The age-herald., 1902-05-06
Convention Votes Overwhelming y to Accept the COnpTO-
 mise Amendment
MEANS THAT THE COLORED
 CLUBS WILL BE ERRED
Triumph Which the Women Of Dksse Have Struggled for for Two Years~-Mrs. Granger
 Fires First Shot.

1 Los Angeles Cal. May 5.--After a two hours dlscassion of the question of ade mission of colored womer. into the ws- mems Club, the anti-colored women won the day, when the convention voted over- whelmingly to accept what is known as the compromise amendment agreed upon In New York several weeks ago. This morning there was suppressed excits- l ment during the consideration of the chaI tar, and when Mrs. A. O. Grange. president of the Georgia Fl iteration, mov- ed that Sections and of Article II, part i of the proposed amendment, be considered first, every one knew the battle was on.
 Mrs Lowe retired from the chair tenn porarily, giving Mrs. Denison another opportunity to preside.
 Section ?, which was considered and finally adopted, reads
 l From state where a club is a mem- Der of the State Federation, it would 1 be eligible to the general federation, If recommended by the executive board of the state federation. the power of ad- mission to remain as given in Article II, of the bylaws, as follows:"
 Membership Section. Section of Article II, which will come up tomorrow reads
 1 ''rhe President shall refer all applica. l tions for membership to the ommittee on membership appointed by the board of directors for it's action upon the same, | The action of the committee on member ship shall be in writing and unanimous vote of the committee shall be required to elect. In case the committee fails to agree, the application shall be referred to the whole board. the written vote of two-thrds of which shall be necessary to elect to membership"
 he color discussion entirely overshad- owed The parliamentary rules today, ,s.;out at the same time reports are flying fast Tkere seems to be a feeling that the Decker forces are gairin ground. A Colo rado woman says that fifteen states have already stated their intention of voting for her. At 5 o'clock tomorrow afternoon the nominating committee is scheduled to meet for the making up of the ticket.
 Tonight the education session was star attraction, with President David Starr Jordan of Leland Stanford Univer- sity as chief speaker on The Education of Women"
 Other speakers were Miss l.. J. Martin | of the same university on Art for Chil- dren from the Standpoint of Psychology" and Mrs. Lillian Duncanson of Chicago on "Fads in Education.
 First Shot Fired.
 The first shot in the contest over the color question came from Georgia, it's | xrf,,or that the convention first consider sec- tions 2 and of article ?. the important portions of the amendments proposed by repres ,ntatives of Georgia, Massachu- setts and New York, which are commonly called the New York compromise. After good deal of preliminary sparring by opposing factions Mrs. Shields spoke as a former slave owner. Her subject was
 that clubs containing colored women shall he eligible to the general federation in those states and territories where they are eligible in their state and terri torial organizations. and in other organi- zations race eligibility shall be decided by two-thlrds vote"
 When it came to q vote the Missouri substitute was lost overwhelmingly.
 Then Miss Jane Adams of Hull House Chicago. offered a substitute am endment which should strike out the last claust of Section 2, serving notice that she would later offer an amendment to Section 5. providing that two adverse votes instead of one on the membership committee or five would be required to reject from membership.
 Miss Adams amendment was lost with the second point to be considered later.
 Turn In the Tide.
 Then came turn in the tide when Miss Alice Bradford Miles of Illinois. moved | to accept the New York compromise as presented by Massachusetts and Georgia. | The convention voted by a large majority | to accept the compromise amendments. | This decision was greeted with much ap- plause and while 1t does not finally settle the color question for this convention, 1t | being possible for 1t to crop up tomorrow | morning in the consideration of the sec 1 tion which provides for the duties of the membership committee, 1t Is looked upon | as a triumph of the South in their two | years struggle to keep colored clubs out | of the general organization. 1 The expected trouble over the charter preceded these considerations and after | series of parliamentary tangles, which ] Mrs. Lowe handled with her customary 1 power, further discussion was postponed. | Mrs. Lockw aDd made her report as chair- man of the Sommittee, stating that Con- | gress had granted the general federation | national charter and it was the last one signed by President Mckinley. Four sessions occupied the afternoon One on | civics under Mrs. Anna D. West has as speakers and subjects Mrs. Perry of | Michigan. Responsibilities of Women In Municipal Reform; Mrs. M. D. Fraulman | of New York. Means and Methods of | Protecting Public Health; Mrs. Abbey | Ware of Kansas. Virtue of Community | Life to Social Reform; Mrs. Georgia Ba- | con of Massachusetts, Vacation Schools | and Play Grounds; Mrs. Martha Hoppln | of Ohio. Proper Reformatories for Wo- ] men and ChildreS.,; Mrs Frederick Scho1 \ nl Peuusulvanin. lLuYeuuA Court La0l.1