Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-15
MEET NEXT IN NEW ORLEANS
Woman sufrnTists viii He'd cOnv'nti'n
in the orstcsnt oitJ.
DELEGATES FIND FRIENDS IN The PRESS
Declare Newspapers Are Generally
Courteous And Aid Materially
I'm Dfs~semi.a9iaE ideas
of the work.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.--when the Ma
tionai American Woman Suffrage associa"
tion delegates gathered in informal confer
ence for the discussion Of press work Mics
Elnora NJ. Babcock presided. She announced
that as different portions Of the United
States needsdsdfferent remedies and as the
south was a fertile held the time would be
allotted TO hearing from delegates from the
southern states.
Mrs. Young OF South Carolina said she
found newspaper work the greatest factor
in the dissemination Of equal rights ideas.
Az q member Of her state press assoeia-
tion abe declared she had never had any
opposition In the association on account OF
being a woman editor, except from one
man, who had insisted that 1t would ruin
any press association to have women mem
bers.
MRS. Funk Of Maryland said her expert
ence had been that where articles were
properly prepared the newspaper accepted
them.
A suggestion from Mrs. Demerrit OF
Maine was favorably received. Her idea
was to have the newspapers adopt q
"woman's Column devoted to woman
suffrage In the main, but seasoned with
other items OF interest.
Miss Mando OF Maryland agreed with tbs
suggestion OF Mrs. Demerrit, saying that q
woman in looking over a paper for recipes
for mince pie and fruit cake, or something
to beautify her complexion, will stumble
across a paragraph about woman suffrage
II there IL a womsn's column, and that she
will undoubtedly read and digest 1t.
Mrs. Chesbrough Of Buffalo pleaded for
clear, condensed and up-to-date articles
for the prees. The d~ih1culty that the
woman suffrage organization encountered,
she said, was In furnishing to the newspa
pers something new showing what advance
has been and was being made in the work.
Condemns Sick Leave Bill
When the convention was called to order
Clara Barwiokt Colby delivered an address
on 'Iu6yskrial Proplsms,' in which she
criticised the pending Legislation in con;
gress providing for the adjustment Of sick
leave or government clerks, on the ground
that women were constantly absentlnl
themselves. The Bill, she said. was a Gov
ert attack on woman herself. In the In
t~erstate Commerce Commission, where nc
women were employed, she said the per-
centkge of absence for sickness was great.
est. > @- ''''F
Mre. Gait said, In response to these re-
marks, that II is not so much a wonder thai
woman is being closed out as 1t Is a wonder
that she was ever appointed at all. Only
the depletion Of the number Of men during
the citl war, she said. was responsible fol
woman holding 'ofice. As the pressure fol
patronage grows stronger, she declared, Il
is but natural that those who have no votei
shall, be considered less and less eligibl,
for government positions. at behoove.
us" said Mrs. Gait. ito hasten the day wher
women may vote in order that they may b,
eligible not only for government positions
but that they may shavo an equal, oppor,
tunity With men in all the industrial fine
speaksnk ! ssStsss 81 the commnfee o.
legisiatiHh Gail Exaghlin said tKat theia
duties we're .~somewhat restricted from tn,
fact that this is an 'off year. in politics
but thst in eight states holding election
this year the state suffrage association
are MAKING, efforts TO obtain larger rights
To fktfy GVspei ID Convention.
Susan B.. Ahthohy said she believed Il
carrying the gospel Of woman suffrage 3
every convention OF men and women tina
could be reached, because neither Catho
lies, ~Presbyterians, congressman and 9th
ere would come to the conventions. There
fore" she said, 1--WE must go to them.
She pleaded for suffrage for the women O
Hawaii Porto Rico and the Philippines
After referring to the 900 school teacher
who had gone to the Philippine islands, sh
said5 AsH4
Think of them being put under the he,
Of the barbartans OF the Philippines an
the barbariens sent from this country.
This latter. remark was loudly appIaude,
Continuing. she said: I
"We have no business to sit silent Will