The sun., 1901-06-02
SUFFRAGISTS PLAN WORK;
CHANGES TO BS MADE IN SOME or THE
MINOR OFFICES.
Mr.. Gait Determined to He More Agsrsssive
-Reports Of the situation In various
states Of tho Union Miss Anthony Tells
of Her Work In Appealing TO Societies

Mrs. Gait Determined to he More Aggressive
Reports Of the situation In various
states Of tho Union Miss Anthony Tells
Of Her Work In Appealing Go Socisties'
MIHSEAPoL's. June i.-Changes in two OF
the officers Of tho National Suffrage Assoclp-
tion are pending. The first OF these il In
the ONCE OF Corresponding Secretary. Mrs.
Gait. the President, and the business Com
mittee. have declared for Miss Kate Gordon
OF New Orleans for the place. She will
be expected TO be- at headquarters. which
are now In New York, and likely to remain
there. II has also been decided to pay a
small salary for the work, which has not been
done heretofore.
The question OF a change OF at least one
auditor is being talked of This refers TO
Mrs McCuloch The desire for tho change
arises from no dissatisfaction with Mrs,
McCullooh. but because she Ia known To be
strongly opposed to Mrs. Catts ideas OF
work Mrs Ca It's idea of tho aim OF the
association Il to secure results and her plans
are aggressive This desire for changes
that shall extend beyond the choice Of a
new Secretary recalls tho prophssy OF Lucy
Stone, who said OF Mrs Gait. then very
young worker;
She Is destinei TO be President Of the
association some day. and when she takes
up the leadership sbe will rsvolutioniss the
present methods Of work.
Tho younger element In the association
10 keenly alive to the importance Of sur
In full sympathy with her views. One In
teresting incident Of the morning session
Of the association to-day was the presenta-
n, nf nhn "a
deli GIFTED the convention by ling the
delegates that in 1898 oS per cent. OF tho
idaho women had voted She also said
that not q State or county office In Idaho
was held by a drinking man.
The morning session was devoted to re-
ports spreading before the convention tho
present stu uation In every important depart
ment and In every State This paves tho
way for the business OF next week. which
Ia the adoption OF plan OF work. changes
In the constitution and election Of officers.
The report Of the Committee on Industrial
Problems affecting women and children was
given by Mrs Martha Root OF Michigan.
The committee Interpreted It's duties 70 be-
First, TO show the practical need Of the ballot
for women In order To reach proper solution
OF industrial problems and thus 10 enlist the
wage-earning women largely In the work
IL
fuence and cooperation Of this body to ef-
forts made by other ORGANIZATIONS in behalf
OF better protection Of women and children
A reasslring note was sounded in the state
ments to prove, on the authority OF Labor
labor Of women Is largely displacing, that Of
mittee urged all suffrage ORGANIZATIONS to
cooperate with others working directly for
women's interests and offered a. a specific
line of Investigation the wages paid to men
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The report Of the committee on the Civil
Rights OF Women, prepared by Laura n.
Johne W., read S ehr, vsro sidsd Ssfwft wb
advice In regard 10 measures 70 remove legal
disabilities OF women, and AL were advised
10 oollate their laws in order that the exact
conditions might be known.
Mss Anthony reported her work or con-
vention resolutions, saying
IL has been my duty TO ask national bodies
OF all kinds in convention to allow our as
sociation TO present one question TO them,
and later 20 ask the passage OF resolution
in favor OF woman suffrage The American
Fadera ton of Labor. In session at Detroit,
was addressed by me. and the President and
Secretary authorized 10 atgn petition ask
ing for sixteenth an endment. Among
the national associations TO which petitions
and letters have been sent are. National
Indian Woman's Association, American-Jew-
ish Historical Association, Catholic Women,s
Association, National Federation OF Educa-
tional Associations. National Building Trades
Council, Brotherhood OF steam Dredee En-
gneers OF America, National Clothiers As
ISOLATION, National Federation OF Women's
Clubs, Order Of Eastern states. Daughters OF
American Revolution, Epworth League, LIB
eral Congress Of Religions National congress
OF Mothers, National Conferences of Charities
and Corrections. National Anti-Saloon
League and United States Brewers Associa-
I'll has also been my duty TO notify State
presidants OF meetings and State associations
and TO urge them to present petitions and
ask for an audience M such State meetings
/ have had hearty cooaeration IN this di-
rectiOn II is my belief that although We
must continue all our branches of work and
be ready TO ably present or subject 20 those
who are our willing listeners. yet at the same
time We must 20 to those who will not come
20 us
The committed reports were followed
by those of the States given by the Presidents
or proxies BY motion OF he chairman II the
Programme Committee, Colorado had double
time, II being arii'rage Statc mat al! wanted
by Mrs + VI Stanbury Of the Rocky Noun
tim Nsps In conclusion Mrs Stanbury
Iii the right 10 vote had done nothing but
make "a women feel foot taller it would
have been a good thing heit"re We should
have the ballot { wa never did ANYTHING with
En6w DS IN, 11v ont ~ Who mokoz tha, G-e Of II
The Illinois report by Mrs Elizabeth Boyn-
ton Harbcrt told Of most important L"gls-
latlvr victory. the passage Of the hill secur-
The guardhn-hip of minor children.
Mr. Blackwell Of Massachusetts said that
a feature NJ special interest had been tho
complntion of list Of 10000 women tax
PAYERS Of Boston whose property. valuation
was over g.. 10000 The report otCalifornia
was given by Mrs Ami" Wood. that ot tho
District OF Columbia by Mrs Helen Rand
Tindale, Kentucky, Miss Laura Clay Louisi-
ana, Mrs Caroline Merry; Maine. Mrs
Lucy bay Hobart; Maryland Mrs Mary
Bentley Thomas.
At the session tonight the speakers and
sub ieCts wcra. "Counterparts." Laura Clay,
phillips Williams Minnesota, The Feminine
Factor in society" the Rev Alice Ball l.oomisl
Wisconsin Tho Ethics Of Suffrage, Louis
Post, Illinois
The pulplts NJ the leading evangelical
churches viii he occupied tomorrow. morn
ing and evening, by delegates to the conven-
tion On Monday afternoon a reception will
10 tendercd 20 the dole RntAa md convention