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Show II llii SUFFRAGETTES II II VISJLWILSON fB , President Urged To Make Suffrage a fK ' National Question. Proud ffflh Woman Voter Bf Washington, Nov. 17. Sixty-flvo H ! siifTrogcttCB from Now Jersey visited H ! tho executlvo olllcca nt tho Whlto fB ' House today nnd though they had not Hji I i lirevlotis engnjKement, wero promptly fHi f received by President Wilson. Hi i i "Wo camo to ask you to mnko suf- Hi frugo a national question," Mrs. K. HH llii K. I'oyckort, head of tho delcgotlon, fH -,' : told tho president, "and we would ll HH i i' i yon to include In your nnnual mes- HH j j j J 3 say(. support for tho constitutional Hj ffl. amendment now pending to grant to HI ' , 'I women tho right to voto. We would HHi , ( i Hko also if you would uso your ef- Hh j ' citi to have tho committee on rules HH i i in the houso appoint womnn suf- HHl il frnge commltteo to push consldora- Hi M ' ji tlon of tho nmemdment now pending H '( 1 ' in tho senate, and on which wo would H I f! Jlko to see an early voto." Hi I I 'I Women Encouraged f I ,,i "I wns Just talking tho other day," HB M returned tho president, "with somo HHt j j gentlemen from tho houso about tho HH jjj . appointment of a commltteo nnd wo HB 7 , j Irnvo tho matter under consideration." H if j "Oh, thWk you," chorused tho wo- HJ Taafl. ! n I) A California woman who hnd been H j -waiting to shako hands with tho pres- H 1( It ll Jdent, slipped Into tho lino B j I "I voted for you, Mr. Wilson," sho HB 1 eald proudly.' BH . P , The BUlfragette wore no regalia or BH ' i colors when they wero received by BH !( , the president, but as they left the BH ' 1 J Whlto Houso flags nnd pennants wero fffl ' I ' broken out ns they prepared to storm HB 1 the capltol. |