Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-07
WOMEN TOUCH ON SUFFRAGE
Comes Up for sOme Discussion in a Report
Of q Committee.
DROPPED WITH NOTHING BUT TALK
Mrs. n. ". Bushnell OF Lincoln one
Of the Nominees for Director
Mrs. stoutenbOrOuEh Not
Mentioned.
fFrom a stan Correspondents. }

CFrom a stan Correspondent
ST. PAUL, June Especial telegram
The much dreaded resolutions of the ad-
visory Industrial committee that would
have committed the General Federation of
women's Clubs to the enfranchisement
Of working women have been successfully
sidetracked, but the eighth biennial con-
vention was treated to a large. practical
dose of woman suffrage Wednesday
morning through the medium of the fed
eration's legislative committee. SO tact
fully was 1t administered, however, that
even the conservative ones recognized in
the committees report only practical sug-
gestions as to methods of securing legis-
lation along the many lines in which club
women are interested and several times
the house rose to give the Chautauqua
salute and applaud vigorously. Through
out the session Mrs. Decker. though a
resident OF Denver, gave no expression Of
approval and the Colorado delegation was
equally undemonstrative. Under the sub
ject. Methods of Legislation" Mrs. Mar
garet Hill McCarter of Topeka, Kan,
named preparation, organization and sys-
tematic plan Of action the first es-
sentials. She recommended canvassing
and lobbying as the most effective means,
II coupled with womanly dignity. and she
named patience, purity of character and
prayer as essentials to women who under
take this line of work In conclusion she
said:
But the supreme essential is the ballot
for women. but it must be granted wisely
and used intelligently or it will be Of no
more value than in the hands of some
men,"
Property Rights Discussed.
An outline of the property rights laws
for women in the various states was pre-
sented by Mrs. George Burke of Kansas
as flaws that women should know" She
pointed out the inequality and the injus-
tice of these laws in the majority of
states and urged the women to inform
themselves regarding them and work for
remedy. She, too, advocated the ballot
for women as the most direct and effective
means of securing equitable laws
In his talk on the juvenile court, Judge
Ben Lindsey Of Denver prefaced his
story of the square deal" for the boz
with the assurance that Denver owes the
success of its Juvenile court system to the
fact that the club women of that city
| have the ballot.
| In the session of the nominating commit
tee Tuesday night Mrs. H. NJ. Bushnell oi
Lincoln received thirteen out of thirty-nin,
votes for a directorship. This was not suf
| hcient to secure her recommendation to th'
| house, but she was nominated from tn,
floor of the convention with two Others
when the report of the committee wat
made, making her one of eleven recon
mended. No attempt was made to re-elec
Mrs. Stoutenborough. formerly of Nebraska
| The invitation of Boston to the next bien
nial will be seconded by Rhode Island
which proposes a novel innovation in III,
way of side attraction. II Boston Il
granted the convention one day will be Sc
aside for an excursion to Providence. r
l., where a clam bake will be given.
Report of Nominating Committee.
The report Of the nominating committe
was made by Mrs. A. ]. Newbury of New
Jersey. She stated that the Minnesota dele
gates nominated Mrs. Sarah PIatt Decke
for president, and the nomination was sec
onded by the delegates from Texas. TIL
| nomination was unanimously made an
great applause greeted the announcement
Other nominations were:
First vice president, Mrs Philip N. Moor
OF St. Louis; second vice president. Mr.,
May Alden Ward, Boston; recording secre
tary, Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman. CHI
cago; corresponding secretary. Mrs. Charlie
Perkins of Nashville; treasurer, Mrs. Josia
Cowles, Los Angeles; editor Mrs. Penny I
Acker. Austin, Tex. Among the director
selected were Mrs. Sarah Evans. Oregon
Mrs II. Johnston, Kansas: Mrs. Fran
Schiek, Wyoming, and Mrs H. M. Bushne
OF Nebraska.