Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 7, 1909, Page 13

» HOF FICAT FOR THE BALLOT Mrs. Pankhurst's Strenuous Aotivities for Woman Suffrage. BRITISH LEADER IN AMERICA les of the Str the Campaign Mrs. Emeline Gould Pankhurst, leader of the militant woman suffragists of England, founder of the Women's Soclal and Politi- cal union, prophet and sponsor of that ag- Sressive form of the woman suffrage movement which in England has lifted the question of woman's enfranchisement from the academic sphere Into the realm of practical polities, chief of the shrieking sisterhood of suffragettes who have driven fean Into the hearts of English statesmen, most vallant of the Amazons who ha struggled with London Bobbles and most zealous of the martyrs who have sewed lot- ter bags In Holloway jall, is in this country winning advocates to her view that bizarre and violent methods are needed it womes are to be granted politicar rights equal to | those held by men. It is about four years since the speakers ata Liberal meeting in England were in- terrupted by a dark-eyed, young woman of 2, who asked, “Are you golng to keep your promises to the women of Ingland?" So Insistent was she and the turmotl which ensued was so confusing that she and Anrnle Kenney, a factory worker from the north of England, were taken to jall for disorderly conduct. The young woman was Christabel, the daughter and ardent disciple of Mrs. Pankhurst Her interruption was the beginning of a careful planned campalgn which has cen- tered the attention of the world on the ‘women who are executing it For twenty years the Liberal party in England has been busily promising all things to all men and enfranchisement to women. It was one of the party's pro- fessed principles until a decided majority of the masculine votes returned it to of- fice. With actual power in their hands, the leaders of the Liberals seemed in no haste to redeem thelr promises to women, Deputations from various organizations of women urging the drafting and passing of a suffrage bill found ministers and Parlia- ment members too busy to listen to them. ‘H An Active Campaign. “Phereupon members of the older and more conservative organizatins held meet- ings and gently bewailed the perfidy of mankind in particular. Not so the mem- bers of the Woman's Soclal and Political unfon. The union—W. 8. P. U. for whort— had, like the older organizations, supported the Liberals. It was & young organization which had held its first meetings in Mrs, Pankhurst's parlor in 1%3. Even at that time, Mrs. Pankhurst was known to a cer- tain circle as one of the most ardent work- ers for the cause of women. It was her husband, an eminent bafrister of Man- chester, who drafted the married woman's act, and it was largely through his efforts that the bill glving married women control of their own property was passed. He was in entire sympathy with his wife and for thirty years they worked together for the legal and political .emancipation of women. Their daughters—clever, young, pretty, athletie, college tralned— were bred and born in at atmosphere of emancipation. At the time of his death, Mrs. Pank- hurst was in the midst of a munieipul campalgn Ing which she was leading a woman suffrage - agitation.| For the woman suffrage movement Is not a new thing In England, where the women have been granted the right to vote for every office save that of member of Parliament, Even this they claim as an old right whizh was theirs until the reform bill of 1832 for the first time ipserted the word male be- fore person. Ever since the late sixtles of the nine- teenth century, when John Stuart Mill in- troduced the first suffrage Lill usking that this offensive word male be stricken out 80 that the suffrage would not be limited by mex, Parllament has been besleged by suffragists. 1t has received more and longer petitions concerning this subject than any other. Between 1870 and 1906, the year marked by the beginning of militant tactics on the part of the women, 3,000 pe titions on woman suffrage, one cdntaining 7,00 names, were addressed to the na- tion's lawmakers. Following the first agitation In 1865, the National Unlon of Suffrage associations was organized. Mrs. Fawcett, widow of a former postmaster, is president of this wo- clety, from which Mrs. Pankhurst with- drew to organize the Woman's Soclal and PPolitical unton. The mere fact that in England women do énjoy all of the politl- eal plghts save that of vourg for membar of Purilament shows that the more conser- vative erganisation have accomplished geed, But Mrs. Pankhurst wearied of pas- sive resistance and longed for more drastlo methods. Army of Twenty Thousand. 4 Thesmall group of women who followed her has been steadily augmented until the Woman's Soctal and Political union now has 20,000 memberd. Last spring, one mon- ster demonstration was made by the suf- fragettes resulted In the arrest of X9 womer. Among these women were artists, actresses, journalists, mill hands, factory workers and women of birth and breeding. Mrs. Cobden-Sanderson, daughter of Rich- ard Cobden, the great liberal leader, is onme of those who have served sentences in Holloway Jsll. A favorite question ad. dressed by the suffragette speakers to an audience of workingmen is ““What do you think of the arrest of Richard Cobden's daughter for demanding her right of citl- senship?* J Mrs. Cobden-Sanderson visited the United Btates last year and while here stated the policy of the militants as consisting of, fust, union of women of all shades of political thought and of all ranks op so clety on the single lssue of political e franchisement; second, action independent of all political parties of men; third, undi- -— iy MOrERAL WATEE FRIOE LIST. ‘We sell over 100 kinds Imported and American Mineral Waters, and, as we ob- tain direct from springs or importer, can Buarantes freshness and genuineness. Boro Lithia Water, bot., 50c; case, $5.00. Bore Lithia Water, pisita, dosen,’ §1.50; # are distributing agents in Omaha for the celebrated ters from Kxcelsior Bprings, Mo., and sell at following prices Tagent. quart bottie: x60; doses, 353 Baliner waass bo 10~ At el 3 85,36, case, 50 bottiss, a0 oo domen. o ho-Saline, quart betue, 28c; dosen, Boterian, quart bottle, .0c; domen, §$2. an, &Int bottle, 4 s rian Ginger Ale, @osen, $1.50. Boterian Ale, quart bott) “.‘?fi_mt q le, 26e; Litha, half-gallon bottle, 40c; 1‘. 1 dowen, $4.00. rystal ulln five-gallon jugs, each, :é";z' Sulphur, five gallon jugs, each, 1 A free to any part of Omaha. DRUe a ©0., ML and Harsey, dark-haired | vided attack on the government of today, which, having power to enfranchise womien omits to do it In & suite of thirteen offices at Clem ent's Inn, alded by a score of women typists who work without pay, Mrs. Pank- hurst plans this undivided attack. Back of her desk 1s a large blackboard on which is shown pointa of attack. Every device is carefully considered. All the sensational and fantastic acts which have given the | eause such publicity and resulted in the imprisonment of many women are the re- | sult of part of the plan. spontaneous, the women They are not though they have subjected to derision and insult. sald: “Her extravagances are considered They are never touched with the taint of hysteria.” Something Dolng All the Time. Heckling and harrassing cabinet minis- ters In every possible way In their homes and In public places; blocking traffic in narro@ thoroughtares: cMalking “Votes for Women" on the portals of the homes «f the officlally prominent; compromising the dignity of the courts by protests against | interrupting meetings; | man-made laws; rushing the House of Commons—all these things are part of the program prepared by Mrs. Pankhurst and carried out under er direction by willing lleutenants. Money is secured in various ways. It was Chris- tabel Pankhurst's idea that a week be set apart for collecting funds. Women stood on the streets with hoxes begging money as do members of the Salvation Army. Others have dons the work of croesing swedDers, or played barrel organs. Among the women who have stood on the streets and solicited alms for the cause are the authors—Violet Hunt, May Sinclair, Cle- mence Houseman and Evelyn Sharp. Elizabeth Robins, author of “Come and Find Me,” and Beatrice Harraden are active workers. Lady Constance Lytton, recently released from Holloway jall be- cause of lliness, asked for pen and ink while in prison to write her reflections. When that was refused she pricked her arm with a pin and tried to writs with a toothpick dipped In the blood from the wound. At least, this is the story con- nected with her name. Once when the suffragists fearsd that they would not be recelved—they are never welcomed in Parllamentary halls—a peeres: was selected to bear their peti. tlon, as she, by reason of her birth, could not be denled admission to the House of Commons. Yet Annie Ken- ney, the factory girl, is one of the best known workers, as is evidenced in one of the new street cries for 1900 A Pen Plcture. The leader of this turbulent movement is p slight, not very tall woman of o, whose dark hair is slightly streaked with gray. Her gray eyes are deeply set. Her manner Is reserved and rather cold. Edu- cated In Parls, she was a friend of~the daughter of Henrl Rochefort and a warm admirer of the woman revolutionist, Loulse | | expected to attract attention almost any- Micehl. Her French education is un- doubtedly responsible for some of her more radical, repulllican ideas, yet she is ex- tremely conservative in many ways. She has deep respect for the sancity of the marriage tle, 1 a total abstaiher and at one timé was a vegetarian. Her capacity for work is tremendous. It is said that she seldom sleeps more than six hours out of twenty-four, and she has been known to get along with but four hours of rest. She dresses in conventional garb and is a §00d cook. Her practical training In administrative work was gained in Mancheater, where she served on the school board, en the board of guardians for the poor and as registrar of births and deaths, She lacks personal magnetism, is_autocratic and has a weak voice, though she fs apt in retort. Her rather arrogant sway has already resulted In_seccssion of some followers, who have organized the “Women's Freedom league. Her daughters have been zealous aids to her cause. Christabel, aged 29, is consid- ered a beauty. Her vigor she has demon- strated in long marches in all kinds of weather, also In struggles with London policemen. It was she who originated the expedient of chaining herself to a ralling and padiocking her walst. She has a uni- versity training and is equipped for her father's profession, though not admitted to the bar because of her sex. More emotional than her mother, she has the gift of flery speech and the ardor of a priestess in a religlous cause. Her slster, Sylvia, is more shrinking, but has served several weeks in Holloway jail. Her experlences there led $c; dosen, §1.50. pint bottle, " 1be; |- | by London News, writing of Mrs. Pankhurst, | more THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER [ 1909, = of water as unobserved almost as if they never existed. They may appear strange What Has Been Aceompl to the English and Americans who go to What have the suffragettes ?| Carisbad, but the natives don't appear to Mrs, Humphrey Ward, at & meeting of the | think them worth while staring at Women's National Anti-Suffrage league,” | NOW there are hundreds of Americans held to oppose. the work of the suffragists, | 8nd British who go to the watering place #ald that the mass of the female popula- [®Very season, and it might be thought tion of the British Isles had been unmoved | that by this time the Bohemlans would | the agitation and that though ~the|P® used to thelr appearance. There i | militant sutfragiats might rush the House | 01 thing about them, though, that makes o Commons. the women anti-suffragists | (e Natives turn around and siare at the rushing the constitution.'™ v‘ % Y . amih < to an article calling for reform In prison methods, so practical good may resuit The suffragettes themsel 1are that | Tormer® 0 SUliragestee emselves declare . What there Is so curlous about that is by force and passion the political battles | o' FLCE T S0 GO rlabader . who | of the past have been won. Every exten- | aoesn't thimk that a man garbed in white | sion of the franchise in England has been | ploomers and wearing shiny boots and a | granted only when the demand was so strong that those who already had the | S ballot were afraid to refuse the demands of those wanting it. Before the: reform bill of 1832 was passed, the duke of Well- ington's windows were smashed. After the Hyde Park paling had been thrown | down in 1866, the rights granted a part of | the men in 1832 were extended to others clamoring for them | Mrs. Pankhurst's followers believe that | the perfod for academic argument has passed, that there are no arguments against granting the franchise to women, that every argument for demod¥acy includes them, that they have the same interest in the home and community as men and need the ballot as men do for protection from injustice and as an educational and | developing force. When accused of nar- rowness and pettiness, they cry, “Give us | greater responsibility. That carries with | it enlarged self-respect and a broader out- look.” In defense of their eccentric meth- ods they say, “Conventional argument, mere decorous talk, would never arouse | the country. We were compelled to be either silly or criminal, Men would have been criminal; we prefer to be silly.” Mrs. Pankhurst's visit to this country is for a double purpose. 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