The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-26
WO MEN
VOTING O
DIRECTORS
Listen to Two Able Ad-
dresses and Hear Depart
mental Reports Read.

SlO0 Oh lUt IIili ICGhlh lAih
the State Federation of Women's Clubs
opened shortly after 10 o'clock this
morning in the Women's Clubhouse,
East Orange, with The same large at
tendance thai characterized the open
ing Of the session yesterday morning
A council of presidents and county
chairmen was held previous TO the
opening of the session.
The program opened with the rem
dering of two piano solos, Sindings
'Fruhlingsrausehen' and Chopins
yalse CD. "a No. ., by Mrs. F. A. shep-
herd. both of which were well re-
ceived.
The feature of the morning session was
the election of three directors, for which
six candidates had been named. They were
Mrs. Francis H.. Morrell, of the irving
Club. Irvinglon; Mrs. Edward Il. Champer
lain. Orange Political Study Club; Mrs.
Edward Livingston, Clio Club, of Roselle;
Mrs, William Westcott, Fortnightly Club,
of Haddonhe,d; Mrs. William Cloke, Con-
temporary Club, Trenton; Mrs. Frederick
Bull, Woman's Club, Upper Montclair.
The election of three directors is held
annually. the term being three years, ana
officers are elected b%iennially. BY a
change made in the constitution yester-
day all elections will hereafter be held III
May, instead of October, the present oil-
GERS TO serve until May, 1909.
The balloting was on the Australian sys-
fem. The names were chalked up on a
blackboard and an old ballot box, ioaneu
by City Clerk Lincoln e. Rowley, OF East
Orange, was used.
An address on state Free Employ
ment Agencies was given by Harry b.
Bach, which interested everyone.
This was followed by the presentation
Of a report from the department of
household economics, by Mrs. e. 5.
Robinson. The legislative department
report was made by Mrs. Thomas s
Henry, of this city, and that of the de-
partment of sociology, by Mrs. c. b.
Alexander.
An interesting address on the New
Internationalism" was made by the
Rev. Frederick Lynch, and was fol-
lowed by the reading of a report from
the department of forestry and pail
sades, presented by Miss S. Elizabeth
Demarest.
Mr.. French is pastor of the Pilgrim
CONGREGATIONAL Church, of Brooklyn,
and took an active part in the recent
peace conference at The Hague. He
spoke in part as follows;
zone of the reasons of the present wide
spreaa revival of the peace movement rs
the feeling which has spread very rapidly
in twenty-five years, that what the Eng
iish-speaking two nations and MANY others
have done could be accomplished by all the
nations of the world. PEI maps the greatest
stumbling book in tine MINDS OF the multi
tudes is inns feeling of he impracueapllity
and irnoosslbfltv OF what everyone wishes.
1enr. snrely avsry nnan WISHES peace IL
Lv IL nothing were sacrificed, not even ma
aonal nonor. But many have DOUBTED the
posslpiuty OF bringing the Unnamed ma
.par1Sh SUMMIT fheIr dispute TO a tribunal,
fr The pDss,pility of eitner nation beng
satisied VIM 4ne decision of InaI court,
mn nave insisted tnat the decision Is OF
M vai1e II mere is yet no armed power
70 anror,ca ~ Such Instances as this of
a. ,.gsnr,na md chile removes ali doubts.
: otren cir 1pnnrancn OF the wouder-
~ - ap,t "i,.aa1v acron,nisned nv d.
,lon,arv ana arollraIlon mat makes US
,aarfuI
.Su,ce an arbitration clause was put into
treaty vltn r.ngland IN lig4 there have
been seu international disputes settled by
nrlutratlon ana special commissions. Since
UcIoDer, 1905, some sixty or seventy gem
eral arbitration treaties, pledglng reference
OF disputes TO The Hague court, have been
signeu Dy different nations. What has al
ready been accomplished mas been so re-
marKable that it mas encouraged us won
~derfully. The prdetieablity ana teasip hin
has been settled forever. Only one fhlne
ninders now the making OF Inc i1aSuS
court a permanent tribunal with power anu
the ~pledging of all nations to settle lneLe
their disputes. And that Is the uhcei
tainty as TO what We want.
I'VE can always have what we Want
when we want 1t earnestly enough
nations want power, and might, ana prc-
dominance. and plumber, ana reVehBe
rather than justice between nations, they
will resort to war War never selIies
what Is Just, only which nation is lne
stronger. When we reach mat develop
ment OF conscience and brotherhood where
we all can say not my way nor your way
but right done and justice administered
then we shall as nations submit all ques-
lions to the calm elaboration OF reason,
and there shall be no more question OF
the enforcement of a decree than there Is
of enforcing a Judgment of the Supreme
Court in Washington.
perhaps no cream OF prophet ever met
with more scorl. II seemed more visionary
and more incapable of ever even existing.
10 saw nothing vi persisung, tnan that OF
democracy. Here IN our own land, with
ali onr irooarfection. we have al last
,aaobod n damocrocv thot is capable of
tsisirc two tLo,1sand mon doilv who have
80 ,rdsr n,nnorchic9i conditions
~" aSnisu ~, n',tniti,, ,yitb Az snIrji
aiu NIT ei'Ih dIuiNy
uehoclacy, poLn III Tue OnlVeu othtSs IN
in France and England, is toward more
and more government ana control py the
people. JidG Ia every stage or this evoiu-
ton there We're multitudes who believed
the next stage chimerical.
But perhaps the most encouraging
thing ~ all 10 the rand prOVUIh pf the