The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-18
W0NAN'S SUFFRAGE
ne New Jersey Association
Will Send a Bill to
the Legislature.
WAR" RESOLUTIONS DISCUSSED.
Delegates 10 the First National
Convention Elected Mrs, Cart er
Calls for Peace.
WAR" RESOLUTIONS DISCUSSED.
SDecial 10 tho Jcrsrp citu Nc.yc.

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NEWARK. Jan. IS. 1S96.-A speciai,meet-
ing OF the New Jersey Woman,s Suffrage
Association for the purpose Of electing
delegates to the first National convention
70 be held at Washington. D. c., January
% to Is, was held yesterday morning at
Wissner Hall.
In the absence of the President and
Vice-Pres.dent, Mrs. j. d. he witt was
elected chairman. The first business was
the election of delegates, whieh resulted as
fciioWs:-President. Mrs. Florence Howe
Hall, member of National Executive Com
mittee. ex-officio: DIR. Mary D.. Hussey.
member of National Executive Committee;
Mrs. d. Wild. of Glen Ridge, alternate.
Delegates, Mrs. E.. w. Pond, Pla!nfield;
MISS NJ, L. Watts. Newark; Mrs. Coolidge,
orange, The remainder are to be selected
oy the Executive Committee of the New
Jersey association.
After the election DR.. Hussey told of the
new work done In circulating the school
suffrage petition. The secret SOCIETIES..
sueh as Daughters Of Liberty. an organ
hebeccas AUXILIARY to odd Fellows; the
sons Of Temperance" which has women
70 the q Al F.. and the, Farmers Insti-
tute, nag an been appealed to and were
Using their power as organizations to
Iurther the cause. 1t was said that the
petition was the most effective means yet
Iesorted to attract attention and support
the suffrage.
As to the question, what h we do
WITH the bill now in the Legislatures"
the discussion which followed took up
considerable time and brought out the
81 those present. In the event of the
constitutional amendments all being post
poned until the Legislature Of 1881 Some
InQURnr If 1dBicah Ia 81 10 xyffharo IVY <ha
present bill. which only asks for school
suIrage IN distrlcts. and substitute a bill
calling for full school suffrage.
Mr.. Barringer was quoted as having said
e toa bis ae p e9pla n not sslgn the the petition wing
sso ohaoly d p gla3d tO er see wom men Xots for
cided on a motion that the Executive
Committee Of the New Jersey Association
BE recommended to draft a new bill asking
members are elected, This makes two
legislative bills on the same issue.
icy wr had Fo aeeomp IF SMgdtlf sor t saffr wnat NIT Int
sad the PRAYER meetings of that town had
neen turned into suffrage meetings; that
Tne MINISTERS u Hams were al converted Z save
Just at this point Mrs. E. B. Carter Of
fered a resolution that caused one Of the
ever INDUCED in by the association. The
resolution was to offer the opinion of the
New jersey Association on the question
folloWed It'll the line vet set By ~ff The lanai Nstio aad
y. G. 8 y in the matter and appealed
Tor peace and arbitration, Miss M. L.
sion of the s~uffrag'sts and declared that
the work of the association should not he
directed to current politics. but Just 10
DR.. Graves opposed the resolution and
spoke IN favor Of. war when only war
could determine rights. Voice after voice
added to the argument, Some of the MEM
bers declared that such important uues-
tions should find room in the platform
and that such a course would bring honor
to the established cause of suffrage. Mrs.
Carter said.-"Only mothers know the
worth of human life, and only mothers
can put a stop to wars"
by this time the condition was involved
in a very ]Snotty n~olitica1 tangIa. Some one
asked what should be lone with Turkey
some one else objected to practical snoli-
tics. and sad she did not know anything
demned the action. of President Cleveland.
and it was found necessary to rap for
order. SO that the chairman could tell the
members where they were at"
Then motions. were made, seconded and
lost, until again there was confusion as
to what motion was standing.
Finally. Mrs Carter Withdrew her reso-
luton. and Miss Watts moved that the
meeting be confined to the business an
pointed for the day. and the remainder Of
the proceedings went smoothly on, The,
session closed with the announcement that
as many member as possible would be ex-
nected to go to Trenton in the event of a
bearing before the Legislative Judiciary