Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-26
Executive Session To-Day of National
WomenS Oouncil.
TO APPOINH A CABINET
Organizing an Upper and Lower
Body OF Delegates.
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executive session today at Metzerott Hall
in place of the customary public meeting.
and for several hours was occupied with
the consideration Of a number OF matters
of considerable importance to the council.
Among these were the election of officers
and action upon several proposed amend
ments to the constitution.
The most interesting item of the days
work was the action On the desired changes
to the constitution. These were printed in
substance in The Star yesterday, and in
volve radical change in the construction
and organization Of the council.
These amendments provide for the d.
vision of the council into two bodies, an
upper and a lower house, based to a GER
tain extent on the organization OF the
United States Senate and House of Rep
resentatives. Hereafter the upper house OF
the council will be made up for the most
part of the delegates from national organi-
cations, while the lower house Will be
largely composed Of the representatives
of local organizations. The outline con-
tanned in yesterdays Star gives an IDEA OF
the different members who will compose
the two houses when the National Council
of Women meet here three years hence
This idea Of two houses in a woman,s
body Is by no means a new one. In her
inaugural address as president Of the coun-
ell, in 1891, Miss Frances E. Willard rec
commended the change, but even then she
gave cred1t TOT the suggestion 10 tiiOSe
who had preceded her in organizations for
women's work. The matter was discussed
at the first triennfal, but definite action
then was postponed until the present meet
ing, with the result that the amendments
We're all adopted this morning after con-
siderable discussion.
New Officers.
Another matter of general interest was
the election of officers. Mrs. May Wright
Sewall, the president of the council, had
declined reelection, and this left that posi-
ton to be filed BY an almost unanimous
vote Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickinson was elect
ed to the Office.
Mrs. Dickinson is from New York. repre-
senting the International Order of Kings
Daughters and Sons a fraternal dele
gate in the council. She Is regarded as one
Of the ablest executives in the council and
her election givassgenera1 satisfaction. She
is the president Of the National Order CT
Kings Daughters, and has always taken
an advanced position in all matters relax
ing to the advancement Of women. She is
the author of a number of literary works,
and is one of the most popular persons In
the organization.
Rev. Anna H. Shaw of Philadelphia was
elected vice president at large. Miss Shaw
is well known in Washington. both in the
pulpit and on the r}ectuTe platform, and is
regarded as one Of the very brightest and
mcst eloquent wHmen, preachers in the
country.
The election of the OTHER officers had not
been completed upssto d late hour this af-
ternoon, but it Vas then probable that
to the office of treasureHof the council:
In accordance with the provisions Of the
new organization Of the, council the presi-
dent will have the selection of a board CT
advisers very much ION the order of the
cabinet. of the Rresident OF, the United
States. This cabinet is to be made I'D of
women who are eminent IN special branches
of wonan'S work, iphfiah thropy, education
suffrage patriotism and the like and the
appointment of the members of the cab
met, which is not, expected for a day or
two yet. is looked Forward to with great
council
Today's Program.
The programs for the afternoon and
evening sessions today are as follows:
Afternoon session., 8 o'clock-"Organized
Work In the Municipality. Local Council
Of Women of indianapolis, Josephine r.
Nichols, delegate: local Council of Women
Of Quincy, ILL.,, Cornelia Collins, proxy of
president; local Council of Women of Port
land, Me-, Gertrude Stevens LeavItt, proxy
of president.
Evening session g. o'clock)-Municipa
Work.-The Relation of Household to Mu-
nicipal Sanitation; of Private to Public Hy-
giene, Anne T. Scribner, Pennsylvania;
Woman's Relation to Hygiene in the Past,
Present and Future, DR.. Mary f. Green,
Michigan; The Separation of Politics from
Municipal Management, Ada c. Sweet, I'LL
nois; The Needed Factor in Municipal Gov
eminent. Kate Bond. New York: address,
Prof. Maria l.. Sanford, Minnesota; Nom
Partnership in Municipal Boards, Josephine
R.Nichols, Indiana. delegate of Local Coun-
Gil of Women of indianapolis; The City and
the State, j. Ellen Foster, District of Co.
lumbia, president of the Womans Repub-
ican Association of the United States.