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Show Woman's Party Leaders At a Luncheon and a Rally in the Orpheum Mrs. Inez Mllholland Boissevaln told members of the Women's Republican Repub-lican club, local members of tho national na-tional Woman's Party and women prominent in club activities In tho city that thoy need hold no fear for the future of the country, if nationwide nation-wide suffrage becomes a reality. Mrs. Boissevaln was the principal speaker at a luncheon in tho Berthana in tho Dee-Ecclcs building this afternoon after-noon and it was in her address, which was delivered after the luncheon was served at 130 o'clock, that she stated the purpose of her visit here. "As a traveling representative oi the National Woman's Party," she said by way of introduction, "I am bringing the appeal of the eastern wgmen to the women of the west. It Is to you, the women in the suffrage states, that the women of the east are looking for support of the cause that will give them enfranchisement, that will put them on the same basis as men. The women of the eastorn states never will get suffrage except by amending the constitution and the amendment of the constitution cannot be brought about except through the help that the suffrage stites give. The national Woman's Party is supporting Huguhes in this campaign because in voting for him we believe that we are accomplishing accomplish-ing more for the suffrage cause than we could expect from any other party champion and at tho same time registering regis-tering a vote of protest against the Democratic adminstration because of the position of its executive officer the suffrage question." Prominent Women. Mrs. Boissevaln was Introduced to' tho assemblage, which was made up of about 100 prominent women, by Mrs. Edward BIchsel, who presided as. chairman. Present at the meeting were Miss Lucy Branham, local Organizer Organ-izer of the party. Mr. Abby Scott Baker, national press chairman of the Woman's Party, and Miss Veda Mllholland, Mll-holland, a sister of Mrs. Boissevaln. The latter three have been touring the suffrage states. They arrived in the city from Montana over .the Oregon Ore-gon Short Line at 5:33 this morning. They registered at the Reed hotel where they will remain until evening, departing then for Salt Lake. In the receiving lino at the Berthana Ber-thana were Mrs. David Eccles, Mrs. Joseph Wright, Mrs. J. R. Morrell, Mrs. Reese Howell, Mrs. J. A. Howell, Mrs. R. A. Moyes, Mrs. Georgians Marriott, Mrs. J. G Falck. Mrs Morrell gave an address in response re-sponse to the appeal of Mrs. Boissevaln, Boisse-valn, stating that the women of the suffrage states in the west would exert every effordt to elect tho candidate candi-date whom they believe will work for nation-wide woman's suffrage. A feature of the address of Mhs. Boissevaln was the statement that tho function of the Women's Party was not to interfere in local political politi-cal situations and to encourage tho women to vote for whom they pleased in state, city or county. Mrs. Bolssevaln's Talk. Mrs. Boissevaln said in part:, "The sole purpose of" the Woman's party is to secure the passage through congress and submission to the states for ratification of an amendment amend-ment to the United States constitution enfranchising women. As soon as the proposed amendment is submitted to the states, the Woman's party will go out of existence. The congressional congression-al union for woman suffrage will then take up the work In the states to se; cure ratification by 3-4 of the state legislatures. "To accomplish our purpose we know we must become an effective political force and make It worth while for an existing political party to enlist our support by granting our demands. In this we are behaving as every other group of voters behaves. be-haves. Wo intend to demonstrate to any political party In power that neglect neg-lect such as tho Democratic party's neglect of women's interests and demands, de-mands, will not be tolerated. "We are organizing, therefore, for Democratic defeat in the suffrage slates, at the polls in November, for the Democratic party is the only national na-tional political party which either by its platform or Its candidate does not support the national political freedom free-dom of women. "President Wilson and the Democrats Demo-crats have made it plain that they think very lightly of women and their demands Democratic members of tho rules committee have blocked the suffrage amendment In committee. Democratic senators have forced tho amendment to defeat through a premature pre-mature vote; they have refused to put the party machinery back of the amendment. President Wilson has used his great power with his docile party to defeat our amendment in congress. He has given thirteen different dif-ferent reasons why he Is opposed but lilc ronl rnmnn T hnlliavn la nnnv. pressed. It is the deep instinctive dislike to the political equality of women which his actions betray. "The National Woman's party, in this campaign, is not allowing the fight for a constitutional amendment to resolve itself Into a fight of personalities. per-sonalities. This is not a campaign of personalities. It is a campaign for principle. rJuis principle is to be found in the constitution. We are, under the American constitution, created cre-ated equally and, therefore, should have equal rights. Since man and woman are forced to fight the battles of life shoulder to shoulder, it is only right and just that women should have some voice In governmental affairs. af-fairs. Wo can not have that voice without national suffrage. We are not supporting Hughes or the Rcpub lican party. We are voting for Hughes because we believe that in voting for him wo arc accomplishing the greatest good for tho cause, that vote being registered In protest against the posl tlon of President Wilson on the suf frage question. If Mr. Hughes falls to give his endorsement to nation wide suffrage, should ho be elected tho Woman's party will turn agalnsl him. The National Woman's party therefore, is not opposing Presidenl Wilson, because of hlB personality but simply becauBO of his position ir opposition to the principle for whlcl KHHuKinMfb ,v.2BiMMMMMH Inez Mllholland Boissevaln. we, the members of that party, stand." Mrs. Abby Scott Baker. Like Mrs. Boissevaln, Mrs. Abby Scott Baker, national press chalr-malh chalr-malh of the national Woman's Party, believes that in voting a protest against the Democratic administration administra-tion the women of tho country will be registering a vote in favor of woman wom-an suffrage, regardless of whether the feminine vote of the suffrage states results in electing Charles E. Hughes. "You can readily see that the national na-tional Woman's Party is not supporting support-ing Hughes any more than it Is supporting sup-porting candidates of any other national na-tional party," said Mr. Baker. "The National Woman's Parly Is opposed to tho Democratic party as championed cham-pioned by President Wilson simply because we do not believe that the president's on tho suffrage question warrants Bupport of him. We believe he would not promote the federal amendment cause. We do not know that Mr, Hughes will support this proposed amendment, cither, but In voting for him we believe that wo are registering a protest against President Presi-dent Wilson and, doing so, believe that we 'are accomplishing the most that could be expected for nation-wide suffrage. Should Mr. Hughes fail to give his unqualified endorsement to national suffrage after election, If he is elected, tho national Woman's Party Par-ty not only avIH cease to look upon him with favor, but we would oppose him four years hence just as we are opposing Mr. Wilson in this campaign." Airs, uatter asseriea mat tne woman's wom-an's Party was not allied nor hired by the campaign organization of the Republican Re-publican party. She stated that the majority of tho women organizers and orators provided their own expense funds or looked for tholr maintenance during campaign activity to private contribution or subscrintlons. At 4 o'clock the members of this assemblage as-semblage proceeded to Orpheum theater, thea-ter, where Mrs. Boissevaln addresses a -mass meeting. Members of the Martha Society and the Eastern Star will occupy box seats. Mrs. Marriott presides as chairman. She will introduce in-troduce both Mrs. Boissevaln and Miss Helen Todd, who arrives at, 3:50 from Salt Lake to deliver an address. |
