Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-13

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member of the audience declared to the
| Star reporter.
The event of the evening session was the
| incfsive, Observation-Disclosures roast which
Rev. Anna Howard Shaw gave the Pres
| idents race suicide theories. She de-
| clared that there was lot of Sentimental
gush' about the matter and then be-
declared would fit better than that. Rev.
| Anna Howard Shaw is said to be one of the
most brilliant. magnetic and convincing
| takers in the country today, and from the
| applause which punctuated her eloquence
last evening, she is sustaining her reputa-
| ton.
After designat ting the talk about race sui
| eide as sentimental gush" she declared
| that there was an English expression which
suited her better, and that there was moth
ing in the American vocabulary which
suited her as well. So she reiterated her
contempt for the unintelligent discussion
Of the race suicide question and declared
1t to be tommy-rot," and her auditors
cheered until they were red in the face at
| the expression and the emphasis of it.
Chairman of Rules Committee.
The president appointed Mrs. Hollister
chairman of a standing committee to
formulate rules for the government of the
council and Mrs. Stenem and Mrs. Nelson
were made members of the committee.
Mrs. May Wright Sewall read a cable
message from the" council of women Of
Holland and the council voted to send
greetings of the American council and to
The minutes of yesterdays session on
being read raised a perfect storm of dis
| cussion. 1t seemed that the minutes in
regard to the amendment on representation
were not clear. In the discussion the
amendment to increase the representation
it was voted as stated in yesterdays Star,
to increase it, but when the minutes were
read this morning thererwas doubt to
whether this increase WAS meant to be in
the national council or the executive
committee The majority claimed that the
this merely in the executive committee.
which meets annually, but the minutes
to satisfy all. Miss Sadie American moved
to correct the minutes to make the in
crease of representation at the executive
meetings, but Mrs. Burns, recording secre-
tary said that the minutes could not be
picked to pieces. Mrs Shaw held that as
this was an adjourned meeting they could
correct any errors in the minutes IL the
majority so ruled The minutes were final
ly referred to the executive board for cor
rection.
bad, resigned the responsible Craftsmanship
of the committee on peace and arbitration.
Moves for New Committee.
Miss Shaw, president of the Woman's Ma
tional Suffrage Association, asked that
new committee be added to the standing list
and that 1t should be designated as the
committee on Political Equality and Civil
Rights of Women" to correspond with
like committee in the international council
of women.
Mrs. j. Ellen Foster said the suggestion
of such committee as this marked
epoch in the history of the national council
of women, showing that the old conserva-
tism was dying out and that the national
council of women stood ready to advance
and keep step with the times.
The motion to appoint such a standing
committee was unanimously adopted.
Miss Anthony said she was delighted
when, at the international council at Ber-
lin, she witnessed the adoption of Suf-
frage clause and committee appointed.
She was ever more delighted to have the
National Council of Women of the United
States make a like committee to hold up
the hands of Miss Shaw. She considered it
great step in advance.
Another standing committee appointed
bears the name Equal moral standards for
men and women This committee was to
have had double duties and to have a hy-
phenated name, land for the suppression
of the white slave traffic" but after due
consideration the council decided to lop off
the end of the name, the first part
seemed to cover the whole subject
Chairman of Resolutions Committee.
Among the women pioneers in aggressive
and progressive effort for woman, regard
less of race, the name of Mrs. Granns will
go down in history Since the inception of
the council Mrs Grannis has been one of
the prominent figures at each session. Rep
resenting more than does the usual mem
Der she has put her hand to many a plan
to break the hard soil that the seeds of re-
form might spring up and bear fruit.
For thirteen consecutive years she has
been elected president of the National
Christian League, for the promotion of
purity, and in advocating it's principles
Mrs. Grannis has been able to gain the
ear of the public before vast audiences.
There is scarcely a phase of woman's
work with which she is not identified, and
in all those efforts bearing directly on the
betterment of individual life she has gladly
cast her influence -4IG
In the national council Mrs. Grannis holds
an important position. The resolutions
which give form and ,5color to the move
ments of the council and shape the policy
of that great and influential body all pass
through her hands before they come to the
convention. The task Of tactfully and
skillfully rejecting any undesirable ones
and sitting any sentiment calculated to
benefit any branch of the council is no
small task. But IT Is claimed for her that
the duties have been faithfully carried
out. and harmony is usually sustained on
the point of each resolution
"Man With the Hoe"
A feature which gave intense pleasure to
an audience which reached to the outside
doors of the Pythan Temple last night
was the reading of the Man with the Hoe"
by Edwin Markham. Responding to the
enthusiastic reception Of this now world
famed poem, Mr. Markham read a number
of other poems from his book.
Then came Rev. Anna Howard Shaw
with her appeal for women and their right
to the ballot.
There rs one shape that is more terrible
than The Man with the Hoe" she said,
land that is the wife of the man with the
hoe. In all the ages men have been adj
| justing themselves to their environment to
| fit themselves for the worlds service, but
| they have never done It. AT the same time
men have been adjusting themselves to
mems ideals of the worlds service, and they
| have never done 1t. To the men who pirate
about wifehood and motherhood the women
| must rise and tell that there is husband
hood and fatherhood as well.
Other Addresses.
I Mrs Mary Wood Swift introduced Miss
| Anthony. who said she was to amuse the
audience while some pretty girls tOot I'M