The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-06
.UTAHNS AGAINST
THE COLOR LINE
Delegation Acts at WOmen'S
Federation Convention.
SUPPORTS MRS. RUFFIN
Mrs. Lowe Concludes to Become.
a Candidate.

/ Milwaukee, Wis, June 5.-Tfe open
ing Of the fifth biennial convention of
the General Federation of Women's
Clubs today was most animated. Mrs
Lowe delivered her biennial address at
the morning session. The Massachu-
sets delegation held an Indignation
meeting during the day, at which a
committee of two was appointed to car
~ out the wishes Of this delegation
to support the colored delegate. Mrs. Jo-
/ sephine Ruffin The mini tee present.
ed a resolution of protest to the board
Of directors, in which they asked that
the colored delegate be restored to her
rights in the convention, urging that
in a great organization such as the ma
tional federation, there should be no
distinction on account of color.
Only three members of the board
spoke in favor of retaining the col
ored delegate. They were Mrs. Sarah
Platt Decker of Denver. Mrs. Charles
Morris of Berlin, Wis, and Mrs. James
Windsor of Des MOines, Ia. The other
members of the board We're either Cd
posed outright or remained silent. 1t
is probable that the board viii con-
/ slider the matter some time tomorrow.
Utahns Take a Hand.
With a number of state delegations
the color question has been made an
issue. The Iowa delegation was the
first to meet this morning and to put
its protest on paper. This afternoon the
Utah delegation called on Mrs. Ruffin
in a body and offered their support
Mrs Ruffin said today that notwith-
standing she was named as a delegate
from two white organizations, the New
England Press association and Massa-
chusetts state federation. she would
not present her credentials from these
organization. She will enter as a dele
gate of the New Era club Of Boston or
not at all. In the meantime she is
occupying a seat with the Massachu-
sets delegation but has no vote.
The formal opening this morning was
most impressive, 1000 women filling the
auditorium the boxes and the two bal
comics, and even standing room being
at premium in the rear. The hall was
artisticaIly decorated.
Mrs. loves Address.
The chief feature of the session was
Mrs loves address.
Mrs. Lowe reviewed briefly the
growth Of the federation from it's first
organization until the present showing
the number of clubs taken in during
her administration of the shief office
She said:
Though the activities of the pre-
paration or demand, I have found con-
slant evidences of normal growth in
the universal tendency to pass. more
and more, from the merely pleasurable
TO the highly practical ideal of club
life.
And now, what Of this federation at
large, during this period? What is the
most definite step it has taken, what
thought must saliently express its la
test purpose and fullest ideal? There
can be little doubt that the most signi-
I ficant feature of the two years just
past is the growing interest of the
women of the federation, in the women
and children who are wage earners in
3 America. This interest marks, perhaps
the most significant step in the history
of our organization; by means of it
we seem to say, our work heretofore
has been for others. now we propose,
in the broadcast sense to work with
others. The great service we shall rem
der in this industrial problem is sug-
gestive one. Whatever else we may do
for the wage earning women, we shall
do most when we bring to her this
message of organization, which shall
help her to help herself
Condition Not Yet Adjusted.
''The inception of women into the
financial and industrial world has been
so suddenly accomplished that they
stand there unadjusted to their envi-
ronment They have had no time to
reason out their own position in the
world of wage earners. nor have econ
omic specialists thrown any light on
the subject With more than 1900, 600
Wage-earning women in America, we