Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-12

for election. When she took hold of the
organization work a few years back-less
than five-there were no state Organizations
to speak Of, and the income of the assoeia-
ton was less than 1000 year. She has
now organized forty states into fourishing
associations, which send delegates regular
ly to- the national body, and she has
brought the income Of the association I'D to
miles to do all this. and she has never
drawn cent of salary and has paid her
own expenses. She has tremendous will
power. an iron constitution and great ex-
ecutfve ability. She has also money, which
she spends freely for the cause. This Miss
Anthony considers a great desideratum.
The president of this organization should
be rich woman" she says. Her hand
must be forever in her pocket" Mrs
Cats husband is willing to back her to
any extent, for he Is proud Of his wife and
her success In her chosen calling.
Amendments to Constitution.
The interest of the morning session was
conferred in the proposed amendments to
the constitution which were to be voted on
after the noon hour. The first amendment,
was the most prominent, because in its
way 1t was not unlike the Goebel law, In
that, according to the opinion of many. It
was framed for the purpose of giving her
the power in the convention to secure her
own election. AS the constitution now
stands, one delegate may cast the votes. by
proxy, OF her entire delegation, though all
her co-delegates be absent. This is so
framed that it works no hardship to the
far-away states Of Oregon, Washington and
California. The eastern states can have
most OF their delegates present. but the
distant states send one representative, and
direct her to cast the ballot of the state as
she sees fit.
Mrs. Blake's amendment to this section
Is: But no person shall cast more than
one ballot for the election of any officer"
Mrs. Blake proposes that this amendment
shall go into effect at once. This would
practically cut the west out OF the many
votes, and tend to throw the power OF the
convention to Mrs. Blake for president as
she is much stronger in the east than in
the west. OF course there was fur flying
in a moment after the president submitted
the proposed amendment There were all
kinds Of motions. few of them parliament
tary. Some thought that such amendments
could not take effect for a year. Some be-
lieved they must take effect at once, and
a great many said they would take effect
just when the president ruled. Miss An
thony ruled that they could not take effect
till the next convention. This raised an
other storm Of questions and Miss Anthony
said calmly: II have ruled on the ques-
ton. If any Of you want to take an ap-
peal you can take 1t. That Is your pr1vi-
iege." But no appeal was taken at that
time
Circular Distributed.
Mrs. Blake had circular distributed this
morning giving her ideas of why secret
ballot should be had and favoring such an
amendment. She thought it clothed dele
gate with too much power to give her half
q dozen votes, and then giving her the tur-
Their power to get up in convention and
cast those votes. She wanted secret bal
lot, so as to destroy this tuvidious power.
AS The Star closed its report, the conven-
ton was wrangling over the matter, with
the probability that Mrs Blake's amend
ment would be lost. The other amendments
were of no particular moment, the only
important one being a clause which oTnits
from the list of committees that on enroll
ment and adding one on organization
Miss Anthony made a brief report on the
work done by the congressional committee.
This committee had done all it could in
distributing suffrage literature among the
members of Congress. and had brought to
bear all the strength and power in their
possession. They could only judge by results
whether anything had been accomplished.
Il have waited fifty years for results
from some of my work" Miss Anthony
said. THAT is long time for bread to
float on the waters, but results are COM
ing. We see this every day
No Cause for Worry.
Mrs. A. " Noerr of the suffrage assoc
citation of the District of Columbia wanted
to know what would be done about the
''remonstrants.'' whom, she said. were dis
tributing their literature about Congress.
nave seen no 1TelnOnStfahtS, Salu
Miss Anthony They do not come near
me. I wish they would. 1 should be de-
lighted to talk to them. They seem to be
very timid about meeting us face to face
The more prominent suffragists are much
amused at the idea that they are "wor-
ried'' over the action of the remonstrants.
One said this morning:
why, we are perfectly delighted to have
them come. This is the first time they
have had the temerity to come to Congress.
They must be getting worried, it seems
to ME, when they leave their pink teas and
their progressive euchre parties. right in
the close of the season, too, to come here
among a lot of horrid men to protest
against us having q confidential chat with
our fathers ard sons. There Is nothing
new in the literature they are sending out.
with in 1884. They have exhausted all ar
gunlent in that one set of papers"
The Resolutions Adopted.
The resolutions were presented to the
convention by Henry Blackwell They re-
affirm the principle that governments de-
rive their just powers from the consent
of the governed and call for the appli-
cation of the principle to women.
They urge Congress to submit TO the state
legislatures constitutional amendment
prohibiting Acknowledgement in the United
States of citizens on account of sex: they
ask that upon whatever terms suffrage may
be granted to men of Alaska, Porto Rico,
Hawaii or the Philippines. the same be
granted to women: they ask that women
be included in the census of Cuba and that
they be given a part in the future govern
ment; they cite the fact Of the increase Of
suffrage qualifications Of women in France,
and Ireland, and in Louisiana. and state
that in those districts more women voted
in proportion than men; they protest against
an alleged intention of certain government
officials to eliminate women workers from
the public service in order to give places to
ha
ballot in order to protect their sisters from
political prescription.
They congratulate women on the gains
made in the suffrage movement in the past
fifty years, and protest against women be-
ing made the basis of representation in
the state and nation, and then depriving
them of the right to vote for their repre-
sentadves. They rejoice in the ratification
Of The Hague peace treaty by the United
States Senate, and recommend that a con-
centrated effort be made next year to Sc
cure from the respective legislatures wo-
mans right to vote in presidential elections.
These were adopted unanimously and with
out discussion.
Tribute to Miss Anthony.
The last resolution which was adopted by
a. rising vote is as follows:
In view Of the announced determination
Of Miss Susan B. Anthony to withdraw