The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-15
HELPED BY PRESS
EDGE AID GIVEN BY THE
NEWSPAPER
GREATER USE OF THEM URGED
Miss Anthony Makes Stirring Appeal
for Suffrage for Women in
mites States New
Possessions.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 14-Before the
National American Woman's Suffrage as
Sociation met today, the delegates gath
! cred in informal conference for the pur-
pose of discussing pressing work.
Mrs. Elnora Babcock presided. She an
nounced that as different portions of the
United States needed different remedies,
and as the South was fertile field, the
time would be allotted to hearing from
delegates from the Southern states.
Mrs. Young, of South Carolina, said
that she found newspaper work the
greatest factor in the dissemination of
equal rights ideas. AS a member of her
state press association she declared she
had never had any opposition in the as
soclation on account of being a woman
editor, except from women who had in
sisted that it would ruin any press as
sociatiOn to have women members
Mrs. Funk, of Maryland, said her ex-
perience had been that where articles
were properly prepared the newspaper
accepted them.
A suggestion from Mrs. De Merritt, of
Maine, was favorably received. Her idea
was to have the newspapers adopt a
''womans column devoted to woman
suffrage in the main, but seasoned with
other items of interest Miss Mandox
of Maryland, agreed with the suggestion
Of Mrs. De Merritt, saying that Wom-
an in looking over a paper for recipes
for mince cake or fruit cake, or some
thing to beaUtify her complexion, will
stumble across a paragraph about wom-
an suffrage, if there is a woman's col
umn, and that she will undoubtedly read
and digest it. Mrs. Chesborough, of
Buffalo, pleaded for clear, condensed and
up-to-date articles for the press.
When the convention was called to or
der Clara Bewick Colby delivered an adj
dress on Industrial Problems" in which
she criticised the pending legislation in
congress providing for the abolishment
of sick leave of government clerks on
the ground that women were constantly
abSenting themselves. Mrs. Gait said, in
response to. these remarks, that it was
not SO much a wonder that woman is
being closed out as it is a wonder that
she ever was appointed at all.
Susan B. Anthony said she believed in
carrying the gospel of women outrage
to every convention of men and women
that could be reached, because neither
Catholics, Presbyterians, congressman
and others would come to the convention
Therefore, she said 1--WE must go to
them" She pleaded for suffrage for the
women of Hawar, Porto Rico and the
Philippines. After referring to the 500
school teachers who had gone to the
Philippine islands she said: Think of
IIISIu DClIS put ulU6I TIE I66l OI the
barbarians of the Philippines and the bar
barians sent from this country, who are
worse than the Filipinos." This latter
remark was loudly applauded.
The convention then took up the ques-
ton of deciding upon the next place Of
meeting in 1903. Niagara Falls, Detroit
st. Louis, Denver, New Orleans and Bal
timore were in the field for tne honor.
Rev. Anna Shaw strongly favored New
Orleans, and moved that the invitation
from that city be accepted. The motion
was unanimously carried.
A permanent International woman's suf-
frage conference was agreed upon at an
adjourned meeting of the International
delegates. Susan B. Anthony was elected
chairman. The amendment of Mrs.
French, R. l., to the bylaws, providing
that Whenever twenty-five members of
any state society shall petition the ma
tional executive committee that any Ques-
tion shall be placed before the states for
consideration it shall be so ratified, and if
approved by a majority of the states
shall become law" was lost. Much OF
the time Of the Afternoon was devoted to
addresses by state presidents begun yes
terday.