The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-13

received resolutions. wsS convinced
that the absurdities, follies, and adver-
Using schemes maSQuerading as reSo-
lutions were evidence of wou.en's weak
nesses and inquired of several officers
of mems org1 nizations whether this
was the reason; but learned that the
common lot of those dealings with res
olUtionS was about tho same in all
cases.
ANY well regulated club or national
associations to be submitted to gen.
eral meeting must be offered in adj
vance to the proper committee, and
only those approved by the committee
may be brought before the house.
Very few conventions escape few
foolish resolutions, and there is no
more severe test of the ability of pre-
siding officer than the dealings with such
attempts. Often a seomicgly harmless,
if silly, resolution will stampede a con-
vention in spite of every effort to check
1t.
IAN example of such a case took place
in the proceedings of the biennial of
the General Federation at Cincinnati.
This was over the adoption of nation
al flower emblem. The presentation of
the resolution was one of those SEEM
ingly harmless and rather useless &C
lions that are to be expected but the
discussion which ensued assumed such
proportion and nea. that much valuable
time was wasted before the matter
could be headed off.
"a more aggravating phase of the
of the discussion of this subject; reso-
lutions dealing with large plans and
important instructive work, which
were a credit to the federation, were
passed over in perfunctory manner
or quite ignored, while such a trivial
topic was made so much of. When
the stenographic reports of such con-
vention spasms are put before the
delegates it is to be hoped that they
will teach a lesson in future self re-
straint.
while these are serious and diff
1utions now being sent out by various
women's conventions show an earnest
desire to right various evils, and to
point the way for earnest and high
minded action by clubwomen general
ly. Here are some Of the resolutions
passed by the General Federation of
Women's clubs which will find accept
ance and enlist earnest work on the
part of clubwomen:
THAT the federated clubwomen
make a. study of the subject Of the
substitution of law for war in the set
ting Of international disputes and pre-
sent q petition to the next Hague con-
| ference that: the federation call upon
the national government to enact
measures and improve the existing
| laws regarding employers liability;
! that state decorations work for laws
to abolish the white slave traffic; that
a separate department, with a cabinet
officer, be established for the educa-
ton of children; that the declarations
earnestly cooperate with the Audubon
societies in their work of preserving
birds that the assistance of the fed.
eral and state authorities be invoked
| to protect the American people fol
adulterated, preserved, or lye-peele6
| food that is not SO labeled: that the
| federation continue to have an unre
hitting interest in moral education
betterment of schools and Fairgrounds
| the establishment Of medical inspec
ton and nurses IN schools. the teach.
ing of personal hygiene and physica
education; that a special study b,
made of the laws regarding the prop.
erty rights of women, and that specia