtabula, Ohio, held on March 28,1913, the following resolution was unanimously adopted: "Resolved; That the Women Suffrage Party of Ashtabula, Ohio, request the President of the United States, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, to recommend the passage of an amendment to the Federal Constitution which will grant equal suffrage to women. Resolved; That the Chairman of this meeting be instructed to forward a copy of this resolution to President Wilson." May Beaumish Hall Chairman. 56995[89] 7 THE WHITE HOUSE APR 2 - 1913 RECEIVED RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Pine Grove Grange March 29th 1913. Mrs James T. Moore Chairman of the Meeting. 56996EQUAL SUFFRAGE LEAGUE OF VIRGINIA. PRESIDENT. MRS. B. B. VALENTINE, 2888 MONUMENT AVE., RICHMOND, VA. HON. VICE-PRESIDENTS. MRS. LOUISE COLLIER WILLCOX, NORFOLK, VA. MISS ELLEN GLASGOW, RICHMOND, VA. MRS. KATE LANGLEY ROSHER, RICHMOND, VA. VICE-PRESIDENTS. MISS MARY JOHNSTON, RICHMOND, VA. MRS. J. H. LEWIS, LYNCHBURG, VA. MRS. W. J. ADAMS, NORFOLK, VA. MRS. C. V. MEREDITH, RICHMOND, VA. MRS. STEPHEN PUTNEY, WYTHEVILLE, VA MRS. G. M. SMITHDEAL., RECORDING SECRETARY. MRS. A. M. TYLER, HEADQUARTERS SECRETARY. MRS. K. G. KIDD, TREASURER. MRS. JOHN. S. MUNCE, AUDITOR, OF RICHMOND, VA. STATE HEADQUARTERS, 800 EAST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND, VA. Merrimac Branch of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia RESOLVED-- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED-- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at__" 716 Colonial Avenue Norfolk, VA March 29 - 1913 Ethel Neely Chairman of the Meeting. 56997EQUAL SUFFRAGE LEAGUE OF VIRGINIA. PRESIDENT, MRS. B. B. VALENTINE, 2338 MONUMENT AVE., RICHMOND, VA. HON. VICE-PRESIDENTS. MRS. LOUISE COLLIER WILLCOX, NORFOLK, VA. MISS ELLEN GLASGOW, RICHMOND, VA. MRS. KATE LANGLEY BOSHER, RICHMOND, VA. VICE-PRESIDENTS. MISS MARY JOHNSTON, RICHMOND, VA. MRS. J. H. LEWIS, LYNCHBURG, VA. MRS. W. J. ADAMS, NORFOLK, VA. MRS. C. V. MEREDITH, RICHMOND, VA. MRS. STEPHEN PUTNEY, WYTHEVILLE, VA MRS. G. M. SMITHDEAL, RECORDING SECRETARY. MRS. A. M. TYLER, HEADQUARTERS SECRETARY. MRS. E.G. KIDD, TREASURER. MRS. JOHN. S. MUNCE, AUDITOR, OF RICHMOND, VA. STATE HEADQUARTERS, 800 EAST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND, VA. J [89] [THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 29 1913 RECEIVED] RESOLVED— That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED— That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Pulaski, VA of Equal Suffrage League, Susan E. Purvis Chairman of the MEEting. [56998]The Just Franchise League of Talbot County, Maryland Headquarters -- Easton , Maryland Votes For Women OFFICERS President, Miss Mary Jenkins Vice President . Mrs. Jas. Dixon Secretary . Mrs. Philip Lee Travers Treasurer, Mrs. T. Hughlett Henry HONORARY VICE-PRESIDEBTS Mrs. Cata Davidson Miss H. Lena Mellier Mrs. WM. E. Stewart Mrs. WM. T. Dixon CHAIRMEN 1ST DISTRICT EASTON Miss M. B. Dixon . Bloomfield Mrs. John H. MacHale , Easton Miss Mary T. Brennan, Easton Miss Frances S. Walker, Easton 2ND DISTRICT ST. MICHAELS Miss Clara Benson, Royal Oak Mrs. WM. Caulk, Jr., St. Michaels Mrs. David Edmond, Bozman 3RD DISTRICT TRAPPE Mrs. E.J. Kirby , Trappe Mrs. WM. H. Wilcox , Oxford 5TH DISTRICT BAY HUNDRED Mrs. Joshua Wrightson, Claiborne Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, Washington, D.C. My dear Mr. Wilson:- At a recent meeting of the The Just Franchise League of Talbot County, Maryland, the following resolution was passed, and we beg of you a consideration of same. RESOLVED)) That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an Amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED. That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting of The Just Franchise League of Talbot County, Maryland, on March 27 1913. M.M. Travers. Secretary. Easton, Maryland. March 29 1913 569997 [89] THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 30 1913 RECEIVED RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Harrisburg, Pa. Dauphin Co. W. S. [Party?] 1st District Frances C. Elliot [?leader] Chairman of the Meeting. 5700089 RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting of The [?Hebrew ] Ladies' Aid Society Peekskill N.Y. Mar. 30. 1913 Mrs. A. B. Fish Chairman of the Meeting. 57001[*89*] [*F*] RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Lynbrook, L. I, New York March 31 - 1913 South Side Political Equality League Maybelle S. Crary Chairman of the Meeting. 57002[89] 7 RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this Resolution to be sent to President Wilson. ADOPTED at a meeting at March 31st. 1913. Salisbury Equal Franchise League. Salisbury, Conn. Chairman of Meeting M. G. Harrison President 57003RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at 3101-P Street, Georgetown D.C. March 31st 1913 Mary Morris Lockwood Chairman of the Meeting. 57004 [89] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED— That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting of 400 men and women Petoskey Mich. Mar 31, 1913. Herman Sly Chairman of the Meeting [57005][89] EQUAL SUFFERAGE LEAGUE OF VIRGINIA. President Mrs. B. B. Valentine, 2338 Monument Ave., Richmond, VA. Hon. Vice-Presidents Mrs. Louise Collier Willcox. Norfolk, VA. Mrs Ellen Glasgow. Richmond, VA. Vice-Presidents Miss Mary Johnson. Richmond, VA. Mrs. J. H. Lewis. Lynchburg, VA. Mrs. W. J. Adams. Norfolk, VA. Mrs. C. V. Meredith. Richmond, VA. Mrs. Stephen Putney. Wytheville, VA. Mrs. G. M. Smithdeal. Recording Secretary. Mrs. A. M. Tyler. Headquarters Secretary. Mrs. E. G. Kidd. Treasurer. Mrs. John. S. Munce. Auditor. Of Richmond, VA. State Headquarters 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA. [The White House Apr 2 - 1913 Received] March 31, 1913. RESOLVED--That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED--That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Covington, VA. Katr C. Steele Chairman of the Meeting. [57006][*89*] [*F*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suggrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at of Norfolk Equal Franchise League at Rubly, Norfolk Litchfield County Connecticut A.E.S. Taylor, president Alfredo S. G. Taylor. Chairman of the Meeting Martha Snow, De[???] Julius Snow 31st March 1913 Caroline E. Wilcox Secretary Norfolk Equal Franchise League 57007[*89*] [THE WHITE HOUSE MAR 31 1913 RECEIVED] [*F*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at West Concord New Hampshire Elus A Tuck. Chairman of the Meeting. [57008][*89*] EQUAL SUFFRAGE LEAGUE OF VIRGINIA. PRESIDENT, MRS. B. B. VALENTINE, 2338 MONUMENT AVE., RICHMOND, VA. HON. VICE-PRESIDENTS. MRS. LOUISE COLLIER WILLCOX. NORFOLK, VA. MISS ELLEN GLASGOW. RICHMOND, VA. MRS. KATE LANGLEY BOSHER. RICHMOND, VA. VICE-PRESIDENTS. MISS MARY JOHNSTON. RICHMOND, VA. MRS. J. H. LEWIS. LYNCHBURG, VA. MRS. W. J. ADAMS. NORFOLK, VA. MRS. C. V. MEREDITH. RICHMOND, VA. MRS. STEPHEN PUTNEY. WYTHEVILLE, VA. MRS. G. M. SMITHDEAL. RECORDING SECRETARY MRS. A. M. TYLER. HEADQUARTERS SECRETARY. MRS. E. G. KIDD. TREASURER. MRS. JOHN S. MUNCE. AUDITOR. OF RICHMOND, VA. STATE HEADQUARTERS, 800 EAST BROAD STREET, RICHMOND, VA. THE WHITE HOUSE, MAR 31 1913 RECEIVED [*F*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Staunton Va. Mrs. J. N Sublett Sec. Mrs J. Yost Chairman of the Meeting. 57009[*89*] [*St. Louis, Mo 1913 -*] [*F*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting [at] of The Executive Board of the Clotho Club of St. Louis. Mrs F J. Williams, Pres. Chairman of the Meeting. Mrs J. W. Dana Sec'y. 3719 Washington Ave. 57010[*89*] [*F*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Mi Woman's Club. Al[?], Michigan, April 1 - 1913 - Mary C. Bahlke Chairman of the Meeting. 57011[*89*] To His Excellency Woodrow Wilson President of the United States: This resolution was adopted at the fiftieth anniversary of this association. [*F*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at "Rockland" Sandy Spring, Maryland, of the Sandy Spring Horticultural Society- April 1st 1913 Chairman of the Meeting John C. Bentley 57012[*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 4- 1913 RECEIVED*] [*[89]*] [*F*] Whereas under the 14th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, adult females are citizens; and Whereas under the 15th Amendment they have the right to vote; and Whereas that right is withheld by the State, merely from a custom resting on the old barbaric notion that females are inferior; and Whereas there is great need of woman's direct influence if the social and industrial conditions are to be made pure and just and livable; they've Resolved that we call upon President Wilson to urge in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving women suffrage on equal terms with men and so recognizing our rights under the Constitution; and Resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson Adopted this 1st day of April 1913 Ella A. [Burrus?] Chairman of W.C.T.U. Olena O. [*57013*][*[89]*] [*ackgd 4/2/13*] THE WHITE HOUSE APR 2 - 1913 RECEIVED New Philadelphia Ohio April 1st 13 President Wilson Dear Sir: The enclosed resolution was passed at a meeting of the New Philadelphia Tuscarawas Co, Suffrage Club, on March the 31st 1913 Most cordially yours Mrs. C. V. Cable Chairman - 57014[*89*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at New Philadelphia Tuscarawas Co. Ohio Mrs. C. V. Cable Chairman of the Meeting. 57015[*89*] Sandusky Ohio Apr 1. 1913. [*F*] Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States Enclosed please find a resolution which was unanimously passed at a meeting of the Equal Suffrage League of Erie County. Trusting that you will see your way clear 57106to consider it favorably. I am very respectively yours Mrs J.F Hertlein President of the Equal Suffrage League of Erie County Ohio 57017[*[89]*] RESOLUTION. Be it resolved by the Equal Suffrage League of Erie County, Ohio, in meeting assembled, that this League respectfully request President Wilson to incorporate a clause in his message to Congress at the extra session urging upon that body to formulate an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving suffrage to women equal to that now enjoyed by men. Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. [*57018*][*89*] The Methodist Training School FOR CHRISTIAN WORKERS 422 SIXTH AVENUE NORTH NASHVILLE, TENN. JAMES E. McCULLOCH, PRESIDENT DIRECTORS BISHOP W.R. LAMBUTH, CHAIRMAN DR. W.W. PINSON, VICE CHAIRMAN DR. ED F. COOK, SECRETARY BISHOP J.H. MCCOY MR. JOHN R. PEPPER MISS BELLE H. BENNETT MRS R.W. MACDONELL MRS. J.B. COSS DR. STONEWALL ANDERSON DR. E.B. CHAPPELL DR. FITZGERALD S. PARKER DR. W.F. TILLETT MR. J.C.C. MAYO MR. W.R. COLE MR. J.E. MCCULLOCH FACULTY JAMES E. MCCULLOCH JOHN D. HAMMOND MISS ESTELLE HASKIN A.M. TRAWICK, JR. MISS REBECCA CORWIN MRS. J.E. MCCULLOCH MISS KATE HACKNEY MRS. THERESA E. JULIAN MISS ELEANOR NEILL MISS ADA MCMURPHY MISS MARY DE BARDELESEN SCHOOL PHYSICIAN DR. OWEN H. WILSON FIELD SECRETARY MISS EDNA MOSELEY Object: To Train 1,000 Christian Workers in Ten Years THE WHITE HOUSE, APR 3- 1913 RECEIVED April 1, 1913 - [*F*] President Woodrow Wilson Washington, D.C. Dear Sir - In the name of the disfranchised class of American womanhood, to which I belong, I respectfully request you, in the name of justice, to use your influence in your message to Congress for the admission of women to full citizenship. Sincerely- Estelle Haskin. 57019[*89*] [THE WHITE HOUSE APR 3- 1913 RECEIVED] [*F*] The President of the United States: To the President, Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C. Mr. President, RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Far Rockaway, N.Y. on April 1st, 1913. Hilda Hoffmann President of the Women's Suffrage Club of Far Rockaway, N.Y. [57020]The White House Apr 5- 1913 Received Two Thousand, Eight Hundred and Eleven Niazuma Avenue Ack'd Apr 5 1913 C. T. H. Birmingham Ala Apr 8th 1913 [*89*] Hon Woodrow Wilson Washington D. C. Mr. President: I take great pleasure in enclosing to you resolutions which were adopted at a meeting of the Birmingham Equal Suffrage Association on Mar. 29th. I am one of thousands of women throughout the United States who are 57021full of hope that you may include in your message convening the extra session of Congress an urgent suggestion for Constitutional Amendment, looking to Equal Suffrage to women on equal terms with men, so that in deed, and in fact, the people shall govern and not a part of the people! Hoping that you may consider favorably these resolutions and others of like nature to be presented to you, and with great respect. I have the honor to remain Very Truly Yours, (Mrs.) Bessie O'Brien Hundley [*57022*][*89*] RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting [at] of The Birmingham Equal Suffrage Association Birmingham Ala., Mar. 29th 1913 Mrs. Solon Jacobs Chairman of the Meeting. 57023Telegram. [*Will be brought to attention Pr*] Ack'd Apr 2 1913 T. M. H. The White House, Washington. 5 WU JM 48 NL 821am 2nd Jackson, Tenn., April 1, 1913. [*89*] The President, Washington, D. C. The women of Jackson Equal Suffrage League realizing your noble work in behalf of women through legal enactment in state of New Jersey your ever present sense of justice and loyalty to the cause of human freemen earnestly beg you to endorse a national constitutional amendment to enfranchise women. The Jackson,Tenn. Equal Suffrage. 57024[*[89]*] [*[c. April 1, 1913]*] [*F*] President Woodrow Wilson, Washinton, D. C., Dear Sir,- In your message convening Congress, in extra session, I desire to request that you advocate the passage of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, giving Suffrage to women on equal terms with men. You are the President of the women, as well as the president of the men of this Nation, and the reputation you enjoy as to fairness and courtesy assures me that you will entertain the request which I hereby make as a loyal, tax-paying citizen of our beloved country. With sentiments of the profoundest respect I have the honor to be, Very truly yours, Harriet E. Jones 57025[*F*] [*89*] Swarthmore. Pa. April first. 1913. THE WHITE HOUSE APR 3 - 1913 RECEIVED To His Excellency The President of the United States, Honorable Woodrow Wilson My dear Sir: - The Swarthmore Suffrage League, numbering one hundred men and women, wishes to urge you to recommend in your message convening The 57026extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving Suffrage to women on equal terms with men. I am, With great respect, Very truly yours, Juliet Crossett Kent. President Swarthmore League.[*[89]*] THE WHITE HOUSE APR 5 1913 RECEIVED Resolved that we the women of the Norwalk Womans Christian Temperance Union in connection with other Societies do earnestly request President Wilson, in his message convening in extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment, to the Constitution of the United States giving suffrage to women on terms agreed to men and [*F*] Resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson Adopted April, 1st 1913. Mrs Elizabeth McDonald President Norwalk WCTU Sec Norwalk WCTU 57027[*[89]*] THE WHITE HOUSE APR 2- 1913 RECEIVED BOSTON EQUAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT 585 BOYLSTON STREET, BOSTON MRS. QUINCY A. SHAW, PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENTS MRS. CHARLES G. AMES MISS EMILY G. BALCH MISS ALICE STONE BLACKWELL MRS. LOUIS D. BRANDEIS MRS. JAMES T. FIELDS MRS. JOHN LINDSLEY [*F*] [*95*] MRS. MARY HUTCHESON PAGE CHAIRMAN OF EXECUTIVE BOARD MRS. CHARLES PARK, EXECUTIVE SECRETARY 585 BOYLSTON STREET MRS. JOHN LEONARD, RECORDING SECRETARY MRS. FRANCIS M. WILLIAMS, TRASURER 303 BEACON STREET TELEPHONE BACK BAY 3243 APRIL 1, 1913. His Excellency President Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. President: I wish to submit to you the following resolution endorsed by the Woman's Suffrage Party of Boston: "Resolved, that the Woman's Suffrage Party of Boston call upon President Wilson to urge in his message convening an extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men." Earnestly hoping that you will give this subject the consideration it deserves, I am, Yours sincerely, Mary Hutcheson Page. Secretary. 57028[81] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APRIL 3- 1913 RECEIVED*] " To do Justice bit by bit is nothing else than to tolerate injustice for years." Richland County EQUAL FRANCHISE ASSOCIATION Headquarters: 38 Marvin Avenue. SHELBY, OHIO. MRS. MARY RININGER, President, Telephone 404J. LIZZIE M. MARVIN, Secretary Telephone 497J. Shelby O, April 1, 1913 President Wilson- March 31, 1913, the following resolutions were adopted Resolved - That we the Richland County Equal Franchise Association, call upon President Wilson, to urge, in his message to extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men Resolved That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson Mary A. Rininger President of the meeting. Rev William C. Murrow- Princeton 1902 - gave an interesting talk on "Taking Woodrow" 57029Traverse City, Michigan April 1st [*[89]*] [*President of the U.S.*] The Hon. W. Wilson President of the U.S. [*F*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted [at a meeting] at a regular meeting of the Grand Traverse Co. Suffrage association Hedwig S. Sanders Chairman of the Meeting 57030[*[89]*] Washington D.C. [*F*] RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at 1527 Rhode Island Ave. Tuesday Night April 1st 1913 Mrs W. M. Stoner Chairman of the Meeting. of Florida. 57031Morse Bluffs Neb [*89*] April 1 1913 [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 7- 1913 RECEIVED*] Mr. President I understand an effort will be made to get an amendment added to the constitution of the U.S. granting the women the right to vote and a congressman assures me it could be done- I don't see why it has not been done long ago- When the war of the Rebellion was fought congress immediately passed an amendment to the constitution of the U.S. giving the ballot to the Negro many of them ignorant [*57032*]and little above the brute– It was all right as they are human too -- But when the american women want the ballot - the mothers of men - They must beg and plead - and for over fifty years have been striving for what was so freely granted to the negro, and congress has hardly condescended to notice them. My father was a conservative man but he said as long as women had to pay taxes she ought to have a right to vote. It was taxation without representation that caused the war with Great Britain One of my ancestors was a captain in that war and another fought in the war of 1812. My own father lost his health in the war of the Rebellion that gave the ballot to the Negro. Since my father's death I am expected to look out for myself the same as a man. I must obey laws the same - Pay taxes the same - then why should I not vote. Every year I see men going to the Polls to vote who would [*57033*]not know the constitution of the U.S. if they met it on the Public Highway I believe the majority of men opposed to the ballot are foreign born, and many of them would be ruled over by Queens were they home Men cannot understand womens needs as women can - a few years ago the men of Neb passed a law which gives a second wife less than the first and any women would know it is harder to raise others children than your own2 a woman who would neglect her child to vote would neglect it for the Lodge - the card table or Society. It is very common for women to neglect their children for their men - still no one advocates killing of men flirts - so women will not be attracted to them - there is much agitation now over the social Evil - and talk of taxing Bachelors - but what would take care of the married sinners. If men sinners were branded with the scarlet letter [*57034*]if they were ostracized from Polite society and registered as some cities are registering bad women, a whole lot of them would lead better lives It is incredulous when one thinks what it cost this government to grant the vote to the negro - in lives lost and money spent and how easy and simple to give the vote to the women. If married women are willing to be represented by their husbands, all right. But think of the thousands of single women who are wage earners- and women who are supporting drunken husbands and children: Men practically own the children - they pass laws licensing saloons to ruin the boys women bear them- and license bad houses to ruin the daughters - their wives go down into the valley of the Shadow to bear. I do not know whether you favor suffrage or not I do not believe in forcing women to vote But I believe [*57035*]but if there is only one woman in the country who wants the ballot that ballot should be granted to her- It is no joke but a [stern?] reality and when one reads the Preamble to the Constitution of the U.S. it is hard to see what gave men the right to say we woman should not vote. I am writing to you in the hope that should the opportunity present itself to you, you will be able to do for the American women what Abraham Lincoln did for the Negro. Sincerely Ella B. Tanney[*[89]*] Stark County Woman Suffrage Association HEADQUARTERS :— ROOM 30, EAGLE BLOCK CANTON, OHIO THE WHITE HOUSE APR 4 - 1913 RECEIVED MISS BLANCHE VIGNOS, CHAIRMAN, CANTON MRS. Z. T. SHOEMAKER, 1ST VICE CHAIRMAN, MASSILLON MISS MABEL HARTZELL, 2ND VICE CHAIRMAN, ALLIANCE Mrs. J. H. Bair, SECRETARY, CANTON MRS. HARRY MARCH, TREASURER, CANTON MRS. HOWARD S. THAYER, CHAIRMAN CANTON TOWNSHIP TELEPHONE -- STARK 777 BELL 1902 [*F*] [*89*] Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States. My dear Sir: The Executive Board of the "Stark County Woman Suffrage Association" met and unanimously passed the following resolution, viz: RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at the home of Mrs. Howard S. Thayer, March twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred thirteen. Miss Blanche Vignos, Chairman. Mrs. John H. Bair, Secretary. GGL. April first, Nineteen hundred thirteen. 57036[*[89]*] THE WHITE HOUSE APR 4 - 1913 RECEIVED M.F.W. Nashville, Tennessee, Richland, Ave, April 1, 1913. [*F*] To the President;- Sir: As a member of the Equal Suffrage League of Nashville, Tennesee I respectfully request that you give careful consideration to the subject, so dear to the hearts of many women that will be presented to you 57037by Mrs. Guilford Dudley, President of the Nashville Equal Suffrage League. Respectfully Yours, Mrs. Douglas Wright.Memphis Tenn, April 2, 1913 THE WHITE HOUSE APR [?] 1913 RECEIVED 1522 Vinton Ave [*F*] To The Hon. Woodrow Wilson President of the United States Washington D.C. Sir:- At a meeting of the Memphis Political Equality League, the enclosed resolution was read and adopted, and I herewith respectfully submit it to your earnest consideration. With all good wishes four your administration I am respectfully (Mrs.) Mattie M. Betts 57038[*[89]*] Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association Auxiliary to National-American Woman Suffrage Association Sarah Barnwell Elliott, President, Sewanee Hannah J. Price. Vice President East Tennessee, Morristown Mrs. F. L. Woodruff. Vice President West Tennessee, Jackson Margaret Craft, Recording Secretary, Knoxville Mrs. Ida Clyde Clark, Sup. Press Work, Nashville Mrs. J. M. McCormack, VIce President-At-Large, Memphis Maria Thompson Davies, Vice President Middle Tennessee, Nashville Mrs. Perkins Baxter, Corresponding Secretary, Nashville Catherine J. Wester, Treasurer, Chattanooga Mrs. John E. Turney, Sup. Legislative Work, Nashville Mrs. Lyde Merriwether, Honorary Life President, Memphis RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Memphis April 1, 1913 Mattie M. Betts Chairman of the meeting. Names. Mrs. J. D. Allen Vice Pres. Mrs. [V N Louford?] Mrs J M James Allie R. James Mrs. E. H. [Brown?] May [Louise?] [Beyte?] Krauss Liete Merriwether Charlotte L Pittman [*57039*][*[89]*] [*F*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Civic League Wed. April 2 1913 Elizabeth G. [Kinney?] Sec'y. Caroline L Bansfield Chairman of the Meeting 57040[*F*] Alfred NY Apr 2 1913 THE WHITE HOUSE APR 4-1913 RECEIVED Mr Woodrow Wilson Beloved Prisident of the United States Dear Sir [*89*] As an ardent believer in Equal Sufrage I earnestly request, that in your message to Congress on April 7th you recomend the adoption of a bill giving women the franchise. Very Respectfully Mrs. E L Camenga 57041[*[89]*] [X] [THE WHITE HOUSE APR 3- 1913 RECEIVED] Washington April 2nd 1913 Dear Mr. President. I enclose a paper which appeals to all woman, though they are too courteous to say so. Sufferage is in the Democratic platform, and that is why we look to you for upholding it. Is it not a disgrace to the world that woman have to plea for that which every man should be anxious to procure for her, self protection. And every man knows that self-protection is secured by the balot. At present the law ties a womans hands and feet, bears her back, puts her wages to lowest point, then tells her to go and get her living if she can. God bless her, with all these drawbacks she tries to do it, oh is it not a horrible shame? What manner of man is he that would try to prevent her having a ballot to protect her self? Womans birth right is being a "Help meet" to man, see Genesis 2nd Chap. 18th verse. There is no mention made of children except as a curse, after the fall. A "help meet" only, And in the present state of affairs it is a curse to have children, to bring into the world female children is a crime, they are only slaves at any state of the game, The Laws are such that men, if they choose to devil a wife, and she no longer can stand their impudence, she takes refuge in divorce, and what does he do? by some false hook in the law, he takes her children, the children that she gave her life to bring forth. That she endangered her life to produce, and the only male in life, all animal life protects its young and leaves the female [in] undisputed authority, only man is low enough to interefere, and does so with evil intent. No woman in this age has the right to become a mother. No woman should bear children, who is not in the position to protect her child. No woman has the right to place her self in any position where she might bring a female in the world for white slavery. When woman is Queen of the home, when she is "mans help meet", when she is equal in law, and house, when she has the right to make demands, and order her home, what shall be and what shall not. When she is able by law to make her home pure, Then and then only [57042]should she think of bearing children, and until then it is a crime to bring children into the world. And that is why women now are, and will object to bring Children into the world. There will be happier homes, and happy children when just laws make woman fill her God given birth right, being a "Help meet" to man, not his slave, for licentious purposes only. In Ecclesiasticus XVI. 1st verse. Desire not a multitude of unprofitable children, neither delight in ungodly sons.******* it is better to die without children, than to have them that are ungodly. For by one that hath understanding shall the city be replenished: but the kindred of the wicked shall speedily become desolate." No, child bearing now is a crime. Why must we wait on a state trial? simply to give men time, to have a little more licentiousness to let them kill more souls and bodies, to allow a few more thousand girls go to damnation and ruin, that is all. Sufferage is a thing, men who know it's importance should force upon woman, just as the Dr. forces vaxanation. We prate of the flood in Ohio! a few people died, and suffered a few hours. What is that to the thousands of little innocent girls sold yearly into Slavery? God curse the men that allow such crimes, Until the laws are mad and in good form, with every protection I hope the Non, child bearing club will grow and prosper, for the best way to protect the child is to stop the production until all danger is over. And when our girls do marry, what do they face? disease, and every insulting unfaithfulness, what can a woman do? No some day when laws and men, want happiness, it will open the way by making women feel that they are their help meet, then only will we have happiness and homes, until then we have no right to produce the children for the criminal use. Most Resptly Mrs James Carter - [*57043*]Editorial and Dramatic Section of the Sunday American, March 30, 1913. In 1,000 Centuries, Some Improvement—Not Much. Copyright, 1913. by the Star Company. Great Britain Rights Reserved. Hal/Offman Clubbing Women, 1,000 Centuries B. C. Mobbing Women, March, 1913, Washington, D.C. Centuries Pass and Men Change Their Clothing, Their Speech and Some of Their Habits. But They Remain Brutes, and They Still Are Brutes. The Outrageous Mobbing of Women Parading for Equal Suffrage in Washington, on March 3d, 1913, PROVES Men's Brutality. Giving the Vote to Women Will Do More Than Anything Else to Hasten the Day of Decency and Good Conduct Among Men. IF a man says that women should not vote, that men in matters affecting government and law making are superior to women, ASK THAT MAN WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT THE SHAMEFUL MOBBING [*missing*]ING OF WOMEN BY MEN IN WASHINGTON AT THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT WILSON. To govern others and make laws for others, a human being should be able to govern himself and to obey the laws that he has made for himself. It is fair to presume that the men gathered at Washington for the inauguration were average, representative American citizens. Among other things they witnessed an orderly, dignified and impressive parade, organized by women, to assert their rights and to share in government. The women exercising their rights were mobbed, insulted and compelled to defend themselves by physical effort, against the VOTING ROWDIES—typical of the kind of [*missing*] to think by the vile treatment of the women at Washington. Every incident of that kind brings nearer the [*missing*] And the day is not very far off when every women in this county will have a vote. [*missing*] forcibly through a tube. And at last her English jailers— or rather the men responsible to public opinion— found what they had often found before—that woman's courage exceeds that of a man—and they have just released that girl, nearly dead, but defiant to the last. They feared to keep her any longer, lest she should die on their hands. And she was perfectly willing to die because she knew that her death from starvation in jail, if she could bring it about, would awake public opinion. There are thousands of such women. AND THERE ARE NOT THOUSANDS OF SUCH MEN. Another story that you might tell the solemn man or foolish woman who objects to votes for women is the story which in the newspapers was headed as follows: "Three Little Boys See Father Kill Mother." Did you happen to read that story? It came from Belfast, Maine. The father was named Emory Danforth. The three little boys, of whom the biggest was twelve years old, looked on in terror while their father clubbed the mother to death. Do you know WHY the father clubbed the mother to death, while the three children looked on? The cause was simple. The mother had recently inherited some money [*missing*]Hal/Offman Clubbing Women, 1,000 Centuries B. C. Mobbing Women, March, 1913, Washington, D.C. Centuries Pass and Men Change Their Clothing, Their Speech and Some of Their Habits. But They Remain Brutes, and They Still Are Brutes. The Outrageous Mobbing of Women Parading for Equal Suffrage in Washington, on March 3d, 1913, PROVES Men's Brutality. Giving the Vote to Women Will Do More Than Anything Else to Hasten the Day of Decency and Good Conduct Among Men. IF a man says that women should not vote, that men in matters affecting government and law making are superior to women, ASK THAT MAN WHAT HE THINKS ABOUT THE SHAMEFUL MOBBING [*missing*] ING OF WOMEN BY MEN IN WASHINGTON AT THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT WILSON. To govern others and make laws for others, a human being should be able to govern himself and to obey the laws that he has made for himself. It is fair to presume that the men gathered at Washington for the inauguration were average, representative American citizens. Among other things they witnessed an orderly, dignified and impressive parade, organized by women, to assert their rights and to share in government. The women exercising their rights were mobbed, insulted and compelled to defend themselves by physical effort, against the VOTING ROWDIES—typical of the kind of man who says that women should not vote. It was a disgraceful scene, humiliating to the earnest women involved. They must have felt thoroughly ashamed of their own countrymen, almost ashamed of the thought that they would soon be sharing the vote and the law-making power with such miserable creatures. *** The picture on this page shows how little men have advanced, and that incident in Washington proves how little progress they have made on the road toward real decency. They do not beat women over the heads with clubs as often as they used to, one hundred thousand years ago—or even one hundred years ago. The average man would now be ashamed to confess himself a wife beater—whereas formerly the wife beater was eminently respectable. Outwardly, and as individuals, men have given up ill treatment of women. And the English law, which permits a husband to beat his wife with a stick "no thicker than his thumb," can no longer be used to protect an Englishman who feels that man's right to vote must be combined with the right to be a wife beater. But the outside improvement is only a thin veneering. And very often, as at Washington, you find that the "civilized man" of March, 1913, is just as much of a brute and a bully as the man who lived one hundred thousand years ago and brained his wife or somebody else's wife with a club on slight provocation. *** The disgraceful exhibition that the proud American voters made of themselves at Washington WILL HELP THE CAUSE OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE. Women that have been lukewarm or indifferent, and men that have felt that suffrage was not as yet an important issue, have been made to think by the vile treatment of the women at Washington. Every incident of that kind brings nearer the day when the political slavery of women will end, and when men will give up the idea that woman must live ruled by laws in the making of which she has no share. There are still many Americans whose opinion of women is like that of the Sultan of Turkey—extracts from whose diary were printed in this newspaper last Sunday. The Imperial Turk—about the worst of his tribe—says that he prefers "the modest, gentle-faced women of the Eastern Harem to the shameless, stern-faced women of America." That means, of course, that he likes the woman who fawns at the feet of her master like a spaniel. On a bigger scale, he is like the Americans and many Europeans who like women to shiver and shake in their lordly presence, who like women to wait upon them— even though the woman be tired and the man not tired. And, unfortunately, many women in America, like the majority of women in Turkey, believe that the part of a fawning, sycophantic, characterless slave is the part that a woman should play. Slavery becomes a habit, and among women that are well to do, women that leave their children to servants, that buy their thought ready made, women with ambitions no bigger than social stupidity, there is fear of female suffrage, just as there was fear of liberty among the weaker slaves. *** But steadily and surely the women suffrage movement grows. Men fortunate enough to have intelligent mothers, daughters and sisters of character KNOW THAT THEY ARE FIT TO VOTE AND OUGHT TO VOTE. And men with intelligence and education enough to realize that woman has been the civilizing factor in the human race from the beginning know that the great necessity of the day is to bring the influence of women into politics, TO COMPEL THE POLITICIANS TO THINK OF WOMAN'S GOOD OPINION. And the day is not very far off when every woman in this country will have a vote. In another generation men will find it difficult to believe that women were kept in political slavery after the vote had been given to the black slaves. Those who read this newspaper have been foremost in the discussion of female suffrage and have done a great deal to create public opinion. It is their duty to hasten the day when woman will take her proper place in government. They can find, in the news of every day, happenings that may be used admirably and convincingly as texts. *** When a man or a woman says that only man has the courage needed in war, and that women can't vote because they can't go to war and fight, or because they can't be policemen, tell them two things. Tell them first, that the greatest men, well fit to vote, DO NOT GO TO WAR, AND WOULD NOT MAKE GOOD POLICEMEN. Tell them the day went by a long while ago when the value of a man depended upon his ability to kill other men on the battlefield, or to catch burglars at night. And tell them also, incidentally, that in real courage, which is the courage of the mind and of the spirit, woman is superior to man and always has been superior to him. One man in one hundred, perhaps, was able to show the fortitude that the women showed in the old days of the martyrs. A woman willing to sacrifice her life and endure suffering of the most frightful kind, either for her own child or for her convictions, is the commonest thing in all history. *** Take the case of the young English girl, Sylvia Pankhurst, put in jail for her refusal—a most proper refusal—to submit to laws in the making of which she and other women have no share. They locked her in jail. She said, "I am powerless here. For you men who make the laws have locked me up. But at least I will set an example." And during the five weeks that they kept her in jail she refused to eat. And every day she was fed forcibly through a tube. And at last her English jailers— or rather the men responsible to public opinion— found what they had often found before—that woman's courage exceeds that of a man—and they have just released that girl, nearly dead, but defiant to the last. They feared to keep her any longer, lest she should die on their hands. And she was perfectly willing to die because she knew that her death from starvation in jail, if she could bring it about, would awake public opinion. There are thousands of such women. AND THERE ARE NOT THOUSANDS OF SUCH MEN. *** Another story that you might tell the solemn man or foolish woman who objects to votes for women is the story which in the newspapers was headed as follows: "Three Little Boys See Father Kill Mother." Did you happen to read that story? It came from Belfast, Maine. The father was named Emory Danforth. The three little boys, of whom the biggest was twelve years old, looked on in terror while their father clubbed the mother to death. Do you know WHY the father clubbed the mother to death, while the three children looked on? The cause was simple. The mother had recently inherited some money from her father—not much, but enough to keep away absolute poverty. The husband was determined to get it, to spend it for himself, having what he called "a good time," which consisted chiefly in getting drunk. The mother would not let him have the money. SHE REFUSED TO SPEND IT EXCEPT TO BUY CLOTHING FOR THEIR CHILDREN. HE DECLARED HE WOULD KILL HER IF HE DID NOT GET THE MONEY. Finally the man got drunk without her money and he kept his word. He clubbed her to death. The little boys first went for a doctor, then for an undertaker, and then told the police. *** As those little boys, one twelve, one six and one three years old, stood in front of the policeman, telling how their father had clubbed their mother to death, they presented a very interesting argument IN FAVOR OF VOTES FOR WOMEN. If that mother, who was clubbed to death because she tried to use her money for her children, had been permitted to vote SHE MIGHT HAVE CLOSED THE SALOON THAT SOLD THE WHISKEY TO HER DRUNKEN HUSBAND. If she had been permitted to vote, even if the saloon had not been closed, some ward heeler would have taken care that the saloon keeper did not get her husband TOO DRUNK, for fear of losing the woman's vote. But that woman lived with that brute, WITHOUT ANY POWER OF PROTEST EXCEPT HER OWN COURAGE. He, the murderer and the drunkard, could vote, and he did vote. But she, who struggled up to the minute when she was murdered to defend her children and to protect them from poverty, was treated by the law as an inferior, unfit for the ballot. There are hundreds of thousands of such women in this country, living with men as far beneath them as that man was beneath his wife. And the law makes these women all rank with the Indians and the idiots, not voting. When the women in Washington, peaceably and in a dignified and proper manner, gathered to make a demonstration in their own behalf, they were mobbed and insulted by the voting "lords of creation." And on top of that infamy they are told that they are not fit to vote, because they haven't sufficient intelligence or character. The people are not going to stand that always. VOTES FOR WOMEN WILL COME AND SOON. And those that read this newspaper will hasten the day [*57044*][2—C E] NEW YORK AMERICAN. SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 1913 The New Scientific Training to Make Housewives More Efficient Interesting and Valuable Work of a Rochester School Which Teaches Women to Apply the Principles of Physics, Chemistry and the Other Sciences to Household Problems By J. ERNEST WOODLAND, M.S. Instructor in Chemistry at Mechanics Institute, Rochester, N. Y. TIMES have changed since mother was a girl. The old chunk stove has given way to the hot water heater. The kitchen range has many competitors now-a-days as a means of preparing food. Electricity, gas, gasoline, kerosene alcohol and even mineral wool have long since proved their efficiency as housekeeping assets. Kerosene replaced candles several generations ago; gas caimed the lead as producer of light; then electricity came into its own. Certainly times have changed. With the ever increasing number of household improvements, there comes added responsibility to the hosuewife. Does she know in what way the best possible results may be obtained from the advantages at her command? Can she read the gas meter, the electric meter, the water meter? Does she know how to shut off the water and pack a leaky valve in a water pipe and thereby save her hardworking husband a big plumber's bill? Perhaps she can do these things, perhaps not. To offer the young woman of to-day the knowledge which will make her an efficient housewife, Mechanics' Institute has started courses in Household Physics and Chemistry. More than one hundred young women are enrolled in these classes, learning how to apply the principles of physics and chemistry in the household. The why of the gas range, the fireless cooker, the vacuum cleaner and every other appliance that makes for domestic efficiency is taught. The course is not intended to take the place of regular instruction in either physics or chemistry, but is intended as a sort of post-graduate course in which the student makes practical application of the principles and laws gained in earlier courses. Most of the young women in these classes have had not less than a year of physics and chemistry and it is interesting to note that several college graduates have been among the most enthusiastic members of the class. From small beginnings the course has grown to proportions where few details of household work are unaccounted for. Ventilation, one of the most necessary adjuncts of the well regulated home, and too often one of the most neglected, is taught from its foundation principles. How shall a house be ventilated so that pure air may be obtained for every room without loss of heat in the Winter? How shall a sleeping room be ventilated so that pure air may not be paid for by a chilling draft? The course teaches how to solve this and many other ventilation problems. The brook of yesterday is replaced by the vacuum cleaner of to-day. does the housewife know which style of cleaner will prove most efficient for her particular use? The course teaches the construction of the different makes of cleaners; and practical results are obtained by careful study of the […] [...] hour, as determined by the age, sex, condition and occupation. Testing of air for impurities; air currents. The necessity for ventilation. The relation of external ventilation to: Bodies of water, active or stagnant; streets, their width and condition; parks, trees and open spaces; yards, their size and condition; factories; nearness and direction of prevailing winds. Requisites for good ventilation: Abundant supply of fresh air at proper temperature and humidity; exits for removal of the impure air; prevention of cold drafts; air must be drawn from a clean source. The relation of house ventilation to: The construction of the house, material, workmanship and condition; interior finish; plaster, paper, etc.; rooms, their size and arrangement; method of heating. Kinds of ventilation: Natural; diffusion and convection; modified conventional use of window boards, transoms, double windows, coils, heated air flues, etc.; fan and vacuum systems. The students consider the ventilation problems under the various systems of house heating. They make inspection and study of systems of ventilation for schools. They consider their own personal problems, such as the ventilation of the one- window bedroom. They examine and consider various forms of window boards and window ventilators. In the course on heating the following are some of the subjects considered: Nature and sources of heat, methods of [...] [...] tion; ways of maintaining the normal temperature of the body when in the [?]. Requirements for good house [?]ing— A generous supply of warm air at the proper temperature and humidity; uniform distribution throughout the house; least amount of dust and products of combustion inside the house; easy regulation of the supply accoring to outside conditions, and the special demands in the house as to age, condition, etc., of the inmates. Points to be considered in the selection of a heating plant—The location of the house with regard to wind direction and southern exposure; the materials and construction of the house; the size of the house; number, size and arrangement of rooms; the cost of the system, including initial cost, installation cost and upkeep cost; the kind of fuel, its cost and the labor and time required to maintain a clean fire and care for ashes; the amount of air which one ton of coal will warm to the required temperament, with ventilation and humidity considered and provided. The size, material and location of flues, chimneys, etc.; the use of thermostats and water coils; how to select and use a good thermometer. [...] [...] of the carpet sweeper; dustless dusters; the efficiency of various types of vacuum cleaners. The course in refrigeration takes up the principles of refrigeration; freezing mixtures; the temperature required for different commodities; the construction of movable and built-in ice boxes; the care and cleaning of the ice box; objections to and dangers from ice boxes; ammonia and refrigeration; the relation of electricity to refrigeration; refrigeration plants and cold storage; the difference between natural and manufactured ice. The class has the benefit of lectures by a refrigeration expert, and also visits large refrigeration and cold storage plants. Heat as applied to cooking is made the subject of careful study. Radiation, convection and conduction are considered; the construction of cooking stoves, with the purpose and relation of flues, fire box, oven, drafts, check dampers, insulation, uniform oven heating, etc; a comparison of wood, coal and gas ranges; water fronts, reservoirs and gas water heaters; fireless cookers, including the electric; materials used in cooking utensils, copper and earthenware; oil stoves, alcohol stoves, electric cookers and other special cooking devices. Other helpful courses with some of the topics considered in them are as follows: ILLUMINATION. Nature and production of light; necessity for light. House lighting—Utilization of sun's light; candles, oil lamps, gas lamps and electric lights; quantity and quality of light and [...] [...]venience, quality of light, artistic features and relation to ventilation. Reading of gas and electric meters, with problems based on actual amounts used by lights and household devices. HOUSEHOLD MACHINES. Machines; kinds and types; their mechanical advantage and efficiency; friction, how utilized and how reduced; power and power transmission; study of six simple machines as to nature, mechanical advantage, efficiency and application to the home; complex machines such as motors; laboratory study of machines used in the home. FIRE PREVENTION. Causes of fire; the chemistry and physics of fires; methods of precaution and preventions; types of fire extinguishers; uses and care of extinguishers. PLUMBING. Water pipes and connections; sewer pipes and connections; traps, their types, purpose, construction, care and dangers; sinks, tubs, etc., their installation, care and dangers; the installation of gas pipes and connections and the detection of breaks. There was a time when the chapters on electricity in the text-books were passed over as being of little practical value. Today all this is changed, and the woman in the home can profit from a knowledge of ohms, amperes, volts and watts. An illustration of this point is in order. An agent calls at the house with a new type of electric flatiron, so beautiful in its simplicity of operation that a child can handle it safely. It does the ironing perfectly, but the lady of the house asks about the cost of operation. How will it affect the bills for electricity. Says the agent: "Oh, you would hardly notice it— as much as one or two lamps, maybe." If the lady of the house is wise enough to look for a little brass plate on the iron or a tag in the box she may learn that this particular iron consumes 550 watts. Now, an ordinary 16-candle power lamp consumes 50 watts, so in terms of lamps, 550 watts divided by 50 watts gives eleven 16-candle power lamps. In other words, it will cost just as much to run this flatiron as it would cost to light eleven lamps, or practically the whole house, and when the agent's attention is called to this fact he says, "Yes, that may be so, but think of the convenience." When you add a wash-[...] It is just as important for the woman of the home to know how to inspect the bills for gas and electricity as the bills for meat and groceries. For this reason the course is unusually comprehensive. Some of the subjects it covers are: Nature and production of electricity; closed, open, short an ground circuits; insulation, wiring, switches, etc.; ideas of and relations between E. M. F. current strength, resistance, volt, ampere, ohm, watt and watt hour; ohm's law and its applications; methods of computing the watts required by various electric devices, with problems of operating cost, based upon standard instruments, as lamps, flatirons, fans, heaters, toasters and motors. A few of the problems solved by the class in electricity are these: A toaster stove is provided with three heats, required 275, 400 and 500 watts respectively. Find the cost at 8 cents per kw. hour of operating on each heat for one hour. For how long could you operate such a stove on medium heat for 1 cent? At 10 cents per kw. hour, find the cost of operating a sewing machine by an electric motor (66 watts) five hours a day for three days. Compute the bill for electricity for the month of May for: Five 20-candle power Tungsten Wire Type Lamps (25 Watts) if each lamp is used an average of 2 1/2 hours each night; sewing machine motor (166 watts), 5 days, 4 hours each day; electric toaster stove (500), 11 minutes each breakfast; electric waching machine (200 watts), 4 times during month, 2 hours each time; and electric 6-pound flatiron (500 watts), 4 times during the month, 4 hours each times, current on 60 per cent of time. The courses in household chemistry are entirely practical and follow the same general lines as the household [?] simple experiments are [?] with the lecture work. It is a surprise to ma[?] many chemical facts a[?] lems of every-day life [?] with the use of an ordinary [?] —problems of respiration, combustion and ventilation. Special attention is given to the study of oxygen and the combustion of carbon and carbon compounds. A candle is burned and made to operate a rotary engine to show the liberation of energy. Carbon is produced from sugar by the use of sulphuric acid. Sugar is mixed with chlorate of potash and burned to show the great amount if heat liberated. The same thing is done with a piece of dry bread, and soon the student begins to realize how important is the selection of a proper food supply to furnish the necessary heat units. Simple tests are applied to show adul- [?] One of the Scientific Kitchens Where the Efficiency of Various Household Appliances is Tested. General Chemical Laboratory at Mechanics' Institute, Where Kinds of Food Are Analyzed In the Chemistry Course Students Are Taught to Detect the Presence of Adulterants in Baking Powders Fuel value Fuel value Fuel value per pound per pound per pound 105 calories 325 calories 105 calories ASPARAGUS MILK TOMATO Water 94.0% Water 87.0% Water 94.3% Protein 1.8% Protein 3.3% Protein 0.9% Fat 0.2% Fat 4.0% Fat 0.4% Carbo-hyd 3.3% Carbo-hyd 5.0% Carbo-hyd 3.9% Ash 0.7% Ash 0.7% Ash 0.5% After the Foods Have Been Analyzed Diagrams Like the Above Are Prepared to Show Their Relative ValueOne of the Scientific Kitchens Where the Efficiency of Various Household Appliances is Tested. working husband a big plumber's bill? Perhaps she can do these things, perhaps not. To offer the young woman of to-day the knowledge which will make her an efficient housewife, Mechanics' Institute has started courses in Household Physics and Chemistry. More than one hundred young women are enrolled in these classes, learning how to apply the principles of physics and chemistry in the household. The why of the gas range, the fireless cooker, the vacuum cleaner and every other appliance that makes for domestic efficiency is taught. The course is not intended to take the place of regular instruction in either physics or chemistry, but is intended as a sort of post-graduate course in which the student makes practical application of the principles and laws gained in earlier courses. Most of the young women in these classes have had not less than a year of physics and chemistry and it is interesting to note that several college graduates have been among the most enthusiastic members of the class. From small beginnings the course has grown to proportions where few details of household work are unaccounted for. Ventilation, one of the most necessary adjuncts of the well regulated home, and too often one of the most neglected, is taught from its foundation principles. How shall a house be ventilated so that pure air may be obtained for every room without loss of heat in the Winter? How shall a sleeping room be ventilated so that pure air may not be paid for by a chilling draft? The course teaches how to solve this and many other ventilation problems. The broom of yesterday is replaced by the vacuum cleaner of to-day. Does the housewife know which style of cleaner will prove most efficient for her particular use? The course teaches the construction of the different makes of cleaners; and practical results are obtained by careful study of the literature furnished by the manufacturers. Catalogues from competing companies are the text books on the subject of vacuum cleaners. At one time during the past year no less than six different makes of cleaners were placed at the disposal of the class for operation and dissection. The weak points in several makes were soon apparent. Offers on the part of the manufacturer to send expert operators were in all cases declined. The students make their own investigations and decide for themselves which is the best type of machine. The class room and laboratory work is supplemented by trips to various manufactories. Advertisers of household appliances are invited to send in bundles of literature, all of which is carefully and critically studied. Students soon learn that there is a wide difference in the practical value of advertised articles. The prime object of the work is to teach the student to observe accurately, think logically and draw sound conclusions. The principles of physics and chemistry are applied to the problems of thehome with the purpose of increasing the economy and efficiency of the household and promoting its comfort, health and happiness. The course tries to show how efficiency may be gained by the intelligent use of the equipment used. The subject matter of household physics is so extensive and far-reaching that it constantly spreads into other fields, such as chemistry, biology and bacteriology. while the emphasis is placed upon the physics of the subject, yet the other sciences are called upon to such an extent as is necessary to make reasonably clear and complete the content of each topic. Lectures and a large reference library are supplemented by a large amount of practical work in the laboratories and elsewhere. During the last school year eight visits were made to various manufacturing plants in Rochester, fifteen trips were made to inspect systems of heating and ventilation, and six special talks were given to the class by expert engineers on heating, ventilation, illumination, refrigeration, household appliances and methods. A brief summary of the topics treated in the course on ventilation is as follows: Air; its composition and the properits and functions of the several components. Humidity; actual and relative; the imporance of humidity in the air. Air pressure; with a study of weather conditions and predictions; weather prediction flags, weather charts. Terms applied to air-- vitiated, fresh, pure, bad, dry, moist, cold, hot, fetid, dusty, stagnant, etc. The amount of fresh air required by individuals per dition; factories; nearness and directions of prevailing winds. Requisites for good ventilation: Abundant supply of fresh air at proper temperature and humidity; exits for removal of the impure air; prevention of cold drafts; air must be drawn from a clean source. The relation of house ventilation to: The construction of the house, material, workmanship and condition; interior finish; plaster, paper, etc.; rooms, their size and arrangement; method of heating. Kinds of ventilation: Natural; diffusion and convection; modified conventional use of window boards, transoms, double windows, coils, heated air flues, etc.; fan and vacuum systems. The students consider the ventilation problems under the various systems of house heating. They make inspection and study of systems of ventilation for schools. They consider their own personal problems, such as the ventilation of the one-window bedroom. They examine and consider various forms of window boards and window ventilators. In the course on heating the following are some of the subjects considered: Nature and sources of heat; methods of heat transmission; necessity of heat to the body; relation between the normal temperature of the body and the normal temperature of the air, as determined by the heat produced in the body and body radiation; ways of maintaining the normal temperature of the body in the [???]. Requirements for good house [????] the A generous supply of warm air [???form] proper temperature and humidity at least distribution throughout the house; bus- amount of dust and products of [co??n] of tion inside the house; easy regulations, the supply according to outside conditions, and the special demands in the house as to age, condition, etc., of the inmates. Points to be considered in the selection of a heating plant--The location of the house with regard to wind directions and southern exposure; the materials and construction of the house; the size of the house; number, size and arrangement of rooms; the cost of the system, including initial cost, installation cost and upkeep cost; the kind of fuel, its cost and the labor and time required to maintain a clean fire and care for ashes; the amount of air which one ton of coal will warm to the required temperament, with ventailation and humidity considered and provided. The size, material and location of flues, chimneys, etc.; the use of thermostats and water coils; how to select and use a good thermometer. The course in house sanitation treats of the necessity for cleaning and the dangers in cleaning; the efficiency of various methods; the use of broom, mop and duster; the construction, operation and efficiency of the carpet sweeper; dustless dusters; the efficiency of various types of vacuum cleaners. The course in refrigeration takes up the principles of refrigeration; freezing mixtures; the temperature required for different commodities; the construction of movable and built-in ice boxes; the care and cleaning of the ice box; objections to and dangers from ice boxes; ammonia and refrigeration; the relation of electricity to refrigeration; refrigeration plants and cold storage; the difference between natural and manufactured ice. The class has the benefit of lectures by a refrigeration expert, and also visits large refrigeration and cold storage plants. Heat as applied to cooking is made the subject of careful study. Radiation, convection and conduction are considered; the construction of cooking stoves, with the purpose and relation of flues, fire box, oven, drafts, check dampers, insulation, uniform oven heating, etc; a comparison of wood, coal and gas ranges; water fronts, reservoirs and gas water heaters; fireless cookers, including the electric; materials used in cooking utensils, copper and earthenware; oil stoves, alcohol stoves, electric cookers and other special cooking devices. Other helpful courses with some of the topics considered in them are as follows: ILLUMINATION. Nature and production of light; necessity for light. House lighting--Utilization of sun's light; candles, oil lamps, gas lamps and electric lights; quantity and quality of light and its relation to ventilation and heating; relation of color and texture of walls to lighting. Comparison between gas and electric lighting as to cost per candle power, con- [???????????????????????????????] of six simple machines as to nature, mechanical advantage, efficiency and application to the home; complex machines such as motors; laboratory study of machines used in the home. FIRE PREVENTION. Causes of fire: the chemistry and physics of fires; methods of precaution and preventions; types of fire extinguishers; uses and care of extinguishers. PLUMBING. Water pipes and connections; sewer pipes and connections; traps, their types, purpose, construction, care and dangers; sinks, tubs, etc., their installation, care and dangers; the installation of gas pipes and connections and the detection of breaks. There was a time when the chapters on electricity in the text-books were passed over as being of little practical value. Today all this is changed, and the woman in the home can profit from a knowledge of ohms, amperes, volts and watts. An illustration of this point is in order. An agent calls at the house with a new type of electric flatiron, so beautiful in its simplicity of operation that a child can handle it safely. It does the ironing perfectly, but the lady of the house asks about the cost of operation. How will it affect the bills for electricity. Says the agent: "Oh, you would hardly notice it-- as much as one or two lamps, maybe." If the lady of the house is wise enough to look for a little brass plate on the iron or a tag in the box she may learn that this particular iron consumes 550 watts. Now, an ordinary 16-candle power lamp consumes 50 watts, so in terms of lamps, 550 watts divided by 50 watts gives eleven 16-candle power lamps. In other words, it will cost just as much to run this flatiron as it would cost to light eleven lamps, or practically the whole house, and when the agent's attention is called to this fact he says, "Yes, that may be so, but think of the convenience." When you add a washing machine, a vacuum cleaner, a toaster, a teapot, a broiler and a bake oven the wheels of the electric meter begin to get hot and the monthly bills climb in proportion. heats, requiring 275, 400 and 500 watts respectively. Find the cost at 8 cents per kw. hour of operating on each heat for one hour. For how long could you operate such a stove on medium heat for 1 cent? At 10 cents per kw. hour, find the cost of operating a sewing machine by an electric motor (66 watts) five hours a day for three days. Compute the bill for electricity for the month of May for: Five 20-candle power Tungsten Wire type Lamps (25 watts) if each lamp is used an average of 2 1/2 hours each night; sewing machine motor (166 watts), 5 days, 4 hours each day; electric toaster stove (500), 11 minutes each breakfast; electric washing machine (200 watts), 4 times during month, 2 hours each time; and electric 6-pound flatiron (500 watts), 4 times during the month, 4 hours each time, current on 60 per cent of time. The courses in household chemistry are entirely practical and follow the same general lines as the household physics. Many simple experiments are used in connection with the lecture work. It is a surprise to many to learn how many chemical facts and how many problems of every-day life can be demonstrated with the use of an ordinary tallow candle --problems of respiration, combustion and ventilation. Special attention is given to the study of oxygen and the combustion of carbon and carbon compounds. A candle is burned and made to operate a rotary engine to show the liberation of energy. Carbon is produced from sugar by the use of sulphuric acid. Sugar is mixed with chlorate of potash and burned to show the great amount of heat liberated. The same thing is done with a piece of dry bread, and soon the student begins to realize how important is the selection of a proper food supply to furnish the necessary heat units. Simple tests are supplied to show adulterations in food and in wearing apparel. Currant jelly is found to be made of apple cores, colored with red aniline dye. Articles of clothing are found to be a "yard wide," but not "all wool." "Pure linen" is sometimes found to be "half linen." "Pure cotton" blankets purporting to be half wool turn out to be 90 per cent cotton. Silks are weighted with tin chloride to the amount of 70 per cent of the total weight. The pure food laws have done much to remedy this state of affairs, but it isnevertheless a source of satisfaction and advantage to the housewife to be able to make her own tests and satisfy herself as to the purity of the food or fabrics purchased. A brief outline of the course as given will serve to show what ground is covered: Oxygen, air, combustion, respiration, oxidation, amount of heat; products of compbustion; the limewater test; the value of fuels as heat producers and their comparative cost. Alum as an adulterant in baking powder; analysis of baking powders and determination of the percent of carbon dioxide liberated. The study of milk--ordinary, pure and certified. Determination of butter--fat, total solids, total proteids, mineral matter and preservativeness; examination of butter and cheese; tests for oleomargarine an renovated butter. Determination of starch and gluten flour; baking tests carried on in the lab tory to show the quality of the flour the quality of bread it will produce accurate can some of these tests be that students are able to determine t in one to three loaves just how ma pound loaves a baker or housew produce from a barrel of flour of a brand. Examination of flavoring extract gar, olive oil, coffee and tea. Dyeing and the removal of grea and stains. Considerable attention is given examination of water, and here it the class joins hands with the Depa of biology when it comes to pre plates and making tests for colonies teria. The results obtained have f tified the experiment, and each Rochester high schools has inaug similar course with equally sati results. The physics and chemistry taug domestic science courses at Mech stitute are very homely in the but their practical value in economy and efficiency in the cannot be denied. The Money Passion, - - By Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst "Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred years." John. 12:5 Or as we should be likely to phrase it--if you had only put that pound of spikenard on the market instead of pouring it upon the Lord's head, you could have gotten $50 for it. This occurs in the record of Jesus's anointing by Mary. The question gives us the complexion of Judas's mind. A man publishes the quality of his feelings as readily by what he asks as by what he affirms. The transaction denoted to Judas only up to the point of the money there was in it. this is accounted for in part by the fact that he was treasurer of the Apostolic Twelve. A treasurer's mind, as such, requires to be arithmetically constituted. He is bound to see things on their commercial side. Too much of the ideal spoils a treasurer for practical purposes. It is the intent of his office to stimulate revenues and to minimize expenditures. Beside all that, Judas was a thief, so the context. I have wondered whether Judas was treasurer because he was a thief, or a thief because he was treasurer; that is to say, whether he sought the position because of the clandestine opportunities it would afford him of bettering his own condition pecuniarily, or whether he started out hones, but was made thievish by the opportunity he had of handling other's money and expending it without rendering an itemized account. Judging from the narrative, if he could have gotten the money equivalent of that pound of spikenard into his treasurer's purse he could have commissioned himself out of it without any of the rest being the wiser. Which reflects on the other eleven. No man is so honest but that he will bear watching. They ought to have watched him. Integrity needs all the supports that can be gathered about it. If they had not left everything to Judas and made him an irresponsible party, it might have been the means of saving Judas or preventing his lapse. Men can shirk responsibility, but they cannot shirk accountability. Disposition to do wrong is greatly fostered by safe opportunities of doing wrong. That accounts for the fall of a great many who occupy positions of pecuniary trust. When a bank officer, president or cashier, misappropriates the funds of the concern, and does it because of the unlimited confidence put in him by the bank directors, who were elected not to trust him, but to direct him and watch him, then the odium of the transaction ought to be generously and pretty equably distributed; not concentrated upon the one culprit in particular, and he made the scapegoat of the corporate criminality of the whole institution. But to whatever cause referable, the transaction in question denoted to Judas only up to the point of the money there was in it. Spikenard, to whatever use applied, meant for him only so much merchantable commodity. Things look to us according to the eyes with which we look at them. We find in things the meaning we first put into them. The artist sees in the tree only beauty; the lumberman nothing but timber in the same tree. In this pound of apothecaries' perfume Judas saw perfume, or rather he saw only the $50 for which the perfume was exchangeable. Judas had a money-sense. The worth of a thing was what it would fetch--the money it would fetch. He was ready to market anything. Nothing counted for him that was not expressible in terms of dollars and cents. A tear, a contrition, an affection, had no cash value, and therefore to him no value. "To what purpose is this waste?" He sold the Lord for three pounds and a half, and would have disposed of the Almighty Father for four, if he could have made him salable and obtained a purchaser, That gives us the quality of Judas's mind. "Why was not this ointment sold for 300 pence?" We have made this instance in the experience of Judas our point of departure for the reason that the air is full of so much of the same things. It is rather characteristic of our country and times. It is the habit of our thought and the temper of our mind; not more perhaps of the wealthier classes than those moderately circumstances. It is outside of the Church, and it is inside of the Church. It is a disease, either mental or moral, or both, and, like maladies of the body, shows little disposition to regulate itself by church lines; and is like the blighting draught or the nipping frost, whcih pays no attention to walls and fences in determining the area of its ravages. The thoughts and interests of our generation have a monetary complexion, and there are a thousand ways in which we unconsciously betray the fact. When we look at a fine house it is all-over American to ask what it cost. That not because the house is for sale, nor because we would like to buy, nor because we have any such dream as that we could meet any price that might be put upon it, but simply out of the vigor and exuberance of our money-sense. We may preach against the money-sense and try to practice against it to-day, but if I were to hear to-morrow of a ne wfamily coming into my congregation, one of the first questions that would arise would have to do with the matter in hand, and inquiry as to his relations financail and social would be exceedingly likely to take percedence of questions that it might occur to ask respecting his culture or his religion. That is the temper of the times. So if a gentleman were to enter our sanctuary and desire to be seated, and he were known to the ushers to be worth a million or over, he would be given a seat about two-thirds of the way up, on the centre aisle, and the poor man ushered next be slipped in wherever there is room for an odd individual. and this, notwithstanding what the Bible says so directly and explicitly about just this matter: "My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ with respect of persons. For if there come into your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there comes in also a poor man in vile raiment; and ye have respect to him that weareth the fine clothes, and say unto him, sit thou here in a good place, and say to the poor, stand thou there, or sit here under my foot stool, are ye not then partial in yourselves, and ar ebecome judges with evil thoughts?" Saints can sit in the back row, holiness can stand up, but what James calls gold rings and gay apparel must be accommodated. After Judas, who could see only $50 in the ointment that has perfumed the world for nineteen centuries, and only $17 in the blood that has redeemed mankind--after Judas everything is easy and explicable. We need wonder nevermore at the expense of human wretchedness at which beer and whiskey magnates build up colossal fortunes, and corner grocerymen win pleasant competence. That is the thing we have to fear. It is all around. it is a kind of inflowing tide which makes deep water everywhere. This explains a great many problems. it shows how it can be possible for young men who have been brought up under a blessed home discipline to forsake the principle of integrity in which they have been taught, purloin from their employers, bring distress upon their parents and disgrace upon their families. "Land was made to build on. Parks yield no income." At a meeting of prominent Chicago men to raise funds for the Dearborn Park Library and Art Gallery, some one remarked that he did not believe the enterprise would ever pay. "I want Chicago," exclaimed the late Emory Storrs, "I want Chicago to rise to that eminence when it can do something that won't pay." That is the trouble with American civilization. It is crammed full of Judas; Judas that was so steeped in the spirit of lucre that 300 pence were more fragrant than the saintly worship of Mary and 30 pieces of silver gleamed with a lustre that eclipsed the glory of the son of God. This matter is worth the best thought we can give it, the most profound and devout meditiation we can expend upon it. it pierces to the heart of the distinctive peril of current American civilization. It is here in America now just what it was there in Bethany--the Almight God versus the almighty dollar. God or Mammon-- which?TELEGRAM [*[89]*] The White House, Washington. 8 WU JM 50 NL 837am 3rd Charron, Neb., April 2, 1913. The President, Washington, D.C. Resolved that this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge in his message convening the extra session of Congress the passage of an amendment to the United States constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men adopted at a meeting at Charron, Nebraska, of the women's suffrage association. No sig. [*57045*][*[89]*] Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association Auxiliary to National-American Woman Suffrage Association Sarah Barnwell Elliott, President, Sewanee Hannah J.Price, Vice President East Tennessee, Morristown Mrs F.L. Woodruff, Vice President West Tennessee, Jackson Margaret Craft, Recording Secretary, Knoxville Mrs Ida Clyde Clark, Sup. Press Work, Nashville Mrs J.M. McCormack, Vice President-at-Large, Memphis Maria Thompson Daviess, Vice President Middle Tennessee, Nashville Mrs. Perkins Baxter, Corresponding Secretary, Nashville Catherine J. Wester. Treasurer, Chattanooga Mrs. John E. Turney. Sup. Legislative Work. Nashville Mrs. Lyde Merriweather. Honorary Life President. Memphis. The White House Apr 4 - 1913 Received Resolved - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at The James Bldg April 2 - 1913 Emelia B. Cope Chairman of the Meeting. Names. Emelia B. Cope A. Marie Macpherson (Mrs_ Cora G McKerney (Mrs) Harriet E Jones Mabel McKenney Frederick Jones Jasp. NC Rhea 57046Political Equality Club [*[89]*] Warsaw, N.Y. [*2*] The White House. APR 4 - 1913 RECEIVED To his Honor the President of the United States, I am writing at the request of the Officers of our club which numbers one hundred members to urge you in your Message to the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men, Yours very earnestly in Democracy, Ella Hawley Crossett President. April 2, 1913. 57047GAINS IN EQUAL SUFFRAGE [*[89]*] By ALICE STONE BLACKWELL Eighty years ago women could not vote anywhere, except to a very limited extent in Sweden, and in a few other places in the old world. TIME PLACE KIND OF SUFFRAGE 1838 Kentucky -------------------- School suffrage to widows with children of school age. 1850 Ontario ---------------------- School suffrage, women married and single. 1861 Kansas ----------------------- School suffrage. 1867 New South Wales -------- Municipal suffrage. 1869 England ---------------------- Municipal suffrage, single women and widows. Victoria ----------------------- Municipal suffrage, married and single women. Wyoming -------------------- Full suffrage. 1871 West Australia ------------- Municipal suffrage. 1875 Michigan --------------------- School suffrage. Minnesota ------------------- School suffrage. 1876 Colorado --------------------- School suffrage. 1877 New Zealand --------------- School suffrage. 1878 New Hampshire ----------- School suffrage. Oregon ----------------------- School suffrage. 1879 Massachusetts ------------- School suffrage. 1880 New York --------------------- School suffrage. Vermont ---------------------- School suffrage. South Australia ------------ Municipal suffrage. 1881 Scotland ---------------------- Municipal suffrage to the single women and widows. Isle of Man ------------------- Parliamentary suffrage. 1883 Nebraska --------------------- School suffrage. 1884 Ontario ------------------------ Municipal suffrage. Tasmania --------------------- Municipal suffrage. 1886 New Zealand ---------------- Municipal suffrage. New Brunswick ------------- Municipal suffrage. 1887 Kansas ------------------------- Municipal suffrage. Nova Scotia ------------------ Municipal suffrage. Manitoba --------------------- Municipal suffrage. North Dakota --------------- School suffrage. South Dakota --------------- School suffrage. Montana ---------------------- School suffrage. Arizona ------------------------ School suffrage. New Jersey ------------------- School suffrage. Montana ---------------------- Tax-paying suffrage. 1888 England ------------------------ County suffrage. British Columbia ------------ Municipal suffrage. Northwest Territory-------- Municipal suffrage. 1889 Scotland ----------------------- County suffrage. Province of Quebec ------- Municipal suffrage. Single women and widows. 1891 Illinois --------------------------- School suffrage. 1893 Connecticut ------------------- School suffrage. Colorado ----------------------- Full suffrage. New Zealand ------------------ Full suffrage. On November 5, 1912, Kansas, Oregon, Arizona, and Michigan passed constitutional amendments granting suffrage to women. In Michigan the amendment was counted out by fraudulent methods, but it will be resubmitted in April, 1913. 57048TIME PLACE KIND OF SUFFRAGE 1894 Ohio-------- school suffrage. Iowa-------- Bond suffrage. England----Parish and district suffrage. Married and single women. 1895 South Australia- Full State suffrage. 1896 Utah---- Full suffrage. Idaho---- " " 1898 Ireland----------- All offices except members of Parliament Minnesota------ Library trustees. Delaware-------- School suffrage to tax-paying women. France------------ Women engaged in commerce can vote for Judges of the [Tribunal of Commerce. Louisiana---------Tax-paying suffrage. 1900 Wisconsin----------- School suffrage. West Australia----- Full State suffrage. 1910 New York--------- Tax-paying suffrage. Local taxation in all towns and villages [of the state. Norway------------ Municipal suffrage. 1902 Australia----------------- Full suffrage. New South Wales----- Full State suffrage. 1903 Kansas---------- Bond suffrage Tasmania------ Full state suffrage. 1905 Queensland----- " " " 1906 Finland------------ Full Suffrage. Eligible to all offices. 1907 Norway------------- Full Parliamentary suffrage to the 300,000 women who already [had municipal suffrage. Sweden------------- Eligible to municipal offices. Denmark----------- Can vote for members of boards of public charities, and serve on such board. England------------- Eligible as mayors, aldermen and count and town councillors. Oklahoma---------- New State continued school suffrage for women. 1908 Michigan------------- Taxpayers to vote on questions of local taxation and granting of franchises. Denmark-------------- Women who are taxpayers, or wives of taxpayers, a vote for all officers except members of Parliament. Victoria----------------- Full state suffrage. 1909 Belgium---------------------- Can vote for members of the Counseils des Prudhommes, [and also eligible. Province of Voralberg (Austrian Tyrol)-------------------------- Single women and widows paying taxes were given a vote. Ginter Park, VA.----------- Tax-paying women, a vote on all municipal questions. 1910 Washington------------------------------ Full suffrage. New Mexico------------------------------ School suffrage. Norway------------------------------------ Municipal suffrage made universal. (Three-fifths of the women had had it before.) Bosnia------------------------------------- Parliamentary vote to women owning a certain amount of [real estate. Diet of the Crown Provice of Krain (Austria)-----------------------Suffrage to the women of its capital city, Laibach. India. (Gaekwar of Baroda)------- Women of his dominions vote in municipal elections. Wurtemberg, Kingdom of,-------- Women engaged in agriculture vote for members of the Chamber of Agriculture. Also eligible. New York-------------------------------- Women in all towns, villages and third-class cities vote on bonding propositions. 1911 California------------ Full suffrage Honduras------------ Municipal suffrage in capital city, Belize Iceland---------------- Parliamentary suffrage for women over 25 years Send for catalog of suffrage literature and supplies. Subscribe for THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL, Address: NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION, 505 Fifth Avenue, New York CityTwenty Facts About Woman Suffrage Fact No. 1 - Over a million women in the United States have full political rights. Fact No. 2 - In six states of the Union—California, Washington, Colorado, Idaho, and Utah—women vote for President, Vice-President, Congressmen, and all state, county, and city officials. Fact No. 3 - Utah, a woman suffrage state, has the largest proportion of homeowners of any state in the Union. Fact No. 4 - In Denver, the women cast fifty-five percent of the vote in the large residence wards, and only four percent in the "slum" wards. Fact No. 5 - Women are only forty-two percent of the population of Colorado, but they cast forty-five percent of the vote. Fact No. 6 - In New Zealand, at the first election after the enfranchisement of women in 1893, eighty-five percent of the women voted and sixty-nine percent of the men. Fact No. 7 - At later elections in New Zealand, the vote of the men steadily rose. In 1908 (the latest available report), eighty-one percent of the men voted. Fact No. 8 - In most states of the Union, about sixty to sixty-five percent of the men vote. Fact No. 9 - In Wyoming, ninety percent of the women vote. Fact No. 10 - In Colorado, eighty percent of the women register and seventy-five percent vote. Fact No. 11 - In Idaho, women cast forty percent of the vote, though they are in the minority. Fact No. 12 - In Seattle, there were never a hundred women devoting themselves to the suffrage campaign, but 23,000 women registered at the first election. Fact No. 13 - At the first election after the women of California were enfranchised, which took place in Los Angeles in 1911, practically the entire adult population of the city voted. Approximately 70,000 women registered and ninety-five percent of these actually cast their ballots, outnumbering the men voters in many wards. Fact No. 14 - Eighty percent of the women voting in the last election in Seattle were married—the women of the home. Fact No. 15 - In Wyoming and Idaho, a larger percentage of women are married than in any other state in the Union. Fact No. 16 - In Wyoming, where women have voted the longest, divorce is only one-eighth as great as in similar states where women do not vote. Fact No. 17 - On November 5, 1912, Kansas, Oregon, Arizona, and Michigan passed constitutional amendments granting suffrage to women. Fact No. 18 - The amendment was counted out by fraudulent methods, but it will be resubmitted in April 1913. Fact No. 19 - The struggle for woman suffrage has been marked by persistence and resilience across the nation. Fact No. 20 - The impact of women voting has transformed political landscapes and continues to influence legislation and social policies today. On November 5, 1912, Kansas, Oregon, Arizona and Michigan passed conditional amendments granting suffrage to women. In Michigan the amendment was counted by fraudulent methods, but it will be resubmitted in April, 1913.Fact No. 17- In New Zealand divorce has decreased seventy-seven per cent and crime has decreased fifty-five per cent since women began to vote. Fact No. 18-There is no nation, no state, no city that has enfranchised women where the vote of the disreputable women even remotely approaches that of the women of good repute. Fact No. 19-Almost 30,000 women voted at the last election in Denver. Of these only 400 could be connected with any bad element. Fact No. 20-In letters presented to the Chicago charter convention in October, 1906, the 140 mayors of cities in the states where women voted in city elections--Idaho, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and Kansas--were unanimous in agreeing, first, that the women do vote in large numbers, in many places ninety to ninety-five per cent; second, that the women are public-spirited and take an intelligent interest in public affairs; third, that the vote of disreputable women is a negligible factor. SEND FOR CATALOG OF SUFFRAGE LITERATURE AND SUPPLIES. In the Literature Department: PAMPLETS AND LEAFLETS giving arguments and results, facts, figures, tabulations and statistics at all prices from 15c. per 100 to 10c. per copy. BOOKS OF VALUE TO SUFFRAGISTS--a selected list comprising the best literature of the woman movement. SUFFRAGE PLAYS, poems and songs at prices to fit every purse. RAINBOW FLIERS, at 10c. per 100. In the Supplies Department: VOTES FOR WOMEN NOVELTIES OF ALL KINDS including buttons, bannerettes and badges, note paper, seals, stickers and rubber stamps, photographs of all the great leaders. Subscribe for THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL, the only suffrage paper of national scope ALICE STONE BLACKWELL, Editor $1.00 per year 5c. per copy Address NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION 505 Fifth Avenue, New York City 6To Our President Woodrow Wilson Honored Sir- Will you not promote equal sufferage by including a constitutional amendment in your legislative programme for the special session of Congress. I think you see the justice of our cause. very Truly Miss M. A Eddy Secy of Washington Co. U.S.A. Schaghtioke N.J.36 Prospect St Somersworth, N.J. April 2 1913 President Woodrow Wilson Executive Mansiion Washington, D.C. My dear Mr. President, at a recent meeting of the Somersworth Equal Suffrage League, the enclosed resolution was unanimously passed. We trust the you will bring the matter before Congress at its extra session. Very truly yours, Alice M. Edgerly (Mrs. Jasit) Pres. S. E. S League[89] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy pf this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Somersworth, New Hampshire. Ahie M. Edgerly. Chairman of the Meeting. March 25, 1913 Somersworth Equal Suffrage League [*57052*][*[89]*] Resolved — that the mothers, wives, and daughters, composing "The Marion Womans Suffrage League, ask President Wilson in his message to the extra session of Congress, to urge the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution, so that women can have equal suffrage with men. Resolved — that a copy of this resolution be sent to our President Woodrow Wilson adopted - Mrs. J. Willard Freeland Chairman Marion Womans Suffrage League "13" April 2nd - Marion 6. District [*57053*]From Steubenville Herald-Star : [“This beautiful booklet,] ["Thoughts In Verse,'] by Mrs. Isabelle McMurray Freeland, of Marion, Ohio, a former well known Steubenville girl who has become a writer of prose and poetry of literary merit. The poems are sweet and wholesome, of literary merit and expression of the beauty of one whose heart is filled with song and the glorious inheritance of eternal spring.” Yours, for Steubenville [*57054*]Written For [*Apr 2*] Woodrow Wilson. President U. S. [*89*] [*2*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 5 1913 RECEIVED*] Why not give woman the vote She has gladly helped man to win Wherever her voice or hand could aid In the conflict of right o'er sin. Has woman done nothing for you? Theres the mother who gave to you life Who taught that honor and courage count Out in the worlds great strife In all your boyhood years and manhoods worldly care How oft her voice went up to God For you, her boy in prayer Has woman done nothing for you? "Until death do us part" She gives her love and tenderness and sacrifice of heart A daughter's love fresh courage gives The best of life to gain. She twines her love into your heart and scatters care and pain Why not give woman a vote? The cradle-rocking hand can surely cast the ballot right For home and native land -Isabelle McMurry Freeland [*57055*] Mrs J.W. Freeland. Marion OhioRESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President WIlson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this Resolution be sent to President Wilson. ADOPTED at a meeting at Jamaica, NY, April 2, 1913. (Mrs) Cora Perry Hamilton Chairman of the Meeting[*THE WHITE HOUSE Apr 5 1913 RECEIVED*] [*89*] Jackson Tennessee 288 Highland Avenue April 2nd 1913 Honorable Woodrow Wilson, President of the U S Executive Mansion Washington City, D C Dear Sir May I claim your attention for a few moments in which to ask you to confer upon American Womanhood the greatest compliment in your power as President of the U.S., and at the same time to have a noble part in the undoing of greatest injustice ever held over any people — and that is in withholding from American Women the right of franchise. I am fifty years old. I have been a tax paper for at least half that time. I have taken the keenest interest in the political interest of our country all this time, tell me pray why I am denied the ballot, I give the best of my time to philanthropic work — have for thirty years & all this time I have felt the need of the ballot for Women. I pray you Sir in justice to your American principles, do your duty and let any man criticize that will [*57057*]2 but nothing that you will have the opportunity in life of doing, can be worth as much to as great a number as the acknowledgment on your part of the right of [the]American Womanhood to exercise the right of franchise if she so desires, There are many men so dead to the sense of real patriotism that they do not exercise their right, if there be such women - they need not vote — but those of us who can & desire to cast intelligent votes should have the privilege, This may not reach your eye —but it is written with a prayer in the heart — that somehow it may reach you and at least arrest your thought; Praying the Father to lead and guide you daily in all things. Sincerely Rowena Rivers Hirsch President of Jackson Tenn W.C.T.U. Rec. Sec. Jackson Equal Suffrage League [*57058*]HEADQUARTERS NEW HAVEN EQUAL FRANCHISE LEAGUE 46 Elm Street Officers Mrs. Henry Wade, President 413 Orange Street Mrs. E.C. Moore, 1st Vice President 19 Trumbull Street Mrs. Charles De Forest, 2nd Vice President 421 Humphrey Street Miss Elizabeth Hooker, Corresponding Secretart 436 Orange Street Mrs. Charles W. Hoyt, Secretary 115 Livingston Street Miss Elsie Farnam, Treasurer 37 Hillhouse Avenue EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Mrs. Carlos F. Stoddard, Chairman Mrs. Frank A. Corbin Mrs. G. L. Hendrickson Mrs. Chas. F. Camp Mrs. Simon B. Shoninger Miss Alice Walker Miss Charlotte Baldwin Mrs. Harry L. Welch Mrs. John Owsley Miss Helen Porter Mrs. Louis E. Stoddard Miss Emily Whitney New Haven, Conn. April 2, 1913 Mr. Woodrow Wilson President of the United States My Dear Mr. Wilson- At a large meeting of the New Haven Equal Franchise League held today, the enclosed resolution was unanimously adopted. It was voted that a copy be sent to you with a letter. We urge you to give this subject serious consideration and recommend to Congress its adoption. Very sincerely yours Ellen J. Hoyt (Mrs. Charles W) Secretary N.H.E.F.L. [89] RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at New Haven Conn. of the New Haven Equal Franchise League. April 2, 1913 Mrs. Henry Wade Rogers [*signature*] Chairman of the Meeting. 57060[*[89]*] [*Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association Officers PRESIDENT MRS. ALICE AMES HALL 362 ST. PETER STREET ST. PAUL VICE-PRESIDENTS MARGARET KOCH, M. D. 716 MASONIC TEMPLE MINNEAPOLIS MR. P. L. DEVOIST DULUTH MRS. H. A. TOMLINSON WILLMAR MRS. P. J. SCHWARG DODGE CENTER MRS. I. S. CHESTERMAN CROOKSTON RECORDING SECRETARY MRS. EVA W. MORSE EXCELSIOR CORRESPONDING SECRETARY MRS. GERTRUDE S. HUNTER 2439 BLAISDELL AVENUE MINNEAPOLIS TREASURER MISS JESSIE V. RHODES OLD CAPITAL ST. PAUL FIRST AUDITOR MRS. C. C. McCARTHY GRAND RAPIDS SECOND AUDITOR MRS. MARGARET E. MCRAE REDWOOD FALLS MEMBER NATIONAL EXECUTIVE BOARD MRS. G.M. KENYON 445 SUMMIT AVENUE ST. PAUL Advisory Committee ST. PAUL GOVERNOR A. O. EBERHART AMBROSE TIGHE JOHN MITCHELL GEORGE M. KENYON GRANT VAN SANT E. B. THOMPSON W. G. McMURCHY J. W. BENNETT REV. L. R. S. FERGUSON THOMAS McDAVITT, M. D. SEC'Y OF STATE JULIUS A SCHMAHL REV. H. N. WILSON RABBI RYPINS REV. P. P. WOMER JOSEPH ELSINGER ALBERT SCHALLER OTTO KUEFFNER GILBERT GUTTERSON MILTON C. POTTER MINNEAPOLIS DR. CYRUS NORTHROP A. H. BRIGHT S. A. STOCKWELL REV. MARION D. SHUTTER PROF. CARL SCHLENKER PROF. F. L. WASHBURN ERNEST KENNEDY STILES P. JONES DAVID PERCY JONES FREDERICK B. SNYDER HORACE WINCHELL JAMES GRAY WILLIAM H. EUSTIS REV. ANTHONY F. ELMQUIST, PH.D. W. A. FRISBIE DEAN GEORGE F. JAMES E. F. MEARKLE C. W. CORSETT JAMES PEDERSON JUDGE A. C. HICKMAN MAJOR E. L. BUTTS DULUTH ANDREW NELSON L. MENDENHALL W. E. McEWEN ROBERT EITEL MARSHALL J. A. DuBOIS, M. D. SAUK CENTER ALSON BLODGETT FARIBAULT ALVIN R. HUNT LITCHFIELD C. P. HOWARD FREEBORN OTTO O. SAGENG DALTON JUDGE W. L. COMSTOCK MANKATO JULIUS E. HAYCRAFT MADELIA Directors MRS. A. H. BRIGHT 1004 MT. CURVE AVENUE MINNEAPOLIS MRS. EDGAR LOYHED FARIBAULT ETHEL E. HURD, M. D. 710 PILLSBURY BLDG. MINNEAPOLIS MRS. S. A. STOCKWELL 3204 E. FIFTY-FIRST ST. MINNEAPOLIS MRS. MARY L. BIGELOW 4323 DUPONT AVENUE S. MINNEAPOLIS MRS. J. A. P. NEAL 25 MANKATO STREET DULUTH Chairmen Standing Committees PRESS MRS. EUGENIA S. FARMER 507 FULLER STREET ST. PAUL ORGANIZATION MISS JESSIE WALKUP PIPESTONE WAYS AND MEANS MARY McCOY, M. D. DULUTH LEGISLATIVE MRS. C. G. HIGBEE THE SEVILLE ST. PAUL LITERATURE MRS. HERBERT DAVIS ST. PAUL LECTURE BUREAU ANNAH HURD, M. D. 710 PILLSBURY BUILDING MINNEAPOLIS EDUCATION MISS JOSEPHINE SCHAIN 1780 BRYANT AVENUE S. MINNEAPOLIS CHURCH MRS. A. H. POTTER 1206 4TH STREET S. E. MINNEAPOLIS PUBLICITY MRS. A. P. WYMAN 1919 5TH AVENUE S. MINNEAPOLIS FINANCE MISS AGNES PETERSON MINNEAPOLIS WOMAN'S JOURNAL MABEL S. ULRICH, M. D.. 1718 OLIVER AVENUE S. MINNEAPOLIS*] Minneapolis, Minn. April 2, 1913 [*2*] President Woodrow Wilson Executive Mansion Washington, D.C. [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 5 - 1913 RECEIVED*] Sir: In the name of the Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association, representing the women of the State of Minnesota, we send greetings. We believe in the enfranchisement of women to be in accord with the principles of Democracy as outlined by the Democratic Party, and of the spirit of Progressive legislation as formulated by you as President of the Nation. Therefore, we, the Minnesota Woman Suffrage Association, respectfully urge the recommendation of legislation so enfranchising the women of the United States, by the addition of the word sex to the 15'th Amendment to the Federal Constitution; such recommendation to be incorporated by you in the body of your message to the 63'd Congress, at its Special Session convened to act upon principles of Progressive Democracy. I have the honor to remain, your most obedient servant, Gertrude S Hunter Corresponding Secretary. [57061*][*2*] THE ST. ANTHONY SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 7 –1913 RECEIVED*] [*[89]*] Apr. 2, 1913 Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President, Washington, D.C. Honored Sir:— Inclosed I am forwarding to you a copy of resolutions passed today by the Texas Woman Suffrage Association in Convention in San Antonio. Respectfully yours (Miss) Althea Jones, Secty [*57062*][*[89]*] RESOLVED - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson Adopted at a [meeting at] convention of the Texas Woman Suffrage Association, held at San Antonio, April 1 & 2, 1913. Annette Finnigan Pres. [Chairman of the Meeting.] [*57063*][*TELEGRAM. The White House, Washington.*] [*will be brought to attention Pn*] [*Ack'd 4/3/13*] 9 WU JM 55 NL 840am 3rd Ann Arbor, Mich., April 2, 1913. The President, Washington, D.C. Michigan needs word from you in strenuous campaign for equal suffrage. We believe our men gave safe majority in November that correct influences overthrew. What you may say will receive widest circulation and will be of incalculable assistance in giving Michigan homes needed, representation in state and nation. Answer collect. Mrs. P. F. Langford, Corresponding Sec'y. Ann Arbor Suffrage Club. [*57064*][*[89]*] [*y*] RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this Resolution be sent to President Wilson. ADOPTED at a meeting at Stratford, Connecticut April 7th 1913. Stratford Woman Suffrage Association Connecticut Chairman of Meeting Mrs. Leroy Lewis [*57065*][*[89]*] [*y*] [*April 2, 1913 Falls City Nebs.*] To His Excellency, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States. RESOLVED - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Falls City, Nebraska. Mrs. P. T. Melsen Chairman of the Meeting. [*57066*][*[89]*] [*y*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 5 - 1913 RECEIVED*] RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Washington, D.C. of the Home Interest Club, April 2, 1913. Mrs Guion Miller Chairman of the Meeting. [*57067*]HOME INTEREST CLUB Season 1912-1913. Each meeting will be opened by a roll call and every member is expected to respond briefly by giving some hint or help in regard to a matter of Home Interest. A member may ask a question instead, if she so desires, PROGRAM . Oct. 2. With Mrs. Carpenter, at Bluemont. Vacation Experiences. Oct. 23. With Mrs. Farquhar, 1926 Biltmore Street. Survivals of Old English Among the Mountaineers of the South. Mrs. White. Nov. 13. With Mrs. Janney 1006 Rhode Island Avenue. Women in the National Uplift. Jane Addams Mary Antin Helen Gould Ella Flagg Young Martha Berry Julia Lathrop. Mrs. Wight, Chairman. Dec, 4. With Mrs. Guion Miller, 1622 Lamont Street. The best of Christmas Poetry. Mrs. Suter, Chairman. Exhibit of gifts costing twenty-five cents and less. [*57068*]Jan. 8. With Mrs. Reese, 1519 - 28th Street. Meeting in charge of Mrs. Guion Miller. Jan. 29. WIth Mrs. Albert Stabler, 3017 Cambridge Place. The Montessori and other new Educational Methods. Mrs. Joseph Stewart. Mrs. Alexander Steuart Feb. 19. With Mrs. Louis Stabler, 1107 Fairmont Street. Meeting in charge of Mrs. West. Mar. 12. With Mrs. A. S. Steuart, 3058 R - Street. Our daily bread, -Mrs. Caleb Miller, Chairman. Apr. 2. WIth Mrs. I. S. Stone, 1618 Rhode Island Avenue. The Use of the Bible in the Home. Mrs. Day. May 14. WIth Mrs. Wright, 1620 - 29th Street. Eugenics - Mrs. Muhse of the 20th Century Club. June 4. WIth Miss Wilson, 3335 - 18th Street. Election of Officers. [*57069*]OFFICERS 1912-1913 President: Mrs. Carpenter. Corresponding Secretary: Mrs. Janney. Recording Secretary: Mrs. Tylor. Treasurer: Mrs. Joseph Stewart. COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMME, Mrs. Wight, Chairman. Mrs. White. Mrs. Stone, Mrs, West. Mrs. Carpenter, (ex officio), -------- [*57070*][*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE. APR 4-1913 RECEIVED*] [*y*] "ALLOWAY" SPENCERVILLE, MD. 4/2/1913 The Honorable Woodrow Wilson: President of the United States Washington, D.C. My dear Sir; Permit me to express to you, my earnest hope, that, in your message to the Congress, now about to convene, you will urge upon that body, the action necessary, to give to women, the right of suffrage, on equal terms, with men. Yours very respectfully (Miss) Mary Janet Miller [*57071*][*[89]*] [*[Ellen Louise Axson Wilson]*] New York April 2 Dear Mrs Wilson Will you please use your great influence with our beloved President - that no sympathy shall be shown by our nation in behalf of any of our women who ally themselves with the English Suffragists. They all deserve more punishment than they got; they should be allowed to starve, if they choose to do so; or consigned to a madhouse where such "crazy freaks" belong. Our American women are a different type of womankind and are greatly in the majority on Anti-Suffrage views, if they [???] but they shrink from publicity, as all real modest women do. Your sincerely - Mrs Phillip Murray [*57072*]From Miss Hagner. [*57073*]AMERICAN WOMEN ASK AID FOR MISS EMERSON LONDON, March 31.—The stories of the treatment i nHolloway Jail of Miss Zelie Emerson, the militant suffragette, of Detroit, Mich., have aroused to action many of the American women married to prominent Englishmen. The American Embassy was today besieged by some of them who pleaded that the influence of the Embassy should be used to release Miss Emerson from prison. Mrs. Emerson continues to press for American action to obtain the release of her daughter, Zelie. She telegraphed to Secretary of State Bryan today as follows: “Can nothing be done to secure the immediate release of my daughter now being forcibly fed in Holloway Jail and in a precarious condition. Surely America will not permit the continuance of this barbarity toward Zelie C. Emerson." [*57074*]NEWARK, N.J. APR 2 8 - AM 1913 Mr. Woodrow Wilson White House Washington Personal D.C. [*57075*]WASHINGTON, D.C. APR 2 4 - PM 1913 4 RIF NOT DELIVERED IN 5 DAYS RETURN TO KNOX AUTOMOBILE COMPANY 1966 & 1968 BROADWAY (AT 66TH STREET) NEW YORK CITY. NEW YORK N.Y.STA.N APR 2 2-PM 1913 I C US POSTAGE 5 CENTS*] Mrs Woodrow Wilson Washington D.C. Knox Personal. [*57076*]WASHINGTON, D.C. APR 3 1 - AM 1913 4 R[*2*] [*[89]*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Coldwater Michigan Apr. 2, 1913. Mrs. E. E. Palmer Chairman of the Meeting [*57077*][*2*] [*[89]*] RESOLVED:- That the Mahoning County Woman Suffrage Party earnestly requests President Wilson to recommend in his message convening the extra session of Congress, that that body pass an amendment to the United States Constitution granting full right of suffrage to women. RESOLVED--That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. RESOLVED--That a copy of this resolution be sent to Senator Pomerene. Adopted at a meeting at Youngstown, Ohio, April 2nd, 1913. Chairman of the Meeting. Sarah J. Peterson [*signature*] [*57078*]MINNESOTA EQUAL FRANCHISE LEAGUE INCORPORATED Theresa H. Peyton, L.L.B. , President 581 Selby Avenue OFFICERS Miss Theresa H. Peyton,L.L.B., PRESIDENT Mrs. William Aultfather, Austin Vice President, First District Miss Flavin Denn, Mine Earth Vice President, Second District Miss Carlione Christman, St. Peter Vice President, Third District Mrs. E.. A. Selever, Gladstone Vice President, Fourth District Mrs. L.A. Fournier, Minneapolis Vice President, Fifth District Mrs. Eva Emerson Weld, Alexandria Vice President, Sixth District Mrs. John Thern, Montevideo Vice President, Seventh DIstrict Mrs. L.A. [???] Duluth Vice President, Eighth District Mrs. Henry Lingwall, Pullman Regida Vice President, Ninth District Recording Secretary, Miss Bertha Homemr 521 Dayton Ave, St. Paul Corresponding Secretary, Abraham I. Levin 208 Fenton St., St. Paul Treasurer, Dr. Romona Brodie 207 Nelson Ave. St. Paul First Auditor, Mrs. Alpha Rostrum, Austin Second Auditor, Miss Pearl Martin, Austin Member National Executive Board Mrs. Julia H. Nelson, Red Wing Saint Paul, Minnesota, April 2nd, 1913 Hon. Thomas Woodrow Wilson President, United States of America Dear Mr. Wilson:- The Ladies who are active in the suffrage work in Minnesota and the Mens League for Woman Suffrage organized under the auspices of the Minnesota Equal Franchise League wish at this time to ask that you do us the favor of including a recommendation that the Suffrage amendment to the National Constitution be passed, in your message to the new congress convening on April 7th of this year. We feel that such action would be entirely consistent with the democratic spirit and fairness which have characterize the short time since your administration began, and we trust thay there will be no obstacle which may prevent your favoring us in this way. We recalling the words of our honored Sec. of State, W.J. Bryan, at the time he addressed the Minnesota Educational association to the effect that the remedy for the evils of democracy was more democracy, and we feel that the extension of the franchise to the women would be more democracy in its truest sense. Thanks you very much indeed for anything which you may be willing to do for us. I remain most respectfully Theresa B. PeytonJames A.L. Rose Mason, Mich, Mason Mich. Apr. 2, 1913 President Woodrow Wilson President; the United States National Capital Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:- Enclosed you will find an article from my pen, on the subject of womans suffrage. It explains my views on this question. Therefore, I will only mention that this and similar ones have been published in several leading newspapers of this State, and I trust that they will materially assist in the "second defeat" of this unnatural and degenerate state of affairs- woman suffrage. Another subject I wish to mention, however, is that of "Socialism". I have been carefully investigating this subject some time, and have now arrived at the conclusion that it is a serious"business" to this nation. There are many good people among the Socialists, as in all other classes ofsociety ; but the "socialist leader" and their "extreme views" are a dangerours [?] For some time, I have thought that many of the certain classes of suffrage women in the larger cities were in league with the socialists in their [?strenuous} efforts for woman suffrage I have reason now? to feel confident that this is ? as I a a past ? ? Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star. I have talked with many ? ? Brothers and warned them against the Socialistic woman suffrage ? The Socialists claim to be against "War" and "Violence" and thier great "Cry" is "Free Speech" However they are not willing that others should always have Free Speech. Several Socialists have served time here in jail during the last year for "Violence" in dealing with "Strike Breakers". It will be wise for the government to watch for this "violence" while doing some anti-suffrage work in Lansing, or late, I chanced to talk with some real socialists from the idea of two of 2them, I concluded what conditions of moral ? could be expected if their views prevailed. One of these assured me that the Socialists wold "rule" this nation 'ere long , in fact that it was pratically "Ruled" by them at the present time. Two others of these socialists became angry at any suffrage views and made a veiled suggestion that the anti-suffrage women migth meet with "Violence" at the hands of the socialist men and women in ? " as is ? taking place in England. I have written to the proper officials to be on guard against "socialist Violence" ? in this state. I trust that the National ? Officials will do likewise. The earlier that this leading ? ? in Kansas - "The appeal to Reason" is suppressed the better it will be for the Nation. The Government has been making effort along this line for some time, I believe. I have no doubt but that their expose of the Federal Prison atLeavenworth, Is absolutely correct as I have been engaged in an exposure of state institutions for years knowing of revolting conditions due to corrupt ? conditions. But it appears their own "socialists strike" arose/ around? free from "corruption" - they will do well to clean their own door yards before they attempt to clean those of the Nation. There is a Socialist magazine - and some other socialist matter - sent out by the Lockwood Publishing Firm of Kalamazoo that might better be suppressed, also. ? That this information may be of some value to you, and that our Nation will be preserved from this great menance "Socialist - woman suffrage" - I am, most sinceely yours, (Mrs. ) Emma Putsman Rose Past Worthy Matron - the Eastern Star 4. 57083IN MEXICO Through Appointment of a Pan-American Com- mission Urged on Taft AMBASSADOR WILSON GIVEN $10,000 CREDIT TO DEFRAY EXPENSES OF RE- MOVING, SHELTERING AND FEEDING AMERICANS. Approximately 300,000 Americans Are Either Temporarily or Per- manently Residing in Mexico. (Associated Press Leased Wire Service.) Washington, Feb. 13.—Mediation in Mexico, rather than intervention by the appointment of a Pan-American commission, was urged today upon President Taft, Senator Cullom of The foreign relations committee, and Rep- resentative Flood of the foreign af- fairs committee, by John Barrett, di- rector general of the Pan-American union. The commission, which it is sug- gested, should seek to bring about a readjustment of Mexican affairs, would be composed of a statesman from the United States, an eminent Latin-American diplomat now in Washington, and an influential Mexi- can. Mr. Barrett suggested for the commission such men as Senator Root or William J. Bryan, Senor Calderson, minister from Bolivia, or Dr. De Pena, minister from Uruguay, and Senor De La Barra of Mexico, former ambas- sador to the United States. The mediation proposal was made after conferences with members of the senate and house and following renewed assurances from the state de- partment that there is no present in- tention of departing from the estab- lished policy of dealing with the sit- uation in Mexico. In his letter outlining the plan, Mr. Barrett says: “That it involves mediation rather than intervention, American co-opera- tion, rather than individual United States action and a practical applica- tion of the Pan-American rather of the Monroe doctrine.” The commission, he suggests, should investigate the situation in Mexico on the ground and make recommenda- aged [??] years. Funeral announcement later. $350 Mendelssohn Piano, $248. Grinnell Bros., 154. W. Main St. PUBLIC SALE For Sale—Stock of drugs, druggist supplies, sundries, store fixtures and lease of W. W. Todd's drug store, 130 E. Main street, Saturday, February 15, at 10 a. m. C. E. Kilmer, Receiver. —---— $350 Mendelssohn Piano, $248. Grinnell Bros., 154 W. Main St. What the PATRIOT PRINTED 24 YEARS AGO TODAY. “Marriage may not be a success, but woman is,” says an editorial giv- ing praise to the work of the first wo- man elected to the school board of educators at Grand Rapids. Warden Hatch will speak at the First M. E. church next Sunday even- ing on “Prison. Reform.” Miss Mamie Bingham entertained a small party of friends last evening. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. John Hastings of Blackman, a daughter. Cards are out announcing the mar- riage of Henry True and Mary Fel- lows, of Blackmon, to take place Wednesday, February 20. STRIKING MODEL OF STRIPED RATINE [?] Two Big Spe Women's Wool mer prices wer Saturday.... Women’s Grey Vests. In the sizes, but not white. They urday all at A Good Bar Two Pairs Wom only, Saturday Gloves U Women's Silk lined, $1.00 v Women's Cashm lined, 75e va [????] LADIES’ HOME women are to be costumed in blue denim dresses and sun bonnets. Miss Anna Hall of Cincinnati, it was announced today, will march in chains in the pageant. Miss Hall wrote that she would wear a ball and chain “because that is the way Ohio women are shackled by the inade- quacy of the Ohio laws ,which do not permit women to vote." Four Chinese women students of Columbia university, New York, have notified the suffragette leaders that they will be here to march in the parade. T’WAS GRIFFITH'S MOTHER And Not His Wife Whe Was Killed in Mexico City. (Associated Preas Leased Wire Service.) [*89*] [*The WHITE HOUSE APR 4-1913 RECEIVED*] New York April 2, 1913 President Woodrow Wilson Dear Sir We hope and pray that you will give the womens suffrage cause your best consideration with best wishes I remain Mrs J A Smith 409 E 136 st New York N.Y 57085[*89*] The White House April 4 1913 Received To His Excellency, The President of the US Most Esteemed Sir: I have prefixed this letter with a prayer to our Heavenly Father, to bestow upon me spiritual wisdom, that I may clearly elucidate this vital subject the Woman's Ballot; and that your Excellency be given the patience to honor my humble efforts with due consideration. When your Excellency was a candidate for Governor of our state, I read all of your speeches to my father and mother. (The latter was blind and, has, since, gone the Eternal Rest, where the blind are in darkness no more.) Our sympathies had always been with the Republican Party but that November my father cast his first Democratic vote, and it was for Gov. Wilson. We were overjoyed with your defeat of that rascal James Smith, and knew then that you were in sympathy with the people, and, not with the political bosses. Abraham Lincoln became great, and won everlasting fame for his Christian see (2) 570862 Principles, in the time of a great crisis in our nation's history. Today a greater crisis confronts your Excellency; and may God in His Eternal Love and Mercy grant you the grace to confound the emissaries of the Devil, who are causing the national and world wide upheaval, and may we have a greater prophet and leader, than our country has heretofore known, in the person of Pres. Woodrow Wilson. The world is crying for a prophet, a leader! a second Abraham Lincoln! to free it from slavery. It is in chains, the links of which are composed of vanity, selfishness, covetousness and immorality. Satan has welded the chains in the fires of Hell. Instead of appearing to humanity in the form of a serpent, he uses some of our fashion magazines, and cheap literature for his agents; and with tales that would put to shame the "Saturday Night Fireside Companion;" "Family Story Paper" and the New York Weekly, of the past, in the contest for morbid sensationalism, he has beguiled Eve's daughters and demoralized our homes. see (3) [57087]3 In 1835 an Equal Rights Party was organized by some of the Democrats of New York City, and at a political meeting in Tammany Hall, they interrupted proceedings by introducing a chairman in opposition to the one chosen by the Democrats. A deadlock arose, and in the midst of the confusion the lights were extinguished. The supporters of "equal rights" then produced candles and Loco-Foco matches, and thus received their nickname, Loco-Foco Party, which was, for a time, applied to the entire Democratic Party. And Locoed Folks is a most fitting name for the defenders of Woman's Ballot. In the western part of the United States, there is a poisonous plant, called Loco, of the genus Astragalus, which when cropped by horses, or other animals produces derangement and fatal insanity. Now the suffragettes of Great Britain and the United States, with prodigious expense have secured control of many of our magazines and newspapers; and have scattered in this manner their loco-weed seed, called Equal Suffrage; and a large part of the feminine world, has been feeding on this poisonous weed, and has become so seriously deranged, that it can not distinguish between progression and retrogression, between Christianity and Satanic Warfare; between modesty and brazenness; and, between purity and filthiness. It is "the blind leading the blind." One Suffragette has stated "As a woman I base my authority in working for the emancipation of women Spiritually and socially upon the command of Jesus after His resurrection. He intrusted to (see 4) [*57088*]-4- woman the message to [?] the brethren, which was life in all its fullness. The right to work out our salvation together, and the salvation of those we have mothered since he commissioned us. Mrs. W. first denied Christ's judgment in referring man to Moses and the prophets for divine instruction, and, then misunderstood the message which he entrusted to those ministering angels Mary Magdalene and Mary, the mother of James, and Salome. Matt. 28:10. (after the resurrection). Then said Jesus unto them; "Be not afraid; go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me." (That was the entire message.) And after meeting His disciples, Luke 24:27; "And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, He expounded unto them, in all the scriptures, the things concerning Himself." Christ's message given to those ministering angels to be delivered to the world was and is that, "He is risen." It is Christ's message given to all women to teach Christianity in the home to their children; and, outside the home to the untaught children of other women. Christ taught that women should not waste all their energies in household labor as Martha was doing at, that time, but must devote some of the time to devotion and God's work as Mary was doing. Martha was so busy looking after bodily comforts that she had no time for spiritual needs. see 5- [*57089*]-5- The woman who devotes all of her time to housecleaning, cooking, sewing, etc., and reserves no portion of the day for spiritual devotion, for the loving care and Christian training of her children, or for deeds of charity and benevolence is not living a true Christian life. The ideal wife and mother cares for both the spiritual and temporal needs of her family. I will give Christ's answer to those who doubted Moses and the prophets. He gave the illustration of the rich man, suffering torments in hell, glancing upward and beholding, the once afflicted beggar, Lazarus, afar off, resting on Abraham's bosom. And the rich man cried unto Abraham for mercy; and requested him to send Lazarus to his (the rich man's) father's house. Luke 16:28-31. (He said:) "For I have five brethren; that they may testify unto them, lest they come also to this place of torment." Abraham saith unto him, "They have Moses and the prophets let them hear them. And he said "May father Abraham; but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent." And he said unto him, "If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead." How can we accept a part of Our Savior's teachings, and not accept the whole; because it does not fit in with the retrogressive thought of a perverse generation, who dares to stand in God's creation, and, defy His laws? I have not yet read or heard an argument in favor of Woman's Ballot that was not false or without foundation. If the Mormons; the Zionists; the Holy Ghosters and (see 6) [*57090*]-6- G.W Holy Rollers and all other fanatics with unchristianly ideas, had bought up the magazines and sent them out as heralds with falsifications to appeal to woman's ever ready sympathy; and then sent their tragic orators, when the minds were ready; and their sympathy provoking hikers, the feminine world would have been shaken just as much as by these unchristianly suffragettes. I will never see the "angelic side" of the women an politician's life, in Colorado or any other Equal Suffrage State, where it has been proved that woman has become "cheap and worthless" as far as femininity is concerned. Angelic means, resembling angels; and if the woman politician's life has an "angelic side"; it is that side shadowed by his Satanic majesty, who is an angel of darkness. This twentieth century is the era of the ridiculous and grotesque. What world out ancestors have thought of costly funerals for pet dogs and cats? Or monkey parties and, dog parties! (while worthy helpless human beings were starving). And yet sane people wish such women to have the ballot: Women who have no love for home or children , and live for the attention and homages which they can attract to themselves, outside the "four walls." The supporters of equal suffrage are not philanthropic, as they wish people to believe. This is a pledge. 57091 (see 7)-7- [?] taken by certain prominent suffragists. I hereby "promise that I will give what I can; and do my share of work to gain votes for women. I will not give either money or services to any other cause until the women of New York State have been enfranchised." These suffragists create the impression that they are pleading for the vote that they may relieve the helpless suffering wage earners. In New York State, two suffragists, working for the ballot, spent $36,890 and $37,570, respectively, between October 1909 and March 1910. Is not this an illustration of the phrase, "Actions speak louder than words."? So much good work could have been accomplished with that money in Y.M.C.A.s Y.W.C.A.s, social centres, and in assisting the National Public Welfare Association in supressing the white slave trade, instead of buying up magazines and newspapers. The suffragettes are irreligious. Miss Milholland, one of the most popular suffragists, is quoted by the New York Tribune of March 19, 1912, as saying, in reply to the questions, What do you think of the London suffragettes? "I think they are entirely justified." She was asked: What do you think about Christianity? Does it count at all when you are smashing windows? "No" answered Miss Milholland, looking her questioners straight in the eyes, "Nothing counts but votes for women." (see 8) 57092- 8 - Miss La Follette says: Would suffrage increase corruption? It would. But what of it? Good government is not what we are after. The worse women are, the more corrupt and corrupting, the more necessary, it is that they vote." Can such contradictory, senseless and unchristianly attempts at reasoning from leading suffragists induce honorable Christian women - to be drawn into this whirlpool of retrogression? The granting of equal suffrage, would double election expenses, which the taxpayer must pay; and how many women are taxpayers? In European and Asiatic countries, women have not the privileges and advantages of American Women, so, there is no comparison. In this age of Universal Insanity, the cry is: "Modern industrial conditions forbid it"! "The four walls have disappeared!" "Progression!" That is all that is intelligible in the ravings of these fanatics. From a burglars point of view, when he robs a rich man's house, he is justified. He wishes to get riches easily without working for them. All people who have earned wealth by industry are his natural enemies. "The world owes him a living." If he were progressive, and could buy up the magazines, he could give as good arguments for his crimes as the militant suffragettes in McClure's magazine. The women have become slaves of fashion, and we need a second Abraham Lincoln to emancipate them; but never to give them the ballot. Only in (see9)-9- M. the "Pulpit and Pew" and the Press can we be saved. It is not the modern industrial conditions, but our fashion magazines and cheap literature (only fit for conflagrations) which have demoralized our homes. Women will spend more than half the hours of daylight, following the directions of beauty specialists; while men of the working class will spend eight or ten hours daily during the coldest days in winter, and the hottest days in summer; and every other day earning the money that keeps the home; and, their wives squander more than half the week's earnings, at the drug store; the hairdresser's; the manicurist's, the modiste's; the milliners; etc. and in week end excursions to some fashionable pleasure resort, because it is decreed by the God Fashion, whom they would sacrifice their lives to obey. In many localities in our manufacturing towns, little houses have been built, with verandas on the sidewalks; and a majority of the feminine population use these verandas for reviewing stands, and the procession of passersby are constantly under their critical and bold inspection. Realizing that they are the observed of all observers, they spend hours in preparing themselves for the tableaux which begin about the time the husband and father has commenced his laborious work for the day, in office, mill, etc; and, will continue with very few intermissions until his return, for my lady must not soil her whitened hands or disarrange her immculate costume. Modern industrial conditions are not doing her work for her, (see 10) [*57094*]-10- M. though they may have lessened it somewhat. This is the class of women who believe that the "four walls of home have disappeared", and, are ready for political offices. Hilliard says: "I remember a satirical poem, in which the devil is represented as fishing for men, and adapting his bait to the tastes and temperaments of his prey; but the idlers were the easiest victims, for they swallowed even the naked hook." Can you not discern how the idlers have swallowed the bait of Equal Suffrage: and have even taken the hook. (Crimes and falisifications.) 'He that is choice of his time, will also be choice of his company, and choice of his actions; lest the first engage him in vanity and loss, and, the latter by being criminal, be a throwing his time and himself away, and a going back in the accounts of enternity." - Jeremy Taylor Modern industrial conditions are not doing woman's work for her. Very often, where there is no servant, the weary man returns from a hard day's work; and must eat a meal supplied by the canning factories; pick up some cold scraps from the refrigerator, and then either help with household tasks or seek a clubroom (where they have bottled refreshments) for entertainment and relaxation, because the much abused woman is doing the work which should have been done in the daylight hours; and, is scolding her husband, and slapping the children because she must exert herself at all. (see 11) [*57095*]11 M Other women to escape home duties, live in apartments; and entertain their friends at [?]houses so that they will not be bothered with the management of servants, or, with being hospitable to guests. So while degenerate man labors for his wife and children, the woman plays euchre and slanders man in suffrage debates, work which she from vanity, selfishness and covetousness has left undone. It still remains as evidence against her. Again, I repeat, not modern industrial conditions; but modern fashions in the cause of the White Slave Trade; and, woman is as great a sinner as man. Failure to keep the tenth commandment is the source of the trouble; but the Commandments and the Bible are antiquated. There is nothing new or changeable about them. We are all the victims of scientific evoulution so the suffragettes claim. Darwin believed that we all descended from monkeys and Robert W. Howe thinks that we are returning to the monkey aged, that is his strongest argument for woman's ballot. Modern scientists and theorists have taken the place of "Moses and the Prophets." and Christ said "If they hear not Moses and the Prophets neither will they try to be persuaded through one rose from the dead." The laborer's wife will attempt to dress as richly as the wife of her husband's employer; to do so, she will neglect her home and seek employment in a factory or store, not because "modern industrial conditions demand it," but, have made it possible for her to desert her own work and do that of a man; and (see 12) [*57096*]-12- M because the laws of fashion demand any sacrifice that will furnish vain display. If she has children, they will manage to exist in the streets or, neighbor's homes until they have reached the age when they can add to the family income (and they receive no education unless the truant officer is constantly after the parents) not because "modern industrial conditions" have driven women from the home; but because the God, Fashion has made them desert husband, children, God, and every thing but their own selfish interests. When their daughters are emerging into womanhood they are taught by their mothers and the mothers of other girls; and, cheap literature, that fine clothes cover a multitude of sins. Ignorance, illiteracy and immorality will all pass in their social sphere if they can make a fine appearance. A poor working girl will go without breakfast and lunch, for weeks to buy a hat, at which a wealthy woman would hesitate to pay the exorbitant price demanded by the milliner. If we were to inquire of our milliners, modistes and dry goods merchants, who were their most profitable customers they would tell us, the poor working girl whose wages range from six to eight dollars per week. People with incomes know how to economize; but the poor girl thinks it a disgrace to remodel or retrim her millinery or costumes. [?] fashionable clothing, she has been taught is the greatest possession; and she would sacrifice body and soul for them. She has also been taught by her cheap magazines that rich men's sons fall in love with showily dressed, mill and factory girls; and, make them their wives. Fond mothers encourage this (see 18) [*57097*]13 M fatal delusion. Then we have tragedies: lives are wrecked; and men are universally slandered. Vanity selfishness and covetousness as in the case of Eve in the first tragedy has led many women to the "under world" since. Lieut. Gov. Barratt O'Hara, Chairman of the Ill. Senatorial Commission, investigating "white slavery," states: "In entering the business world, the seclusion of the home is lost, and girls become more masculine in their ideas and modes of life. By the establishment of minimum wages, the salaries of men ultimately will be increased. This will make it feassible for them to provide better for the home; enable young men to marry, and thus to a great degree, at least make it unnecessary for women to seek employment. This, to my mind is the solution of the entire problem." (And, then women who were forced from the "four walls" of home by stern necessity will be able to return; and engage in woman's work, which "modern industrial conditions" has not done for them, and which still remain for them to do. Then we will have our good old hospitable Christian homes; full prosperous churches, and a purer moral atmosphere in the world outside the homes Our women have been demoralized by modern literature; and we appeal to our men with superior intelligence to save us. "Two wrongs can not make one right;" And "We can not practice evil, that good may accrue." Woman's ballot has brought woman to the lowest depths in Col. and Nebraska. (see 14) [*57098*]14 M If your excellency has read the Colorado senator's letter you might be interested in a little information concerning him of which you correspondent is cognizant. He came to America from Germany when a boy, entered the army; and shed blood for the "stars and stripes," and whenever the nation was in peril, he was in the front ranks to defend her. Weighted with years, again this courageous old German soldier has come to the front, in the face of the enemy, in the midst of the battle against the degradation of the pure women of our country. It is my prayer that all patriots and all loyal citizens will stand by brave old Senator Hecker of Colorado, who has risked everything, in this last brave stand. I have written that no true Christian could advocate equal suffrage; and I will give Scriptural proof for the assertion. Prov. 14:1 Every wise woman buildeth her house, but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. (Meaning every wise woman will make a good home for her husband and children but the foolish woman pulls down the "four walls" which are to her a barrier from the restless world.) In those newspaper clippings I have given the proof in the chapter of Genesis. In Gen. 3:16 "Unto the woman, He said, "I will greatly multiply thy sorrow, and thy desire shall be to thy husband and he shall rule over thee. (see 15) [*57099*]15 M And unto Adam because he had listened to the woman and disobeyed His Commands. He said (Gen. 3:19) In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground, for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art; and unto dust shalt thou return. God's wrath has been repeatedly visited upon his people when they had forgotten to keep His commandments. During this world's progress, God has sent fire, floods, pestilences, wars, etc. to show his anger. One year ago we had the Titanic disaster, and this year has begun with wars, assassinations and floods; and, we have more to follow, because our hearts are far from God." "In vain do we worship teaching for doctrines the commandments of men." 1 Cor. x1:3-9. (3) But I would have you know that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. (7) For a man indeed ought to cover his head for as much as he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man. (8) For the man is not of the woman but, the woman of the man. (9) Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. (Proof that man is superior to the woman, and if we doubt Paul's Wisdom and knowledge in this chapter, we must doubt all that he has taught.) 1-Timothy 2:11-15 (11) Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. (Meaning to be modest, patient, unconceited and gentle.) (12) But I suffer not a woman to teach or usurp authority over the man; but to be in silence. (This (see 16) [*57100*]- 16 - M means not to advise him in the work for which God gave him superior knowledge.) (13) For Adam was first formed and then Eve. (The reason for man ruling the world, because it is his birthright.) (14) But Adam was not deceived; but the woman deceived was in the transgression (Implying wom- an's inferiority because she could be led by vanity and covetousness to sin, and to persuade super- ior man to sin, because of his love for her.) (15) Not withstanding she shall be safe in child- bearing, if they continue in faith and charity in holiness with sobriety. (Just compare the behavior of the militant suffragette, with these rules for the Christian woman.) 1-Peter 3:1-16 (1) Likewise ye wives be in subjection to your own husbands, that if any obey not the word they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives. (2) While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. (Will women of the class of female politicians in the equal suffrage states, win their husbands over to Christianity by their chaste conversation?) (3) Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorn- ing of plaiting the hair; and of wearing gold; or of putting on of apparel. (4) But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. (Are the suffragettes possessed with a meek and quiet spirit?) (5) For after this manner, in the old time, the holy women (see 17) 57101- 17 - M also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves; being in subjection unto their own husbands. (6) Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, whose daughters ye are; as long as ye do well; and are not afraid with any amazement. (7) Likewise ye husbands dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. (15) But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear. (16) Having a good conscience, that whereas they speak evil of you as of evildoers, (as those unholy neuter women, the suffragettes are doing of the philanthropic Christian home defenders) they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. Dr. Anna Shaw, the leader of the Suffragists, besides being a living contradiction of the teachings of God's Holy Word, is untruthful. At the hearing for equal suffrage in our State House, she stated that "Mrs. Elizabeth Cass Stoddard of Colorado Spring, Col., (formerly a suffragist leader; but after learning how the franchise for women worked in the west, joined the ranks of the antisuffragists) supported the [wet?] movement in Col; and, was in the pay of Brewers Union." Mrs. Stoddard's letter in reply was read in the presence of your correspondent. Mrs. S. is past seventy years of age. She wrote as follows: Anna Shaw's reported statement, to the New Jersey Legislature, (see 18) [*57102*]18 M. alleging my employ by liquor interests is unqualifiedly false and malicious; and was made to forward the suffrage movement. It is only one of those many falsehoods used to advance this questionable cause. My only interest in political matters has been for sane and righteous government, both national and civic; and in my opinion woman's suffrage is doing nothing to improve our well being." This letter was published, and brought to the attention of Dr. Shaw, and she made a public denial, in a New York paper, of her statement made in the State House. It is not yet ended. Miss Anne McIlvaine, heard her make the defamatory remark about Mrs. Stoddard; and Miss McIlvaine knows many others who also heard, although, she artfully and deceitfully, lowered her voice when she gave Mrs. Stoddard's name. The fact that the woman is of the clergy is a mockery; and if a mistake were made when she came into the world, all true women should not be made to suffer for it. Isaiah's prophecy of the end of the world, touches upon this subject. Isaiah 2:17. And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down; and the haughtiness of men shall be made low; and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. And the idols he shall utterly abolish (The idols to the God Mammon, worshipped now in many of God's churches. The idol, the worship of which drives the "little ones" out into a sinful world, because they are poor, and they can not serve the God Mammon without wading in the ditches of the world's filth. (see 19) [*57103*]19 M. Isaiah 3:11-12 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given him. As for my people children are their oppressors and, ***women rule over them.*** Oh my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err and destroy the way of thy paths. (16) Moreover the Lord saith, "Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go." Therefore the Lord will smite them with diseases etc. (Isaiah knew the world would be in its worst state when childish knowledge (without reason) should oppress the people and women should rule. The magazines which have published the false, unreasonable, fallacious equal suffrage articles, are the children who have oppressed us. They have seduced the feminine public; and the woman as at the beginning of the world has persuaded the man to consent to that which will prove the last downfall of the humanity of the world. Colorado and other states where women have the ballot have proved the prophesy of Isaiah to be true. Those suffragettes clothed in white robes at the Inauguration are described by Isaiah in this chapter. They claim a superiority which does not belong to them; they wish to hold political offices, where they may be constantly in the view of men not of their own household; (see 20) [*57104*]20 M. which is wanton, although they call it progressive and new. Wanton means free and unrestrained, it also means just what many of the women voters are today in Equal Suffrage states. The hiking; and parading through Washington streets, was embraced in the last clause; "walking and mincing as they go." (The mincing was an affected delicacy of manner to impress the onlookers. To create the impression of having virtues which they did not possess.) Isaiah 3:25. Thy men shall fall by the sword and thy mighty in the war. After these things the Lord shall "wash away the filth of the daughters of Zion" and then He will come to the righteous. (The Lord will wash away the filth of the unnatural daughters who hast torn down the "four walls of home; and deserted his "little ones" to attract attention to themselves in the world. God is visiting his anger upon us now, and, as of old, if we return to Him and follow His guidance, by prayer, faith and good works we may stay His wrath for a time; until false doctrines and "the commandments of men" again bring His judgment upon us. And Christ said, "If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead." The greatest argument the suffragettes have for the ballot is that "it is coming; and we can not check its advancement." They feel it! They are sure of it! And only antiquated people of the "Heathen Chinee" type are unaware of it. Scientists, astrologers and weather prophets have (see 21) [*57105*]21 predicted future events and they have had their enthusiastic followers, and we know from past experience that man is not infallible. Halley's Comet was to destroy this planet; and for a time many people began to "mend their ways". Every fall we are told that either, we will have the coldest winter in years; or, the mildest, and rarely do the predictions come true. And if we have enough righteous men in our country, we will not yet, be "oppressed by childish knowledge," and permit woman to usurp man's birthright. I have enclosed my newspaper clippings and most earnestly hope that all will be read for they are most important. Your Excellency's correspondent is a young woman, working alone, in confidence with no one, in this great work. I feel that God is guiding me and giving me wisdom; and if my efforts are crowned with success, to Our Heavenly Father and His Blessed Son shall be the glory; and may Their blessings rest upon you and your family. Quoting from Faust: "Are you in earnest? sieze this very minute What you can do, or think you can, begin it." Hoping that your Excellency will pardon me if, in my ardor, I have been too presumptuous, I am Most respectfully, "A Disciple of John Ruskin." Miss Lida Marion Sweeny 109 Anderson Street Trenton, New Jersey. April 2, 1913.Afterward 2/2 There are hundreds; thousands; and millions of true sensible women in the U.S. who do not wish the ballot; and who were not included in my censure of women. The women I have described are those who think that the "four walls" of home "have disappeared." Why can not the great and distinguished women of our country design their own costumes and millinery, instead of following the freakish fancies of masculine French designers; (a case of man doing woman's work) French actresses; and French women of the streets? I am sure that if the artistic temperament of some of our great ladies were expressed in their attire (not in color schemes alone) our country would no longer be ridiculed on account of its readiness to adopt anything which Paris suggests. Why can not American women be progressive in fashions; and lead the world in beautiful and becoming attire? Instead of following, we should lead. Women were made for the glory of men and not to make vulgar cartoons of themselves. Why can we not be rational in religion? politics; fashions and literature and set the world an example; for righteous independence? MTIMES SUFFRAGE FORUM Discussion For and Against Equal Suffrage in the State of New Jersey (Communications solicited, but they should not exceed 500 words. Send in your view.) [*Mar. 31, 1913*] VOTES VS. STYLES (A Disciple of John Ruskin) I have written that this twentieth century is an era of the ridiculous and grotesque in femininity. Do not be angry! All women are not included. I refer you to the modern styles, as seen in our fashion magazines. For a century or more men have made very little change in the general style of their clothing. The hat which covers the active brain, is small and of light weight. You have never seen a man with his clothing buttoned down the back. Just imagine an intelligent man, having to ask his wife to button his vest down the back. You have never seen a man alight from a trolley car, or other vehicle, backward, unless he were crippled or too feeble to walk straight. Very few men have attempted to alter the form of their anatomy, because the god, Fashion, demanded it. Consult your fashion magazines; and you will see emaciated angleworms and bilious looking clothes-pegs, with a resemblance to humanity, which represent the fashions that women will adopt. Women who claim to be equal to men in intelligence. If one were to judge from the styles in millinery and costumes, in the last five years, they were designed by inmates of the insane asylums; and kitchen and farming utensils were used as models for the former. (Do men adopt these styles)? If we were to see a man with a hat so large that he must be constantly juggling his head to keep the aforsaid head-covering in equilibrium, with coat and trousers so small, that the goods was insufficient to cover the upper portion of the body, or more than two-thirds of the lower limbs; with those limbs tied together at the knees, so that he risk his life in an attempt to get on a trolley car; and with heels so high that his foundation is likely to precipitate him to Mother Earth, at any unwary moment? Would not his sanity be questioned? Would we permit him to roam at large? Would we permit him to make our laws for us? All women are not silly and [?]n. Far from it! But there is a tendency in many women to adopt that which is universal, just as they have been influenced by the suffragette agents, the monthly magazines to think that the majority of women wish the vote, so they will not be with the minority. I am contrasting the strong and sensible nature of the average man, with the weak vacillating nature of so many women. We have had our lovely courageous women in history; and they have always been "ministering angels;" never bold and brazen women. The latter class, too, figure conspicuously in history; but, they have not attracted attention by their bravery. Those courageous women who bravely come to the front when their protectors were deprived of life, in defending our country, came in loving sympathy for the dead; and with the desire to carry out his wishes. It is the basest of insults, to their memory, to compare them to women who have openly declared that man has become so degenerate and incompetent, that they must neglect their feminine occupations to take up his work, or our country will be ruined. We all know that Christian women are going "shoulder to shoulder" with the men in their families, in the home, at the present time, in promoting righteousness. Stop and think, kind fathers! husbands! and brothers! Can you comprehend in what way this country or State could be improved by the lovely women of your home "going shoulder to shoulder" with degenerate politicians, and debating with them in the public life? Do you wish to see the beautiful, innocent girls of your home, who are working so energetically and earnestly in Y. W. C. A.'s and social centres and in many other benevolent ways to make the world better brazenly walking and talking with immoral and dishonorable masculine voters? That is what they do in the equal suffrage states. I should think that while there was a breath of life left in your body, you would protect the women of your home from being afflicted with this great plague. Reform our men, that is what must be done and it will never be [?] family altar! Back to God! Without whom we are but the dust of the earth. We have progressed beyond knowledge of our Creator (the Giver of life), beyond the knowledge of His Holy Word, the Divine Law. We have strayed from the straight and narrow path of righteousness, and with maddened cry of progression, have joined the wild, surging crowd that is rushing madly down the broad road which leads to Perdition. Return! Oh, restless, covetous world, before it is too late! Return to One who is older than the world. Who is more ancient than the beginning of antiquity. One Whose eternal existence had no beginning. He gave us this world wherein we were to dwell as His people. We who have forgotten the Great Giver of all life, mortal and everlasting. We who have remodeled the divine law to suit a perverse generation. We who have erected in His houses of worship the golden calf, as Israel did in the early days of the world's history. The golden calf, whose worship has driven our sons and daughters into the world away from their God. Who leads the fashions—man or woman? Who has caused the empty pews in our churches—man or woman? Is it man who pulls his rich silk robe aside and glances with haughty scorn at the shabby gown of the needy woman, who, seeking spiritual help, dares to stray into some family pew in God's house? Our Saviour and His disciples were meek and lowly. Quoting, Matt. 15:7-9 —"Ye hypocrites, well did Esais prophesy of you, saying, "This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth and honoreth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. * * * But in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. * * *" ((The cause of our empty pews: our degenerate men, our brazen women.) Every Christian home should have a little child, received in the name of our Saviour. If God has not blessed the parents with children of their own they should substitute the friendless orphan. Where does the mother whom, as Robert Howe states, leaves the education and training of her children to a stranger while she is seeking man's work in the world, stand in Christ's judgment, or the woman who will not have a family, or look after the future welfare of "one of these little ones," but wishes to stand "shoulder to shoulder with man in the business world and shirk her womanly duties? What is Christ's judgment of those who have failed in their duty to "these little ones"? See Matt. 23:12. I appeal to all clergymen to consider what Christ's judgment would be of those suffragettes of England, where they have not the privilege of circulating their false, misrepresentations of themselves and the conditions of the feminine world in the magazines as they have in the United States, but resort to crime to gain their ends. Equal suffrage may sound new, but it is just as abhorrent today as it was seventy-five years ago, when it first came into existence. Can our states, where "degenerate man" is in control, be worse than Colorado, where women have had the ballot for twenty years, and have made lawful dens of vice? Serving the God Fashion, one of the gods of mammon has wrought ruin in the feminine world. Mothers will often neglect their homes to work in factories that they may dress better, and where little children are permitted to work, as has been the practice in New York canning factories, (if it is not continuing at the present time), the mothers force children, who are little more than babies in years to work from early morning till dark. [Who are] the more inhuman, the men who take no interest in the lives of their employes and consider them only in the mass, or the women who, for vanity and selfish greed, will deprive their children of an education and the comforts of a tidy home, that they might have more money for dress and vain display. Nothing but the "Pulpit and Pew" and press can remedy the evils of modern industrial conditions.VOTES VS. STYLES (A Disciple of John Ruskin.) I have written that this twentieth century is an era of the ridiculous and grotesque in femininity. Do not be angry! All women are not included. I refer you to the modern styles, as seen in our fashion magazines. For a century or more men have made very little change in the general style of their clothing. The hat which covers the active brain, is small and of light weight. You have never seen a man with his clothing buttoned down the back. Just imagine an intelligent man, having to ask his wife to button his vest down the back. You have never seen a man alight from a trolley car, or other vehicle, backward, unless he were crippled or too feeble to walk straight. Very few men have attempted to alter the form of their anatomy, because the god, Fashion, demanded it. Consult your fashion magazines; and you will see emaciated angleworms and bilious looking clothes-pegs, with a resemblance to humanity, which represent the fashion that women will adopt. Women who claim to be equal to men in intelligence. If one were to judge from the styles in millinery and costumes, in the last five years, they were designed by inmates of the insane asylums; and kitchen and farming utensils were used as models for the former. (Do men adopt these styles)? If we were to see a man with a hat so large that he must be constantly juggling his head to keep the aforesaid head-covering in equilibrium, with coat and trousers so small, that the goods was insufficient to cover the upper portion of the body, or more than two-thirds of the lower limbs; with those limbs tied together at the knees, so that he risk his life in an attempt to get on a trolley car; and with heels so high that his foundation is likely to precipitate him to Mother Earth, at any unwary moment? Would not his sanity be questioned? Would we permit him to roam at large? Would we permit him to make our laws for us? All women are not silly and [?]. Far from it! But there is a tendency in many women to adopt that which is universal, just as they have been influenced by the suffragette agents, the monthly magazines to think that the majority of women wish the vote, so they will not be with the minority. I am contrasting the strong and sensible nature of the average man, with the weak vacillating nature of so many women We have had our lovely courageous woman in history; and they have always been "ministering angels;" never bold and brazen women. The latter class, too, figure conspicuously in history; but, they have not attracted attention by their bravery. Those courageous women who bravely come to the front when their protectors were deprived of life, in defending our country, came in loving sympathy for the dead; and with the desire to carry out his wishes. It is the basest of insults, to their memory, to compare them to women who have openly declared that man has become so degenerate and incompetent, that they must neglect their feminine occupations to take up his work, or our country will be ruined. We all know that Christian women are going "shoulder to shoulder" with the men in their families, in the home, at the present time, in promoting righteousness. Stop and think, kind rathers! husbands! and brothers! Can you comprehend in what way this country or State could be improved by the lovely women of your home "going shoulder to shoulder" with degenerate politicians, and debating with them in the public life? Do you wish to see the beautiful, innocent girls of your home, who are working so energetically and earnestly in Y. W. C. A.'s and social centres and in many other benevolent ways to make the world better brazenly walking and talking with immoral and dishonorable masculine voters? That is what they do in the equal suffrage states. I should think that while there was a breath of life left in your body, you would protect the women of your home from being afflicted with this great plague Reform our men, that is what must be done, and it will never be accomplished by the women's ballot, but must be done by "pulpit and pew." with the assistance of the press. THen will the home be purified, where woman will reign in modesty, sweetness and gentleness, giving loving counsel when needed and training her children to serve God and keep his commandments Back to the home! Back to the family altar! Back to God! Without whom we are but the dust of the earth. We have progressed beyond knowledge of our Creator (the Giver of life), beyond the knowledge of His Holy Word, the Divine Law. We have strayed from the straight and narrow path of righteousness, and with maddened cry of progression, have joined the wild, surging crowd that is rushing madly down the broad road which leads to Perdition. Return! Oh, restless, covetous world, before it is too late! Return to One who is older than the world. Who is more ancient than the beginning of antiquity. One Whose eternal existence had no beginning. He gave us this world wherein we were to dwell as His people. We who have forgotten the Great Giver of all life, mortal and everlasting. We who have remodeled the divine, law to suit a perverse generation. We who have erected in His houses of worship the golden calf, as Israel did in the early days of the world's history. The golden calf, whose worship has driven our sons and daughters into the world away from their God. Who leads the fashions-mean or woman? Who has caused the empty pews in our churches-man or woman? Is it man who pulls his rich silk robe aside and glances with haughty acorn at the shabby gown of the needy woman, who, seeking spiritual help, dares to stray into some family pew in God's house? Our Saviour and His disciples were meek and lowly. Quoting, Matt. 15:7-9 --"Ye hypocrites, well did Esais prophesy of you, saying, "This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth and honoreth me with their lips but there heart is far from me. But in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. ' " ((The cause of our empty pews: our degenerate men, our brazen women.) Every Christian home should have a little child, received in the name of our Saviour. If God has not blessed the parents with children of their own they should substitute the friendless orphan. Where does the mother whom, as Robert Howe states, leaves the education and training of her children to a stranger while she is seeking man's work in the world, stand in Christ's judgment, or the woman who will not have a family, or look after the future welfare of "one of these little ones," but wishes to stand "shoulder to shoulder with man in the business world and shirk her womanly duties? What is Christ's judgment of those who have failed in their duty to "these little ones"? See Matt. 23:12 I appeal to all clergymen to consider what Christ's judgment would be of those suffragettes of England, where they have not the privilege of circulating their false, misrepresentations of themselves and the conditions of the feminine world in the magazines as they have in the United States, but resort to crime to gain their ends. Equal suffrage may sound new, but it is just as abhorrent today as it was seventy-five years ago, when it first came into existence. Can our states, where "degenerate man" is in control, be worse than Colorado, where women have had the ballot for twenty years, and have made lawful dens of vice? Serving the God Fashion, one of the gods of mammon has wrought ruin in the feminine world. Mothers will often neglect their homes to work in factories that they may dress better, and where little children are permitted to work, as has been the practice in New York canning factories, (if it is not continuing at the present time), the mothers force children, who are little more than babies in years to work from early morning till dark. [?] the more inhuman, the men who take no interest in the lives of their employees and consider them only in the mass, or the women who, for vanity and selfish greed, will deprive their children of an education and the comforts of a tidy home, that they might have more money for dress and vain display. Nothing but the "Pulpit and Pew" and press can remedy the evils of modern industrial conditions.accents that [?] in Zanzibar, as Paris might [?] tate at an excuse to dress women in grass. The new costumes are anything but graceful or pretty. They swaggered along in white ratine, in the new Nell blue charmeuse which has gripped la mode by the throat, or in colored combinations that wrenched a groan from the throng. While the frankfurter remains as the ideal for the post impressionist skirt, the Balkan costume on the other hand widens out into gathers that appear most unsightly after a hipless decade. It was with a sigh of relief that the traffic cop at Tennessee avenue turned his eyes from a figure modeled on the lines of a potato bag, to a piquant blondette who sidled along in a blue charmeuse costume, wrapped about her cocoon wise, and split just below the knee to reveal a waterfall of chiffon. Purple pumps and stockings gave the novel touch, for the warring colors made the public realize that an extremely graceful pair of ankles were on display.. In fact, there never was a time in the history of clothes when women so deliberately wooed notice. The Atlantic City display, which always touches the utterly ultra either at its best and worst, revealed a solid army of femininity yesterday that all seemed a little over-accented in one way or other. The colors blazed and swam from regal purples to flaming reds, magentas, vivid greens and eye-searing blues. WORE BRIGHT GREEN, VERY TIGHT. The pannier gave its death gasp in a few costumes which bulged around the hips and dwindled to a stovepipe effect at the feet. Just after Luther McCarthy, the white heavyweight champion of the world, had removed his frock coat and silk Kelly from the centre of a riot, another disturbance began around a bright green costume worn by a lady whose eyes had become hardened by constant gazing into footlights. The lady was being extracted from a rolling chair with the assistance of a kindly policeman and her costume was so tight that when she reached an erect position, the crowd applauded. The main impression that the reeling mind gathered everywhere in fact was that skirts were all too tight, coats were cut too narrow, silk stockings were too thin and complexions (in which a dash of purple predominates this year), were all too vivid. It is a glad fact to record that the watered brocades which are really charming and pretty have wormed a way into popularity, and are seen everywhere as separate coats, entire costumes or in combination with charmeuse. Fashion after all is a whirly giggle, for this season the tiny parasols of a past generation are appearing again. The human foot, too, is coming in for attention, for bright spats and vari-colored pumps and stockings are worn as punctuation to the most dove-like costumes. In the main as the crowd billowed and rolled across the boardwalk in a stream that shattered the mark of previous crowd records, it was a well groomed collection, but not particularly brilliant. LIDS STEERED FROM THE REAR. There was the Easter hat for instance. Of yore it was an elaborate affair, beplumed and so decorated that foreigners would instantly have chosen the bird o' Paradise as the national bird. Now the lids are little tailored affairs steered from the rear b ya propeller of ribbon or flowers, which if placed at a random angle much as a feathered shuttlecock is stuck in a dart board. All the hats seem to be built down and forward, but the word has gone around that thtey are permitting the eyes to show this season. We knew long ago that feathered boas, small Pekinese spaniels and artificial corsage bouquets would hold over for a season or two, and they were obvious yesterday on every other woman. Certainly the post impressionists have worked hard to make women into a semblance of art, and the cubist school has gotten in its deadly work so far as to model the figure of the future after an isosceles or a parallelopipedon. As usual there were men present, too, but nobody noticed what they wore, until one rash creature rushed the calendar and bloomed out in a straw hat. He was taken away by a policeman and hidden in a pavilion, and later apologized for his audacity. Old gentlemen bounded by chorus girls on either side iwth the fires of spring in their brains, were occasionally observed, but for the most part, the timid male hid in rollling chairs or formed a dark background for the gay feminine plumage. As the afternoon waned and the slashed skirts were gradually tucked away in parlor cars, a philosophic policeman whose mind was slightly deranged by the sights he had witnessed, burst into a loud invective against the race of modistes and commended womankind to emulate the ocean, which clings to permanent trimmings of white and green, and never changes its style in breakers. Aside from all this, it was a great day and it brought out nearly a record crowd. The little game of "button, button, who's got the button," as played by Prosecutor Moore, the city officials and the cafe proprietors, left the button undeniably in the hands of the aforesaid cafe proprietors [?] added to the gaiety of nations and the merriment of the boardwalk crowds. Possibly the police know just how many cafes were open for the sale of liquor during the day. If they do, they must have been quite busy. For the average investigator only one assertion may safely be made without fear of contradiction. That is that it was not a dry Easter. Not by any means. The only persons who really "went dry" here yesterday were those who, by breeding, education and inclination, didn't want a drink. Some visitors estimated that about one-fourth of the bars in the resort were open for business. Others put the figure at one-half. Some failed to find any that were closed.COATS WITH BELT LINES NEAR KNEES [*Mar. 25, 1913*] VIEW OF EASTER PARADE AT ATLANTIC CITY REVEALS SOME ODDITIES. LOTS TO DRINK, TOO ATLANTIC CITY, March 24.---One view of the far reaches of the Easter parade which foamed over the Boardwalk yesterday, all violets, silken ankles and slashed skirts, left no doubt that the fashionable world of womankind will be badly divided this summer between the post impressionist school of art and the last malicious motifs of the Balkan war. For to conservative Americans who swear by The Hague tribunal and tailored silhouettes, not the least of the horrid casualties of the Balkan fray is a long, loose coat suit, with a sagging belt line somewhere around the knees; a back cut like a bathrobe, and adorned with the conglomerate colors of Joseph's coat. Out of the mass of slim, svelte femininity that tripped, sidestepped and hobbled on the boardwalk according to the respective width of its skirts yesterday, these newer costumes leaped out and struck the eye with the incongruity of caricatures. DRESS IN GRASS! WHY NOT? Just why America should be inflicted in this way, leaving the war an international disaster, is not quite clear, and one foresighted spectator hoped in loud [?] there would never be a war [?] not hesi–TIMES SUFFRAGE FORUM Discussion For and Against Equal Suffrage in the State of New Jersey (Communications solicited, but they should not exceed 500 words. Send in your view.) Jan 22, 1913 "GOD'S LAW THAT MAN SHALL RULE" To the Editor of the Times. Five hundred words would only express a third of the truth on the Suffrage question; and, as I learned early in life that it is better to say nothing at all than only what you mean, I have decided to send the entire letter, and trust to your perspicacity and generosity to publish it. The letter follows: Senators! Legislaturemen! Judges! Lawyers! and all readers of the Trenton Times! Is there any law greater than the law of God? I will prove to you that it is God's law that man shall rule, and woman to be his counselor but not his equal authority. I will begin at the beginning of all and third chapters of Genesis, one of the four books of Moses, revered, alike by Jews and Christians. Gen. 2:5. "When God made the earth there was not a man to till the ground." Gen. 2:7. "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Gen. 2:15. "And the Lord God took the man and put him into the Garden of Eden to dress it an keep it." Gen 2:18. "And the Lord God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him an helpmeet for him.'" and in verses nineteen and twenty of the same chapter, we learn how every living creature was created and brought before Adam for his to name; and there was no helpmeet found to satisfy him./ If God had intended woman to be man's equal, in government, she would have been created before the beasts and fowls and other living creatures, and would have been given authority with her husband to select names for them; and to give directions for the digging of the garden. Gen. 2:21. "And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh therefore." Gen. 2:22. "And the rib which the Lord God had taken from man made He a woman; and, brought her unto man." Does any thoughtful, intelligence person think that that one rib from which all the suffragettes and all other females descended was equal to that most wonderful Man, made in God's image, whom God has given supreme authority? Adam displayed his wisdom when he called her woman. He could read the future. Someone has written that the word woman, translated into comprehensible languages, means woe-unto-man. The woman, like many of her descendants, since that time, after her husband had gone to his daily employment, went out to have a morning chat with her her neighbors. As mortals were scare, she found the serpent very entertaining company; and he, in the course of conversation, advised her to eat of the forbidden fruit. God had said (Gen. 2:17). 'But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou latest therefore thou shalt surely die." Gen. 3.[?] "And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food; and that it was pleasant to the taste, yes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof and did eat." And afterward persuaded her husband to eat of it. The serpent know that he could not persuade Adam to disobey and make such a terrible mistake, so he went to the woman, who could be influenced by flattery; and, knowing the unlimited power of persuasion woman has with those who love and admire her, he was sure of Adam's downfall. That was the first incident of a woman advising her husband what to do in affairs outside of domestic circle; and we all know the result. Now just as the world is beginning to be tolerable again, the same old serpent is tempting Eve's daughters of this generation. VOTE, WOMAN'S DOWNFALL. You, Legislaturemen, and Law Makers; we appeal to you to prevent Eve's restless descendants from partaking of the forbidden fruit of the Political Plum Tree, and thus driving all mankind out of an Eden of tranquility and peace, into an untried world of clamor and confusion. Woman's second fall will be worse than the first. She will all from the height of modestly, dignity and refinement to the depths of vulgarity and brazenness. It was the first woman acting independently, and taking the law into her own hands that caused the first freak style in dress; and she has been going from bad to worse ever since. Just imagine permitting a man to make our laws, who's body is deformed by fashion; whose clothing is so tight that his libs are almost useless; who would appear at an evening social affair in his gymnasium suit; and who would spend eights hours daily of the [?????] and bricks to enforce their arguments to represent them at the polls? WOMEN RULE WORLD, Satan knew that women could rule successfully by persuasion, and woman has unlimited power in the home. There lies the charm of womenhood. Women, in reality, rule the world; they influence their children to what is right or wrong and when the children are grown to manhood and womanhood, they put into practice the mother's teachings. A conscientious religious mother is a blessing to mankind; and a worldly, idle, envious and selfish mother, an emissary of the Evil One; and the cause directly and indirectly of bad man and bad laws. The good mother will "bring her sons up" to be good citizens; and her daughters to be good mothers. if some of the daughters do not have homes of their own, they can take an interest in the lives of orphans and neglected children; and with a loving maternal influence, persuade them to become honorable and industrious men. Mothers' clubs, connected with the schools; children's play grounds. Y.M. C.A. and social centers for the foreign settlements, etc., are all chances for the women to control the future votes; but not to vote themselves. Every home should have a voter of the sex whole the Creator honored by giving him first place. If parents had none of their own they should adopt one of the many deserted, helpless orphans. Environment and training make the child. While women are at the polls or delivering political speeches, where will their future voters be? Children with a street education make poor citizens. As the country is governed by the home, and the home by the mother, it is necessary of the woman to become an ideal of gentleness, truth and honor. If she will only do this, and let the votes and polls alone, this world will be governed by most honorable men. Do you think that Solomon, the wisest of men, would have allowed the women of his household to vote? Some argue, that by perverseness of fate there are many brainy, intellectual women married to men little more than imbecile. ""Tis true, 'tis a pity." But rarely do these women care to lose their modesty and dignity to join the restless throng of agitators. When the world's credit and discredit account for the descendants of Adam and Eve is balanced, they will be found to have corresponding virtues and sins. But God gave Adam the governing power, because he was superior in strength of body and of mind, and that is unchangeable, no matter how desperately Satan strives to tempt Eve's daughters to eat of forbidden fruit the second time. Woman is to love and persuade. That men by women are led? "Have you not heard it said True is the saying, true! See to it what you do! See that you lead them well." If I have offended any one by my options or views of the suffrage question I am sorry, and sincerely beg their pardon. My only wish is to kindly persuade the suffragettes and their sympathizers that they are wrong, and quoting from the closing words of the second inaugural speech of the Great Emancipator and martyr. Abraham Lincoln: "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness to the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations." But let there be no second Emancipation or reason for it, s the prayer of. MISS LIDA MARION SWEENY. 109 Anderson Street.TIMES SUFFRAGE FORUM Discussion For and Against Equal Suffrage in the State of New Jersey (Communications solicited, but they should not exceed 500 words. Send in your view.) Jan 22, 1913 "GOD'S LAW THAT MAN SHALL RULE" To the Editor of the Times. Five hundred words would only express a third of the truth on the Suffrage question; and, as I learned early in life that it is better to say nothing at all than only what you mean, I have decided to send the entire letter, and trust to your perspicacity and generosity to publish it. The letter follows: Senators! Legislaturemen! Judges! Lawyers! and all readers of the Trenton Times! Is there any law greater than the law of God? I will prove to you that it is God's law that man shall rule, and woman to be his counselor but not his equal authority. I will begin at the beginning of all and third chapters of Genesis, one of the four books of Moses, revered, alike by Jews and Christians. Gen. 2:5. "When God made the earth there was not a man to till the ground." Gen. 2:7. "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." Gen. 2:15. "And the Lord God took the man and put him into the Garden of Eden to dress it an keep it." Gen 2:18. "And the Lord God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him an helpmeet for him.'" and in verses nineteen and twenty of the same chapter, we learn how every living creature was created and brought before Adam for his to name; and there was no helpmeet found to satisfy him./ If God had intended woman to be man's equal, in government, she would have been created before the beasts and fowls and other living creatures, and would have been given authority with her husband to select names for them; and to give directions for the digging of the garden. Gen. 2:21. "And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh therefore." Gen. 2:22. "And the rib which the Lord God had taken from man made He a woman; and, brought her unto man." Does any thoughtful, intelligence person think that that one rib from which all the suffragettes and all other females descended was equal to that most wonderful Man, made in God's image, whom God has given supreme authority? Adam displayed his wisdom when he called her woman. He could read the future. Someone has written that the word woman, translated into comprehensible languages, means woe-unto-man. The woman, like many of her descendants, since that time, after her husband had gone to his daily employment, went out to have a morning chat with her her neighbors. As mortals were scare, she found the serpent very entertaining company; and he, in the course of conversation, advised her to eat of the forbidden fruit. God had said (Gen. 2:17). 'But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou latest therefore thou shalt surely die." Gen. 3.[?] "And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food; and that it was pleasant to the taste, yes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof and did eat." And afterward persuaded her husband to eat of it. The serpent know that he could not persuade Adam to disobey and make such a terrible mistake, so he went to the woman, who could be influenced by flattery; and, knowing the unlimited power of persuasion woman has with those who love and admire her, he was sure of Adam's downfall. That was the first incident of a woman advising her husband what to do in affairs outside of domestic circle; and we all know the result. Now just as the world is beginning to be tolerable again, the same old serpent is tempting Eve's daughters of this generation. VOTE, WOMAN'S DOWNFALL. You, Legislaturemen, and Law Makers; we appeal to you to prevent Eve's restless descendants from partaking of the forbidden fruit of the Political Plum Tree, and thus driving all mankind out of an Eden of tranquility and peace, into an untried world of clamor and confusion. Woman's second fall will be worse than the first. She will all from the height of modestly, dignity and refinement to the depths of vulgarity and brazenness. It was the first woman acting independently, and taking the law into her own hands that caused the first freak style in dress; and she has been going from bad to worse ever since. Just imagine permitting a man to make our laws, who's body is deformed by fashion; whose clothing is so tight that his libs are almost useless; who would appear at an evening social affair in his gymnasium suit; and who would spend eight hours daily of the twenty-four, following the directions given by beauty specialists in the daily papers. It is far from my intentions to slander the weaker sex. My only desire is to show to the many noble women who might possibly benefit this country or State with their votes, of the pandemonium that would be let loose, if all kinds and classes were to vote. Does any modest wife and mother wish riotous females, who use hatpin and bricks to enforce their arguments to represent them at the polls? WOMEN RULE WORLD, Satan knew that women could rule successfully by persuasion, and woman has unlimited power in the home. There lies the charm of womenhood. Women, in reality, rule the world; they influence their children to what is right or wrong and when the children are grown to manhood and womanhood, they put into practice the mother's teachings. A conscientious religious mother is a blessing to mankind; and a worldly, idle, envious and selfish mother, an emissary of the Evil One; and the cause directly and indirectly of bad man and bad laws. The good mother will "bring her sons up" to be good citizens; and her daughters to be good mothers. if some of the daughters do not have homes of their own, they can take an interest in the lives of orphans and neglected children; and with a loving maternal influence, persuade them to become honorable and industrious men. Mothers' clubs, connected with the schools; children's play grounds. Y.M. C.A. and social centers for the foreign settlements, etc., are all chances for the women to control the future votes; but not to vote themselves. Every home should have a voter of the sex whole the Creator honored by giving him first place. If parents had none of their own they should adopt one of the many deserted, helpless orphans. Environment and training make the child. While women are at the polls or delivering political speeches, where will their future voters be? Children with a street education make poor citizens. As the country is governed by the home, and the home by the mother, it is necessary of the woman to become an ideal of gentleness, truth and honor. If she will only do this, and let the votes and polls alone, this world will be governed by most honorable men. Do you think that Solomon, the wisest of men, would have allowed the women of his household to vote? Some argue, that by perverseness of fate there are many brainy, intellectual women married to men little more than imbecile. ""Tis true, 'tis a pity." But rarely do these women care to lose their modesty and dignity to join the restless throng of agitators. When the world's credit and discredit account for the descendants of Adam and Eve is balanced, they will be found to have corresponding virtues and sins. But God gave Adam the governing power, because he was superior in strength of body and of mind, and that is unchangeable, no matter how desperately Satan strives to tempt Eve's daughters to eat of forbidden fruit the second time. Woman is to love and persuade. That men by women are led? "Have you not heard it said True is the saying, true! See to it what you do! See that you lead them well." If I have offended any one by my options or views of the suffrage question I am sorry, and sincerely beg their pardon. My only wish is to kindly persuade the suffragettes and their sympathizers that they are wrong, and quoting from the closing words of the second inaugural speech of the Great Emancipator and martyr. Abraham Lincoln: "With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness to the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations." But let there be no second Emancipation or reason for it, s the prayer of. MISS LIDA MARION SWEENY. 109 Anderson Street.TIMES SUFFRAGE FORUM Discussion For and Against Equal Suffrage in the State of New Jersey (Communications solicited, but they should not exceed 500 words. Send in your view.) [*Mar. 8, 1913*] WHY COLORADO SENATOR OPPOSES SUFFRAGE Miss Lida M. Sweeny, of 109 Anderson Street, has received a letter from John Hecker, Senator of Colorado telling of the conditions in that State. He says: Women's suffrage has been no benefit to the State of Colorado whatsoever. The majority of the women do not want the ballot. It was the cheap politicians who brought about equal suffrage in Colorado. Nobody expected it would carry and so thousands of voters stayed away from the polls and did not vote at all. Should the women of the State have a chance to vote on the question again it would be defeated by a large majority. But still, the women vote at every election and can be favorably compared with the men voters. In the first place, the politicians of the party in power in Denver control the lewd women, the prostitutes and street walkers. Therefore, the respectable citizens are trying their best to get their wives and daughters to vote to off-set the voters of the undesirable. Therefore, the large women's vote. Otherwise there would [*57112*] not be twenty per cent of the women's vote case. The political party in power in Denver has the advantage of about from 4,000 to 5,000 of these voters. In case these people could not vote, it would simply be double voting, double expense, and the result would be the same, whether the women vote or not, because the wives and daughters of the respectable families vote the same as the husbands and fathers vote. My wife, three daughters and son vote as I do and that is the case with almost every family. Since we have woman's suffrage we have more divorces and more unhappy homes. Ninety-five per cent. of the German-American women don't want the ballot; they leave the politics to their husbands and try their best to make the home as pleasant as possible for their husbands. Therefore, less divorces among them. We have the suffragists running with the ward politicians to cafes and other places of amusement and political meetings and the husbands must get their own dinners and in many instances, must wash the dishes. Now, could you expect anything but divorce. In the year 1912 we had 2,676 marriage licenses issued and during the year we had divorces granted in the District Court 194 and in the County Court, 716, making a total of 900 divorces. At a regular election we cast about 75,000 to 83,000 votes. But I wish you to understand that after we exclude the kind of women I have mentioned heretofore, that Denver as well as the State of Colorado has as good women and can be favorably compared with the women of the Union. So far as political positions in Denver as well as the State are concerned, I will say that the heads of departments are men with the exception of Recorder, Superintendent of Schools and State Librarian. The clerkships are about equally divided. Now, as far as Prohibition is concerned, I consider that the majority of the women of Colorado vote in favor of saloons. Two years ago we voted on the question of whether Denver should be dry territory or not. The liquor interests carried Denver in their favor between 16,000 and 17,000 votes. Last November we voted on the question of State Wide Prohibition. Denver gave over 21,000 majority in favor of the liquor interests, and beyond any doubt, the women carried the day. At every polling place there were from two to three women to one man working in the interests of the liquor traffic. Trusting this will be a satisfactory answer to your inquiries, I remain, Yours very respectfull, JOHN HECKER, Senator State of Colorado. Senator Hecker is also president of the Central Verbund with which he says several hundred organizations are affiliated, and he states that ninety-five per cent. of the members are opposed to woman suffrage. He is also president of the N. A. K. Bund, of eighty-seven organizations, and ninety-eight per cent. are opposed to woman suffrage. A clipping which he sends Miss Sweeny is also pertinent to the subject. The clipping is as follows: SOCIETY PARTY TAKEN IN ROADHOUSE RAID Denver Crowd Captured as Sheriff's Party Swoops Down on Wayside Inn With Axes. Nearly a dozen Denver people were caught in a raid on Petersburg roadhouses early yesterday and taken to the jail at Littleton, wher they later were released. The raid was led by Sheriff J. W. McGroom of Arapahoe County, as the first step in a crusade to check violation of the Sunday liquor law. Followed by a corps of deputies, some of them armed with axes, the sheriff swooped down on the Wayside Inn on the Petersburg Road, about 1:30 a. m., and placed all the occupants under arrest. Among those in the inn, the sheriff declares, was a party of Denver people known to society, including six women and about the same number of men. Automobiles had been provided to carry the prisoners to Littleton. McGroom declared that upon arriving at the jail the names were recorded on the register and the parties released. The sheriff declined to make the names public. Feb. 10th, Rocky Mountain News. TRENTON SCHOOLBOY, IN VERSE, PRAISES WILSON Some of the world's greatest bards could not write poetry like that which Master William B. Pullen, 18 years old' composes at the Carroll Robbins Training School, where he is a pupil in the Eigth Grade. Master Pullen's latest effusion follows: WOODROW WILSON No greater man have we known, Tho' to manhood some have grown To Princeton students he has shown, That his will is of his own. Tuesday last he took his seat, Many then were there to greet- A President from our good state, Is there nefore it is too late. He has a difficult task to do- The people shout: "It's up to you"; Mexican trouble is in the front, He has got to do the stunt. Strikes are going on here now, And the bosses must make their vow To give the laborers what they claim, Or they'll march right out again. No more he's Governor of our state But for the next we needn't wait- He's gone to take a higher stand A perfect built and self-made man. And we know that he'll do right, He will help us through the fight- We can put our trust in him, Tho' chances may seem very slim.THE SUFFRAGE FORUM Discussion For and Against Equal Suffrage in the State of New Jersey (Communications solicited, but they should not exceed 500 words. Send in you view.) Feb. 18, 1913. ANSWERS TO ROBERT HOWE'S ARGUMENTS (By a Disciple of John Ruskin.) To The Editor of the Times: Sir: It is not just or generous to wait until after people are dead to accord them their due praise, and, acting upon this truth, I wish to state that the Trenton Evening Times must appeal to every truly honest and charitable person as a paper that is entirely for the people's interest, "giving tribute to whole tribute is due, honor to whom honor is due;" always fearlessly defending the oppressed; ceaselessly striving for justice and defending truth and righteousness. A truly ideal paper, and long may it continue to prosper, with a constantly increasing circulation, is my heartiest wish. You have my deepest gratitude for the kind and courteous treatment my recent letter received at your hands; and your generosity has encourage me to trespass once more by submitting another suffrage article for your approval. The article is addressed to all readers of the Trenton Times, and is as follows: Every argument heard or read by the writer, on equal suffrage, has been dealt with summarily. Robert Howe's argument in favor of equal suffrage began with man's first record of woman. I will being mine against the woman's ballot with God's record of the creation of the world. We all know that there is a beginning and an ending in all things in human life -- the alpha and the omega. We all know that there is am mysterious before and after, the alpha and omega of the world which is known only to the Supreme Being, God, to whose existence there is no beginning, no ending, the life eternal. Scientists, astrologers and the wisest of men can not probe that great mystery. They suppose and theorize on the condition of the universe before the completion of the creation; but that wonderful truth that there was an existence, which had no beginning, before the beginning of the creation, is beyond the knowledge of mortal man, and knows only to his Creator. Who is it that controls the worlds in space? Who gives the sun its glorious radiance which illuminates our world by day? Who created the inertia that holds the earth in space and yet permits its daily rotation around the sun? Who gives the moon her silvery light? Who causes those litter star lights to peep through the curtain of Heaven? Who controls the storms? Is it man or the other master in this world? Everywhere in the universe we find proof that there is a God who controls all things. It is unreasonable not to think that He came closer to those people first created than He did to their 57113 descendants, thousands of years afterward. They needed to be taught self government, and they received their instruction directly from their Maker. It is folly to think that a true record of their history was not supplied by them for their posterity. They were to hand those laws of self government taught to them by their Creator down to future generations; and as the population of the world increased each generation would learn from the preceding; and the glorious light of God's countenance and the divine voice were removed, so that His people should be governed by faith. And faith in God and the keeping of His commandments are our only salvation today. From the earliest records we have proof that God made man superior to woman, both physically and mentally, and intended him to be her protector and she his "ministering angel." From those prophets who lived close to God in the early days of the world's history we learn that in that unknown existence which had no beginning, the eternal kingdom of Heaven, there was strife, caused by the discontent of Beelzebub, one of the agent host, who wished to domineer over those more favored. And for his great sin he was cast from Heaven to Hell. From that time God permitted him to wage war on man's world. He was the prince of strife and discontent. Those who did not serve God served Beelzebub, and so it is at the present time. And when life's work is done we will receive our reward from the Master whom we served; possibly we will receive some of our pay long before life's work is accomplished. Webster wrote: "The more nearly the rectitude of men approaches to the standard of the divine law, the more exalted and dignified is their character. Want of rectitude is not only sinful, but debasing." Men or women who, from ignorance or indifference, are heedless of the divine law are degenerates, or will soon be. It is the writer's earnest wish to convince many advocates for the woman's ballot that they have not thought deeply enough on this subject of vital importance; but have been swayed more by a most commendable sympathy for their less fortunate sisters, whom they erroneously think they can help by making laws for their protection, than by a correct conception of the situation. "Truth is largely; our aspiration Scarce embraces half we be; Shame! to stand in His creation And doubt Truth's sufficiency!" -Mrs. Browning ((To be Continued). TIMES SUFFRAGE FORUM Discussion For and Against Equal Suffrage in the State of New Jersey (Communications solicited, but they should not exceed 500 words. Send in your view.) [*Mar. 10, 1913.*] CONDEMNS EQUAL SUFFRAGE AND GIVES REASON FOR STAND To the Editor of the Times. Sir—The New Jersey Legislature of 1913 goes on record as favoring Woman Suffrage. A "hoodoo year," certainly, for our State. Another triumph for the "Yellow Peril" in America. Men elected to represent the voters of New Jersey willing to give women the franchise. I [??]. Is it because they think that the easiest way to dispose of the matter is, as I heard a man in the State House lobby remark on the day of the hearing, "Give it to 'em; women always get what they want?" I do not believe that our legislators are thoughtless men. I do not believe also, that one of those voting for the resolution knows by experience what the conditions are in the States where equal suffrage has existed for years. The suffragettes in presenting their side at the hearing argued chiefly that "We want votes." They did not cite anything that they have DONE. The truth is that the two and a half million enfranchised women in America have done practically nothing that counts for good, but they have increased many-fold the power of the women of the underworld by giving them the ballot which they use most effectively for furthering their own wicked purposes. It was stated by one speaker that women need the ballot to protect and provide for child life. "Men and women must be allowed," he said, "to do their work under reasonable conditions and in reasonable hours. We see a time ahead when all the people may enjoy some of the beauty of this world and when the bitter struggle for bread will not occupy nine-tenths of the people. The Greek civilization ignored the existence of the slaves—our nineteenth century civilization has practically ignored the existence of millions of people working in mills and foundries, digging in ditches and making tunnels; without hope and without sympathy they have been compelled to struggle to exist—barely to live. These are those of all others that need the protection of the Constitution. The vote is more essential to each one of these than it is to you and me." I, too, see a time ahead when the poor will not need to work. It will be —in heaven. Do these ardent suffragettes intend to provide money and raiment for our working girls so that they may live at ease in the sunshine? The ballot cannot drive away poverty. The best laws for the protection of life do not exist in the States where women have voted for twenty or forty years. No State in this country has made as great strides forward in establishing stringent laws for the protection of life and health of its employs as New Jersey. The New Jersey Department of Factory Labor, organized nine years ago, has fifteen branches of work to perform in the enforcemnt of as many laws to safeguard workers and the public health. Does this show that New Jersey needs woman's vote to protect working girls? DR. SHAW'S ARGUMENTS. Dr. Anna Shaw talked chiefly of her desire for the ballot in order that she might be entirely free, as men are. "Women do not need and do not want guardians, they want freedom," she said. That sounds very brave. Dr. Shaw undoubtedly has not needed a guardian, but had she married and become a mother, and while her strength was taxed to the limit in caring for baby and possibly one or two other little ones, had her husband deserted her leaving her penniless as hundreds of faithless men have done and are doing—what about a guardian then? What would equal rights avail a woman in such a predicament? Men are kinder to women than suffragettes would have them to be. It was man who made the laws that protect a woman when she discovers her husband faithless. The law cannot soothe the sorrowing heart but it does make a man provide for the woman he has promised to love and cherish. Yet the suffragettes want only freedom—not man's help. I had expected something different from Dr. Shaw—some grand argument for the suffrage cause—something to tor in civic life is upon us, with its noisy, ostentatious parade. We are facing a crisis. The question "Shall woman be granted equal suffrage?" must be answered —not by some other state, but by the home-loving men and women of New Jersey. From 1848, when the call was issued for the first woman's rights convention, women have been antagonistic toward the government. At the time of the adoption of the fourteenth amendment in 1868 they b[???] more aggressive. Women were in[???]ed, they claimed, because the black man was given the right to vote and they were not. In 1869 Wyoming conferred upon women full citizenship, making them equal to men. Colorado, Utah and Idaho followed soon after. Then there was a comparative silence on the part of suffrage leaders until 1905, when the militant movement, led by Emeline Pankhurst in London, startled the country. Since then, and especially in the past three years, wonderful strides have been made by the suffrage movement in America. IMPORTANT ISSUE. It is vitally essential that every man and woman in New Jersey be aroused to the importance of the issue The home, that hallowed shrine on which rests the foundation of the country, is being disrupted because woman is turning away from her sacred privileges to the glitter and glamour of public life, which will prove after a time only a "whited sepulchre" to her, and her place will not be filled. This world-wide campaign for equal suffrage —the wild desire to "carry the message of equal rights to the uttermost parts of the earth"—is but a part of the great spirit of unrest which permeates every part of the country at this time. The world is full of decentralized women. The kingdoms of the earth and the glory of them tempt her. She reads of the laring deeds of leaders in the woman movement and her eyes fairly bulge with a desire to be like them. To be persecuted, to suffer, to die, if need be, in order that her name may be written in the hall of fame, and that she may be freed from the rule of that awful creature, man. The cry of the Suffragette is for freedom, but the way she pursues will bring her into greater slavery. They look with longing eyes on political careers, believing that when they get into office they will purify the workings of the whole regime. They will not. They will do precisely the same as women are doing in the states where suffrage has been in operation for years. The movement, in so far as cleaning politics is concerned, is, and always will be, a failure. What have women done with the ballot? They have proven their inability to cope with the affairs of municipal and state government. Where on the books of the equal suffrage states are those measures that should be there to protect young girls, wives and mothers? Where are the laws that would prevent the saloon, the social evil and other vile destructive agencies? Why are there in Denver fifteen drinking women to one man? Why is it that in California, where women have recently voted on the local option question, that the vote was four to one in favor of everything being wide open in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and Pasadena went wet for the first time in its history? Have women made good with the ballot—their so-called freedom? Undeniably no. Approximately one-fourth of the enfranchised women in America vote, and these are made up principally of those seeking public life and the prostitute population. Women do go about the cities and towns electioneering; they drive voters to the polls on election day; they work for whichever party gives them the most money—Democrat one year, Republican another. They vote as the machine directs. They conduct the affairs of any office to which they are elected in the same inefficient manner as they presided over the homes they left behind them. The women who are fitted in every way for political careers are the ones who love their homes, their husbands and their babies, and will not be dragged into the filth. ONE CITY'S EXPERIENCE. There is still a worse and a vital side to equal suffrage—the ballot in the hands of evil women, the women of the underworld. Election time is harvest time for them, and a feeling of disgust and loathing fills me when I review the scenes and experiences of election days spent in a large city where women have the ballot. From observation I learned that under different names and disguises many of those creatures vote as many as four times at an election. They do not vote at all until the political bosses or office- seekers accede to their demands. I also learned that a man running for one of the most important offices in the city was defeated by them because he would not pay the price demanded for votes by the captain of the red light district. Does anyone doubt the power of a community of such women? Listen! While in that city I knew a leading politician— a man of unquestioned integrity and a social favorite. During the winter he was offered five hundred dollars by a leader of the evil women for a certain favor 1910 only four States in the Union had suffrage, the first being Wyoming in 1869, how is it that the female population of States without equal rights have attained to their present exalted place? In their clamor for equal suffrage, the women of the eastern States appear to be entirely ignorant of the fact that the many existing laws discriminating in favor of women will be done away with should they succeed in getting merely "equal rights." Among them those providing that while a married man cannot sell property without the consent of his wife she can sell any property of hers at any time, and he has no equity in it; while a husband sued for divorce is forced to pay alimony, a man is never given alimony by his divorced wife, no matter how rich she may be; when a wife sues for divorce her husband pays her attorneys' fees. The penal statutes discriminating in favor of women are many. A dominant note in the suffrage movement is the antagonism to men, claiming that [??]rh their injustice women are kept in bondage. From suffrage literature I quote the following: "By authority of the first chapter of Genesis, man claims dominion and subsequent superiority over all the whole earth and its inhabitants because his kind, male and female, was made last and made in the image of the Creator; yet by virtue of the second chapter, man claims superiority to woman because he was created first! He claims a superiority to the woman because she was an afterthought, at least so the story goes, and therefore was created for him, not he for her! Man is indeed supreme, according to his own reasoning. For him all things were made without a doubt! He is the supreme and natural ruler of the world, to question which were rankest heresy. As for woman, she should be content, as all 'good' women have been, thus to be the companion of the gods, content to be at his continual service, to please him, cheer him, help him; for she exists not for herself, but for his comfort, his well-being, and his pleasure! Such has been the burden of thought which has crushed woman and stultified her throughout the centuries, especially the ages dominated by Christian thought. "It was one of Frances Willard dreams that much could be accomplished through political parties, but last she, too, was forced to abandon such hopes. Not even the Prohibition party was progressive enough to st[??] by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, showing how deep-rooted is prejudice against a disfranchised [??] especially if composed of women. S[??] we women will have small reason to be thankful to politicians, states, judges, legislators, or presidents, [??] men, no matter what they may in [??] future do for us. They have robb[??] of all, and are slow in making r[??] tion. One is scarcely bound to be thankful to a highway robber who gives back piecemeal his unlawful loot. Truly the men of America fall far short of chivalry, justice and honor, in this one matter, at least. Strange it is that no one of them has arisen in deepest penitence to demand that his fellows erase this foulest blot from the escutcheon of American manhood, for if woman is degraded by her disfranchisement, surely man is infinitely more disgraced by his passive participation in the wholesale crime!" WOMAN'S RIGHTS. Degradation of disfranchisement! Absurd! What do women want of more rights? Already they have more than they know how to use properly, for their own good and for the good of those about them. It is not the lack of the ballot that degrades woman, but her failure to live a [??], upright life, and to be the sweet womanly creature that her Maker intended her to be. God made woman and she can no more change her rightful sphere than she can change her sex. To her is given the privilege of ma[??] a home that man feels is worth the protection of his ballot. She has a [??] and noble work to perform in rearing and [???] little ones God gives her. [??] the privilege to keep herself on the [?] where man's chivalry has pla[??] and her duty to draw men up cleaner life. Women does rule — not by precept power, but by example and love. Ch[??] said "Thy gentleness hath made t[??] great," and the greatest good done the world is "not by might, nor [??] power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord." And, because I believe that women who hi[??] and parade and stir up thousands [??] an anarchistic attitude toward the government are not only in rebellion against the constitution, but are aid[?] in the disruption of the home. I again wonder why the legislators of New Jersey put their stamp of approval on this world-wide madness of woman, that will lead—God alone [??] where. VIRGINIA [??]TON. Trenton. March 8, 1913the conditions are [?] equal suffrage has existed for years. The suffragettes in presenting their side at the hearing argued chiefly that "We want votes." They did not cite anything that they have DONE. The truth is that the two and a half million enfranchised women in America have done practically nothing that counts for good, but they have increased many-fold the power of the women of the underworld by giving them the ballot which they use most effectively for furthering their own wicked purposes. It was stated by one speaker that women need the ballot to protect and provide for child life. "Men and women must be allowed," he said, "to do their work under reasonable con- ditions and in reasonable hours. We see a time ahead when all the people may enjoy some of the beauty of this world and when the bitter struggle for bread will not occupy nine-tenths of the people. The Greek civilization ig- nored the existence of the slaves—our nineteenth century civilization has practically ignored the existence of millions of people working in mills and foundries, digging in ditches and making tunnels; without hope and without sympathy they have been compelled to struggle to exist—barely to live. These are those of all others that need the protection of the Constitution. The vote is more essential to each one of these than it is to you and me." I, too, see a time ahead when the poor will not need to work. It will be —in heaven. Do these ardent suffra- gettes intend to provide money and raiment for our working girls so that they may live at ease in the sunshine? The ballot cannot drive away pov- erty. The best laws for the protec- tion of life do not exist in the States where women have voted for twenty or forty years. No State in this country has made as great strides forward in establishing stringent laws for the protection of life and health of its em- ployes as New Jersey. The New Jer- sey Department of Factory Labor, or- ganized nine years ago, has fifteen branches of work to perform in the en- forcement of as many laws to safeguard workers and the public health. Does this show that New Jersey needs woman's vote to protect working girls? DR. SHAW'S ARGUMENTS. Dr. Anna Shaw talked chiefly of her desire for the ballot in order that she might be entirely free, as men are. "Women do not need and do not want guardians, they want freedom," she said. That sounds very brave. Dr. Shaw undoubtedly has not needed a guardian, but had she married and be- come a mother, and while her strength was taxed to the limit in caring for baby and possibly one or two other little ones, had her husband deserted her leaving her penniless as hundreds of faithless men have done and are doing—what about a guardian then? What would equal rights avail a wo- man in such a predicament? Men are kinder to women than suffragettes would have them to be. It was man who made the laws that protect a woman when she discovers her husband faithless. The law cannot soothe the sorrowing heart but it does make a man provide for the woman he has promised to love and cherish. Yet the suffragettes want only freedom—not man's help. I had expected something different from Dr. Shaw—some grand argument or the suffrage cause—something to show that it had been tried, and as [illegible] plift to humanity was not want- [ing.] And again, I wonder WHY our [legi]slators voted in favor of the reso- [luti]on when there was not given by [illegible] speaker, a convincing argument [in] favor of women voting? At the rebuttal Dr. Shaw spoke in [illegible] thetic terms of the sacrifices of women during the Civil War, telling how her mother and herself struggled [to] preserve their home and keep the [fir]es lighted for the home-coming of the husband and father from the bat- tle-field. Could she have made a stronger point AGAINST equal suf- frage? The suffragette would be out on the battle-field. It is the "Anti" who urges that women shall keep the fires lighted on the sacred home altar, waiting the return of the man who battles with the world. Once more—WHY? I believe that the men merely looked upon the suffrage assembly as a gathering of enthusiastic women, not realizing the seriousness of the occasion, but probably all agreeing with the closing re- marks of Speaker Davis that "I have listened to both sides and am of the opinion that woman is still a sweet, adorable creature." A manly thought, to be sure, but in the midst of that gathering, one who has seen the evils of equal suffrage could almost hear the hissing of the serpent; and my blood chills at the thought of the nearness of the awful thing. Spreading over the country like a mighty octopus, reaching its fangs, north, east, south and west, this important fac- IMPORTANT ISSUE. It is vitally essential that every man and woman in New Jersey be aroused to the importance of the issue. The home, that hallowed shrine on which rests the foundation of the country, is being dis- rupted because woman is turning away from her sacred privileges to the glitter and glamour of public life, which will prove after a time only a "whited sepul- chre" to her, and her place will not be filled. This world-wide campaign for equal suf- frage—the wild desire to "carry the mes- sage of equal rights to the uttermost parts of the earth"—is but a part of the great spirit of unrest which permeates every part of the country at this time. The world is full of decentralized women. The kingdoms of the earth and the glory of them tempt her. She reads of the laring deeds of leaders in the woman movement and her eyes fairly bulge with a desire to be like them. To be perse- cuted, to suffer, to die, if need be, in order that her name may be written in the hall of fame, and that she may be freed from the rule of that awful crea- ture, man. The cry of the Suffragette is for free- dom, but the way she pursues will bring her into greater slavery. They look with longing eyes on political careers, believ- ing that when they get into office they will purify the workings of the whole regime. They will not. They will do precisely the same as women are doing in the states where suffrage has been in operation for years. The movement, in so far as cleaning politics is concerned, is, and always will be, a failure. What have women done with the bal- lot? They have proven their inability to cope with the affairs of municipal and state government. Where on the books of the equal suffrage states are those measures that should be there to protect young girls, wives and mothers? Where are the laws that would prevent the sa- loon, the social evil and other vile de- structive agencies? Why are there in Denver fifteen drinking women to one man? Why is it that in California, where women have recently voted on the local option question, that the vote was four to one in favor of everything being wide open in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and Pasadena went wet for the first time in its history? Have women made good with the ballot—their so-called freedom? Undeniably, no. Approximately one-fourth of the en- franchised women in America vote, and these are made up principally of those seeking public life and the prostitute pop- ulation. Women go about the cities and towns electioneering; they drive voters to the polls on election day; they work for whichever party gives them the most money—Democrat one year, Republican another. They vote as the machine di- rects. They conduct the affairs of any office to which they are elected in the same inefficient manner as they presided over the homes they left behind them. The women who are fitted in every way for political careers are the ones who love their homes, their husbands and their babies, and will not be dragged into the filth. ONE CITY'S EXPERIENCE There is still a worse and a vital side to equal suffrage—the ballot in the hands of evil women, the women of the under- world. Election time is harvest time for them, and a feeling of disgust and loath- ing fills me when I review the scenes and experiences of election days spent in a large city where women have the ballot. From observation I learned that under different names and disguises many of those creatures vote as many as four times at an election. They do not vote at all until the political bosses or office- seekers accede to their demands. I also learned that a man running for one of the most important offices in the city was defeated by them because he would not pay the price demanded for votes by the captain of the red light district. Does anyone doubt the power of a com- munity of such women? Listen! While in that city I knew a leading politician— a man of unquestioned integrity and a social favorite. During the winter he was offered five hundred dollars by a leader of the evil women for a certain favor. Enraged by the insult, he ordered the creature out of his office and had her arrested for attempted bribery. When the case was tried she confessed to the charge and quietly paid her fine and costs. But, at the spring primary, the man was up for re-nomination with no contest for his position until a half hour before the polls closed, when the creature he had dared defy appeared with her crowd, placed in the field a saloon keeper, who was nominated and elected. And just this same thing happens to any man in office who openly defies women lost to honor when they have the power of the ballot. Surely the women who today are fight- ing for the ballot do not know what they are asking for. It will mean that fathers, husbands and brothers in politics will be in the power of evil women to an alarm- ing extent. It is often remarked that one bad woman has ten times the influence over a man that a good one has, and if she has the power of the ballot to aid in her knavery, is not her influence a hundredfold stronger? If every woman in New Jersey could and would know the true conditions in the States where women have equal suffrage, I feel sure that our State would never be cursed by the licensed evils that exist there. "NATURAL INFERIORITY" A fallacious argument advanced by suffragettes is that of the "natural in- feriority of woman." That she occupies a degraded position because she has been kept down by man. She is not allowed to vote because of her ignor- ance. She had been down-trodden for centuries and only by rising in her power and demanding a voice in politics has she gotten out of a state of sub- jection. The fighting of women such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stan- ton, Frances E. Willard and Belva A. Lockwood may have helped to bring about the betterment of woman's con- dition, but when we consider that until 1910 only four States in the Union had suffrage, the first being Wyoming in 1869, how is it that the female popula- tion of States without equal rights have attained to their present exalted place? In their clamor for equal suffrage, the women of the eastern States appear to be entirely ignorant of the fact that the many existing laws discriminating in favor of women will be done away with should they succeed in getting merely "equal rights." Among them those providing that while a married man cannot sell property without the consent of his wife she can sell any property of hers at any time, and he has no equity in it; while a husband sued for divorce is forced to pay ali- mony, a man is never given alimony by his divorced wife, no matter how rich she may be; when a wife sues for divorce her husband pays her attorneys' fees. The penal statutes discriminating in favor of women are many. A dominant note in the suffrage movement is the antagonism to men, claiming the [illegible] their injustice women are kept in bondage. From suf- frage literature I quote the following: "By authority of the first chapter of Genesis, man claims dominion and sub- sequent superiority over all the whole earth and its inhabitants because his kind, male and female, was made last and made in the image of the Creator; yet by virtue of the second chapter, man claims superiority to women be- cause he was created first! He claims a superiority to the woman because she was an afterthought, at least so the story goes, and therefore was created for him, not he for her! Man is indeed supreme, according to his own reason- ing. For him all things were made without a doubt! He is the supreme and natural ruler of the world, to ques- tion which were rankest heresy. As for woman, she should be content, as all 'good' women have been, thus to be the companion of the gods, content to be at his continual service, to please him, cheer him, help him; for she exists not for herself, but for his comfort, his well-being, and his pleasure! Such has been the burden of thought which has crushed woman and stultified her throughout the centuries, especially the ages dominated by Christian thought. "It was one of Frances Willard's dreams that much could be accom- plished through political parties, but last she, too, was forced to abandon such hopes. Not even the Prohibition party was progressive enough to stand by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, showing how deep-rooted is the prejudice against a disfranchised class, especially if composed of women. [Surely] we women will have small reason [illegible] to be thankful to politicians, states[illegible] judges, legislators, or presidents, [illegible] men, no matter what they may in [illegible] future do for us. They have robb[illegible] of all, and are slow in making r[illegible] tion. Ons is scarcely bound to be thank- ful to a highway robber who gives back piecemeal his unlawful loot. Truly the men of America fall far short of chiv- alry, justice and honor, in this one mat- ter, at least. Strange it is that no one of them has arisen in deepest penitence to demand that his fellows erase this foulest blot from the escutcheon of American manhood, for if woman is de- graded by her disfranchisement, surely man is infinitely more disgraced by his passive participation in the wholesale crime!" WOMAN'S RIGHTS. Degradation of disfranchisement! Absurd! What do women want of more rights? Already they have more than they know how to use properly, for their own good and for the good of those about them. It is not the lack of the ballot that degrades women, but her failure to live a d[???], upright life, and to be the sweet w[?]anl creature that her Maker intended her to be. God made woman and she can no more change her rightful s[?]ere than she can change her sex, [?] her [??]s given the privilege of ma[??] a home that man feels is worth the protection of his ballot. She has a un[???] noble little ones God gives her. [???]y the privliege to keep herself on the [???] and her duty to draw men up cleaner life. Women d[??]es rule- not by precept power, but by example and love. Ch[??] said "The gentleness hath made t[hy] great." and the greatest good done the world is "not by might, not [by] power. but by My Spirit, saith th[y] Lord." And, [b]ecause I believe that wome[n] who h[??]e and parade and stir up tous- ands [??]an anarchistic attitude toward the g[o]vernment are not only in rebel- lion [a]gainst the constituion, but are aid[ing] in the disruption of the n[??]me, I ag[ai]n wonder why the[e] legislators of Ne[w] jersey put their st[a]mp of approve[ment] on this world-wide madness of woman, that will lead-God alone [???] where. VIRGINIA L[????]ON. Trenton. March 8, 1913TIMES SUFFRAGE FORUM Discussion For and Against Equal Suffrage in the State of New Jersey (Communications solicited, but they should not exceed 500 words. Send in your view.) [*Feb.22.1913*] ANSWERS TO ROBERT HOWE'S ARGUMENTS (By a Disciple of John Ruskin.) (Continued from Yesterday.) Woman is not inferior, because she is not physically and mentally as strong as man. Woman was glorified in Bethlehem many years ago. The perfect woman is an ideal creature, the embodiment of purity, gentleness, honor and loving sympathy. Long live the memory of the poets who sang of the modest fragrant violet and the giant oak, and of the gentle clinging ivy and her protector, the monarch of the woods. According to present-day sentiment, the poets will write of the pair of aggressive burdocks and the independent bramble and her companion, the oseage orange. Woman no longer needs a protector to shield her from the roughening influences of an unsympathetic world. She finds that gentleness, modesty and delicacy have been packed away in the trunks of her grandmothers, and the women of the present day are so accustomed to the vicissitudes of life that there is nothing to shock or daunt them. Pope wrote: "Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen, But seen too oft familiar with her face We first endure, then pity, then embrace." Goods in the shops of our merchants, if exhibited for any length of time for the gaze of the public and left exposed to dust and sunlight, become shopworn, their value decreases and they are disposed of at bargain sales, or are discarded as worthless. So it is with the true woman, to become common and prove that she is not man's inferior in modesty and delicacy, as he is hers mentally and physically, will make her cheap and in time worthless. "A glass of pure water into which a drop of ink has fallen will never become clear again." Let the woman continue to be a woman and the man a man. If either attempt to assume the character or nature of the other they will become neither one thing or the other, and therefore, will be neuter. The man, who protects the home, mentally and physically, needs his ministering angel at his fireside to sympathize, advise and persuade. If she publicly declares that he is no longer competent to be the protector of that home, to accomplish the work entrusted to him by his Creator, and he acknowledges this to be true by permitting her to assist in manufacturing laws, then this twentieth century will become, not the "golden," but the brazen era of neuter women and mollycoddles. A retrogressive age! Does it seem possible that Adam's "bone of contention" should cause a twentieth century revolution, repeating the great sin of Beelzebub, who coveted the honor which God had bestowed on superior angels: the woman, whom Satan tempted at the creation of the world, to defy God's commands, and, who sinned, and persuaded superior man to sin? Ye superstitious. Are ye not fearful? What calamity will we have precipitated upon us? Are you unaware that this is the thirteenth year of the twentieth century? If that equal suffrage bill is passed and man is robbed of his birthright it will be proved that thirteen is Satan's license number. When the defenders of equal suffrage can convince us that it is right for the rooster to hatch the hen's eggs and permit her to desert her nest, then we will believe in woman's ballot. DISPUTES "SUFFRAGETTE." I will not trail you through a dense swamp of musty verbiage, but condense the meaning of the suffragette's forceful arguments in a recent issue of the Times in fewer words. She intimates that the few suffragettes are equal to anything ever created, and really man's superior. Further on I will compare woman and man. She wrote that the first daily paper in the United States was published by a woman. [*57115*] (Several cyclopaedias which I have consulted state that the first daily paper in United States was published by Benjamin Franklin Bache, grandson of Benjamin Franklin, in the year 1[?]4, in Philadephia.) The first daily paper in the world [*1784*] was the "Daily Courant," published in English in 1709, consisting of but one page of two columns and containing five paragraphs, translated from foreign journals. The cycloapedia does not give the sex of the publisher. Will Mrs. W. kindly inform us from what source she obtained her information? Elizabeth Mallet's name does not occur in three cyclopaedias which I have read. Appleton's American C. states that "the Virginia Gazette, the first Virginia paper, was issued in 1763 by William Parks, who had previously published for nine years the Maryland Gazette at Annapolis. Both of the papers, Mrs. W. states, were started by women. Of course, Mr. P. had a mother and a grandmother and they might have supplied the capital, but Mr. P was the publisher. On October 16, 1725, William Bradford began the publication of the New York Gazette, the first newspaper issued in that city. The second the writer did not think worth writing about. Two Rhode Island papers were in publication in 1776 and that is all of the authentic information about R.I. Monthly Journals, weekly and bi-weekly newspapers were published by men, years before the first dailies appeared. It is not an impossibility that women should have published some of the first newspapers, considering that they have always enjoyed the reputation of having superior ability in the art of putting news into circulation. Women have always "led" there, and if men "followed" it was always at a safe distance. Historical and Biblical records prove that women have always had a penchant for news. Eve was seeking news the day the serpent tempted her to eat of the forbidden fruit. Mrs. W. writes that "we do not know of any women or set of women who have courted publicity more than the antis. I believe that some of these enthusiasts have talked so much that at last they have become deranged and really believe all that they say. Readers, have you read of the antis using dynamite in London, putting molasses in the mail boxes and playfully tampering with railway signals which would cause the loss of many human lives, and many other lamblike tricks? Did you read of the antis' treatment of Mrs. Fisher-Andrew at the State House? Have you read of the anti-hikers who are behaving like naughty little children, trying to work on their parent's sympathy and forcin ghim to give them something which is not good for them, to keep them cheerful and make them behave themselves for the time being? I had the impression that the newspaper reports were correct, but this lady has shown that the compilers of cyclopaedias and the publishers of newspapers are not so well informed as some of the excessively new women. She thinks that woman, "when tested and vested with authority," is equal to man, if not his superior in everything. Woman could fill the office of President of the United States for her executive ability, or she could drive and load a city of crematory wagon equally as well. She writes that "men and women with a common interest will have an incentive to work out jointly the great problems of the future of their country and its people." That is what all Christian men and women have been doing for years: and it is only those who are heedless of the divine law who have caused the sanctity of the home and its influences to be lost in the Legislature and in the world. (To Be Continued.)TIMES SUFFRAGE FORUM Discussion For and Against Equal Suffrage in the State of New Jersey (Communications solicited, but they should not exceed 500 words. Send in your view.) [*Feb. 24, 1913*] ANSWERS TO ROBERT HOWE’S ARGUMENTS (By a Disciple of John Ruskin.) (Continued from Saturday's Times.) If the home is no longer woman's place, while the mother is out harranguing for a political office, the father, "who for many years sat beside his office desk through long hours of patient industry and with rapidly moving pen or pencil in account book or ledger, passed between his thumb and fingers," office work which procured the money which paid for every thread in every garment that covered the human form in his home, will be compelled to don mob-cap and cover- all apron; train his daughters to be good politicians, and his sons to be good housekeepers. Or else content himself with a “lodging-house roost" and restaurant meals, and let the female probation officers take care of his sons and daughters. Is Carrie Nation to supplant Florence Nightingale in history? Are we to have Amazons instead of "ministering angels? You sons, grandsons and great- grandsons of Civil and Revolutionary War heroes! Do you confess that you are no longer mentally able to protect the home, that your ancestors defended with their lives? Is the militant suffragette to rule our country? Feminine humanity , that would be put to flight by a small rodent, not a thousandth part of her size; a little furry caterpillar, not more than an inch long, or a tiny spider that could not cover one-half of a postage stamp would cause her to scream hysterically for assistance or possibly swoon. Oh, Reason, where art thou? Why hast thou departed from us? Can it be possible that we are to be represented by such courage in this thirteenth year of the twentieth century? This agitation and wild enthusiasm has developed since the Spanish War. Do any of you readers remember "H -“son's experience the ram- [??]ous enthusiasts many years ago? Do you recall Joseph Hoffman at one time protecting himself from possible death from suffocation, by using a chair as a weapon to check this restless feminine humanity? Do you remember Kubelik, the great violinist, barely escaping with his life, after a musical performance, by jumping into a cab and slamming the door, almost in the faces of these maniacal enthusiasts. For a long time the osculation fever has abated; but let these enthusiats have any more freedom and it will return stronger than ever. "Woe unto man," in those days! Readers, decide these questions: Can good laws come rom the lawless? Can we expect prohibition laws to be enforced by people whose actions are similar to those of intemperate imbibers of intoxicating liquors? Can we expect good laws to contour the interests of home and state from people who are ignorantly and willfully defying the laws of God and man, and are daily giving proof that they are unable to control themselves? Dare we defy God's law by permitting woman to usurp man's birthright, inherited from his Creator? Another statement by Mrs. W.: "The rights of man are the rights of woman by priority," This argument must have bewildered me and list mein a dazed condition. Eve was born before Adam and Adam was that rib which became the "bone of contention." Where am I? That price of envy, deception and strife is surely the cause of the agita- ion today. No other could make highly cultured people attempt to make that which is false, appear like the truth, and really be deceived themselves. "Truth crushed to earth shall rise again, The eternal years of God are hers; But error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies amid its worshipers." —Bryant. Man the possessor of so many noble faculties, with all the benefits of | learning and experience, bearing the image of his Creator in possession of his birthright, can make just laws, which will give justice to all, the rich employer and the poor labouring striker, if he is persuaded by the "pulpit and pew," the all powerful public press, and the home, to practice the golden rule at all times. Then woman will not find it necessary to descent from her pedestal of purity to engage in man's work. I believe that, with the influence of all religious God-fearing people, in their houses of worship, we could persuade our lawmakers to create a law enforcing an equal wage system, without regard to sex, whereby everyone should receive just compensation for his or her labor according to its commercial values. The eight-hour law system should apply to all employed in the business world. The lawmakers are elected by the husbands, brothers, fathers and friends of our women, and those women should join women's clubs and read the daily papers and not be biased in their opinion by reading one man's or one woman's views in a current magazine. Every man or woman should strive for all the knowledge that is possible of attainment. And then the non-voters should, individually, try to influence their husbands, brothers, etc., to vote for religious, God-fearing men to make their laws. STATE WAGE SCALE. All manufactories or places of business controlling a force of more than twenty-five employes should be compelled to issue a written statement to a city inspector, under the supervision of a state inspector, of the number of their employes, their names and addresses, and the average daily wage of each. In a short time a state wage scale could be supplied for every kind of manufactured work, or otherwise, and with the rise and fall in the price of products, could be adjusted to that the manufacturer and his employee should mutually share the gain or loss. Thus a state wage scale applying to all labor would make it impossible for an unprincipled and avaricious monopolist to acquire riches too suddenly, at the expense of the less fortunate working class; or, the philanthropic employer from going into bankruptcy by attempting to pay, ureasonable wage earners all they demanded when the busniess was not on a profitable basis. There should be heavy fines and prison sentencesand restaurant meals, and let the female probation officers take care of his sons and daughters. Is Carrie Nation to supplant Florence Nightingale in history? Are we to have Amazons instead of "ministering angels?" You sons, grandsons and great- grandsons of Civil and Revolutionary War heroes! Do you confess that you are no longer mentally able to protect the home, that your ancestors defended with their lives? Is the miliant suffragette to rule our country? Feminine humanity, that would be put to flight by a small rodent, not a thousandth part of her size; a little furry caterpillar, not more than an inch long, or a tiny spider that could not cover one-half of a postage stamp would cause her to scream hysterically for assistance or possibly swoon. Oh, Reason, where art thou? Why hast thou departed from us? Can it be possble that we are to be represented by such courage in this thirteenth year of the twentieth century? This agiatation and wild enthusiasm has developed since the Spanish War. Do any of you readers remember [Hakson's?] experience with the ram[?]eous enthusiasts many years ago? Do you recall Joseph Hoffman at one time protecting himself from possible death from suffocation, by using a chair as a weapon to check this restless feminine humanity? Do you remmeber Kubelik, the great violinist, barely escaping with his life, mitting woman to usurp man's birthright, inherited from his Creator? Another statement by Mrs. W.: "The rights of man are the rights of woman by priority." This argument must have bewildered me and left me in a dazed condition. Eve was born before Adam, and Adam was that rib which became the "bone of contention." Where am I? That price of envy, deception and strife is surely the cause of the agitation today. No other could make highly cultured people attempt to make that which is false, appear like the truth, and really be deceived themselves. "Truth crushed to earth shall rise again, The eternal years of God are hers; But error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies amid its worshipers." --Bryant. Msn, the possessor of so many noble faculties, with all the benefits of learning and experience, bearing the image of his Creator in possession of his birthright, can make just laws, which will give justice to all, the rich employer and the poor laboring striker, if he is persuaded by the "pulpit and pew," the all powerful public press, and the home, to practice the golden rule at all times. Then woman will not find it necessary to descend from her pedestal of purity to engage in man's work. I believe that, with the influence of all religious God-fearing people, in their houses of worship, we could persuade our lawmakers to create a law enforcing an equal wage system, without regard to sex, whereby everyone should receive just compensation fro his or her labor according to its commerical values. The eight-hour law system should apply to all employed in the business world. The lawmakers are elected by the husbands, brothers, fathers and friends of our women, and those women should join women's clubs and read the daily papers and not be biased in their opinion by reading one man's or one woman's views in a current magazine/ Every man or woman should strive for all the knowledge that is possible of attainment. And then the non-voters should, indivudually, try to influence their husbands, brothers, etc., to vote for religious, God-fearing men to make their laws. STATE WAGE SCALE. All manufatories or places of business controlling a force of more than twenty-five employes should be compelled to issue a written statement to a city inspector, under the supervision of a state inspector, of the number of their employes, their names and addresses, and the average daily wage of each. In a short time a state wage scale could be supplied for every kind of manufactured work, or otherwise, and with the rise and fall in the price of products, could be adjusted so that the manufacturer and his employee should mutually share the gain or loss. Thus a state wage scale applying to all labor would make it impossible for an unprincipled and avaricious monopolist to acquire riches too suddenly, at the expense of the less fortunate working class; or, the philanthropic employer from going into bankruptcy by attempting to pay, unreasonable wage earners all they demanded when the busniess was nto on a profitable basis. There should be heavy fines and prison sentences for thos violating the laws. This is only a suggestion, left for superior intelligence to prove its merit or its fallacy. Vice could be greatly mitigated by the ringing of the curfew, making it a criminal offense for a juvenile to be found on the streets unaccompanied by their parents or guardians after the curfew hour. Woman's ballot would not secure such a law, but the women at home could make God's protector of the home understand the great necessity of it, and we would have the law. Lobbying, whether it is unlawful or not, is not honorable. It is using undue influence upon our Senators and Assemblymen, who are appointed to office by the voters of their counties, and are to represent them and enforce laws for their benefit. When Governor Fort was in office, I think that he effectually drove the lobbyist from the State House. Female lobbyists, as they claim to be equal to man, should be served as such. I have attempted to thoroughly convince the doubters that there is no reason for woman's vote, and once more, I counsel all to take Scott's advice. Trusting that all may see the truth and be guided by it and that God's law shall still prevail, I will conclude. (The End.) 57116TIME SUFFRAGE FORUM ANSWERS TO ROBERT HOWE'S ARGUMENTS (By a Disciple of John Ruskin.) Feb. 21st 13. (Continued from Yesterday.) The idea that women will be able to rid us of the white slave horror, and of the depravities of alcoholism, is preposterous, yet it is one of the strong please for woman's ballot. If corrupt man cannot eradicate this evil, corrupt woman can not. It is unreasonable to think that all women are in favor of prohibition and the abolition of vice because a few eloquent suffragettes wish to suppress it. Look about you and consider how many of those whom you meet daily would not scoff at you if you condemned intemperance a litter severely, or would not make excuses for conduct that could have but one meaning, moral depravity. If good men cannot influence the male vote, (How many clergymen vote?) good women cannot influence the female vote. For example, we have the mutely lauded state of Colorado, where they have had the women's ballot for twenty years. Women are in the Legislature, and everywhere that a modest woman should not be, On February 5, in the Senate, Senator John Hecker condemned the women of Colorado for their intemperance, stating that they were greater imbibers than the men. That is a condition of progression to which none of the states where equal suffrage is unlawful, has yet reached. Quoting Senator Hecker's exact words: "Twenty women to one man in Denver drink intoxicating liquor; and they drink more than men." I have been told that twenty-three in the race track dictionary, means "to go," and it is time that equal suffrage departed from Colorado. Originally woman's suffrage was a protest against the fundamental injustice of refusing women recognition, public responsibility and free speech, and the first convention was called in SeSeneca Falls, N.Y. in 1848, by Elizabeth Candy Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Lucretia Mott. For sixty years the suffragette germ or neuter element in femininity, has been developing. In the course of time it has affected some of the wealthy idlers, and with money almost all things are possible, except getting into the kingdom of heaven, (the road to eternal punishment is paved with it), so, the suffragettes have influenced the feminine public through the medium of several women's magazines. "Imaginary ills are the greatest to be borne; Why see to set your little will Against the wise, divine decree?" No Christian who has studied God's Word and truly believes in it, could advocate equal suffrage. Longfellow wrote: "Morality without religion is only a kind of dead reckoning, and endeavor to find our place on a cloud sea by measuring the distance we have to run, but without any observation of the heavenly bodies." At a memorial service at Berlin University, on February 9, the German Emperor said "that the Prussians were oppressed and dismembered folk in 1806 as consequence of God's judgement, because they had lost faith in Him." He asserted that the Germans of today are inclined to believe only in tangible things and to place difficulties in religion's way. They should study history, he said, and see how the Prussians regained their old faith and fought the war of Hibernation, who glorious result was not man's work, "but God's work." He said: "We have in the history of the past certain proof of God's guidance, and that He is still with us. And with this teaching of the past the whole German youth can forge in its fire the tried shield of faith, which must never be lacking in the armory of Germans and Prussians." That which the German Emperor said of the Prussians applies to the United States and Great Britain. Only faith in God, strongly advocated by the "pulpit and the pew" and the press, is our salvation. A parallel can be drawn with the noisy, militant suffragettes and the farmers who raised bees not many years ago. When the bees were swarming and there was quite a commotion among them, the farmer and other members of his household would secure pans, kettles, iron spoons, etc., and with the assistance of these musical instruments, raise such a din that they would bewilder the bees, and so be able to coax or drive them into the hives. Now, all that din was not because they particularly cared about protecting those bees from possible enemies or dangers - it was the honey they were after [???] TIMES SUFFRAGE FORUM Discussion For and Against Equal Suffrage in the State of New Jersey (Communications solicited, but they should not exceed 500 words. Send in your view.) Feb 20, 1913. ANSWERS TO ROBERT HOWE'S ARGUMENTS (By a Disciple of John Ruskin.) (Continued from Yesterday.) William Har, writing for The Delineator, thinks that because laws are manufacture in the Legislature for women and children, that women should be in the Legislature to assist in their manufacture. God's protector of the home, the man, is engaged daily in business, earning money for the benefit of his wife and children; and he usually gives them the full benefit of his earnings; but he does not permit his wife or children to come to his office; his bench in the shop; or his place on the delivery wagon, to assist or meddle with his work. There is reason in all thnigs; but I begin to fear that the Goddess of Reason has been dethroned, and undue enthusiasm has taken her place. We have known of many cases, where the wife believed that she was fully competent to attend to her husband's business, and attempted to do so, with disastrous effects to both. Here is a twentieth centaur proverb: It is a wise woman who knoweth her own limitations. There are women, with masculine minds, who have proved, after the death of their husbands, that they could continue the business-most successfully; but they are rare exceptions. We have a few in Trenton, one of whom every Trenton woman should be proud, who has made the name of our city famous around the globe; and that exceptional lady is an anti-suffragist or anti-retrogressive. If woman has usurped man's place in the world to such an extent as Mr. Howe has stated, then it is time that the "Pulpitt and Pew" and that all- powerful instrument, the press, improved the home, in which Mr.Howe states that "woman is dominant." And from the home we will get our [[??]] Christian laws; and it will be when woman has realized that there [?]s no greater work in this world than to rear and train just, conscientious Christian men and women. Mr. Howe writes that such women as Joan of Arc and Du Barry are small consolation to woman, who has had her lustre of fame dimmed by pre-dominant man for so many thousands of years. 57118 If Joan of Arc were living today she would be no suffragette, for she was a conscientious Christian woman, and did not come forth boldly and claim superior intelligent to those French warriors, but persuaded them to trust to her guidance as God's messenger, and she would lead them to victory; and by Christian faith she led them. She did no fighting, nor did she attempt to show that the prowess of woman was equal to that of man. Du Barry, to whom Mr.Howe referred as a great woman, I would not, risk designating the class to which she belonged. To be notorious is not always to be truly great. Another exponent of equal suffrage stated that it is ridiculous to say that women will neglect theri homes to vote. He also said that men do not neglect their business to vote. If women vote, they will hold political offices and to secure the political offices they will become political orators on the platform, and will have the assistance of their party. (Instead of darning their husband's socks, women will be out soliciting votes for Mrs. Blank, who has promised them the first paying man's job she can get for them.) Patient reader! Are you acquainted with any politicians, who left good positions several years ago to accept most tempting political berths, to which they had been elected, and who are, at the present time, on the un- employed list or on the anxious seat? Do you know of any, during the last Presidential campaign, who left business to take care of itself while they spent their valuable time in making speeches full of promises, if they could secure the people's vote? Please explain to that exponent, if your memory has not failed you. It is impossible not to admire those brave men who advocated the retrogressive movement, which they believe will benefit the weaker sex. It was the highest praise that they could give to their female acquainted. (To Be Continued.) TIMES SUFFRAGE FORUM Discussion For and Against Equal Suffrage in the State of New Jersey (Communications solicited, but they should not exceed 500 words. Send in your view.) [*Feb. 19. 1913*= ANSWERS TO ROBERT HOWE'S ARGUMENTS (By a Disciple of John Ruskin.) (CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY.) Robert W. Howe, in his most interesting essay "A Woman's Place," has proved, beyond reasonable doubt, that equal suffrage is retrogression: and, not progressive. He states: "At the dawn of civilization, during the matriarchal period, woman occupied the position of equal with man, and in some degrees his superior." (When the entire world was in the worst state of "The Golden Era of Woman,' and he thinks that we are returning to that ignorance and bestiality.) This he calls era. (But as men became enlightened by experience and learning) "and the accumulation of wealth, he brought about the institution of private property in place of communistic property. It was at this period that the material law met its historic downfall," (and woman returned to her rightful place). The writer further explains: (that as humanity became still more enlightened) "The family hearth had a recognized right of asylum. Beside the family hearth the second place was taken by the wife and mother: and it was right here that the division of labor between the man and his wife began to be made. The necessity of procuring food for the family would cause the man to be absent for more or less prolonged periods, during which time the fire would need attention or it would die out." The woman not having to procure the food for the family was expected to attend to domestic duties. (Naturally, the man could not be in two places at one time :and, was therefore not responsible for the care and training of his children.) Quoting further: "For thousands of years, she sat beside the hearth, and through long hours of patient industry, and with a whirling hand-spindle, twisted between thumb and finger every thread of every garment that covered a human form. ... No career was open to her. Man freed from the petty details of the daily needs of the family could devote his time and intellect to science, art, literature, statescraft, music and philosophy and have a name in history." (The author erred in this statement.) When man had leisure to devote his time to intellectual pursuits, etc, he, also, had wealth, which made possible, the retaining of servants, to keep the "female kin" of his household from drudgery; or else, all other historians are in error. In the days when printed literature was scarce, woman was contented with and even proud of her accomplishment of household duties, which are now classed under the head of "drudgery." The hookworm was unknown in those days. There might have been some reason for those women to have had equal suffrage; but they have been dead, two or three centuries, and will never know what they have missed. Mr. Howe writes: "Modern industry and modern conditions of live have separated the family. Where they worked together as a harmnoious unit, and each one bearing his or her own share of the family burdens, they are now almost strangers." (This condition accounts for the deplorable fact that man does not know woman's needs. Is it any excuse?) Oe informs was that the father rarely sees his children, except on Sundays and holidays. (because he must be away to provide the income which keeps the home). The mother sees little of her offspring because (form inhuman selfishness and the desire to shirk all responsibility) she leaves their entire education to strangers, in the public schools (at the most impressionable age.[*57119*]as religion is not taught, in the public schools, or, in the streets, the children grow to maturity, without moral training). It is not surprising that we must suffer from dishonorable men and inadequate laws. If woman can not produce good men in the home life, with which her Maker blessed her, she can not produce good laws. Mr. Howe answered the query of the suffragette in a recent religious paper. She evidently thinks that the father, who, from necessity, sees very little of his children, is equally responsible, with the mother, for their moral training. Is it reasonable? Ralph Waldo Emerson, who was never considered mentally deficient, by intellectual people, said that "Men are what their mothers made them." She writes that "Women and children cannot be segregated in harems if they would." I fear that the estimable lady, Mr. Howe and many others will never comprehend the beauty in the following lines: "Better than gold, is a peaceful home. Where all the fireside charities come, The shrine of love and the heaven of life, Hallowed by mother, or sister, or wife, However humble, the home may be, Or tried with sorrow, by heaven's decree, The blessing that never were bought or sold, And centre there, are better than gold." Browning wrote: "A glance of heaven to see, To none on earth is given, And yet a happy family Is but an earlier heaven." Is there anything heavenly about a rampageous, militant suffragette, or a woman politician? The writer, in the religious paper, states: "We can not go back to the days of our grandmothers. Modern industrial conditions forbid it." She writes, that women ruling indirectly is a stock argument; and then, woman-like, prescribes a remedy that was in vogue, in the days of her grandmother, one hundred generations int he past: The Golden Rule, and which is not practiced by any suffragette who does not think it her duty to take interest in the welfare of the younger generation, instead of erecting a monument to herself. She writes depreciatingly of spinster school teachers, and of their satisfaction and contentment in their lifework. If we believe the Scriptures, we must respect the Apostle Paul and his teachings. He believed that the unmarried man or woman could be a better Christian than those with family ties, if they devoted thier lives to God's work. Webster wrote: "If we work upon marble, it will perish, if we work upon brass, time will efface it; if we rear temples they will crumble into dust; but if we work upon immortals mind-- if we imbue them with principles, with the just fear of God and love for our fellow men--we engrave on those tablets something which will brighten all eternity." Again, quoting Mr. Howe: "The household duties which once filled the woman's day, from daylight till dark, have been withdrawn, one by one, and the woman and mother finds herself drawn irresistibly into the huge maelstrom we call the modern industrial system, and which has left the home little more than a bedroom and lunch-counter. The old has passed away-- and all the wizardry of fabled Arabian magicians cannot recall it to life. The new is here and its new problems must be faced and solved." Mr. Howe thinks that the home has passed away forever, and that we are to be retrograded back to the "Golden Era of Woman." If the four walls of home have disappeared, as Mr. Howe writes, and, woman no longer has any cares or responsibilities other than those of man, and she and man will follow the same pursuits, and their offspring, with the offspring of other mortals, will constitute one great family, in which the parents are generally, but not individually, interested, we have returned to the Darwinian Age. What irony in those lines of Cowper's!-- "Domestic happiness! thou only bliss Of Paradise, that has survived the fall!" Mr. Howe write of those unjust conditions which existed years and years before the propagation of the family tree was thought of by the exclusive set in humanity "...Woman must toil wearily day after day, 'with no career open to her,' while the man had much leisure time which he devoted to intellectual pursuits. ... At the present time, his argument is that poor suffering woman has been relieved of all the drudgery of home: and, has so much idle time that she is "irresistibly drawn" into man's work, to gratify the desire for some occupation, to relieve her from ennui. What is to prevent her, now, from making a name for herself in science, literature, the arts, etc., if she is man's equal mentally, instead of vulgarly and riotously marching through the streets, making a revolting spectacle of the sex. Mr. Howe writes: "The old argument that many women own property upon which they are compelled to pay taxes, without being permitted a voice as to what taxes shall be levied or how the money shall be spent after being collected, while sound in principle is not sufficient reason for the wholesale enfranchisement of women. ... There are relatively few women who own taxable property, and the economic interests are the same as the interests of the masculine property-owners." Therefore, when man votes for his own interests, he will, also vote for woman's interests. Mr. Howe has proved beyond reasonable doubt that the only seemingly plausible reason for woman's ballot is without foundation: "We cannot substitute a part for the whole." "There are onlyproved, beyond reasonable doubt, that equal suffrage is retrogression; and, not progressive. He states: "At the dawn of civilization, during the matriarchal period, woman occupied the position of equal with man, and in some degrees his superior." (When the entire world was in the worst state of "The Golden Era of Woman,' and he thinks that we are returning to that ignorance and bestiality.) This he calls era. (But as men became enlightened by experience and learning) "and the accumulation of wealth, he brought about the institution of private property in place of communistic property. It was at this period that the material law met its historic downfall," (and woman returned to her rightful place). The writer further explains: (that as humanity became still more enlightened) "The family hearth had a recognized right of asylum. Beside the family hearth the second place was taken by the wife and mother: and it was right here that the division of labor between the man and his wife began to be made. The necessity of procuring food for the family would cause the man to be absent for more or less prolonged periods, during which time the fire would need attention or it would die out." The woman not having to procure the food for the family was expected to attend to domestic duties. (Naturally, the man could not be in two places at one time ;and, was therefore not responsible for the care and training of his children.) Quoting further: "For thousands of years, she sat beside the hearth, and through long hours of patient industry, and with a whirling hand-spindle, twisted between thumb and finger every thread of every garment that covered a human form. * * * No career was open to her. Man freed from the petty details of the daily needs of the family could devote his time and intellect to science, art, literature, statescraft, music and philosophy and have a name in history." (The author erred in this statement.) When man had leisure to devote his time to intellectual pursuits, etc, he, also, had wealth, which made possible, the retaining of servants, to keep the "female kin" of his household from drudgery; or else, all other historians are in error. In the days when printed literature was scarce, woman was contented with and even proud of her accomplishment of household duties, which are now classed under the head of "drudgery." The hookworm was unknown in those days. There might have been some reason for those women to have had equal suffrage; but they have been dead, two or three centuries, and will never know what they have missed. Mr. Howe writes: "Modern industry and modern conditions of live have separated the family. Where they worked together as a harmnoious unit, and each one bearing his or her own share of the family burdens, they are now almost strangers." (This condition accounts for the deplorable fact that man does not know woman's needs. Is it any excuse?) Oe informs was that the father rarely sees his children, except on Sundays and holidays. (because he must be away to provide the income which keeps the home). The mother sees little of her offspring because (form inhuman selfishness and the desire to shirk all responsibility) she leaves their entire education to strangers, in the public schools (at the most impressionable age. [??] as re- [*57119*] suffer from dishonorable men and inadequate laws. If woman can not produce good men in the home life, with which her Maker blessed her, she can not produce good laws. Mr. Howe answered the query of the suffragette in a recent religious paper. She evidently thinks that the father, who, from necessity, sees very little of his children, is equally responsible, with the mother, for their moral training. Is it reasonable? Ralph Waldo Emerson, who was never considered mentally deficient, by intellectual people, said that "Men are what their mothers made them." She writes that "Women and children cannot be segregated in harems if they would." I fear that the estimable lady, Mr. Howe and many others will never comprehend the beauty in the following lines: "Better than gold, is a peaceful home. Where all the fireside charities come, The shrine of love and the heaven of life, Hallowed by mother, or sister, or wife. However humble, the home may be, Or tried with sorrow, by heaven's decree, The blessings that never were bought or sold, And centre there, are better than gold." Browning wrote: "A glance of heaven to see, To none on earth is given, And yet a happy family Is but an earlier heaven." Is there anything heavenly about a rampageous, militant suffragette, or a woman politician? The writer, in the religious paper, states: "We can not go back to the days of our grandmothers. Modern industrial conditions forbid it." She writes, that women ruling indirectly is a stock argument; and then, woman-like, prescribes a remedy that was in vogue, in the days of her grandmother, one hundred generations int he past: The Golden Rule, and which is not practiced by any suffragette who does not think it her duty to take interest in the welfare of the younger generation, instead of erecting a monument to herself. She writes depreciatingly of spinster school teachers, and of their satisfaction and contentment in their lifework. If we believe the Scriptures, we must respect the Apostle Paul and his teachings. He believed that the unmarried man or woman could be a better Christian than those with family ties, if they devoted thier lives to God's work. Webster wrote: "If we work upon marble, it will perish, if we work upon brass, time will efface it; if we rear temples they will crumble into dust; but if we work upon immortal minds— if we imbue them with principles, with the just fear of God and love for our fellow men—we engrave on those tablets something which will brighten all eternity." Again, quoting Mr. Howe: "The household duties which once filled the woman's day, from daylight till dark, have been withdrawn, one by one, and the woman and mother finds herself drawn irresistibly into the huge maelstrom we call the modern industrial system, and which has left the home little more than a bedroom and lunch-counter. The old has passed away-- and all the wizardry of fabled Arabian magicians cannot recall it to life. The new is here and its new problems must be faced and solved." Mr. Howe thinks that the home has passed away forever, and that we are to be retrograded back to the "Golden Era of Woman." If the four walls of home have disappeared, as Mr. Howe writes, and, woman no longer has any cares or responsibilities other than those of man, and she and man will follow the same pursuits, and their offspring, with the offspring of other mortals, will constitute one great family, in which the parents are generally, but not individually, interested, we have returned to the Darwinian Age. What irony in those lines of Cowper's!— "Domestic happiness! thou only bliss Of Paradise, that has survived the fall!" Mr. Howe wrote of those unjust conditions which existed years and years before the propagation of the family tree was thought of by the exclusive set in humanity: "* * * Woman must toil wearily day after day, 'with no career open to her,' while the man had much leisure time which he devoted to intellectual pursuits. * * * At the present time, his argument is that poor suffering woman has been relieved of all the drudgery of home; and, has so much idle time that she is "irresistibly drawn" into man's work, to gratify the desire for some occupation, to relieve her from ennui. What is to prevent her, now, from making a name for herself in science, literature, the arts,, etc., if she is man's equal mentally, instead of vulgarly and riotously marching through the streets, making a revolting spectacle of the sex. Mr. Howe writes: "The old argument that many women own property upon which they are compelled to pay taxes, without being permitted a voice as to what taxes shall be levied or how the money shall be spent after being collected, while sound in principle is not sufficient reason for the wholesale enfranchisement of women. . . . There are relatively few women who own taxable property, and the economic interests are the same as the interests of the masculine property-owners." Therefore, when man votes for his own interests, he will, also, vote for woman's interests. Mr. Howe has proved beyond reasonable doubt that the only seemingly plausible reason for woman's ballot is without foundation: "We cannot substitute a part for the whole." "There are only relatively few women who own taxable property." And ex-Governor Stokes said in his brilliant address at the Christian Citizenship Mass Meeting, in Philadelphia, recently: "The church has been permitting legislation to encroach upon its domain until the people are beginning to loog for moral regeneration to presidents, governors, congressmen and legislators instead of to the pew and pulpit." Mr. Howe has proved that there is no reason for women to vote, and ex-Governor Stokes has given the only remedy for political evils--the "Pulpit and the Pew." Sir Walter Scott wrote: "When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for letting it alone," and the legislature-men and lawmakers have not one good reason for equal suffrage; therefore, they should follow Scott's advice. "Among the pitfalls in our way The best of us, walk blindly; So man be wary, watch and pray, And judge your brother kindly." —Alice Cary. (TO BE CONTINUED.)[89] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 3- 1913 RECEIVED*] The Woman Suffrage Party of Cuyahoga County Miss Harriet L. Keeler, Chairman Miss Myrta L. Jones, 1st Vice Chairman Mrs. Myron B.Vorce, 2nd Vice Chairman Mrs. Charles F. Thwing, Secretary Mrs. Leopold J.Wolf, Asst. Secretary Mrs. Phillip P. Merrill, Treasurer Mrs. Albert H. Krause, Asst. Treasurer Mr. Clary Herrick, Auditor. [*Ackd 4/3/13*] HEADQUARTERS, 300 BANGOR BUILDING CLEVELAND, OHIO April 2, 1913 [*89*] President Woodrow Wilson, The White House, Washington, D.C. My dear Mr. President, I beg leave to transmit to you a copy of a resolution passed by the Central Committee of the Woman Suffrage Party of Cuyahoga County at its meeting on March thirtieth. I beg to remain, with considerations of great respect, Very truly yours Mary D. Thwing. (Mrs. Chas F.) Secretary. [*57120*][*89*] The Woman Suffrage Party of Cuyahoga County Miss Harriet L. Keeler, Chairman Miss Myrta L. Jones, 1st Vice Chairman Mrs. Myron B. Vorce, 2nd Vice Chairman Mrs. Charles F. Thwing, Secretary Mrs. Leopold J. Wolf, Asst. Secretary Mrs. Phillip P. Merrill, Treasurer Mrs. Albert H. Krause, Asst. Treasurer Mr. Clay Herrick, Auditor Headquarters, 300 Bangor Building Cleveland, Ohio April 2, 1913 RESOLVED: That the Woman Suffrage Party of Cuyahoga County desires to ask the President to commend the granting of Federal Suffrage to women at the forthcoming session of Congress. Mary D. Thwing (Mrs. Chas. F.) Secretary. [*57121*]Woman assails Woman Suffrage Mrs. Rose of Mason gives her reason for opposing equality. Editor Evening Press: Will you please permit me to add my protest to that of other women against what I believe to be the greatest menace the world has ever known -- the equal suffrage movement? The workers in behalf of woman suffrage are claiming that their defeat is due to the liquor interests. Granting that these interests are concerned in the defeat, the suffrage workers close their eyes to the fact that thousands of men all over the state are engaged in a battle to preserve and protect their divine rights - the right to stand as the rulers of the state and nation and the head and master of the home. The fact is also ignored that thousands of Michigan women have been sending up fervent prayers to the Heavenly Father to deliver them from this greatest of menaces to the very foundation of the state and nation- the home. These women - unable to leave their homes and families - have quietly used their influence against this movement and while doing so have not neglected the home duties, as must have been the case where women have gone here and there over the state in behalf of suffrage for women. Woman was created in the image of the Motherhood of God - not the Fatherhood. True women understand this, and refuse to be transport out of their divine calling. They are content with their divine mission - the wives and mothers of the race. Woman, outside of her proper sphere, becomes a social menace. This is proven by the scandals that reach the divorce courts, caused by certain classes of women and girls who have sought and obtain employment in lines of work that naturally belong to men and boys. The world never before beheld such suggestive vulgarity in dress and manner, as now prevails among these classes of women and girls. When intelligent men assert their manhood, and bring about conditions that will return these women and girls to the homes and the sphere of work that naturally belongs to them, the world will become morally cleaner. Many women say that they are seeking the ballot merely for the purpose of voting on certain questions that they wish to help solve - for instance the liquor problem. I believe that this is true; but let us turn to the women who are making the most strenuous efforts of equal suffrage, and whom do we find? We find the childless women of the clubs and other women's organizations who rule their husband's with a rod of iron, the childless, divorced women of the "society smart set" and the stage; the "bachelor-maids," who prefer a "career"- with is notoriety - to a home, husband and children. These are the "Delilahs" who have accomplished the downfall of the "Samsons" of the state, and made them fit subjects for a national or- ganization of men, lately started in Boston. These Amazons declare that if they have failed to get the ballot, this time, they will hound the men until they get it. It is possible that they may be able to accomplish this in Michigan, as has been done in several western states; but they are warned that when the Heavenly Father sees fit to strike the blow that will shatter their dreams of power, and reverse this unnatural move- ment, they and the men who are willing to sign over their divine birthright to a class of clamorous un- This unnatural agitation among certain classes of women is deplor- able, in its effect upon the American home. Similar conditions to those which caused the fall of Rome, now exist in this country. There is rea- son to look forward to a childless na- ion. Degeneracy is seen in the social and political life. Like the women of Rome, when the women of this coun- try claim that with the granting of the franchise, they will have reached their highest enlightenment, they will, in reality, have descended to their deepest degradation. Prominent physicians state that never in the history of the world have there been so many deaths of prominent men, who were taken from the stage of life at an age that should have seen their activity. They claim that the cause is found in the absence of proper home comforts, and especially in the hurriedly cook- ed, unnourishing food that is served in too many American homes. Other prominent men have de- clared that the destruction of the home life is due to the woman's club movement and the equal suffrage movement, both of which they claim are institutions of Satan. The true women of the country who are mak- ing the struggle to preserve the home life, quite agree with this opinion. The history of the world estab- lishes the fact that women have largely figured in all progressive movements, but always in the role of able assistants. It is conceded that they are endowed with special per- ceptive powers, and in moments of crisis womanly advice has often been sought and accepted. History is also replete with instances of woman's valor and self-sacrifice in behalf of her country's honor. The greatest of men have proclaimed their success- fun career to be due to the influence of mother and wife. The influcen of intelligent, wom- anly women is far greater without the franchise than it will be with it; as in the latter case, the votes of cor- rupt women will be added to those of corrupt men, and will thwart the at- tempts for needed reforms, far more than is done now. Great and good men, the natural leaders of the world, assisted and en- courage by the sympathy, wise counsel, and service of true women, are everywhere doing battle for the betterment of all classes of society. Progress along lines of reform must necessarily be of slow growth but this very slowness insures its stabil- ity. The true women of the state and nation appeal to all true men to stand by their manhood, assert their divine rights, and protect the home- loving women and the homes of the nation, by using their influence and votes against their greatest of all so- dial and political menaces - equal suffrage. Mrs. Emma Pitman Rose Mason, Mich. [*Feb 26, 1918.*]lies—have quietly used their influence against this movement and while doing so have not neglected the home deities, as much have been the case where women have gone here and there over the state in behalf of suffrage of women. Woman was created in the image of the Motherhood of God---not the Fatherhood. True women understand this, and refuse to be transported out of their divine calling. They are content with their divine mission---the wives and mothers of the race. Woman, outside of her proper sphere, becomes a social menace. This is proven by the scandals that reach the divorce courts, caused by certain classes of women and girls who have sought and obtained employment in lines of work that naturally belong to men and boys. The world never before beheld such suggestive vulgarity in dress and manner, as now prevails among these classes of women and girls. When intelligent men assert their manhood, and bring about conditions that will return these women and girls to the homes and the sphere of work that naturally belongs to them, the world will become morally cleaner. Many women say that they are seeking the ballot merely for the purpose of voting on certain questions that they wish to help solve--- for instance the liquor problem. I believe that this is true; but let us turn to the women who are making the most strenuous efforts for equal suffrage, and whom do we find? We find the childless women of the clubs and other women's organizations who rule their husband's with a rod of iron, the childless, divorced women of the “society smart set” and the stage; the “bachelor-maids,” who prefer a “career’’—with its notoriety —to a home, husband and children. These are the ‘“Delilahs’’ who have accomplished the downfall of the “Samsons” of the state, and made them fit subjects for a national organization of men, lately started in Boston. These Amazons declare that if they have failed to get the ballot this time, they will hound the men until they will get it. It is possible that they may be able to accomplish this in Michigan, as has been done in several western states; but they are warned that when the Heavenly Father sees fit to strike the blow that will shatter their dreams of power, and reverse this unnatural movement, they and the men who are willing to sign over their divine birthright to a class of clamorous unsexed women—the Amazons of the world—will fall together, in the great battle for righteousness. To the close and impartial observer, the improved condition said to exist in the western states, where women are given full suffrage, are not evident. The state of progressive civilization is rather in the rear, than in advance of the eastern states. Corrupt politicians find ready allies in the lower classes of women, when seeking assistance to further nefarious schemes. Women have confessed to being implicated in a conspiracy to alter the number of the ballot in favor of the political party which they represented, and many who appear to occupy respectable social positions, are often sadly lacking in the modesty and refinement that true women possess. Their contact with public life appears to have coarsened their nature, and developed unwomanly traits of character. It is not conceivable that such women can rear their children to the noble manhood and womanhood that is necessary for the world’s advancement. 57122 movements, but always in the role of able assistants. It is conceded that they are endowed with special perceptive powers, and in moments of crisis womanly advice has often been sought and accepted. History is also replete with instances of woman's valor and self-sacrifice in behalf of her country's honor. The greatest of men have proclaimed their successful career to be due to the influence of mother and wife. The influence of intelligent, womanly women is far greater without the franchise than it willb e wiht it; as in the latter case, the votes of corrupt women will be added to those of corrupt men, and will thwart the attempts for needed reforms, far more than is done now. Great and good men, the natural leaders of the world, assisted and encouraged by the sympathy, wise counsel, and service of true women, are everywhere doing battle for the betterment of all classes of society. Progress along lines of reform must necessarily be of slow growth; but this very slowness insures its stability. The true women of the state and nation appeal to all true men to stand by their manhood, assert their divine rights, and protect the home-loving women and the homes of the nation, by using their influence and votes against this greatest of all social and political menaces---equal suffrage. MRS. EMMA PUTMAN ROSE. Mason, Mich. [*Feb 26, 1918.*][89] To His Excellency - President of These United States [?] Anti Woman's Suffrage Why should suffrage be limited to men? - Simply, Justice. the Square Deal. They have so dearly earned it. Gratitude, honor for the founders as perpetuators of our national life, plead for it. The men who have paved the way; felled the forests; fought our battles; bled and died for Liberty. From a miniature colony to one of the great military World Powers, these United States have risen in the fabulous interim of one hundred and twenty-four years!! One of the exceptional marvels of all history!! (Constitution ratified 1789) All this has essentially been achieved through the men of America; to whom in return we should gratefully accord this badge of trust, of positive confidence, as the instrumental builders of this one true Republic of all the world. — Exclusive Suffrage. — Though there are positive exception in history where woman has seemed called to public ministration, and whose record has justified in special emergencies, great possibilities; yet, these are but isolated and far between records as to woman's true mission. The corner stone of all true Freedom, civil and religious, is the historic Christ, Who has practically crowned [*57123*]-2- woman as the Queen of Love; the Power of all Powers it would seem in this world as the next. Of the twelve Apostles, and the seventy whom Christ sent forth as messengers of "Peace and Good Will" to the world, the name of woman is conspicuous only by its absence; which seems to plead private ministration as her true sphere of activity. For her a world of work already waits — domestic, social, religious. Only educate the blessed children of America truly and justly, which is essentially the work of woman, and the laws of this nation, framed and confirmed by them, will eventually need no extenuation. Surely, the history of the past confirms this. Hence this patriotic badge of trust, of honor, should be the voluntary concession of the women of America to her loyal sons, namely the making and administration of her laws. In other words, exclusive suffrage. "Pay your own debt, and leave the rest to God." Amiel. Bangor Maine April 20, 1913 - No. -122- Jackson St. Abbe. Carle Walker. (a Mt. Holyoke Woman) [*57124*][*[89]*] Jackson, Tenn. Apr. 2/13- Hon. Woodrow Wilson Washington D.C. [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 4-1913 RECEIVED*] Dear Sir:- In your inaugural address, you deplore the waste of life in the upbuilding of gigantic enterprises, & call to your side all human forces who would dedicate themselves to the restoration of justice in counting the human cost of the nation's development Whoever pays the price [*57125*]will life be given its just value? The most thoughtful of our women think not, & are praying for the day when they may enter fully into the nation's counsel. This is why you are being asked to embody equal suffrage in your message to Congress. I address you as one who wants to become an American citizen, because she loves America. Yours Sue S. White of a thing gains a truer knowledge of its value. Your country-women understand as your country-men never can understand, the preciousness of life. In the nation's mothers will be found the greatest of all human forces, consecrated by nature to God's great plan of eternal life. Until the genius of woman enters the constructive thought of the nation, [*57126*] [89] [*The White House Apr 2 - 1913 Received*] THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEWS FRANKLIN SQUARE NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF BOOK REVIEWS LOUISE COLLIER WILLCOX 33 WARREN CRESCENT NORFOLK, VIRGINIA April 2, 1913 [*Ackgd 4/2/13*] To the President of the United States: My dear Mr. President: - I desire to call your attention to the fact that the women of this, your country, are still disenfranchised and to ask that we may look to you to recommend to Congress some righting of this evil. That this act of social justice will ultimately be carried out by American men, there seems no doubt but it would add true luster to your administration should you be the first President of the United States to recommend such action. It would seem especially natural that a Democratic President should make this Democratic move and so remove the reproach of a country which calls itself democratic but retains half its citizens without the rights of citizenship. I am, Mr. President, Your very obedient servant, Louise Collier Willcox [*57127*][*[89]*] A. Young, 47 St. Stephen St., Boston, Mass. Apr. 2, 1913. President Woodrow Wilson, The Capitol, Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. President: I write to urge you to put into your coming message a demand for votes for women. Yours respectfully, A. Young. [*57128*]8. Young. 47 Stephen St. Boston, Mass Apr. 2. 1913 President Woodrow Wilson. Washington, D.C. Dear Sir: I trust you will put into your message a demand for votes for women. Very respectfully, E. Young- [*57129*][89] The White House Apr 9 - 1913 Received THE BOARD OF EDUCATION CITY OF COLOMBUS, OHIO WM.O. Thompson Dora Sandoe Bachman M.A. Gemuender George W.WIlliard John L. Michel Arthur D.Anderson Dora Sandoe Bachman, President King G.Thompson, Vice President Edw. B. McFadden. Clerk-Treasurer J.A. Shawan, Superintendent William R. Draper Edward Herbst Charles F. Turney William D. Deuschle Charles S. Means King G. Thompson L.L. Pegg Colombus, Ohio, April 3rd,1913. To His Excellency, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, Washington, D.C. My Dear Sir:- Will you permit me to join with many others in the suggestion, that the matter of a Sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution, granting the enfranchisement of women, is a subject worthy of your consideration in connection with your message to be sent to Congress, when the same shall convene. The part that women now take in the affairs of our nation, both private and public, demands recognition. It is time that they become citizens, and as such have a voice in the government under which they and their children live. Most respectfully yours, (Mrs.) Dora Sandoe Bachman 57130[89] RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this Resolution be sent to President Wilson. ADOPTED at a meeting of The Equal Franchise League New Britain April 3rd 1913 Chairman of Meeting Mrs. B.B. Bassette 57131consider them worthy of yours. This is not an attempt to annoy the President for you will understand, I feel sure, that the desire of working women for self-government is no frenzied whim Sincerely, Mary Beard [*57133*][*Apt 50*] [*[89]*] The Kenesaw Washington [*THE WHITE HOUSE April 3-1913 RECEIVED*] [*ACK'D J.F.S. April 4 1913*] Sec. Tumulty- White House Dear Sir- The enclosed communications have come to me and they seem worthy of my immediate attention. I trust that you will [*57132*]consider them worthy of yours. This is not an attempt to annoy the President for you will understand, I feel sure, that the desire of making women for self-government is no frenzied whim. Sincerely, Mary Beard [*57133*][89] Official Magazine "Life and Labor" 127 N.Dearborn St., Chicago Women's Trade Union League of Baltimore Officers President, Miss Lettie Johnston Vice-President, Miss Caroline Schmidt Treasurer, Miss Mary Conroy 700 E.Biddle Street, Baltimore Secretary. Miss L.C.Trax 1934 McElderry Street, Baltimore, MD. Telephone, C.A.P.m Wolfe 4989 Executive Board Miss Mary Lent Miss Jessie Riall Miss Ida Ginsberg Miss Rose Rochkind Miss Anna Neary 24 1934 McElderry Street, Baltimore. April 1, 1913 Mrs. Mary Beard, The Kenesaw, Washington, D.C. My dear Mrs. Beard: The WOMEN'S TRADE UNION LEADUE OF BALTIMORE is very desirous of an interview on Woman Suffrage before President Wilson, and we will appreciate it greatly if you will serve as our representative in ar- ranging such an interview. With best wishes, Fraternally, Caroline Schmidt President. 57134[*89*] OFFICIAL MAGAZINE "LIFE AND LABOR" 127 N. DEARBORN ST., CHICAGO - WOMEN'S TRADE UNION LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE OFFICERS - PRESIDENT. MISS LETTIE JOHNSTON VICE-PRESIDENT. MISS CAROLINE SCHMIDT. TREASURER. MISS MARY CONROY 700 E. BIDDLE STREET, BALTIMORE. SECRETARY. MISS L. C. TRAX 1934 MCELDERRY STREET, BALTIMORE, MD. TELEPHONE. C & P., WOLFE 4989 EXECUTIVE BOARD - MISS MARY LENT MISS JESSIE RIALL MISS IDA GINSBERG MISS ROSE ROCHKIND MISS ANNA NEARY 1934 McElderry St, Balto. April 7, 1913. To His Excellency, President Wilson, White House, Washington. My dear Sir: The question of Woman's suffrage is of vital importance to all working women, connected as it is with the control of food stuffs and of industries. Labor bodies all over the world endorse votes for women, and we, the WOMEN'S TRADE UNION LEAGUE OF BALTIMORE, request that you set aside a time for a hearing on woman suffrage. The working class makes up the largest part of our population; and we are therefore concerned in the matter of votes to a greater degree than any other group. Hoping that you will grant a hearing on the question to a delegation of working women, Faithfully, Miss Caroline Schmidt President. [*57135*] Of 1212 Sixth St. [*[89]*] Bay City, Michigan April 3, 1913 [*The White House, APR 6- 1913 RECEIVED*] My Dear President Wilson; I am writing as a member of the Equal Suffrage Organization of Bay City, to urge the consideration at the extra session of Congress of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving Suffrage to women on equal [*57136*]terms with men. Our organization hopes that you may include in your message to Congress, a recommendation to act upon this question. Very truly yours, (Miss) Florence A. Browne. Corresponding Sec. [*57137*][89] RESOLVED-- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED-- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Painesville, Ohio April 3 - 1913 Lucy B.Buelle Chairman of the Meeting. 57138[*[89]*] [*The White House Received Apr 6 1913*] Cincinnati, April 3, 1913 Dr Woodrow Wilson President- United States Dear Mr. President, The Chairman of the Woman Suffrage Party of Cincinnati has instructed me to forward you the enclosed copy of a resolution passed at a Conference of the W.S.P. held on April 2nd, 1913. Your very respectfully Ellen Blume Buttenwieser Sec'y Pro Tem [*57139*][*[89]*] Whereas the terrible calamity, which has overtaken the Ohio Valley, has strengthened the conviction that direct political influence on the part of women would result in the better safeguarding of human life and in the promotion of human safety and human happiness. Resolved - That the Woman Suffrage Party of Cincinnati respectfully urges President Wilson to recommend in his message to Congress, April seventh, the passage of an amendment to the United State Constitution granting full suffrage to Women on equal terms with men. Resolved - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a conference of the Woman Suffrage Party, Cincinnati, April 2, 1913. (Mrs. Elliot Pendleton, Chairman) Ellen Blume Buttenwieser Sec. Pro Tem [*57140*][*89*] [*89*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at London, Ohio. By the London H. G. J. U., having 158 members, this April 3, 1913. Mrs. Anna M. Jones Sec. of the H. C. J. U. Mrs. E. A. Chance. Chairman of the Meeting. [*57141*] [*[89]*] At a recent meeting of the Ridgefield Equal Franchise League, it was - RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this Resolution be sent to President Wilson. ADOPTED at a meeting at Ridgefield Conn. 1915. April 3rd. Mabel E. Cleves - President. Chairman of Meeting. [*57142*][*[89]*] [*F*] Apr. 3 1913 President Wilson Washington D.C. Honorable Sir: I am asking you to recommend in your message to Congress Apr. 7. the giving of suffrage to women. Respectfully W W Coon [*57143*][*[89]*] THE EQUAL FRANCHISE SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA Headquarters, 208 Hale Building, Corner Chestnut and Juniper Streets [*The White House Apr 4 1913 Received*] President Mrs. Wilfred Lewis, Overbrook, PA. Honorary Vice-Presidents Mrs. Rudolph Blankenburg Dr. Howard A. Kelly Hon. Ben. B. Lindsey Corresponding Secretary Miss Sophia H. Dulles, 311 South 22d Street Recording Secretary Mrs. Oswald Chew, Radnor, PA Vice-Presidents Mrs. C. Stuart Patterson Mrs. Cornelius Stevenson Miss M. Carey Thomas Mrs. Charlemagne Tower Mrs. William Rotch Wister Treasurer Miss Martha Davis, 1822 Pine Street Board of Directors Mr. Isaac Clothier Miss Cornelia Frothingham Miss Mary E. Garrett Miss Mary H. Ingham Mr. J. Levering Jones Mrs. Horatio Gates Lloyd Mr. Francis A. Lewis Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, Jr Miss Ellen McMurtrie Mr. Roland S. Morris Mrs. T. Cutler Patterson Miss Sarah Graham Tomkins Advisory Board Mrs. Matthew Baird Miss Fanny Travis Cochran Mr. William Draper Lewis Miss Elizabeth S. Lowry Mrs. Wistar Morris Dr. Lightner Witmer April 3, 1913. To the Honorable Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:- On behalf of the Equal Franchise Society of Philadelphia, an association of representative men and women of this city, I would most earnestly request you to urge in your message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an Amendment to the United States Constitution, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. We are sincerely convinced that the vital questions now awaiting decision by the Federal Government cannot be settled in fairness to all classes until all the people have a vote in that government. Yours very truly, Sophia Heatly Dulles Corresponding Secretary [*57144*][*89*] [*89*] [*F*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 9 1913 RECEIVED*] Women's Christian Temperance Union McConnelsville, Ohio, Apr 3, 1913 President Woodrow Wilson. Washington D.C. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of McConnelsville Morgan Co. Ohio adopted the following resolution. Resolved- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Mrs W. E. Dye. Chairman of the Meeting P.S. The destructive flood down the beautiful Muskingum Valley has been the cause of your not receiving this at an earlier date. W.E.D. [*57145*][*[89]*] LEGISLATIVE LEAGUE OF NEW YORK Lex et Lux [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 5- 1913 RECEIVED*] [*F*] First Vice-President Mrs. J. HEDGES CROWELL Second Vice-President Mrs. EDWARD AUSTEN TUTTLE Third Vice-President Dr. SARAH J. McNUTT Fourth Vice President Mrs. WILLIAM JEROME TOOMEY President Mrs. THOMAS SLACK 400 Manhattan Avenue Honorary President Mrs. LILLIE DEVEREUX BLAKE Honorary Vice-President Mrs. CHARLOTTE B. WILBOUR Rev. ANTOINETTE B. BLACKWELL Recording Secretary Mrs. THOMAS SYLVESTER HOLMES Treasurer Mrs. MILLARD BARRY BUILFORD 620 West 116th Street Auditor Mrs. STEPHEN R. POST Corresponding Secretary Mrs. ROBERT EADIE 202 West 74th Street His Excellency, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States Honored Sir: At a Regular meeting of the above Association, April 3, 1913, the enclosed Resolution was adopted. Allow me say that I would personally like to add my earnest request to the same effect. In view of the rapid increase of Equal Suffrage recently, and the fact that it is but a matter of Time when all women of this country will be enfranchised, it not be well to conserve the Time money & energy of those striking for woman suffrage to endeavor to hasten the inevitable by urging Congress [*57146*]to amend the Constitution of the United State and end the struggle. After participating in the suffrage Parade in Washington, I, as an active suffragist am firmly wedded to the belief that the right of franchise is the one right which protects all others. The conditions indicated by the mob on that occasion are those that lead to militancy in Suffrage- being the militancy of the Anti- Suffragist, which is always the first to be demonstrated. The women of New Jersey have recently experienced an exasperating defeat - the same experience having been enjoyed by New York women twice previously. The spectacle of England's dilemma should give no pause. It is within the power of the United States to show the world how women should be considered. I am, most respectfully, (Mrs. M.B.) Ella O. Guilford Treasurer of the Legislative League 620 W. 116 St. New York City[*[89]*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Waldorf-Astoria Apr, 3 - 1913 New York City Ida L. Slack President, Chairman of the Meeting. Legislature League [*57147*][*89*] [*F*] Georgetown, S.C. April 3-13. Dear Hon Wilson: I will write you a few lines today. How are you feeling today? I am feeling good today. My Boss told me that he does not want me to learn the Linotype operator at N.Y. because he has got the Linotype operator man from N.C. He said he wanted me to learn the Linotype machine at N.Y. He said when I learn it finished he would use me again. Can you endorse me $250.00? I will pay back in one year. If you say you could I will send a note by [*57148*]mail and sign your name on it. Please let me know. Hope you are doing very well. Hoping to hear from you soon. Your Very Truly, Nathan Bert Hardwick [*[89]*] [*F*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at The Portner of The Anthony League, April 3rd, 1913 Anna E. Heardley. Chairman of the Meeting. [*57150*][*[89]*] [*F*] [*The White House Received Apr 6-1913*] April 3d. 1913. Honorable Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir: I would be glad to see in your message to Congress, that you recommend the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Respectfully yours Phebe A. Hoag R.F.D. No.1, Schaghticoke, New York [*57151*][*[89]*] [*The White House Apr 6 - 1913 Received*] April 3, 1913. To the President: Sir: The Political Study Club of Mt.Vernon, Ohio is anxious to have you emphasize in your message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. It has authorized me, as secretary of the Club, to communicate the same to you. I am, sir, your most obedient servant, Ethel Marjorie Knapp, Secretary. Public Library, Mt. Vernon, Ohio [*57152*][*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 4- 1913 RECEIVED*] [*F*] WM. McKINLEY CIRCLE, No. 2 Ladies of the G. A. R. 1221 New Jersey Ave. Washington, D.C. Jan 3rd 1913 Hon. Woodrow Wilson Pres. of United States Dear President In the name of Wm McKinley, to 2 of the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, we beg to remind you of our unfair position before the law. it is not our wish to annoy or in any way assume the appearance of an intent to coerce, or unduly urge the passage of a measure contrary to the judgement of our Nation's Head, but you know that it has always been said "When the women of America really desire the ballot they will get it." As respectfully loyal subjects we take this opportunity to remind you that we do desire the ballot. Respectfully Julia White Leavitt Sec. [*[89]*] [*57153*][*89*] 165 Jamaica Green The Equal Franchise Association of Flushing, - New York [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 7 - 1913 RECEIVED*] Resolved - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message concerning the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men - Resolved - that a copy of [*87154*]2. The Equal Franchise Association of Flushing - New York this resolution be sent to President Wilson - Adopted at meeting at Flushing New York on the third day of April 1913 Eliza Macdonald Chairman of meeting [*57155*][*[89]*] [*F*] L. B. TIGRETT, President J. C. LONG, Business Manager Exclusive Service of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Jackson Sun [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 6 - 1913 RECEIVED*] Jackson Daily Whig, Established 1843 Jackson Dispatch, Established 1873 Jackson Daily Sun, Established 1888 Consolidated, October 1st, 1910 Evening and Sunday Morning Two Editions Daily Mail Edition at Noon City Edition at 4 o'clock Jackson, Tennessee April, 3, 1913. Hon. Woodrow Wilson. Executive Mansion. Washington, D.C. Sir: Won't you please use your influence to give the American women suffrage? Cannot you look at this great question in the light that men wanted it seen when they felt it necessary for them to have suffrage in order that they might attain the best and highest and truest interests of men? Are women not people, and can we ever expect to have a Democratic Government while one half the people are held in subjection to the other half? We realize Honorable Sir, that these petitions from mere women will never come before your eyes, but our souls cry out to you for JUSTICE. Won't you help us? Most gratefully, Lillie Oliver Nave Mrs. L. O. Nave Jackson, Tenn. [*57156*][*89*] Ack'd 4/4/13 Will be brought to attention P- TELEGRAM. The White House, Washington. 11 WU JM 34 NL 825am 4th Chattanooga, Tenn., April 3, 1913. The president, Washington, D.C. We the women of the Chattanooga Woman's Christian Temperance Union, respectfully ask that you urge in your message to Congress to give women equal suffrage with men. Respectfully. Mrs. K. W. Pentecost, President Chattanooga W. C. T. U. [*57157*][*89*] Mrs. F.T. Raiford, President 620 Mabry Street Mrs. S.G. Gay, Vice-President 721 Dallas Ave [*F*] Miss Mary W. Partridge, Secretary 906 Mary Street Mrs. J.B. Parke, Treasurer 623 Selma Ave. Selma Suffrage Association Selma, Alabama 4/3 - 1913. [*The White House Apr 7 - 1913 Received*] To His Excellency, The President of the United States, White House, Washington D.C., Mr. President: Believing, that woman suffrage is a necessity from a political and economical standpoint that woman suffrage will result in good for women, for men, and for the government; that in Alabama the women's vote is particularly needed for the safeguarding of women and children, the Selma Suffrage Association, composed of more than a hundred members, through its president and secretary, respectfully urges you to recommend to Congress a bill for the enfranchisement of women. Respectfully, Mary H. Raiford - President Mary Winslow Partridge, Sec [*57158*][*89*] Milford Delaware "Grange Hall" P of H. Mr. President:- RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women one equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Milford, Delaware. Apr. 3, 1913 J. F. Rice Master of Kent Co [P??non?] Chairman of the Meeting. Ida E. Rosa. Sec. Kent Co. Grange of Delaware [*57159*][89] [THE WHITE HOUSE, APR 7-1913 RECEIVED] [Ackgd 4/7/13] 1100 NORTH PENNSYLVANIA STREET INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA April 3rd, 1913. Hon. Woodrow Wilson. President of the United States. Mr. President:- I have been asked by some members of the suffrage and franchise league to forward my testimony, "concerning their character", to you. I believe the occasion is the presentation of a petition to you, and I believe, also, that what was wanted of me was that I should say that, "generally speaking" the advocates of "woman's suffrage" in Indiana [57160]2 are the best and most intelligent women we have. I cannot conceive how my saying this may aid them, but as it is true - to the best of my observation - I do cheerfully say it. Nearly all the best and wisest women I know, or know of, in this State, desire to vote - and, for my part, parenthetically, I wish to heaven they could: I know they would "help clean up", locally. Respectfully yours, Newton Booth Tarkington. [*57161*][*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE, APR 5 - 1913 RECEIVED*] Williamstown, Apr. 3, 1913. President Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir: I request that, in your message convening the extra session of Congress, you urge the passage of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Very respectfully yours, Elizabeth L. S. Wright. [*57162*] [*[89]*] [*F*] Williams College DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL ECONOMY WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. April 3, 1913. President Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir: I request that, in your message convening the entire session of Congress, you urge the passage of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Very respectfully yours, Philip G. Wright [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 5 1913 RECEIVED*] [*57163*][*89*] Greenwich, N.Y. April 4, 1913. [*F*] [*The White House Apr 7-1913 Received*] Hon. Woodroe Wilson, Washington D. C. Mr. President, Let me urge you to embody in your message convening the extra session of Congress, this recommendation of an amendment to the U.S. constitution giving suffrage to women on [*57164*]equal terms with men. Very sincerely yours and oblige Mrs Lester J. Becker 57165His Excellency, [*89* [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 4 1913 RECEIVED*] President of the United States. Sir:- Being a member of the Woman's Suffrage League, I earnestly request that in your message concerning the Extra Session of Congress you urge the passage of an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, giving the suffrage to women on equal terms with men. This I trust you will do, and for which [*57166*]you will receive our grateful appreciation Yours, in the faith of Democracy. (Miss) J. Florence Barnes, c/o Shroop & Eastman Nashville, Tenn.[*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 6- 1913 RECEIVED*] [*ACK'D APR 7 1913 C.T.H.*] Staunton Va April 4th 1913 My dear Mr. Wilson Perhaps I am emboldened to address you by the fact that I have but to lift my eyes to look into the house, across the street, to which you were born, giving me a feeling of friendliness towards you, and pulling away any fear that you will regard me as presumptious in approaching you. From my far away home in the Mountains, I wish to offer a plea (for myself, and for the large majority of Conservative women of our land) that you turn a deaf ear to the appeals being made to you [*57168*]by the woman Suffragists, appeals which if granted must unquestionable weaken the force of family life, and lessen Chivalry and tenderness between men & women - the evils that would follow in its train cannot be measured. But when your valuable time must not trespass - At this crucial moment, however, it behooves every womanly woman to enter her protest, and do what she can to stay this threatened Calamity. I ask no reply to this note, which you will regard as entirely private I am with sincere regard Very truly yours Mrs. R. H. Catlett[89] Mr. Gladstone on Woman Suffrage Extract from his letter to Samuel Smith, M.P. "There has never within my knowledge been a case in which the franchise has been extended to a large body of person generally indifferent about receiving it. But here, in addition to a widespread indifference, there is on the part of women who have considered the matter for themselves, the most positive objection and strong disapprobation. Is it not clear to every unbiased person, that before forcing on them what they conceive to be a fundamental change in their whole social function, at least it should be ascertained that the womanly mind of the country is in overwhelming proportion, and with deliberate purpose, set upon securing it? ... I think it impossible to deny that there have been and are women individually fit for any public office however masculine its character; just as there are persons under the age of twenty- one better fitted than many of those beyond it for the discharge of the duties of full citizenship. In neither case does the argument derived from exceptional instance seem to justify the abolition of the general rule. I for one am not prepared to say which of the two sexes has the higher and which has the lower province. But I recognise the subtle and profound character of the difference between them, and I must again, and again, deliberate before aiding in the issue of what seems an invitation by public authority to the one to renounce as far as possible its own office, in order to assume that of the other...As this is not a party question, or a class question, so neither is it a sex question. I have no fear lest the woman should encroach upon the power of man. The fear I have is, lest we should invite her unwillingly to trespass upon the delicacy, the purity, the refinement, the elevation of her own nature, which are the present sources of its power....My disposition is to do all for her which is free from danger and re- preach, but to take no step in advance until I am convinced of its safety. The stake is enormous. The affirmation please are to my mind not clear, and, even if I thought them clearer, I should deny that they were pressing.... Very faithfully yours, W.E.Gladstone" 57169 [*[89]*] The White House Apr 7 - 1913 Received Ohio Equal Franchise Association Corresponding Secretary MRS. JOHN M. DIETZ Recording Secretary MISS RUTH VAN PELT Treasurer MISS SOPHIA B.SPRIGG Auditor MRS. L. A. McGUIRE Member National Executive Committee MISS M.LOUISE SPRIGG Honorary President MRS. BYRON STANTON President MISS FLORA E.WORTHINGTON Vice-Presidents MRS. CARL S.RANKING MISS EMMA PERKINS President Five Cents a Day Club MRS. CHAS. W. WAITE Advisory Board DR. SAMUEL ALLEN HON. L. A BURRELL REV. CHAS.FREDERIC GOSS MR. FENTON LAWSON JUDGE WM. LITTLEFORD REV. SAMUEL TYLER Representative Auxiliary Societies MRS. GEO. B. TWITCHELL HEADQUARTERS: 201 DURNER BUILDING Peebles' Corner, Walnut Hills CINCINNATI, O. April 4 1913 Hon Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States. Your Excellency:- The Ohio Equal Franchise Association, numbering over five hundred members, beg you to urge in your message to the extra session of Congress, convening April seventh, the passage of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States granting suffrage to women on equal terms with men, Very Truly Yours Mary Corliss Dietz Secretary [*57170*]2626 University Place. Washington, D.C. April 4, 1913 [*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 4 1913 RECEIVED*] [*Ackgd 4/4/13*] To our good President: As a niece of the late Hon. Benjamin Butterworth I have the honor to request your kindest sympathy for the women of Ohio who lost the vote because of $10,000 of liquor interests' money used against us. Also, because the heavy autumn rains [*57171*]II prevented our farmers getting in to Jefferson and Ashtabula to vote, in Ashtabula Co., Ohio. My dear Father, the late Wm Henry Crowell, and my kind Uncle Dwight Crowell, were respectively 14 years and (about) 12 years auditors of Ashtabula County- Ohio and widely beloved. Father was my comrade and my chum! He had me born an equal suffragist. I own one-third [*57172*]III third of "Saints Rest" in Jefferson, this, and one-third of 1600 Park Road, Mt. Pleasant and have paid my taxes regularly, "Taxation without representation is tyranny" my history of these United Stated taught me in our Mt. Pleasant public schools, in my childhood days. Therefore, as a member of the Anthony League of this city I appeal to you, who are a scholar and a gentleman, as well as a man of tact, and for your wife's and three fine, noble-minded daughters' sake, listen to our pleadings! Help us all you consistently are able to -- I hope to march on Apr. 7th to Congress. Yours respectfully, Evangeline Elizabeth Dunlop. Mrs. John Phiny Dunlop. X[89] President, Miss Anna Ebner, 138 N.Water Street, London, O. Vice President at Large Mrs. Margaret Foster, Mt. Sterling, O. Corresponding Secretary Miss Alice M.Brown, Lock Box 115, London, O. Recording Secretary, Mrs. Anna J.Lamber, West Jefferson, O. Treasurer, Mrs .Cora C.Baughn, South Solon, O. Madison County W.C.T.U. Press - Mrs. Margaret Foster, Mt.Sterling, O. Flower Mission - Mrs. Jessie Dickerson, Sedalia, O. Literature - Mrs Cynthia Freeman, Lilly Chapel, R.D.I Anti-Narcotics - Mrs. Carrie Caldwell, London, O.,R.D.6 Sunday School Work - Mrs. Grace Pruitt, Lilly Chapel, O. S.T.I. - Mrs. Anna E.Turner, Plain CIty, O. Purity - Mrs. Elizabeth Neff, London, O., R.D.5. Franchise - Miss Bertha Cover, London, O. COntest - Mrs. Bernice Schrider, London, O., R. D. 8 Social Meetings and Red Letter Days, Mrs. Kitty Millikin, Plain City, O., R. D. 2 Mothers' Meetings and White Ribbon Recruits, Mrs. Anna J.Lambert, West Jefferson, O. London, Ohio, April 4th 1913 Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President United States, Dear Sir:- The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Madison County, Ohio, would respectfully ask that you recommend in your message to Congress for its special session beginning on April 7th., the passage of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, giving women the right to vote on equal terms with men. We wish to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation for the stand you and your family also other leaders of the administration have taken in banishing wine and other alchoholic drinks from the White House and Official Functions and in the keeping the Lord's day holy. Praying God's blessing upon you and your administration, we are, Yours Resp;, Anna Ebner President. Alice M. Brown Secretary. AE/AMB. 57173 [*89*] COLLEGE EQUAL SUFFRAGE LEAGUE PENNSYLVANIA BRANCH EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE PRESIDENT. MISS HELEN MOORE FOGG. CYNWYD. PA THE WHITE HOUSE APR 4-1913 RECEIVED MISS M. CAREY THOMAS MISS ANNA C. CLAUDER SECRETARY. MRS. SCOTT NEARING 3222 Laurens Street GERMANTOWN MISS LUCY LEWIS MISS SARAH G. TOMKINS TREASURER, MISS AMY C. BOWMAN 435 HANSBERRY STREET GERMANTOWN PHILADELPHIA, Cynwyd, Penn April 4th, 1913. Honorable Woodrow Wil[l]son President United States Washington D. C. Dear Sir, On behalf of the Pennsylvania Branch of the College Equal Suffrage League I beg your excellency to deem it wise and expedient to recommend in your message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. On behalf of the College Equal Suffrage League of Penna. Helen Moore Fogg President Miss Helen Moore Fogg Box 22S Cynwyd, Pa. [*57174*][*F*] [*[89*] 1408 Girard Street Washington, D.C. April 4, 1913 [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 5- 1913 RECEIVED*] President Woodrow Wilson The White House Washington, D.C. My dear Mr. President, I wish to respectfully beg that, in your message convening the extra session of Congress, you will urge [*57175*]The passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving the suffrage of women on equal terms with men as it now is or hereafter may be. Very respectfully, (Miss) Maude C. Gunther (A.B. Goucher College) [*57176*][*89*] [*The White House Received Apr 4- 1913*] President Wilson Washington D.C. Dear Mr President Make haste slowly, is a good proverb but we have tried so long to gain for women the right to vote on equal terms with men [*57177*] passage of an amendment giving women the right to vote on equal terms with men? Very truly yours (Mrs. G.D) Mary Harrison Salisbury Conn that to many of us, the right to help redress wrongs & of "Freedom" seem of more value than a low Tariff. will you not urge in your message to Congress in the call for the extra session [*57178*] [*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 10 1913 RECEIVED*] 1720 E. 5th St. Duluth, Minn. April 4, 1913. [*F*] Mr. Woodrow Wilson. President of the United States. Dear Sir, We the women of our county are expecting to be allowed the ballot. We want you to free all slaves constitutionally. Yours very truly, Stella Heath Hathaway. "In case of but one woman wishing to vote it is an injustice not to let her." [*57179*][*89*] [*The White House Received Apr 8-1913*] John Marshall High School Richmond, Virginia James C. Harwood, Principal RICHMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS 637 N. 8th St. Richmond, Va., 4.4/13. To the President. Sir: I most earnestly request that, when Congress considers the question of amending the constitution of the United States by giving women equal political rights with men, you will give your influence in favor of the measure. Very respectfully, (Miss) Julia R. Henning, Teacher in J.M.H. School.[*89*] [*The White House Received Apr 8-1913*] John Marshall High School Richmond, Virginia James C. Harwood, Principal RICHMOND PUBLIC SCHOOLS 637 N. 8th St. Richmond, Va., 4.4/13. To the President. Sir: I most earnestly request that, when Congress considers the question of amending the constitution of the United States by giving women equal political rights with men, you will give your influence in favor of the measure. Very respectfully, (Miss) Julia R. Henning, Teacher in J.M.H. School.[*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 6 - 1913 RECEIVED*] ELLEN DOUGLAS HOGE CITY BANK BUILDING WHEELING, W. VA. AGENT FOR ALL MAGAZINES PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES AND ELSEWHERE [*F*] SPECIAL AGENT FOR HARPER'S MAGAZINE HARPER'S WEEKLY HARPER'S BAZAR NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW April 4, 1913. Hon. Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D.C. My dear Mr. Wilson:- As a member of the Equal Suffrage Club of Wheeling, I am directed to send you the enclosed resolution, which was passed at a meeting held here yesterday. This club is composed of women who are deeply interested in all movements for the betterment of humanity, women who do all in their power to forward these movements, but we find ourselves greatly handicapped because we haven't the little tool of the ballot at our command. The powers are evil are so great and now they have the majority of the votes. We want to change all that and give the majority to the other side. The good men in my community, sided by the good women, can accomplish anything, but without such aid they are often powerless. Will you not please give this subject your careful consideration? If you really think about it, I am sure you will be on the right side of this question just as you are on the right side of all the other questions about which you have really thought. Sincerely yours, Ellen Douglas Hoge [*57182*][*89*] RESOLVED - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Wheeling, W, Va. of the Equal Suffrage League, April 3, 1913. Dr. Harriet B. Jones, Pres. [Chairman of the Meeting] [*57183*][*89*] [*Ackgd 4/4/13*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 4 1913 RECEIVED*] Washington D.C. 902 23rd St. N.W. April 4th 1913 To His Excellency the President The White House My dear President Wilson I have the honor to add my plea to the many written & oral ones made to you lately viz:- to incorporate in your message to Congress your indorsement of the suffrage for the women of this country. If man as a sex are entitled to it, the time is long overdue [*57184*]when the half of the people who bear all the people & do so much of the world's work at the great disadvantage of nonrepresentation, should be enfranchised & no longer denied the confidence & direct influence so much needed by them, & which is freely accorded to all men at large, literate or illiterate vicious or moral. It seems strange that good men should need so much urging in the face of facts which prove that in the countries where woman are enfranchisedAustralia & New Zealand notably the happiest lands exist, no lack of harmony, but greater harmony is found between the sexes more marriages & fewer divorces have occurred since the enfranchisement of women has taken place and the conditions are generally on a higher and happier plane. The facts are constantly vouched for by the representative people of these countries and it seems to me that whatever misgivings you may have had in the past, the time has now come when women have proved their case and you should feel impelled as a statesman to urge upon the legislators in Congress the passage of an amendment to the Constitution which experience shows will be of great benefit to the country as well as an act of simple human justice to the good wives & mothers of men so long overdue. With great respect - I am hopefully yours Alice Thornton Jenkins [*57185*][*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 6 - 1913 RECEIVED*] Cambridge Political Equality Association Honorary Vice-Presidents Mr. John Graham Brooks Dr. Charles Fleischer Rev. George Hodges, D.D. Mrs. Lionel S. Marks Mrs. Ada Eliot Sheffield Dr. Walter Wesselhoeft Directors Mrs. George W. Blackwell Mrs. Emma Blanchard Mrs. Arthur N. Holcombe Mrs. F. Lowell Kennedy Miss Elizabeth B. Piper Mrs. Henry W. Savage President Mrs. Lewis J. Johnson, 90 Raymond Street First Vice-President, Mrs. Ellen F. Adam Second Vice-President, Mrs. Walter Wesselhoeft Treasurer, Mrs. G. H. Parker, 16 Berkeley Street Recording Secretary, Miss Miriam Gage, 5 Garden Street Corresponding Secretary Mrs. Edward C. Jeffrey, 47 Lake View Avenue Cambridge, Mass., April 4, 1913. 191 Honorable Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:- The following resolution was adopted at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Cambridge Political Equality Association on April first. Resolved - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Very truly yours, Grace A. Johnson. President. Chariman of the meeting. (Mrs. Lewis J. Johnson) [*57186*][*89*] Norwalk, Conn. April 4th., 1913. RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this Resolution be sent to President Wilson. ADOPTED at a meeting at Norwalk, Mar. 25th. 1913. [Norwalk Equal Franchise League,] Open Meeting Mrs. L. H. Lyon, President, Chairman of Meeting [*57187*][*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 5 1913 RECEIVED*] Woodrow Wilson, President, United States of America Washington, D.C. My dear President:- I desire to join with those of my country women who request you to urge in your message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment [*57188*]to the United States Constitution, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Very Respectfully, (Dr.) H. Corinne McCarthy 1523 Eye St. N.W. City. 4/4"-1913. [*57189*][*89*] The Political Equality League of Wisconsin SUFFRAGE HEADQUARTERS 1016 WELLS BUILDING MILWAUKEE, WIS. TEL. MAIN 1297 OFFICERS President- Miss Ada L. James Richland Center Secretary- Miss Sarah S. James Oshkosh Treasurer- Myrtle Baer Milwaukee Auditor- Mrs. Ben Hooper Oshkosh VICE-PRESIDENTS: Mrs. Henrietta C. Lyman Madison Miss Rose Swart Oshkosh Mrs. Geo. W. Peckham Milwaukee Mrs. Frank Thanhouser Milwaukee Mrs. B. C. Gudden Oshkosh [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 7 1913 RECEIVED*] RICHLAND CENTER, WIS., April 4 1913 President Woodrow Wilson Washington D.C. Dear President:- Wisconsin women are looking to you for assistance, we are grateful for making the Senate committee on woman suffrage a majority committee. After a discussion on the subject at our regular meeting March 20th the enclosed Resolutions were unanimously endorsed- Respectfully yours, Maria McMurtry - President [*57190*][*89*] RESOLVED - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Richland Center, Wisconsin Maria McMurtry Chairman of the Meeting. [*57191*][89] Resolved:_ That at this meeting of the Equal Suffrage Club of Springfield, Ohio, a Club numbering nearly 300 members, and the largest local suffrage club in Ohio, that we request the President of the U.S., the Hon. Woodrow Wilson, to urge in his message at the convening of the extra session of Congress the passage of an amendment to the Constitution of the U.S. granting suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved:_ That a copy of this resolution be forwarded to President Woodrow Wilson. Adopted at a meeting held at Springfield, Ohio, April 4th, 1913. Henrietta G. Moore Chairman of the Meeting. [*57192*][*89*] [*The White House Apr 5 1913 Received*] John T. O'Neill. President O'Neill Elevator Company Incorporated Bell and Keystone Phones Manufacturers and Erectors of Elevators and Dumb Waiters And all other appliances for same General office and works: 628 Cherry Street Warehouse: 825 Cherry Street All agreements subject to strikes, accidents or other causes beyond our control Philadelphia April 4, 1913. [*Ack'd Apr 5 1913 J.F.S*] Honorable Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D.C. Mr. President:- Enclosed I take the liberty of sending you a copy of my letter to our Honorable Senator of Cape May County. If convenient I should like to have your views on the subjects contained therein. Respectfully yours, John T O'Neill [*57193*][*89*] John T. O'Neill, President O'Neill Elevator Company Incorporated Bell and Keystone Phones Manufacturers and Erectors of Elevators and Dumb Waiters And all other appliances for same General office and works, 628 Cherry Street Warehouse, 825 Cherry Street All agreements subject to strikes, accidents or other causes beyond our control Philadephia April 4, 1913 Honorable Harry Weaton, North Wildwood, N.J. Dear Senator:- As one of your constituents, I take the liberty of writing you in regards to the bill that the Legislator has been struggling with for some time in regards to Woman Suffrage. I would suggest that the women be allowed to go to the polls and express their desire in this matter, and if over one-half of the woman residents of the state of New Jersey should go to the polls and express a desire to assume this additional responsibility by casting a vote for the right of franchise the same as man, then it will be time for more men to express his official judgment upon this matter. In the meantime let him hold his peace. I do object in compelling any woman to go to the polls to enter her protest in case she did not care to assume thi additional responsibility. It should be sufficient for her to stay away. My reasons for this is, I have a good old Mother living in Burlington, who has been a resident of our state long before you or I was born, and think it would be a hardship at this late day to compel her to go to the polls to enter a protest if it should happen that she did not care to assume this additional responsibility. Trusting that our representatives will agree with me on this subject, I remain, Very truly yours, P.S. I was sorry to learn that Mr. Soulis saw fit to use Mr. Clay as a convenient clun to kill the bill for theerection of a bridge connecting Beasleys Point with Summers Point, thus retarding the completion of the Ocean Boulevard. I hope the voters of his district will use a club on him the next time he appeals to them and that it will not be made of clay. [*57194*][*89*] 33 Irwin St. Atlanta, Ga. April 4, 1913 To his excellency, Pres. Woodrow Wilson [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 7. 1913 RECEIVED*] Honorable Sir: I would afford the women of this state, who advocate "votes for women", great pleasure if in your message to the extra session of Congress, you would include an amendment to the United States Constitution, giving suffrage to women! [*57195*]We women of GA. can but feel that this is but just and right. We are not excused from taxation because we are women; must bear equally the burden or injustice of the laws - all penalties for violation of same, yet have no voice in making those laws that condemn us. Not so the divine law _ "by thy own words thou shalt be condemned." Our President is just and the ruler of women as well as men, we trust him. Sincerely, Ada C. Ralls [*57196*][89] RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with me. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at [[??]] Ga. March 25- 1913 Mrs Ada J Ralle Chairman of the Meeting 4th Dist of GA. [57197][89] The White House Apr 6 -1913 Received Resolved:- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an Amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Richmond Hill, N.Y.C. Clara A. Rodger. Chairman of the meeting, April 4th 1913. 51798[*89*] Mrs. Ellen M. Rooksby Requests to be informed whether be executive order which prohibits a civil service employee from petitioning Congress serves as a bar to the participation of “a number of women employees of the government" in the presentation to Congress of a written appeal for an amendment to the Constitutional providing for woman suffrage. Requests that such order be amended or waived in this instance, in case such participation could be construed as a violation of the orderin question. Wants the information before Sunday, as the demonstration is scheduled for Monday. Delegation will be made up of representatives of the various states, [*57199*][89] 1321 Delafield Place, n.w., Washington, D.C. April 4, 1913. Ack'd Apr 5 1913 C.L.S. Dear sir:- On Monday, the 7th instant, a body of women, made up of delegation representing various States of the Union, is to go to the Capitol for the purpose of presenting to Congress a written appeal for an amendment to the Constitution which would provide for woman suffrage throughout the country. A number of the women who desire to take part in this demonstration are deterred from doing so for the reason that they are employees in the departmental service of the Government, and fear that their action in connection with the presentation of the request to Congress might be construed as a violation of an Executive Order of the President which prohibits a civil service employee from petitioning Congress. On behalf of these employees, I earnestly request information as to whether such action on their part would be so construed, and, if so, that you kindly so amend the order that they may be enabled to take part in the demonstration, which does not have as its object the personal gain of any of these women, as individuals. 572002 An early reply will be highly appreciated, inasmuch as the information, in order to be of value to use in this instance, should be received not later than Sunday, next. I have the honour to be Yours very respectfully, (Mrs) Ellen M. Rooksby (In charge of Michigan Section.) The Honorable The President of the United States 57201[89] RESOLVED - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at London, J, Apr 4, 1913 by [the] - Woman's Elective Franchise Association of 115 members. Joanna M. Kedds Secretary of the W. E. F. A. Katherine Davis Sharp Chairman of the Meeting. [*57202*][*89*] Whereas Women have the natural right to vote and choose their environment; and Whereas They have the federal right to voice their choice by vote; and Whereas That right is withheld by the State because of custom merely; resting on the old barbaric notion of womens' inferiority, and Whereas They have the divine right to go wherever needed; and Whereas They are needed to help make better social and industrial conditions; therefore be it Resolved That we call upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men; and Resolved That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted this 4 day of April 1913. Roxy B. Silliman Chairman of W.C.T.U. North Fairfield Huron Co. Ohio.[*89*] [*GREENWICH EQUAL FRANCHISE LEAGUE GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 6 - 1913 RECEIVED*] Leader Senatorial District 27 MISS ELSIE TIEMANN 505 EAST PUTNAM AVENUE Chairman Committee on School Vote MRS. E. P. WILLIAMS Chairman Press Committee MRS. NORMAN TALCOTT Chairman Entertainment Committee MRS. PERCY D. ADAMS Chairman Ways and Means Committee MRS. W. HERBERT WILEY Honorary President MISS ADELAIDE B. HYDE President MISS ELSIE C. TIEMANN 505 EAST PUTNAM AVENUE Vice Presidents MRS. ERNEST THOMPSON SETON MRS. MYRON I. BORG MISS RUUTZ-REEZ MRS. JOSEPH H. HUNT Treasurer MRS. E. O. PARKER 68 EAST PUTNAM AVENUE Secretary MRS. M. F. BOWEN 69 EAST PUTNAM AVENUE Auditor MRS. THOMAS B. WELLS*] [*2*] April 4th, 1913. PRESIDENT WILSON, Your Excellency; Permit me to hand you herewith a copy of a resolution passed by the Greenwich (Connecticut) Equal Franchise League; RESOLVED: That this League call upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. ADOPTED at a meeting held March 29th, 1913. Elsie C. Tiemann [*signature*] President of the Greenwich Equal Franchise League. [*57204*][*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 5 - 1913 RECEIVED*] [*89*] Resolved- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message concerning the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved- That a copy of this resolution be sent to Pres. Wilson Unanimously adopted at a meeting of The Woman's Association of Sandy Spring, Md. Mary Beutley Thomas Chairman [*57205*] Sandy Spring Maryland 4/4- 1913 [*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR [?] - 1913*] [*57206*] [*Members of the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia are preparing to deluge President Wilson and their congressmen with personal letters urging them to favor the proposed constitutional amendment giving to women of the States the right to vote.*] 109 N. Sixth Street Richmond, Virginia. April 4th 1913. [?] sincerely trust, Mr, President, that [?] ll not be completely submerged by [?] luge" which is threatened in the enclosed clipping from to-days paper, for I [?] the near future to tell you of the [?] ntiment in Virginia in regard to that abomination known as "Womans' Suffrage" Remembering with pleasure our meeting on the occasion of the unveiling of the bust of Prof. Minor at the University of Virginia, I am, respectfully and sincerely yours Edward V. Valentine His Excellency Woodrow Wilson President of the United States. [*57207*][*APR 5 1913*] [*89*] 109 N. Sixth Street, Richmond, Virginia, April 4th 1913. I sincerely trust, Mr. President, that you will not be completely submerged by the "deluge" which is threatened in the en- closed clipping from to-days paper, for I hope in the near future to tell you of the real sentiment in Virgina in regard to that abomination known as "Woman's Suffrage" [*#*] Remembering with pleasure our meet- ing on the occasion of the unveiling of the bust of Prof. Minor at the University of Virginia. I am, respectfully and sincerely yours Edward V. Valentine His Excellency Woodrow Wilson President of the United States. [*57207*]WW [*acw 4/12/13*] [*89*] To Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. 1627 Summit Avenue Seattle, Washington. April 4. 1913. [*Ellen Louise Axson Wilson*] Dear Madam. In the hope and expectation that the object of this letter will reach our esteemed President more directly than if sent through the usual channels to him, I take the liberty of writing to you. In common with my fellow women voters of the State of Washington, I am profoundly thankful for the attitude our new president is taking on the many great questions of the day. There is one matter in my opinion which eclipses all others in importance in itself, and it beneficent and vital connection with almost every Civic Industrial, and Political subject. [*57203*]The great movement of the day in Equal Suffrage so surely as the Emancipation of the Coloured Race is come, and come to stay. so surely will the Emancipation of Woman come, and come to stay, also. In my opinion and in the opinion of thousands of thinking men and women the end of war will be assumed, and Peace and Righteousness obtain, when Equal Suffrage becomes universal. We cannot suppose for a moment, that women will ever consent to their Fathers, Brothers, Husbands and Sons being slaughtered with the many attending unspeakable miseries without a simple compensation or advantage. With the Emancipation of Women the odious white slave trade will be ended for ever and every one in this beautiful world, will be well fed clothed, warmed, sheltered, educated, and protected. It appears to be the consensus of opinion among many of the thinking men of the times, that the help of women is greatly needed in civic industrial and political matters. [*57209*]No man can be satisfied with the results of the Centuries, in which men have had the monopoly of power. I am thankful to be living in a State, which has had Equal Suffrage for more than two years. During that time some of the best measures have been brought about by women, especially those relating to the welfare of the Family and the Home also Matrons being appointed for the jail. Policewomen for the protection of young girls, and the Censorship of Public Amusements. and thanks to the Women also we have a very excellent and efficient Mayor in this cith. The population of the United States is estimated at about one hundred million. When we consider that about one fifth of this number has already the power to vote (9 states and 1 Territory) that a large proportion are [runiors?], that almost all the women and most of the men are in favor of Equal Suffrage and are waiting and hoping to get it, there must remain, but a relatively small number who are opposed to it. And of that number are the people whose habits and pursuits are against the best interests [*57210*]of this grand and wonderful Country. Our hope and ambition for our New Administration is, not only for the speedy enactment of the law enfranchising women thereby saving a vast amount of labor and expense which they have so generously and magnanimously given, but that it may be a great moral power in opening the eyes of the British Government, to see its mistaken policy, and no longer to withhold the political lights of its noble and devoted Womanhood. With every good wish, I am yours sincerely Jane Winterbourne A. Naturalized English Woman. [*57211*]Mrs. J. Winterbourne 1627 Summit Ave [?] Seattle Wn. [???]. [??] [*57212*][*SEATTLE, WASH. APR 1*] Mr[* [89] *] [*WISCONSIN WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION Hon. Pres., Rev. Olympia Brown, 941 lake Ave., Racine; Pres., Mrs. Henry M. Youmans, Waukesha; 1st Vice Pres., Miss Zona Gale, Portage; 2d Vice Pres., Dr. Jean M. Cooke, Darlington; Ex. Sec., Ada L. James, Richland Center; Cor. Sec., Mrs. W. M. Waters, Richland Center; Rec. Soc., Mrs. H. M. Holton, 2317 Prairie St., Milwaukee; Treas., Mrs. E. M. Fuller, N. Carrol St., Madison; Members-at-Large of Executive Board: Mrs. Y. V. Dreutzer, Sturgeon Bay; Mrs. Mary Scott Johnson, Superior; Mrs. H. A. J. Upham, 825 Lake Drive Milwaukee. Miss Lena V. Neuman, Editor of Citizen, Brodhead*] Madison, Wis. April 4th, 1913 [*2*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE, APR 7- 1913 RECEIVED*] President Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D.C. Dear President, Equal Suffrage has been endorsed by the following representative societies in the state of Wisconsin;– Wisconsin State Teachers Association Wisconsin Ministerial Association Wisconsin Federation of Women8s Clubs Wisconsin Farmers Grange Woman's Christian Temperance Union State federation of Labor Not withstanding the support given us by these splendid organizations, equal suffrage was defeated in our state last fall, the opposition came almost entirely from the Liquor Interests of the state, they take the entire credit for our defeat and we acknowledge that it belongs to them. In Wisconsin the Liquor Interests are capitalized at $85,894,000. Because of their powerful political influence in our state it may be several years before we secure the franchise unless a Federal Amendment is passed. Hoping you will make a recommendation for Equal Suffrage in your message to Congress next week, we have passed the enclosed resolution. Yours for a coming victory Theodora M. Youmans [*signature*] President Wis. Woman's Suffrage Association Ada L James [*signature*] - Executive Secretary [*57213*][*89*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Madison Wisconsin, March 19th, 1913 Theodora M. Youmans [signature] Chairman of the Meeting. [*57214*][*[89]*] Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission; not in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER [*1698*] RECEIVED AT 6C WE 50 NL CHATTANOOGA TENN APR 5 13 [*Ack 4/7/13*] HIS EXCELLENCY HON WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENT, WASHINGTON DC. I RESPECTFULLY URGE THAT YOU RECOMMEND TO THE CONGRESS ABOUT TO BE CONVENED THE PASSAGE OF A BILL GRANTING TO THE WOMEN OF OUR COUNTRY SUFFRAGE UPON EQUAL TERMS WITH MEN.THE WOMEN HAVE WAITED LONG AND PATIENTLY AND THE TIME IS NOW RIPE. LET THE DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTER JUSTICE MR & MRS A E ABBOT. [*57215*] 122AM APR 6[*89*] [?] RECEIVED APR 10 1913 [?] [*ORIGINAL ORDER AFFILIATED WITH THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN, THE NATIONAL FRATERNAL CONGRESS, THE ASSOCIATED FRATERNITIES OF AMERICA FRANCES E. BURNS, GREAT COMMANDER, EMMA E. BOWER, M. D., GREAT RECORD KEEPER, SUSIE S. GRAVES, GREAT FINANCE KEEPER, ISABELLA HOLDON, M. D., GREAT MEDICAL ENGRAVER[?] Modern Maccabees DEPUTY GREAT COMMANDER*] Phila April 5/13 Hive # 813 Resolved:- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving Suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved:- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting - April 3. 1913 Membership of Hive 60. Minnie E. Abrams, R. K. Letitia Penn Hive [*57216*][*155 N. BELLEVUE BLV [*89] MEMPHIS, TENN.*] [*2*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 4-1913 RECEIVED*] April 5th 1913 President Wilson Washington, D.C. Honored Sir At a meeting of our local club for Suffrage it was voted to send a copy of a Resolution passed as followed to you. Resolved- that we call upon President Wilson to urge in his message concerning the Extra Session of Congress, the passage [*57217*]2 of an amendment to the United States Consti- -tution giving Suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Respectfully submitted Mrs. J. D. Allen Hon. Pres. Tenn. E.S.A. [*57218*][*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 6 - 1913 RECEIVED*] [*House of Representatives U.S. Washington. D.C.*] [*ACK'D APR 7 1913 C.T.H.*] April 5, 1913 Hon. Woodrow Wilson, The White House. Dear Mr. President: I take pleasure in transmitting the enclosed petition, and commend same to your favorable consideration. With great respect, Your obedient servant, R. W. Austin [*signature*] [*57219*][*89*'] Chattanooga, Tennessee, April 2, 1913. To the Congressional Representatives of Tennessee, Washington, D.C.; Messers Luke Lea, and John A. Shields, Senators, Richard Austin, M.C., John A. Moon, M.C., Finis Garrett, M.C., Cordell Hull, M.C., Samuel Sells, M.C., W. C. Houston, M.C., Joseph W. Burns, M.C., L. P. Padgett, M.C., T. W. Simms, M.C., J. D. McKellar, M.C., Gentlemen, - We , the undersigned citizens of Hamilton County, Tennessee, most earnestly request, that you use your influence to have President Woodrow Wilson, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, submit an amendment to the United States Constitution giving Suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Mabel McKenney [*signature*] Mrs. Cecil H. Williams [*signature*] (Mrs.) Cora G. McKinney [*signature*] Mrs. T. C. Eads [*signature*] Mrs. W. J. Kayler [*signature*] [*57220*]New Orleans [89] The White House Apr 7 - 1913 Received April, Fifth, Nineteen-thirteen. To His Excellency President Wilson, Washington, D.C. Honorable Sir:-- Believing that granting votes to women will remove her serious handicap, I respectfully and earnestly beg you to use your influence to that effect. Very respectfully, Rosella S. Bayhi 4437 Painters street, Gentilly Terrace. 57221[*89*] Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS message only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to ten times the amount paid for transmission; not in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER*] [*1684*] [*Ack 4/7/13*] [*RECEIVED AT*] 39C HY 58 NL CHATTANOOGA TENN APR 5-13 HIS EXCELLENCY HON WOODROWN WILSON PRESIDENT WASHINGTON DC. IT AFFORDS ME GREAT PLEASURE TO RECOMMEND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TELEGRAMS FROM MISS CATHERINE WESTER AND MISS MARGARET ERVIN. OFFICERS OF THE STATE AND LOCAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION THESE TWO YOUNG LADIES ARE PERSONAL FRIENDS OF MINE AND ENTHUSIACTIC SUFFRAGETS ANYTHING YOU [*MAY*] SAY IN YOUR MESSAGE TO CONGRESS AND DO TO ADVANCE THEIR CAUSE WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED P E BIERLY 345AM [*57222*][*89*] [*Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER [*1701*] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission: nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER RECEIVED AT*] 22GWK 59 NL 1EX [*ackn 4/7/13*] COLUMBUS OHIO 5 APL 13 PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON WASHINGTON DC IN ORDER THAT THE AMERICAN WOMEN MAY BE FREE TO MAKE HER FULLEST CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATIONAL LIFE THE COLLEGE EQUAL SUFFRAGE LEAGUE OF COLUMBUS OHIO URGES THE PASSAGE OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION GIVING SUFFRAGE TO WOMEN ON EQUAL TERMS WITH MEN RESOLVED THAT A COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE SENT TO PRESIDENT WILSON CAROLINE M. BREYFOGLE, PRESIDENT 216AM [*57223*][*89*] Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER [*1689*] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission: nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER RECEIVED AT B42C CA 32 N L 4A [*ackn 4/7/13*] CHATTANOOGA TENN APL 5TH 13 HIS EXCELLENCY HON WOODROW WILSON, PRESIDENT WASHINGTON D C I HEREBY RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO RECOMMEND TO CONGRESS ABOUT TO CONVENE THE PASSAGE OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES GRANTING SUFFRAGE TO THE WOMEN OF OUR NATION. MRS. ALMD D. BROOKS [*57224*][*89*] Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER [*1697*] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission: nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER RECEIVED AT 7C WE 50 NL [*ackn 4/7/13*] CHATTANOOGA TENN APR 5 13 HIS EXCELLENCY HON WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENT, WASHINGTON DC. I RESPECTFULLY URGE THAT YOU RECOMMEND TO THE CONGRESS ABOUT TO BE CONVENED THE PASSAGE OF A BILL GRANTING TO THE WOMEN OF OUR COUNTRY SUFFRAGE UPON EQUAL TERMS WITH MEN. THE WOMEN HAVE WAITED LONG AND PATIENTLY AND THE TIME IS NOW RIPE. LET THE DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTER JUSTICE MRS FRANCIS FORT BROWN. 123AM APR 6 [*57225*][*89*] [*Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS message only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to ten times the amount paid for transmission; not in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER RECEIVED AT*] 9C WE 50 NL CHATTANOOGA TENN APR 5 13 [*ackd 4/7/13*] HIS EXCELLENCY HON WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENT, WASHINGTON DC. I RESEPECTFULLY URGE THAT YOU RECOMMEND TO THE CONGRESS ABOUT TO BE CONVENED THE PASSAGE OF A BILL GRANTING TO THE WOMEN OF OUR COUNTRY SUFFRAGE UPON EQUAL TERMS WITH MEN. THE WOMEN HAVE WAITED LONG AND PATIENTLY AND THE TIME IS NOW RIPE. LET THE DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTER JUSTICE. MRS MR & MRS G W BURCHFIELD. 124AM APR 6 [*57226*][*89*] Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER [*1690*] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission: nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER RECEIVED AT B40C CA 32 N L 4 A [*ackn 4/7/13*] CHATTANOOGA TENN APL 5TH 13 HIS EXCELLENCY HON WOODROW WILSON, PRESIDENT, WASHINGTON D C I HEREBY REPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO RECOMMEND TO CONGRESS ABOUT TO CONVENE THE PASSAGE OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES GRANTING SUFFRAGE TO THE WOMEN OF OUR NATION. MRS. JULIA CARLOCK [*57227*][*89*] "The Spences" Lakeville Conn. April 5th 1913 [*2*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 7-1913 RECEIVED*] President Wilson; Honored Sir; When the delegation of women waited upon you in regard to enfranchisement of women you wished it understood that you were not against us but were considering the question [*57228*][*89*] "The Spences" Lakeville Conn. April 5th 1913 [*2*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 7-1913 RECEIVED*] President Wilson; Honored Sir; When the delegation of women waited upon you in regard to enfranchisement of women you wished it understood that you were not against us but were considering the question [*57228*]This Government is supposed to be a Representative Government but is it when it is governed by half of the people and that class men? It is supposed to be a Democratic Government, but is it when only half of the people vote? We have seen the foreigner come to this country, become naturalized, and vote We have seen our sons arrive at the age of twenty-one and gladly register their vote. We have seen the colored race emancipated from slavery and given the vote. We the unrepresented class must stand aside and suffer under man- made laws. Laws handed down from English law books which should make every good man ashamed. Men need the woman's point of view in law and in politics as much as they need her in the home. Fifty years ago a woman was thought to be crazy who wanted a college ed— [*57229*]cation. Now who denies the privilege to her? But it was Lucy Stone and a few others who blazed the path. Lucy's father was a prosperous farmer who gave his sons a college education but asked her mother if the "child was crazy" when Lucy wanted to go. She toiled nine years — picking berries, gathering chestnuts, and teaching school before she could gain enough with which to study. Oberlin College was then the only college which would admit women students. Men denied us education. We werementally unfit. Men denied our ability to own property though we are taxed for the same without representation. Men denied our rights to our own children. The tragedy in Mass. made a change in the laws in that state though they still exist in others. Men deny us the right to vote. It was fifty years after the Declaration of Independence [*57230*] before all men could vote.We do not want men's work in the world. They certainly could not do ours, but we want recognition and equality. The Gamblers do not want us. The Liquor Traffic does not want us. The White-Slave Traffic does not want us. George Washington stands as "Father of this Country" because he united the colonies in a union of states. Lincoln freed the slave and wiped out the blot of slavery from "The land of the Free" You Mr. President stand in a similar spot— If you grant enfranchisement to the unrepresented class of women and make this a truly— Democratic Nation your name will go down in history with Washington and Lincoln. Respectfully (Mrs. Elisha Sterling) Laura C. S. Chapin [*57231*][*[89[*] Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS message only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to ten times the amount paid for transmission; not in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER [*ackd 4/7/13*] RECEIVED AT 41C HY 42 NL [*1685*] CHATTANOOGA TENN APRIL 5–13 HIS EXCELLENCY HON WOODROW WILSON WASHINGTON DC. WE HEREBY ADD OUR APPEAL TO THE VOICES OF THE MANY WOMEN OF OUR NATION PLEADING FOR JUSTICE. RESPECTFULLY DO WE REQUEST THAT YOU RECOMMEND TO THE CONGRESS PASSAGE OF A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT GRANTING SUFFRAGE TO THE ENTIRE WOMANHOOD OF OUR COUNTRY. DR AND MRS E B CLARK 354AM [*57232*][*89*] Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER [*1703*] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission: nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER RECEIVED AT B3[?]AN CA 32 N L [*ackn 4/7/13*] CHATTANOOGA TENN APL 5TH 13 HIS EXCELLENCY HON WOODROW WILSON, PRESIDENT, WASHINGTON D C I HEREBY RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO RECOMMEND TO CONGRESS ABOUT TO CONVENE THE PASSAGE OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES GRANTING SUFFRAGE TO THE WOMEN OF OUR NATION. D M COLEMAN. [*57233*][*[89]*] [*7*] Washington D C April 5th '13 [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 5 1913 RECEIVED*] To the President I respectfully request that you give favorable consideration to the cause of the National American Womans Suffrage Association as presented to you Yours Very Truly A J Curtis 1474-Chapin St N W [*57234*][*89*] Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER [*1692*] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission: nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER RECEIVED AT 43 C HY 50 NL [*7] CHATTANOOGA TENN APRIL 5-13 HIS EXCELLENCY HON WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENT WASHN DC IN APPRECIATION OF THE FACT THAT JUSTICE WAS A KEYNOTE OF YOUR INAUGURAL ADDRESS I URGE YOU TO RECOMMEND IN YOUR MESSAGE AT CONVENING THE EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS THE PASSAGE OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES GRANTING SUFFRAGE TO WOMEN UPON THE SAME TERMS WITH MEN MARGARET H ERVIN 4AM [*57235*][*89*] Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER [*1705*] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission: nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER RECEIVED AT B 25 C QN 17 N L [*ackn 4/7/13*] CHATTANOOGA TENN APR 5TH 1913 HIS EXCELLENCY HON WOODROW WILSON PREST WASHINGTON DC WILL YOU PLEASE ADD A POSTSCRIPT TO YOUR MESSAGE ADVOCATING A BILL FOR WOMEN SUFFRAGE MOST RESPECTFULLY MRS T C ERVIN 320 AM [*57236*]25[*89*] [*Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS message only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to ten times the amount paid for transmission; not in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER*] [*1707*] [*ackd 4/7/13*] [*RECEIVED AT*] B 20 C ON 41 N L CHATTANOOGA TEN APR 5TH 1913 HIS EXCELLENCY HON WOODROW WILSON PREST WASHINGTON DC TO YOU "THE MAN OF DESTINY" WE "THE WOMEN OF THE SOUTH" ADDRESS A PETITION ASKING YOU TO REMEMBER OUR HUMAN RIGHTS IN YOUR MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. TO IGNORE US WOULD BE TO ADMIT THAT THIS IS NOT A REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT. EDITH BEVERLY EVANS 254 AM [*57237*][*89*] Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER [*1708*] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission: nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER RECEIVED AT B 18 C QN 36 N L [*ackn 4/7/13*] CHATTANOOGA TENN APR 5TH 1913 HIS EXCELLENCY HON WOODROW WILSON PREST WASHINGTON DC THE WORLD REGARDS YOU AS SUPERMAN. WOULD YOU CONFIRM WOMEN IN THEIR FAITH IN YOU, THEN GIVE THEM A VOICE IN GOVERNMENT IF YOU ARE GREAT ENOUGH FOR THIS LOOK FOR THE HANDWRITING ON THE WALL FLORENCE DURANT EVANS 245A [*57238*][*89*] Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER [*1693*] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission: nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER RECEIVED AT B 15 C QN [*7*] 35 N L CHATTANOOGA TENN APR 5TH 1913 HIS EXCELLENCY HON WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENT WASHINGTON DC WOMEN ARE ONE HALF THE PEOPLE AND THEY WANT THE BALLOT THE FACT THAT THIS IS A WORLD WIDE MOVEMENT IS SIGNIFICANT IS NOT/VOX POPULI VOX DEI IS NOT JUSTICE DONE WITH SEEING EYES RUTH DURANT EVANS 238 AM [*57239*][*89*] Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER [*1695*] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission: nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER RECEIVED AT [*ackn 4/7/13*] 8C WE 50 NL CHATTANOOGA TENN APR 5 13 HIS EXCELLENCY HON WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENT, WASHINGTON DC. I RESPECTFULLY URGE THAT YOU RECOMMEND TO THE CONGRESS ABOUT TO BE CONVENED THE PASSAGE OF A BILL GRANTING TO THE WOMEN OF OUR COUNTRY SUFFRAGE UPON EQUAL TERMS WHITH MEN. THE WOMEN HAVE WIATED LONG AND PATIENTLY AND THE TIME IS NOW RIPE. LET THE DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTER JUSTICE MISS KATE FORT. 124 AM APR 6 [*57240*][*89*] NIGHT LETTER THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors of delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission; nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise be stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, not in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER RECEIVED AT [*1683*] [*ackn 4/7/13*] B29C WD 49 3 EX N L CHATTANOOGA TENN APL 5 13 HIS EXCELLENCY HON WOODWROW WILSON WASHN DC JUSTICE FOR ALL MEANS SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN WE LOOK TO YOU FOR JSTICE. WE AWAIT FAITHFULLY NEWS OF THE FACT THAT YOU INCLUDED WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS. RESPY FORT AND RHEA, ATTORNEYS AT LAW 333AM APL 6TH 57241[*89*] NIGHT LETTER THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors of delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission; nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars, at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER RECEIVED AT [*1683*] [*ackn 4/7/13*] B29C WD 49 3 EX N L CHATTANOOGA TENN APL 5 13 HIS EXCELLENCY HON WOODWROW WILSON WASHN DC JUSTICE FOR ALL MEANS SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN WE LOOK TO YOU FOR JSTICE. WE AWAIT FAITHFULLY NEWS OF THE FACT THAT YOU INCLUDED WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS. RESPY FORT AND RHEA, ATTORNEYS AT LAW 333AM APL 6TH 57241[*[89]*] [*2*] Resolved- That this meeting calls upon Pres. Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at the Grange Hall April 5 1913, of Island view Grange 961 Emmet Co. Mich William Franke [*signature*] Chairman of the Meeting [*89*] [*57242*][*[89]*] [*F*] Balto. Md., Apr 5, 1913. 400 N. Gilmor St. [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 7 - 1913 RECEIVED*] Mr. Woodrow Wilson, President U.S. Dear Sir, - If it meets with your approval I would be pleased to see you recommend to Congress a favorable resolution on the amendment to the constitution which will enfranchise women. Respectfully yours, Mrs. Sallie C. Garrett. [*57243*]Balto. Md., Apr 5, 1913. 400 N. Gilmor St. Mr. Woodrow Wilson, President U.S. Dear Sir,- If it meets with your approval I would be pleased to see you recommend to Congress a favorable resolution on the amendment to the constitution which will enfranchise women. Respectfully yours, Frank L. Garrett. 57244[[*89*]] HENRY R. GIBSON KNOXVILLE, TENN. Knoxville, Tenn., April 5, 1913. Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President, Dear Sir: Thirty years ago this month I published in a daily paper here, of which I was then editor, two leading editorials in favor of "Woman Suffrage," and have favored it ever since. The ballot is the chief weapon of political self-defense; and, as women are weaker physically than men, they need the ballot even more than men. Every political disability resting on women us a vestige of man's primeval brutality and barbarism, the heredity of which still infects the blood of brutal men, and sometimes sways the judgements of good men. I hope you are free enough from the virus to rise to the height of the occasion, and become the Lincoln of Woman's Emancipation. Very respectfully, Henry R. Gibson. M. C. in 54th-58th Congresses. [*57245*] 57245[*89*] [*Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission ; nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO. N. VAIL. PRESIDENT. BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER*] [*1682*] [*RECEIVED AT*] 88C HY 46 N L. [*ackd 4/7/13*] CHATTANOOGA TENN APRIL 5-13 HIS EXCELLENCY HON WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENT WASHN DC. THE WOMEN OF THIS COUNTRY POSSESS AS HIGH GRADE OF INTELLIGENCE AS THE MEN. THEY WANT THE BALLOT AND ARE ENTITLED TO IT LETS GIVE TO THEM WITHOUT STRIFE I RESPECTFULLY URGE THAT YOU RECOMMEND TO THE CONGRESS THE EARLY PASSAGE OF A WOMAN SUFFRAGE BILL N H GRADY 337AM [*57246*][*89*] [*Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission ; nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars at which ; unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO. N. WAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER. [*1706*] [*RECEIVED AT*] B 22 C QN 44 N L [*ackn 4/7/13*] CHATTANOOG ATENN APR 5TH 1913 HIS EXCELLENCY HON WOODROW WILSON PREST WASHINGTON DC WE EARNESTLY BEG THAT YOU CONSIDER SERIOUSLY THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PASSAGE OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES GRANTING SUFFRAGE TO THE WOMEN OF OUR COUNTRY WE WANT OUR YOUNG SONS TO GROW UP IN THE PRESENCE OF TRUE DEMOCRACY MR AND MRS W F HOWELL 3AM [*57247*][*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 9 1913 RECEIVED*] [*"Equality before the Law" Nebraska Woman Suffrage Association President MRS. DRAPER SMITH, Omaha Vice-President MRS. ANNA KOVANDA, Table Rock Recording Secretary MISS DAISY DOANE, Omaha Corresponding Secretary MISS MARY H. WILLIAMS, Kenesaw Treasurer MRS. W. E. HARDY, Lincoln First Auditor MRS. H. H. WHEELER, Lincoln Second Auditor MRS. M. M. CLAFLIN, University Place Honorary Presidents MRS. CLARA B. COLBY, Beatrice MRS. MARY SMITH HAYWARD, Chadron DR. INEZ C. PHILBRICK, Lincoln HEADQUARTERS Brandeis Theatre Building Omaha, Neb. MRS. VIOLA M. HARRISON, Executive Secretary Education MRS. GEO. E. HAVERSTICK, Omaha Lecture Bureau DR. INEZ C. PHILBRICK, Lincoln Literature MISS DAISY DOANE, Omaha Membership Extension MISS ANNA L. PETERSON, Omaha Press MRS. F. A. HARRISON, Omaha Publicity MRS. M. M. CLAFLIN, University Place Woman's Journal MRS. ADA SHAFER, Omaha*] [*F*] 4/5/13 Hon. Woodrow Wilson President of the U. S. Washington D. C. My Dear Sir:- I am enclosing a resolution demanding a constitutional amendment enfranchising the women of the United States. I come from an ancestry of Democrats and it has always been my prayer that a Democratic President might make himself immortal by enfranchising the mothers, wives and daughters of the United States, as Lincoln (the Republican President) made himself immortal by emancipating the black man of the South. Surely, the women are worthy of as much confidence in perpetuating the government as Ex. Pres. Lincoln had in the Slaves. Yours for Equal Rights (Mrs) Anna Kovanda [*57248*][*[89]*] RESOLVED - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting of The Woman Suffrage Association Table Rock Nebr. Allie Zink [*signature*] Chairman of meeting. [*57249*][*89*] Ridgefield Conn April 5 1913 [*2*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APRIL 6 – 1913 RECEIVED*] Hon Woodrow Wilson President Dear Sir The Woman Suffrage League of Ridgefield, Conn, 62 members, men and women, desire that you urge upon Congress in your address to the Extra Session, the incorporation into the Constitution of an amendment permitting Women to vote; and that Congress take the necessary steps to refer the same to the States for ratification. Respectfully, Isabel G. LeBoutillier [*signature*] Treasurer Geo LeBoutillier [*signature*] Member [*57250*][*[89]*] [*Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission ; nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars at which ; unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO. N. VAIL. PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER*] [*1686*] [*ackn 4/7/13*] [*RECEIVED AT*] 40 C HY NL 6 EXA CHATTANOOGA TENN APRIL 5-13 HIS EXCELLENCY HON WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENT WASHN DC FROM THE CHATTANOOGA EQUAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION TWO HUNDRED REPRESENTATIVE WOMEN OF CHATTANOOGA HEREBY EXPRESS THEIR EARNEST DESIRE FOR THE BALLOTT AND URGE THAT IT BE GIVEN THE WOMEN OF OUR NATION THEY RESPECTFULLY ASK THT THEY BE REMEMBERED IN YOU MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. IDA MOORE LONGLEY, PRESIDENT CATHERINE J WESTER COR SECY 350AM [*57251*][*[89]*] [*Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission ; nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO. N. VAIL. PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER*] [*1691*] [*ackn 4/7/13*] [*RECEIVED AT*] B4LC CA 32 N L 4 A CHATTANOOGA TENN APL 5TH 13 HIS EXCELLENCY HON WOODROW WILSON, PRESIDENT, WASHINGTON, D.C. I HEREBY RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO RECOMMEND TO CONGRESS ABOUT TO CONVENE THE PASSAGE OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES GRANTING SUFFRAGE TO THE WOMEN OF OUR NATION. GUS A. MILLER [*57252*][*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 5 1913 RECEIVED*] [*2*] SUSAN B. ANTHONY CLUB. CINCINNATI, OHIO. At a fully attended meeting of the Susan B. Anthony Suffrage Club of Cincinnati held at the Sinton Hotel, April 1st, 1915, the following set of resolutions was presented and unanimously passed: WHEREAS: it is no longer denied but generally conceded by all thinking and fair minded men and women that, women forming practically one half of the citizenship of these United States, has with the other half an equal fitness for the use of the ballot, and WHEREAS: Twentieth Century enlightenment and progress demand that it be conceded then, and WHEREAS: our newly elected President, Woodrow Wilson has already given marked and exceptional evidence (as compared with his predecessors) of a due appreciation of the natural and human rights of all and not of part of the people THEREFORE: be it RESOLVED that President Wilson be asked to include in his coming message, convening Congress in extra session, his urgency that an amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America, granting suffrage to women on equal terms with men, be submitted to the people of the states of the nation for their approval or rejection. Be it further resolved that copies of this resolution be sent the following: Our honored President, Woodrow Wilson, United States Senator Atlee Pomerene and to Harriet Taylor Upton, President of the Ohio Suffrage Party, and the various newspapers of our city. Helen Wise Molony [*signature*] President. Susan B. Anthony Club, Cincinnati, Ohio. [*57253*][*[89]*] [*Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission ; nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO. N. VAIL, PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER*] [*1709*] [*RECEIVED AT*] B 14 C QN 31 N L CHATTANOOGA TENN APR 5TH 1913 HIS EXCELLENCY HON WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENT WASHINGTON DC [*ackn 4/7/13*] JUSTICE FOR ALL MEANS SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN. WE LOOK TO YOU FOR JUSTICE. WE AWAIT FAITHFULLY NEWS OF THE FACT THAT YOU INCLUDED WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO CONGRESS RESPECTFULLY, G A MONTAGUE 236 AM [*57254*][*[89]*] Washington, D.C., Apr. 5, 1913 [*Ackd 4/7/13*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 6 – 1913 RECEIVED*] The President of the United States, The White House, Washington, D.C. Sir: In behalf of, and in the name of the innumerable honest of women immigrants who come to the United States for Syria, Palestine, Egypt and Arabia, I submit this plea for your favorable consideration of the appeal made by the Suffragists for an amendment to the Constitution which will grant the right to vote to women in this country, the care of which God has entrusted to you as President. All these women of various Oriental Christian churches, of Orthodox Jews, and of Moslems come here with the expectation of entering into a larger, broader and more civilized life for womanhood, as well as for their children yet to be born. While these women labor under many disadvantages as women in their native lands, they are, in many important and unalterable events of their lives, far better protected than the women of the United States. Also, under all circumstances, these women have the respect and consideration of all of their men, because of the divinity of motherhood in woman; which further gives them the right to share in the ordering of the religious and political life through their status in the home. [*57255*]2 In this country the foreign woman finds that womanhood is valued only according to her earning capacity in offices, stores, factories, restaurants, vaudeville, etc., etc. - occupations not followed by the foreign woman in her native land. She also discovers that, while valued commercially as a producer, a woman in this country has no voice whatsoever in representing even her own sex in the national life. Consequently this poor foreign woman finds that while she has lost the rights she possessed in her own land among her own people, she has also descended in the estimation of her men in this country to the stars of a mere wage-earner, without the respect and protection to which she was entitled from the community, as well as from every individual man, at home. Still greater misfortune overtakes her in the daughters she bears and rears in this country. If she returns to her native land her foreign-born and foreign-trained daughters cannot have the social status and consideration which the native women enjoy. Consequently they are not sought in marriage because, according to the ideas of the community, they are aliens and not fitted for Oriental home life. These American-born and trained girls are not sought in marriage even by the fellow-countrymen of their parents who are living in their country, for the same reasons. [*57256*]3 These men usually marry either the girls newly arrived from home, or go home to get a bride. Since both the American-born and the foreign-born women in the United States have to be valued commercially as a producer, the thinking men of the United States must inevitable come to acknowledge the justice of the appeal of the Suffragists for an amendment to the Constitution which will do away with the crying injustice of taxation without representation, which is the lot of the women citizens of the United States. Allow me to say to Your Excellence that God brought you to your exalted position to do special work for this great and heterogeneous people which he has committed to your charge Further permit me to add, for you just and impartial consideration, what Mordecai said to Queen Esther -- "For if tho coldest thy peace at this time in this matter, then will relief and deliverance arise to the (women of this country) from another place; and who knowers whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this? I have the honour to remain, Sir, Respectfully yours, In His Name and Service, Lydia M Von F. Mountford P.O.Box 323 57257[*[89]*] [*2*] RESOLVED: That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Glencarlyn, VA April 5, 1913 Jane Olcott [*signature*] Chairman of the Meeting. [*57258*][*[89]*] [*Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission ; nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO. N. VAIL. PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER[*] [*1696*] [*RECEIVED AT*] 4C WE 50 NL [*ackn 4/7/13*] CHATTANOOGA TENN APR 5 13 EXCELLENCY HON WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENT WASHINGTON DC. I RESPECTFULLY URGE THAT YOU RECOMMEND TO THE CONGRESS ABOUT TO BE CONVENED THE PASSAGE OF A BILL GRANTING TO THE WOMEN OF OUR COUNTRY SUFFRAGE UPON EQUAL TERMS WITH MEN. THE WOMEN HAVE WAITED LONG AND PATIENTLY AND THE TIME IS NOW RIPE LET THE DEMOCRATIC ADMINISTRATION ADMINISTER JUSTICE. MRS VIRGINIA LEE PEAKE. 120A APR 6 [*57259*][*[89]*] April 5, 1913 My dear Mrs. Rooksby: I certainly should not put the construction upon the Executive order to which you refer that it would prohibit women employees of the Government from joining in the presentation to Congress of a written appeal for an amendment to the Constitution with regard to suffrage. In haste Sincerely yours, Mrs. Ellen H. Rooksby, Washington, D.C. [*57260*][*[89]*] OFFICERS A. M. SHOOK, PRESIDENT P. D. HOUSTON, VICE PRESIDENT W. R. COLE, VICE PRESIDENT M. E. HOLDERNESS, CASHIER W. W. McNEILLY, AUDITOR FIRST SAVINGS BANK & TRUST CO. Nashville, Tenn. [*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 9 – 1913 RECEIVED*] The White House Apr 9 - 1913 Received April 5, 1913. THE PRESIDENT.– That this is the day of progress is perhaps better illustrated by the wholesale change of public sentiment in this country in favor of equal suffrage, than perhaps by any other one thing. While the tide of population swept from the East to the West, the tide of progress has swept from the West to the East--and nothing illustrates this fact better than the equal suffrage movement. It is frequently claimed that the South is not participating in this progressive movement, and while it is true that less has been written and less said from the hustings in advocacy of this progressive moment in the South, it is still true that the movement here is deep-seated and spreading rapidly. It is also true that it is led by the first women of the Southland--and with Justice and Right for their motto, led by such women, with such zeal and determination to win, it must and will succeed. These good women have a right to ask that the Constitution of the United States be so amended as to strike out the word "male", as it affects the elective franchise. I hope you will so recommend in your message to Congress. Very respectfully, A. M. Shook [*signature*] Woodrow Wilson, President, Washington, D.C. [*57261*][*[89]*] [*Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Night Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission ; nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars at which, unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO. N. VAIL. PRESIDENT BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER*] [*1704*] [*RECEIVED AT*] B 26 C QN 30 N L [*ackn 4/7/13*] CHATTANOOGA TENN APR 5TH 1913 HIS EXCELLENCY HON WOODROW WILSON PREST WASHINGTON DC I EARNESTLY DESIRE WITH ALL GOOD CITIZENS THE ENFRANCHISEMENT OF OUR INTELLIGENT WOMEN, HOPE THAT OUR GOOD PRESIDENT WILL RECOMMEND IN HIS MESSAGE THE PASSAGE OF SUCH A BILL RESPECTFULLY DR J WESLEY SMITH 324A [*57262*][*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 9 – 1913 RECEIVED*] [*2*] Fitchville 0 April 5th 1913 President Wilson Dear Sir Adopted [P]by the W.C.T.N of Fitchville Union Whereas Woman are citizens with many of the responsibilities of citizenship : and Whereas Womans direct influence is needed to help better the social and industrial condition of the land; Therefore be it Resolved That we call on President Wilson to urge in his Message covering the extra session [*57263*] of Congress, the passage of anAmendment to the Constitution of the United States giving Suffrage to Women on equal terms with men; and [*?] Chairman of W.C.T.N Mrs P.L Smith Fitchville Huron Co Ohio [*57264*][*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 6- 1913 RECEIVED*] THE TRENTON CIVICS AND SUFFERAGE CLUB TRENTON, NEW JERSEY [*F*] 30 Hermitage Ave. Trenton N.J. 4-5-13 To His Excellency. The president of the United States, Honored Sir- At a public meeting of "The Trenton Civic and Suffrage Club" - held Friday, April 4th, the enclosed negotiation was unanimously approved, and respectfully submitted for your consideration. Very sincerely yours. Florence H. Tittensor [*57265*][*[89]*] 30 Hermitage Ave. Trenton N.J. To His Excellency, The president of the United States- 4 - 5 - 13 Honored sir - RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Trenton New Jersey April 4th 1913 (Mrs) Florence H. Tittensor Chairman of the Meeting. [*57266*][*[89]*] NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT NOBLEAND AUGUST A STREETS TELEPHONE MONROE 1717 CHICAGO April 5, 1913. [*F*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE. APR 9- 1913 RECEIVED*] Honorable Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: On behalf of the women of the State of Illinois, I would respectfully urge that you, as President, use every effort to secure, during this session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States constitution that will give to women equal political privilege. Believing that your belief in the value of suffrage for women, as expressed by you during the national campaign, is sincere, the women of this country look to you for help at this time. Yours very truly Harriet E. Vittum Head Resident. [*57267*][89] Form 2289 B NIGHT LETTER THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY INCORPORATED 25,000 OFFICES IN AMERICA. CABLE SERVICE TO ALL THE WORLD. This Company TRANSMITS and DELIVERS messages only on conditions limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following Night Letter. Errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the Company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of Unrepeated Nigth Letters, sent at reduced rates, beyond a sum equal to the amount paid for transmission ; nor in any case beyond the sum of Fifty Dollars at which ; unless otherwise stated below, this message has been valued by the sender thereof, nor in any case where the claim is not presented in writing within sixty days after the message is filed with the Company for transmission. This is an UNREPEATED NIGHT LETTER, and is delivered by request of the sender, under the conditions named above. THEO. N. VAIL. PRESIDENT. BELVIDERE BROOKS, GENERAL MANAGER. [1688] RECEIVED AT B43C CA 33 N L L EXTRA 41 [ackw 4/7/13] CHATTANOOGA TENN APL 5TH 13 HIS EXCELLENCY WOODROW WILSON, PRESIDENT WASHINGTON D C I HEREBY RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO RECOMMEND TO CONGRESS ABOUT TO CONVENE THE PASSAGE OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES GRANTING SUFFRAGE TO THE WOMEN OF OUR NATION. MR & MRS LON A. WARNER, JOURNALISTS 57268[*[89]*] CENTRAL LABOR UNION OF NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA ORGANIZED TO PROTECT - NOT COMBINED TO OPPRESS OUR [?] THE WORLD OUR CAUSE HUMANITY Meets Every Friday Night Central Labor Union Hall, 32nd Street and Wash'n Ave. Organized 1899. Affiliated with American Federation of Labor. [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 7- 1913 RECEIVED*] Newport News, Va., April 5th 1913 Resolved - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message concerning the extra session of Congress, the Passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men Resolved- That a copy of this negotiation be sent to President Wilson Adopted at a meeting at Central Labor Union Hall Newport News Va F.W. Wheeler Pres. Chairman at the Meeting [*57269*][*89] [*F] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 8 1913 RECEIVED*] Dr. Mary R. Wilcox, Cynwyd, PA To the Hon. Woodrow Wilson: President of the U.S.: Dear Mr. President: I wish to ask you to urge upon Congress-- about to be convened-- the passage of an Amendment to the United States [*57270]Constitution giving sufferage to women on equal terms with men. Very sincerely yours. Mary R. Wilcox April 5. 1913. [*57271*][*[89]*] Cynwyd, Pa. 4-5-'13 [*F*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 8- 1913 RECEIVED*] Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir:-- At a recent meeting of the Bala. Cynwyd Equal Suffrage League, the following resolution was passed. Resolved-- That this Meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. On behalf of the League Respectfully submitted Margaret McK. Wilcox Secretary of Bala. Cynwyd E.S.L. [*57272*][89] The White House Apr 7 - 1913 Received Charleston, South Carolina, April 5th, 1913. To the President, Hon. T. Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D.C. Honored Sir: I have been delegated by the National American Woman Suffrage Association of the United States, to add my plea for National Suffrage for the Women of this great country, and urge you to request in your Message to Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving Suffrage to women on equal terms with men. A few days ago there was held in Charleston, S.C. a Primary election for a Congressman, to full the vacancy caused by the death of the late Hon. George Lagare, and could you have seen the many drunken, degenerate, hoodlum element, staggering away from the Polls and coerced, cajoled, and 'treated', because of their precious VOTE, and to realise that this method is an absolute necessity to elect to a public office a man of education, ability and worth, whatever Southern blood there may be in your veins would revolt at the scene, and you would hesitate no longer in giving the ballot to women; and in view if the fact that the majority of tax payers in Charleston consist of WOMEN, this alone would help you decide. I have been living in the West for the past ten years (in Missouri- and lately in Arizona), and I cannot go out alone on the Streets of Charleston after dark here without being insulted or gazed upon illicitly by the Voters of this city (some of them. There is no other region in the United States where a woman NEEDS GENUINE, REAL RESPECT than in the South, as a whole, and if the women of this State of S.C had the ballot I feel sure we would restore the State to the position it once held in 57273 -2- the eyes of the Nation, and not continue to be designated as "the Sodom and Gomorrah" of the Union, where Gambling hells, blind tigers, and all manner of debaucheries are tolerated because of POLITICS. We women are NOT after OFFICE (I myself am keeping house for a widowed father- my Mother died last year), I work 16 hours a day, and women who take an interest in the upbuilding of not only my present habitation, but in the progress of individuals as well, should be recognized. Im a word there is'nt one single argument against giving us the ballot, and we will certainly see to it that LAW AND ORDER IS UPHELD and DECENT representatives sent out by us to enforce these conditions. We are HOME MAKERS and as such have a right to living as human beings ought to live. We do our part and the lazy, shiftless, degenerate loafers whose VOTE will COUNT in the coming "SECOND PRIMARY" next week in this city, should have their votes CHALLENGED; and in addition be compelled to work at something and add their quota to the World's Work instead of living off WOMEN as most of them do. These conditions pre dominate in the South, which is really the BEST part of the United States from an Agricultural and Geographical standpoint. As to the negro question that- is'nt as "bad as it is paintd" and there are men in this City who have a solution for it. Very respectfully, [*Dolly Kennedy Yancy*] 13 Coming Street. 57274 [*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE, APR 7-1913 RECEIVED*] 1018 W. Lauvale St. VA If the President will aid us in obtaining suffrage I shall be very grateful. I cannot think it is necessary to tell him why we want it - but ok, we do deserve it as would every man if it were not accorded to him. Sincerely Virginia Albaugh Apr 6, 1913 [*57275*][89] THE WHITE HOUSE APR 10 1913 RECEIVED "VOTES FOR WOMEN" Omaha, Nebraska April 6th/13 Hon. Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D.C. Mr. President: In the name of two hundred and fifty members of the Political Equality League, all representative men and women of Omaha, I write to urge you to include in your call for the coming special session of Congress [57276]the need of a constitutional amendment according suffrage to women on equal terms with men. most respectfully, (Mrs.) Ada I. Atkinson Pres. Political Equality League [*57277*]ACK'D APR 7 1913 [?.W.H.] THE NEW WILLARD WASHINGTON, DC. [*89*] Hon. Woodrow Wilson, The President of the United States, Your Excellency: Noting in yesterday's Evening Star that a question had arisen whether Government Clerk's had a right to Petition Congress, etc., I would if it is decided in the negative that you accord me your special permission for not knowing any objection, during, as I understand it, Mr. Taft's incumbency, as Chief Executive, it was accorded us, and any action on my situation would be retroactive for 57278 Thinking I had the right under Civic Service rules I have furnished Miss Paul a copy of an original letter to be used for, my state, Georgia. In addition I have agreed to be present on the stage and march to the capital. I am inclosing data relative to myself and a copy of my letter for which I have made applications for a copyright. If not my right, will you make an exception in my favor and grant [*57279*]THE NEW WILLARD WASHINGTON me the liberty to do as indicated for tomorrow? My husband, in dying, left me as a heritage, besides his high Christian character, as a Presbyterian Elder, a former member of Dr. Axon's church at Rome, Georgia, the command and right to ask assistance from his personal, political, social, and religious friends in the emergencies of life, when 57280I would struggle alone. As the widow of Edward Bailey and in my own right I beseech you to accord me this request. I thank you for your prompt action in regard to my endorsement and recommendation of Judge Robert W. Bell of Alabama, for I rest assured of your approving him. Most respectfully, Dr.Emma Reba Moseley Bailey, Lawyer Rome, Georgia Emma Reba Moseley Alabama The Representative Woman of the South 4/6/13 57281 2 Encs. N.B. Can I have your answer by bearer? P.O. Address, Dr. E.R.M. Bailey Lawyer Lock Box 464, Washington, D.C. [*[89]*] "TO ADD TO THE LAW, JUSTICE." The White House Apr 6 - 1913 Received Maine Woman Suffrage Association. PRESIDENT, MISS HELEN N.BATES, 63 Read Street, Woodfords Vice-President-at-Large, MRS. HANNAH J.BAILEY, Winthrop Center. Vice-President, MRS. EMMA KNIGHT 5 Knight Street, Portland. Recording Secretary, MISS ANNIE BURGESS, 8 Whitney Street, Portland. Corresponding Secretary, MRS. LUCY HOBART DAY, 655 Congress Street. Treasurer, MRS. LIZZIE H. FRENCH, 99 High Street, Portland. Auditor, MISS ALICE BLANCAHRD, Preble House, Portland. Superintendent Literature, MISS SUSAN A.CLARKE, 21 E.Promenade, Portland. Superintendent Enrolment, MISS MARGARET LAUGHLIN, 118 Spring Street, Portland. Supt. Press Work, MISS ELLA O.WOODMAN, 492 Cumberland Ave., Portland. Resolved - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved that a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting of the Equal Suffrage Association of Maine. Helen N.Bates Chairman. 57282 [*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APRIL 8, 1913 RECEIVED*] 1306 Mount St., Balto, Md, April 6, 1913. [*F*] Dear President Wilson,- Enclosed you will find a resolution, adopted at a meeting of the Western High School Alumnae of Baltimore, urging [*57283*]an amendment to the Constitution, giving Suffrage to women on equal terms with men. I am of the large class of girls supporting themselves and feel that a vote would give me a much safer position, in the world. Hoping you will not let the matter pass, without [57284]careful consideration, Sincerely, Bernice W. Cole.[*89*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendent to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Western High School Alumnae Association; A.R.S. April 3, 1913. Imogen George. Chairman of the Meeting. [*57285*][*89*] Pres. Wilson, as Pres. [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 6- 1913 RECEIVED*] of the Chautauqua Suffrage Club I report the need of Suffrage in that little community. The majority of property holders there are women and they need the ballot. Respectfully submitted Frances M. Davidson 1731 Church St. Washington D.C. Sympathy is good but Co-operation is better. [*57286*][*89*] RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Baltimore Md April 6. 1913. by Maryland Woman Suffrage Asso. Representing a membership of 1500 men & women. Emma Maddox Funck Chairman of the Meeting. Residence 1631 Eutaw Pl. [*57287*][*[89]*] THE EQUAL SUFFRAGE LEAGUE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK [*THE WHITE HOUSE, APR 6-1913 RECEIVED*] PRESIDENT MISS MARY GARRETT HAY 2 WEST 86TH ST. RECORDING SECRETARY MRS. MILLARD B. GUILFORD VICE-PRESIDENTS MRS. FREDERICK NATHAN MRS. ALICE W. GIFFORD MISS FLORENCE GUERNSEY MRS. J HEDGES CROWELL MRS. RUTH LITT CORRESPONDING SECRETARY MRS. P. A. SEXTON 584 PARK AVE. TREASURER MRS. E.L. AUS 292 BROOKLYN AVE., BROOKLYN. N.Y. MEMBERS EXECTUIVE COMMITTEE MRS. PHOEBE HART MRS. FRANK STRATTON AUDITOR MISS JEANNETTE FERGUS BAIRD To His Excellency, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States: Honored Sir: At a Regular Business Meeting of the Equal Suffrage League of New York City, held at Hotel Astor, April fourth, 1913, the following resolution was adapted: Resolved: That the Equal Suffrage League of New York City ask President Wilson, in his message to the special session of Congress, to urge that body to pass an Amendment to the Constitution of the U.S. to grant women equal franchise on the same terms as men: and be [*57288*]it further Resolved: That a copy of this Resolution be sent to President Wilson. Respectfully submitted, (from M.B.) Ella O. Enilford Recording Secretary. 620 West 116 St. New York City, N.Y.New York City April 6:913 [*89*] 146 WEST 82ND STREET [*THE WHITE HOUSE, APR 7-1913 RECEIVED*] To His Excellency Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States Dear Mr. President, ?? that both justices and the minds of the country call for the political enfranchisement of women, or beg that you will in some way in your power further the passage amendment to the 57289Constitution of the United States, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Respectfully yours Marion Peters Frances Peters 57290[*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE, APR 8-1913 RECEIVED*] [*F*] 697 WEST END AVENUE To His Excellency Woodrow Willson Dear President, We are writing to beg you in your message convening the extra session of Congress to urge the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men- Very truly yours, Elizabeth Peters Julia Peters April sixth [*57291*][*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE, APR 7-1913 RECEIVED*] Mr.Woodrow Wilson, White House, Washington, D.C. [*2*] Dear Sir, I understand that some time ago you decided not to include in your message to Congress any advise on the issue of woman suffrage. Nay not one, however, the people, men and women, know 57292at that salient opportunity which you deem possible, on which side of this question you mean to place the weight of your incalculable influence? May I personally hope that it is to fall on that side whose pre-eminent characteristic is that it knows no fear- neither of races, nor of nations nor of sections, nor of sexes; in a word on the side of that which though still unknown in the world history, has yet been dreamed of by prophets and seers: I mean on the side of Democracy. May not I, with so many thousands of others, believe that in the new freedom woman, too, shall have won to her place? Very sincerely yours, F. M. Witherspoon. Daughter of the representative of the 5th District, Mississippi Bryn Mawr, Pa. April 6th, 1913.89 An appeal to The Senators and Representatives of Georgia. In the interest of Women Citizens to vote by The Representative Women of The South April 7, 1913. [*Emma Reba Mosely Bailey*] [*57293*][89] J THE WHITE HOUSE APR 7 - 1913 RECEIVED LOCAL SOUTHEAST WASHINGTON of the DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. SOCIALIST PARTY OF AMERICA. April 7, 1913. Hon. Woodrow Wilson, Mr. President; At the last regular meeting of the above named organisation, the following resolutions were adopted unanimously: Resolved:- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution, giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved:- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Yours most respectfully, J. M. S. Kaufman, Secretary-Treasurer. 525- 5 St. S.E., Washington D.C. 57294[*89*] [*The White House APR 8-1913 RECEIVED*] Sixty-Second Congress. Thetus W. Sims, Tenn., Chairman. Alexander W. Gregg TEX. Elmer A. Morse, WIS. Gordon Lee GA. Frank Plumley, VT. Robert Y. Thomas, Jr., KY Henry G. Danforth, N.Y. James F. Byrnes, S.C. Charles H. Sloan, NEBR. Steven B. Ayres, N.Y. John M.C. Smith, MICH. Richard E. Connell, N.Y. Sam R. Sells, TENN. I.S. Pepper, IOWA. Claude U. Stone, ILL. W.T. Blackard, Clerk V.L. Almond, Asst. Clerk. House of Representatives U.S. Committee on War Claims, Washington, D.C., April 7, 1913. ,191 [*Ackd 4/8/13*] [89] My Dear Sir:- I enclose herewith resolutions adopted by the Jackson Equal Suffrage League, Jackson, Tennessee, for your consideration. These petitions were received by me this morning. Very truly yours, T.W. Sims To The President, White House. [*57295*][*[89]*] RESOLVED: That this meeting call upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. ADOPTED AT A MEETING OF Jackson Equal Suffrage League, Jackson, Tenn. April 1 1913 C. B. Bell Chairman of the Meeting. Rowena Rivers- Kirsch Beatrice B. Syers Mrs. J. Martin Elizabeth J. Trice Jane Serts Woodruff Mary Ellis Butler Mrs. Ethel Blackwell Mrs. Jno. L. Evans Miss Sue S. White Mrs. Elizabeth Howard Mrs. Hu C Anderson Mrs J W Andertin Mrs Joanna Alexander Miss Lilla Bright-Bell Mrs B H Blalock Miss Kate Broad Mrs T B Uttley Mrs W J Cox Mrs M C Curbin Mrs Linc Jones Drake Mrs J G Jones Miss Lucille Earnshaw Mrs J M Irwin Mrs E P Jones Otis M Jones C C Moris E S Baker Mrs L A Nave Mrs J H Price Mrs G H Robulsin Miss Annie L Stephens Mrs Walter L Stegall Mrs E L Syers Mrs B A Sullivan Mrs J E Springbel Mr Walter Stegall Mr Finley Snider Mr N D Saunders [*57296*]Dr G M Savage Mrs Booker McKinney Mrs C A McKinney Mrs Joe Johnson Mrs John Trice Mr A Powell Mrs R C Williams Mrs Nina Williams Mrs A R Wilson Mrs John West John L Trice Rev G O Watts Wm Nancey Miss Francis Broad Florence L Pacaud S B Enochs Mr A L Syers Members Jackson Equal Suffrage League Jackson Tenn [*57297*]Resolved: That this meeting call upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. ADOPTED AT A MEETING OF JACKSON EQUAL SUFFRAGE LEAGUE. JACKSON, TENNESSEE. Chairman of the Meeting. Miss Bernice Clyce E E Glass Miss Ollie Edwards Thos. H. Drake Miss Katye C. Crider J N Hirsch Mrs. Will Henry Mrs. W. Alva Taylor D T Turner Miss Nora Essmann Mrs. T. O. Martin Miss Sadie Godfrey Miss S. R. Woodall I. Sheffer J. A. Thompson Yanis Newman M. G. Moore Mrs Robert Cook C. M. E Baker M. J. Bray J. G. Carter R. O. Snider J. L. Pearson Cora I. Bond T H Temple C M Thompson J M Simmons Mrs G W Dulin I. H. Nelson Mrs Sara Scribner N. N. Key Mrs J B Williamson T & C Pearson Mrs M S Miller Mrs Lulu A. Williss Mrs Millie Kelly Hu. C. Anderson Manly A Dees [*57298*]Resolved: That this meeting call upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. ADOPTED AT A MEETING OF Chairman of the Meeting. J C Long Mrs Callie Oliver T. R. Lanley Lillie O. Nave C. N. Johnson Mrs Donna Gardner Jerry O. Nave R B Johnson Katharine E Bulloch O H Brown Mrs. Frank Bulloch J N Shelton P D Bruton Harry D Witcomb P. W. Rushing Isabell Grantly F A Weasterly Mrs. W. G. Bard Mrs Scott Woodward Helen Grimes Jno Woodward Mrs. L. Grimes Frank M. Hudson Mary A Hudson Miss Callie Armstrong T M Gates [*57299*][89] [*J*] THE WHITE HOUSE, APR 7 - 1913 RECEIVED RESOLVED - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Arden, Delaware. Alice L. Steinlein Chairman of the Meeting. 57300[*[89]*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE, Apr 8 1913 RECEIVED*] [United States Senate] WASHINGTON, D.C. [*J*] [*[89]*] 4/7/1913 My dear Mr. President:- One more state (if I am not mistaken 35 have voted in favor of direct election of Senators) and there will be very little difference qualitatively between the Senate and House. There will be the time to suggest a Senate of Women - to make the difference really more qualitatively different than at present. I feel that it is superfluous to enclose the recently published Senate Document #1138 of which you have doubtless been sent several copies by the Senator from Wisconsin - but I desire to call your attention to the suggestion made by Mr. Wm. D. MacKenzie at the Unitarian church last night, (of the Quartermaster's Dept.) that the District should not only have equal suffrage - but the Des Moines commission plan of 5 commissioners, with the recall & initiative & referendum. Mr. Bryce in his statement that our municipal govts. is our greatest administrative problem - failed to call attention to the desirability of equal suffrage, which has helped the English municipalities to keep out of the clutches of the real estate speculators, the bankers & the corporation magnates. yours very truly Geo. W. Webster [*57301*][89] 62D CONGRESS 3d Session SENATE DOCUMENT No.1138 THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA A MEMORIAL BY THE DISTRICT OF COLOMBIA SUFFRAGE LEAGUE RELATIVE TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PRESENTED BY MR. LA FOLLETTE MARCH 1 (calendar day, MARCH 4), 1913. - Ordered to be printed WASHINGTON 1913 57302City Club of Los Angeles [*THE WHITE HOUSE Apr 13 1913 RECEIVED*] BOARD OF GOVERNORS THOMAS E.GIBBON PRESIDENT LEWIS R.WORKS FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT RUSS AVERY SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT HENRY M.NEWMARK TREASURER F.G. HENDERSON SECRETARY GEORGE BAKER ANDERSON FRANCIS B. KELLOGG OFFICE OF SECRETARY 717 FAY BUILDING TELEPHONE F 6665 [*F*] [*89*] Los Angeles, Cal. April 8, 1913. The President, Washington, D.C. I have the honor to submit to you the following resolution which was passed by the City Club at its regular meeting Saturday March 29th, 1913. RESOLVED - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. F.G. Henderson, Secretary By Zoe Dobson [*57311*][*[89]*] [*The White House Apr 8 1913 Received*] [*F*] 7 Steele Road West Hartford Ct. President Woodrow W. Wilson Washington, D.C. Honored Sir:- I beg your approval of the amendment to grant equal franchise to the women of the United States. Respectfully yours, Lillian G. Middlebrook [*57312*][*[89]*] [*The White House Apr 8 1913 Received*] [*F*] K Hon. Woodrow. Wilson. Pres't Hon. President. I earnestly ask your support & help. In the granting this bill {for the Amendment to the Constitution} These earnest women - ask or demand their rights. Why should our Grand Old State of Penna be a back member? What would Abraham Lincoln do if he were living to-day. [*57313*]He would emancipate the Women - which would be the 2nd Emancipation. May I send you a copy of L't Governor. Jno M Reynolds letter in answer to my request and of which I am so proud & happy - as also are the member of my Club. Sincerely & Respectfully, Katherine H. Sweeney. President of the Anthony Memorial Club of Pittsburgh, Pa. 729 Aiken Ave. E.E. [*57314*]Miss Katherine Sweeney. Dear Miss Sweeney You will observe by to-days papers [that] my vote was in harmony with your request which was duly received Yours very truly [Jno] M. Reynolds Lieutenant Governor of Penna [57315][*89*] [*The White House Apr 9 1913 Received*] To The President. Miss Sarah Barnwell Elliot. Sewanee, Tennessee. [*57316*] My dear Mr. Wilson: I come of very conservative people - my father was the late Bishop Stephen Elliot of Georgiabut in spite of this, I am here as President of the Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association asking that you will help to lift the women - Especially my own women of the South - to a higher plane. We need it sorely - let me tell you - and wont you help us? I send a card from my sister, the Resolution that we have passed & a leaflet. Mrs Wilson will know of me and of Sewanee.Mrs. Francis A. Shoup 57317[*[89]*] Dear Mr Wilson - please give us the suffrage - yours truly Esther Habersham Elliott Shoup of Savannah, Geo.[89] Resolution to be sent to President Wilson. Resolved-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United State Constitution giving Suffrage to women on equal terms with men. 57318 RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson.Why Tennessee Women Should Have the Ballot BY SARAH BARNWELL ELLIOT PRESIDENT TENNESSEE EQUAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION 57319What we are asking for Recognition before the law as people- whole people - citizens. We represent one-half the population - we are counted as whole person in the basis of representation - but legally, political, we are nothing. Our work is used without recognition, our taxes are spent without our consent. We ask for fair play- we ask for the ballot. Why we are asking for it We are asking for it because we realise that in not giving us the ballot, you are depriving one-half of the intelligent - one- half of the ability of this State - from taking part in the affairs of this State in which they are as much interested as you are. Every law passed affects the weak more than it affects the strong. Will you, men, Southern men, deny to the weak the one weapon of defence - the ballot? Is it fair? We are expected to abide by these laws - we have to pay taxes under these laws. We are expected to keep clean houses in dirty towns. We are expected to bring up healthy, honest, good children when we are surrounded by conditions which physically, morally, mentally, are unclean. A man, in public life here in Tennessee, thanked God that he had no daughter - why? - because of social conditions here in Tennessee. We long to better these con ditions. We long to give women more right to be self-respecting. You do not realise that you are holding your wives and daughters down to a servile position - is there any reason why a servile person should be self-respecting? The negro man is your legal and political Equal, but your mothers, your wives, your daughters are not admitted to this Kingdom of Equality in which the negro man stands upright. Have we women much right to respect ourselves when you men seem to respect us so little? Why We Should Have the Ballot Working women need the ballot to regulate conditions under which they work. Housekeepers need the ballot to regulate the sanitary conditions under which they and their families much live. Mothers need the ballot to regulate the moral conditions under which their children must be brought up. Teachers need the ballot to secure just wages and to influence the management of the public schools. Business women need the ballot to secure for themselves a fair opportunity in their business. Tax paying women need the ballot to protect their property. All women need the ballot because they are concerned equally with men in good and bad government; and equally responsible for civic righteousness. All men need women's help to build a better and juster government. Why you should give us the ballot Because women represent the only great body of energy and of talent unused -- energy and talent recklessly wasted. Last of all - don't be afraid of us - this is a peaceful revolution - our interested - our hopes - our ambitions are identical with yours, and the men of Tennessee should remember what is it the women of Tennessee have done fr the State from 57320the days of the first settlers in the wilderness down through the horrors of war, of reconstruction, of poverty, of the struggle of rehabilitation of this hour; to realize the strength, the wisdom, the patience, the great, undying love of their women, and realizing all this, to give her in the ballot not only the power to help herself and her children, but as comrade and friend to help the men of Tennessee. Let Tennessee be the first Southern State to make this move. Remember, that there are 600,000 more white women in the South, of voting age, than there are negroes in the South, men, women, of voting age. Remember that the negro women are better than the negro men. Remember that the vote of the negro women can be guided just as the vote of the negro men has been guided. (Issues by the Tennessee Equal Suffrage Association. Copies may be had upon application.)[*89*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 11 1913 RECEIVED *] [*F*] Richboro, Pa. ,April 9 1913 To the President, Executive Mansion, Washington, D.C. [*89*] Sir:- I have the honor and pleasure of sending you the enclosed resolutions, Very Respectfully yours Andrew Judson Walter Stated Clerk. Classis of Philadelphia, R.C.A. [*57321*]"The Classis of Philadelphia of the Reformed Church in America, assembled in the City of Philadelphia on the day when the great Republic of the West extends its hand in friendly recognition to the great, most populous and youngest Republic of the East, commends the President of the United States for these worthy acts. 1. In banishing intoxicating drinks from the White House. 2. In refusing the cooperation of our government in an oppressive and unchristian financial agreement with China. 3. In recognising on this day the Republic of China. We rejoice in the accomplishments of this son of a minister of the Gospel, and assure him of our Christian appreciate and intercessory prayers, that he might lead this nation to the position, regarding intoxicants, which the White House now occupies, and to be the Big Brother of the weaker Nations of earth. Adopted in Classis this 8th day of April 1913. M N Kalemjian President Andrew Judson Walter Stated Clerk [*57322*][* 2 [89]*] Resolved - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Adrian, April 4th 1913 Pres. of Adrian A.C. L.U. One hundred and ninety four members (Mr. Ada C. Mumford. Chairman of the Meeting Adrian Michigan April 4th 1913. 57323RESOLVED- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Adrian April 1st 1913 Margaret Bennett Pres. Adrian Womans Club 109 members Nellie Wesley Secretary Adrian Woman's Club. Chairman of the Meeting April 1st 1913. 57324[*[89]*] [*2*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE. APR 13 1913 RECEIVED*] [*89*] Wakeman, Huron Co., Ohio. President Woodrow Wilson, Washington, D.C. At our W.C.T.U. meeting, action was taken that we send to you the following resolution: Resolved that this meeting call upon President Wilson to urge him to use his influence in securing the passage of an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving the Suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Please accept the thanks of our union on the stand you have to take against the use of wine in the White House. Pres. W.C.T.U. Mrs. Elsa Parsons Sec. W.C.T.U. Mrs Nora Peck. [*57325*] Apr. 11-1913.President -- Mrs. Abigal Scott Duniway. Acting President and Treasurer - Mrs. Henry Waldo Coe Vice-President - Mrs. C. M Cartwright. Vice-President at Large - Mrs. Elizabeth Lord, The Dalles Publicity Chairman - Mrs. L. W. Therkelsen Oregon State Equal Suffrage Association 516 Selling Bldg, Portland, Ore. Finance Committee Mrs. A. E. Clark, Mrs. A. E Borthwick, Auditors Mrs. F. Eggert Mrs. M. A. Dalton. Portland Mrs. Imogene Bath Hillsboro. Recording Secretary-- Miss Elma Buckman. April 12, 1913. [*The White House Apr 18 1913 Received*] [*89*] President Woodrow Wilson, White House, Washington, D.C., Mr. President:- Representing several different organizations of this State, I do most earnestly urge you to use your strongest efforts toward securing a constitutional amendment extending the right of suffrage to all women of the United States. Thus saving the struggle state by state and hastening the day of true Democracy in our country. Respectfully, Mrs. Henry Waldo Coe. M.D. Acting President, Oregon State Equal Suffrage Association. Acting President, Oregon State Government Improvement Assn. President Woman's Republic Club, of Portland. President Northwestern University Club. 57326[*ACK'D April 15 1913 T.M.H.*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 15 1913 RECEIVED*] [*89*] Dear Mr President I happened to read today, that John Stuart Mill is held by you in high esteem. I venture to enclose his speech on suffrage for women - hoping that if you have not already done so, you will find the time to read it. with sincere respect Mrs Faith W. Morgan Hampton Virginia April 13th 1913 R.D. 1 [*57327*][*(89)*] SUFFRAGE FOR WOMEN SPEECH BY JOHN STUART MILL, IN THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT, MAY 20, 1867. (Reprinted by the College Equal Suffrage League.) I RISE, sir, to propose an extension of the suffrage which can excite no party or class feeling in the house--which can give no umbrage to the keenest assertor of the claims either of property or of numbers; an extension which has not the faintest tendency to disturb, what we have heard so much about lately, the balance of political power; which cannot afflict the most timid alarmist by any revolutionary terrors, or offend the most jealous democrat as an infringement of popular rights, or a privilege granted to one class of society at the expense of another. There is nothing to distract our minds from the simple consideration whether there is any reasonable ground for excluding an entire half of the nation, not only from actual admission, but from the very possibility of being admitted within the pale of citizenship, though they may fulfill every one of the conditions legally and constitutionally sufficient in all cases but theirs. This is, under the laws of our country, a solitary case. There is no other example of an exclusion which is absolute. If it were the law that none should have a vote but the possessors of £5,000 a year, the poorest man in the community might, and now and then would, attain to the privilege. But neither birth, nor merit, nor exertion, nor intellect, nor fortune, nor even that great disposer of human affairs--accident, can enable any woman to have her voice counted in those common concerns which touch her and hers as nearly as any other person in the nation. Now, sir, before going any farther, permit me to say that a prima facie case is already made out. It is not just to make distinctions, in rights and privileges, between one of Her Majesty's subjects and another, unless for a positive reason. I do not mean that the suffrage, or any other political function, is an abstract right, or that to withhold it from any one, on sufficient grounds of expediency, is a personal wrong; it is an utter misunderstanding of the principle I maintain to confound this with it; my whole argument is one of expediency. But all expediencies are not on exactly the same level. There is a kind of expediency which is 1 [*57328*] [*(8)*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE. APR 17 1913 RECEIVED*] [F] To the President of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, Washington. Dist Columbia The Columbian Club of Flint, Michigan has instructed its corresponding secretary to write you respectfully requesting that in your next message to Congress, you recommend the passage of an amendment to the Constitution of the United States giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Respectfully, E.E. West, Cor. Sec. Columbian Club, Flint. Michigan. [*89*] Apr. 14. 1913 [*57334*]ORIGINAL ORDER INSTITUTED MAR. 24 1886, INCORPORATED DEC 10 1891 FRANCES E.BURNS, Great Commander. EMMA E.BOWER, M.D. Great Record Keeper. SUSIE S.GRAVES. Great Finance Keeper. ISABELLA HOLDOM, M.D. Great Medical Examiner. Ladies of the Modern Maccabees The White House Apr 19 1913 Received Affiliated with The National Council of Women and the National Fraternal Congress Office of Frances E.Burns Great Commander. St.Louis, Mich. April 16, 1913. 89 Honorable Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, Washington, D.C. Dear Sir: I am happy to forward resolutions showing the trend of opinion of the many hundreds and thousands of members of the Ladies of the Modern Maccabees pertain- ing to the amendment of the constitution to provide for Equal Suffrage. The Ladies of the Modern Maccabees work from coast to coast in the United States, with a membership of over fifty thousand. Respectfully yours, Frances E. Burns Gt. Com. L.O.T.M.M. B/F/G 57335 1718 Cedar Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin April 19 1913 [*F*] [*THE WHITE HOUSE APR 22 1913 RECEIVED*] [*89*] To the President Woodrow Wilson Your Excellency Allow me to protest against a proposed absurd and ridiculous amendment to the Constitution of which you may possibly have heard at some happy moment in your life. It concerns "Votes for Women!" There is a point that I have not seen considered by the advocates of Female Suffrage; viz The Female Sex in the state has no value, either from the general status of political economy or the more specialized status of ethical value, save as wife, mother, homemaker. All other state Functions requiring [*57336*]2 strength, executive ability, broad scope of intellectual endeavor - down to the lowest level of society are far better accomplished by men, first, last, always. Voting, per se as an element of state craft is weak and inefficient save as a last appeal in great, general and impersonal questions. I am wholly opposed to a constitutional amendment favoring female suffrage. courteously, Frances Grant Teetzel [*57337*]1718 Cedar Street Milwaukee Wis From,- Mrs. Frances Grant Teeztel, (von Teetzel.) [277 Church Street, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin] This Article, - Story, -Poem, - has not been submitted to any editor before the present date, - has been sent for examination, but never published with author's knowledge nor consent and never paid for in any manner, either by money, advertising or honorable mention. Biographical Data. Mrs. Francis Grant Teetzel was born in Rochester, N.Y., but is of Scottish descent, her father, Joseph Grant, having been born in Kingston, Ontario, of the Strathspey Grants. He was a son of John Grant, son of Capt. Wm. Grant of the Highlanders and the Princess Elizabeth Frederick of Prussia. The princess eloped to Holland and was married to Capt. Grant of the English Subsidies during the Seven Years War. The subject of these notes came to Milwaukee at an early age and secured her education in the schools o that city. She was particularly fortunate in being one of a class of twelve girls under the person in- structure of Dr. James McAlester, now head of the ride, "When the Kilties Cam' ", Century Magazine, September, 1912. [*57338*] Drexel Institute, Philadelphia. Leaving school at seventeen she took honors in music, and received the prize for the best essay, her subject being the Moral Sublime. Her musical education was begun under Prof. Biederman famous in the time when Milwaukee was known as the German Athens. Having devoted her life to intellectual pursuits, the favorite studies of the writer have been philosophy, history, sociology, psychology, while in languages she has a working knowledge of Greek, Latin, German, French and Italian. She has long been a desultory writer for the daily press, in- eluding the old Chicago Times, the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Sentinel, the Boston Transcript, was for a time the Milwaukee critic for the New York Musical Courier, and has written articles on musical subjects for the Philadelphia Etude. A pamphlet on International Copywriter published by the author in 1886 attracted much favorable comment. A story, one of a half hour series, The Dynamite Cartridge, was published in Boston, 1885 (Cleaves and MacDonall) and a subscription volume of verses was printed by the Author in 1893, title, Vagrant Fancies.[*89*] Hive No. 644 Jan 14, 1913 (date) I hereby certify that I will hold the terms of remuneration offered me by the Ladies of the Modern Maccabees, for serving as local deputy for that Order, as entirely confidential between myself and the Great Commander, and that I will not disclose same to any person, either during the time I am serving as local deputy or at any future time. Name -- Bell Burbank Adress -- Hubbell Mich. [*57339*][*[89]*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may orward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive #472 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to Presient Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Harrisville Mar. 23-th, 1913 Membership of Hive. 36 Ruth A. Rutson Record Keeper of Hive. [*57340*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 5 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][89] Hive No. 644 Jan 14, 1919 (date) I hereby certify that I will hold the terms of remuneration offered me by the Ladies of the Modern Maccabees, for serving as local deputy for that Order, as entirely confidential between myself and the Great Commander, and that I will not disclose same to any person, either during the time I am serving as local deputy or at any future time. Name--Bell Burbank Adress--Hubbell Mich 57339[*RECEIVED*] [*APR 8 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*89*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive# 472 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Harrisville Mar 25th 1913 Membership of Hive. 36 Ruth A Rutson Record Keeper of Hive. [*57340*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 5 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*89*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. [*2*] Hive# 416 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Mar 29 1913 Membership of Hive. 102 Mary E. Seegmiller Record Keeper of Hive. [* Kingsley Mich*] [*57341*]Note:- Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive# 554 RESOLVED: -That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving Suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Mar. 30-13 Membership of Hive. 66 Record Keeper of Hive. [57342][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 8 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*89*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive # 343 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Lennon Mich Apr 1st 1913 Membership of Hive. 35 Lottie Benjamin Record Keeper of Hive. [*57343*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 5 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*89*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive # 514 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Munger Apr 1, 1913. Membership of Hive. Matilda Brown. Record Keeper of Hive. [*57344*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 5 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*89*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive# 026 RESOLVED:- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Caseville April. 1. Membership of Hive. 63 Myrtle I. Dufty Record Keeper of Hive [*57345*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 4 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*89*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive#560 RESOLVED:- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at April 1st 1913. Membership of Hive. 13 Mamie Hayes Record Keeper of Hive [*57346*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 5 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][89] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E.Burns. Hive 220 Resolved:- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at 1 April Membership of Hive Eva Radikus Record Keeper of Hive. 57347[*RECEIVED*] [*APR 4 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Hive No. 80 April 1st 1913. (date) I hereby certify that I will hold the terms of remuneration offered me by the Ladies of the Modern Maccabees, for serving as local deputy for that Order, as entirely confidential between myself and the Great Commander, and that I will not disclose same to any person, either during the time I am serving as local deputy or at any future time. Name -- Millie Stuck Adress -- 139 Beresford Highland Park [*57348*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 8 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][89] Note:- Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return it once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 is possible. Frances E.Burns. Hive 502 RESOLVED:- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Edmore, Apr 2 13 Membership of Hive. 58 Clarice Curtis Record Keeper of Hive 5749 [*RECEIVED*] [*APR 5 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*89*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances. E. Burns [*RECEIVED Apr 3 1913 OFFICE FRANCES E BURNS*] Hive 201 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Greenville Apr 2nd Membership of Hive. 181 Rubetta Finch Record Keeper of Hive. [*57350*][*89*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive Seattle RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Seattle April 2 1913 Membership of Hive 327 Cara Hamilton Record Keeper of Hive. [*57351*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 4 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note: -Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive #368 RESOLVED: -That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session on Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: -That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Cadillac April 2-1913- Membership of Hive. 76 Jennie St. Johns Record Keeper of Hive. 368 [*57352*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 8 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note: -Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive #144. RESOLVED: -That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session on Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: -That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at April 2. 1913 Annie Masontate. Record Keeper of Hive. Membership of Hive. Membership 96. [*57353*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 5 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note: -Have the following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive # 85 RESOLVED: - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving Suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Howell Mich. April 2. '13 Membership of Hive. 124 Mary S. Parker Record Keeper of Hive. [*57354*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 5 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*89*] Note: -Have the following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive # 45 RESOLVED: - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving Suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Bay City, Mich. April 2, 1913 Membership of Hive. 130 Adah M. Radford. Record Keeper of Hive. [*57355*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 5 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note: -Have the following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive # 521 RESOLVED: - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving Suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Taymouth April 2nd. 1913 Membership of Hive. 20 Sarah A. Shrue. Record Keeper of Hive. [*57356*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 5 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note: -Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. [*RECEIVED APR 4 1913 OFFICE FRANCES E. BURNS*] Hive # Wixam #182 RESOLVED: -That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session on Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: -That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Wixam April 3rd. Membership of Hive. 37 Emma E Abrams Record Keeper of Hive. [*57357*][*[89]*] Note: -Have the following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive # [2?1] RESOLVED: - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving Suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Orion Apr 3-1913 Membership of Hive. 57 Libbie Baldwin Record Keeper of Hive. [*57358*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 8 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*89*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Ruggles hive #280 Hive #280 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVE:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Ionia Michigan Apr 3. Membership of Hive. 130 Anna B. Curtis Record Keeper of Hive. Pro tem. [*57359*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 5 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note: -Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by R.K. and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive #0612 RESOLVED: -That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session on Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: -That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at April 3rd. 1913 Minnie Hischer Record Keeper of Hive. Membership of hive 98 [*57360*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 5 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note: -Have the following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive # 64 RESOLVED: - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving Suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at April 3. 1913 Membership of Hive. Dora E. Fletcher. Record Keeper of Hive. [*57361*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 5 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note: -Have the following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive #531 RESOLVED: - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving Suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: - That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Escanaba Mich. Apr 03rd 13 Membership of Hive. 104 Sarah Gabouie Record Keeper of Hive. [*57362*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 7 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*89*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive # L[??]iton 410 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVE:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Copemish Michigan Membership of Hive. Stella Gleason Record Keeper of Hive. April 3 - 1913 [*57363*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 4 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*89*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive # 244 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVE:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to Presi- dent Wilson. Adopted at meeting at Alpena April 3. Membership of Hive. 44. Margaret Henry Record Keeper of Hive. [*57364*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 8 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to president Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E Burns. Hive #36 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Apr 3, 1913. Membership of Hive. 47 Jennie A McBratney Record Keeper of Hive. [*57365*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 5 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*89*] Note: -Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive # 382 RESOLVED:--That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOVLED:--That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Marine City Apr 3/1913. Membership of Hive. 100. Anna B McCarthy Record Keeper of Hive. #382.[*RECEIVED*] [*APR 5 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note: -Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. [*[1913 Ap 3.?]*] [*RECEIVED APR 3 1913 OFFICE FRANCES E. BURNS*] Hive #185 RESOLVED: -That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session on Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: -That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Hillsdale Mich. Membership of Hive. 105 Sarah L. Martin Record Keeper of Hive. [*57367*][*[89]*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive #72.- RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVE:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Flint Genesee Co.- Mich. April 3-1913 Membership of Hive. 343 May. H. Martin. Record Keeper of Hive. [*57368*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 5 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][89] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return it at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E.Burns. Hive 463 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Special Meeting at 52 Seldon Ave Apr 3rd 1913 Membership of Hive 22 [[??]] Record Keeper of Hive. 57369 [*RECEIVED*] [*APR 5 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive# 423 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at [March 22] April 3rd 1913 Membership of Hive. 166 Arabell Pincombe Record Keeper of Hive. [*57370*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 5 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note:--Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive# 4 60 RESOLVED: -- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Bay City, Mich: Apr. 3. Membership of Hive. 125. Anna Schultz Record Keeper of Hive. [*57371*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 9 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note:--Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Superior Hive# 217 RESOLVED:--That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at April 3rd 1913 Membership of Hive. 200 Mrs. May B. Smith Record Keeper of Hive. [*57372*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 8 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*]89 Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive #5 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Apr 3rd 1913. Membership Hive. 60. Desa Sl[????] Record Keeper of Hive. 57373[*RECEIVED*] [*APR 4 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by R.K. and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive #775 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Pewanne April 3, 1913. Membership of hive 15 Carrie E. Strahan Record Keeper of Hive. [*57374*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 7 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*89*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances R. Burns. Hive # 156 RESOLVED: -That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session on Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: -That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Plymouth Mich. Apr 3 1913 Membership of Hive. 91 91 Anna Wright Record Keeper of Hive. [*57375*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 5 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. 439 Hive# 439 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at New Buffalo April 4. Membership of Hive. Dina Baker Record Keeper of Hive. [*57376*] [*RECEIVED*] [*APR 8 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive# Nettie Cathcart 486 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Menominee Mich April 4 1913 Membership of Hive. 114. Mary Bemus Record Keeper of Hive. [*57377*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 8 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][89] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office to that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E.Burns. [1913 Ap4] Hive 084 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Adrian, Michael. Membership of Hive 204 Maria A. Bird Record Keeper of Hive. 57378[*RECEIVED*] [*APR 4 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*89*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive #02[??] RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Home of S. Wood April 4- Membership of Hive. 36. Margaret Brackett Record Keeper of Hive. [*57379*][*RECEIVED APR 7 1917 OFFICE FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E.Burns. [*[1913 Ap4]*] Hive 563. RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Standish. Membership of Hive. 150. Marselle Gettring. Record Keeper of Hive. [*57380*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 4 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E.Burns. [*RECEIVED APR 4 1913 OFFICE FRANCES E. BURNS*] Hive #32 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Lakeview Mich Membership of Hive. 25 Emma M Charnley Record Keeper of Hive. [*57381*] [*[89]*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive # 116 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Pinconning Mich. 4/4 Membership of Hive. 80 Mae Clark Record Keeper of Hive. [*57382*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 7 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by R.K. and return to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive #768 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Apr 4 Membership of hive 12 Waty Daniels Record Keeper of Hive. [*57383*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 8 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E.Burns. Hive #250 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Caro Mich 4/4- 1913 Membership of Hive. 117 Mae Denton Record Keeper of Hive. [*57384*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 8 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive# 298 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting [at] of Sarah J. La Tour Hive apl. 4/13. Membership of Hive. 200. Record Keeper of Hive. [*57385*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 5 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. [*[1913 Ap 4]*] Hive# 115 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Meli[???] Hive 115 Hastings, Mich. Membership of Hive. Irma G. Eaton Record Keeper of Hive. [*57386*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 4 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may orward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive #544 RESOLVED:- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:- That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Brant Apr. 4 1913 Membership of Hive. 93 Marion M. Elder Record Keeper of Hive. [*57387*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 8 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive #37 Resolved:- That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. Resolved:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Meliuesa Apr 4 -13 Member of Hive. 43 L.Mabel Francis Record Keeper of Hive. [*57388*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 16 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][89] Note:--Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by R.K. and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive #699 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Jubilee House April 4- Edith Grove, Record Keeper of Hive. Membership of hive 114 [*57389*][*Received APR 8, 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note:—Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. [*[1913 Ap4]*] Hive#344 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Grand Rapids Mich. Membership of Hive. Mary J. Holmes Record Keeper of Hive. [*57390*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 4 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive# 403 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Detroit April 4th , 1913 Hannah Hurst Record Keeper of Hive. Membership of Hive. 74 [*57391*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 8 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note:—Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Apr. 4, 1913 Busy Bee. Hive # 278 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to Presidet Wilson. Adopted at a meeting Case, Mar. 28, 1913 Membership of Hive. S. Frances James Record Keeper of Hive [*57392*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 5 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][(*89)*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. [*(1913 Ap 4)*] Hive # 267 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Tawas City Mich Membership of Hive. 19 Agnes Kelley Record Keeper of Hive. [*57393*][*RECEIVED*] [*APR 4 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*][*[89]*] Note:- Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive #91 RESOLVED: - That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED: That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at [?Cwasso] April 4/18. Membership of Hive. 218 Rebecca McSears Record Keeper of Hive. [*57394*]RECEIVED APR 7 1913 OFFICE FRANCES E. BURNS[*I am verry sorry not to have the Hive seal on this but owing to a funeral our meeting day I was unable to attend & finance keeper took the seal home Hattie L Miller R K of 674*] [*[89]*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may orward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. Hive #674 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at California April 4th 1913 Membership of Hive. 17 Hattie L Miller Record Keeper of Hive. 674 57395 California [?]RECEIVED APR 7 1913 OFFICE FRANCES E. BURNS[*[89]*] Note:-Have following resolution adopted by your Hive and signed by Record Keeper and return at once to this office so that I may forward to President Wilson before April 7 if possible. Frances E. Burns. [*[1913 Ap 4]*] Hive# 170 RESOLVED:-That this meeting calls upon President Wilson to urge, in his message convening the extra session of Congress, the passage of an amendment to the United States Constitution giving suffrage to women on equal terms with men. RESOLVED:-That a copy of this resolution be sent to President Wilson. Adopted at a meeting at Clare Michigan La Tosca Hive [?] Membership of Hive. 76 Blanche Mooney Record Keeper of Hive. 57396[*RECEIVED*] [*APR. 4 1913*] [*OFFICE*] [*FRANCES E. BURNS*]