The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-12
WOMEN'S MEETING
Another Conference on Methods
for a Wholesale Moral
Fumigation.
The New Movement May Be Supple.
mentary Instead of Antagonistic
to the Old.

A mass-meeting of women will be held
at Metropolitan Temple this evening to
protest against the alleged prevalence of
certain forms CT vice in this City.
The movement, it is claimed, is not
antagonistic to the Women's Federation
for Public Good, but in a sense supple
mentary to it. Most of the members of
the federation have been invited to be
present and it is said some will partici-
pate.
The purpose of the mass-meeting for
this evening is the same as those preceding
1t. The ladies differ as to representation,
that is all. The promoters of the fedora
ton insisted upon making it delegated
body, all societies organized for public
good' according to the constitution of that
body being entitled to representation.
There was opposition to this from the first.
the opinion of those opposing being that
the representation thus secured would not
be general.
When it was learned that most of the
societies which sent representatives were
either the missionary auxiliaries of vari-
Gus churches of the City and vicinity or
A. P. A. councils an antagonistic spirit
was reused on the part of ladies whose
names do not appear on any church roll
on the one side and the Catholic Ladies'
Aid Society and the Young Ladies' Insti-
tute on the other.
When Mrs. Rose French's candidacy for
the office OF president of the federation
was discussed II developed that there was
opposition to her on the ground that her
avowed friendship for Durrant and his
family was Inconsistent with her position
as an advocate for the publication of
morals.
,,cs,,o frnr has
divers causes led to the organization
fortnight ago of the societies known as the
Women's American Union, the Women's
American Liberal League and the Silent
Workers These organizations have called
the mass-meeting for this evening.
Addresses will be made by officers OF
these organizations and others.
By a peculiar coincidence the name of
one of the new organizations is, with the
exception of a transpositlon OF two words,
the same as that of the American Women's
Liberal League, also recently formed, with
more than 1000 memb ers and having the
following constitutions:
We declare that liberty of conscience is not
only privilege, but sacred right in these
United States; and that freedom of religious
worship has been guaranteed to all citizens by
the constitution.
We assert that the experience of over hun
dred years has demonstrated that religious in
tolerance is incompatible with the best civil
ization; and that persecution or prescription
OH account OF race, color or creed is a menace
to the country's welfare and the country's
good.
We denounce any attempt to array one class
of citizens against another on the score OF
race, creed or color as un-American and unjust.
We condemn violators OF the cons titution
those who seek, either openly or i'll secret, to
make religious test qualification for any
Office of public trust.
We believe that no organization should be
permitted to render null and void, under any
pretext, the guarantees OF religious liberty,
contained in our organic law, and TO the enc
that s'no religious test should ever be required
as qualification to Office or public trust un.
der the United States; and that Congress shall!
make no law respecting an establishment OF
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise al. ana
worship, without discrimination or preference,
shall forever be guaranteed In the United
States, we hereby subscribe our names as
members OF the American Women's Liberal
League
Mrs. Susan M. Theall, who has been
chiefly instrumental in organizing the lat
ter society, regrets the fact that the two
have been COMPOUNDED, and disclalms any
knowledge of the mass-meeting movement.
A conference held last evening by the
committee in charge resulted III the adop-
ton of the following plan and notice for
this evenings meeting:
Mrs. w. E. Sharon will preside, Miss
Frances Douglass will act as secretary.
The meeting will be opened with the
chorus, America, by the audience. The
speakers will be: Mrs. Mary E. Wells on
Harmony" Mrs. A. b. Shepherd on
Freedom Mrs. Alma Bates on Law
Enforcement"
against vice are invited and will have
vote. This meeting is called for the pur-
pose of admitting as members all women