The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-04-14
SUFFRAGETTES
ARE GATHER NG
PRESIDENT TAFT WILL DELIVER
ADDRESS or WELco ME TO
WOMEN.

your windows toward Jerusalem and
oaer uplferyeht thanks that you are
ablsato enjoy the delightful obseauies
from a safe distance.
Today theop season for congress
men begins. Already many distln'
guished suffragettes are in the city
ready to begin the slaughter More
are coming on every train, and ny the
time the American National Woman
suffrage Association is it the Ma
tional Ameican?-gets down to bug
mess there will be enough of the suf'
frage clan in town to make every sen
ator and representative hunt his hole
Uncle Joe Cannon, whose iron nerve
and indomitable self control enable
him to face surging insurgent with
out batting an eye-lash, is exhibiting
signs OF nervous breakdown. Uncle
clings to the worn out idea that "the
place for women is in the home,7 and
before the suffrage sisterhood is
through with his he will probably
wish to be-he will wish they were
there.
President Taft continues to wear
the smile that won't come of, despite
the fact that without political signiH-
cameo" he is scheduled to deliver the
address OF welcome to the suffragists
at the opening of the convention.
Most. important of the convention
business will be a report of how wo.
man works to get the vote in all parts
Of the United states. For holiness OF
tactics and ingenuity Of resource that
report, it is said, will surpass any
thing heretofore offered. 1t will intro
duce, as well, the latest experiment
in propoganda-the Political Settle
ment House, which in another year
may be potent factor to be reckoned
with. The organization resulting from
the various activities of Settlement
House is a Tammany ideal on an ethi-
cal basis.
The politics of the national body IT.
self will not be the least interesting
feature of the convention. Vacancies
will occur in the national board, and
the problem of filing the Offices in the
face of actlonal differences promises
no little complication.
Despite the clash of warning ambi-
lions, DR.. Anna Shaw has declared
that she will again stand for the posi-
ton she has so ably filled. The with.
drawal of Prof. Frances Squire Potter
as corresponding secretary is an.
nounced. Prof. Potter, who only
year ago rellnqulshed her chair in the
University of Minnesota to work for
sucrage, has gained large following
and addressed audiences in many
States in the Union. Mrs. Potter win
devote herself to the spread Of the
political settlement and to the lecture
field.
Another who will desert the nation.
al headquarters is Prof. Mary Gray
Peck, VINO came also from the Univer-
sity Of Minnesota to act as Prof. Pot,
ter's assistant. She will accompany
Prof. Potter in her new work.
Mrs. Florence Kelley, one of the
vice presidents, whose work in the III.
dustrlal investigations for the Consum-
ers' League takes her time, can no Ion.
ger serve. Other minor offices will
be vacated. This general disarray
along the firing line will create the
proper political atmosphere for the
eelction, which occurs on Monday,
April IS, the day before adjournment.
The forces Of Mrs. Clarence MaCkay
will be represented by Mrs. Henry
Wise Miller, VINO appears for the
Equal Franchise Society. In addition
to this, Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch,
who presided over the equal franchise
headquarters in Albany, will conduct
n symposium in the open air meeting
as means OF gaining friends for the
cause and challenging unfriendly leg
islators
Among the speakers will be Mrs.
Susan Fitzgerald, the daughter of Adj
miral Walker; Miss Inez Milholland,
of New York; Mrs, Helen La Refine
Baker, wealthy suffraglst OF Spo.
kane; the four Kaneely girls, who
have kept the suffrage idea stirring IN
the State OF Washington, and Miss
Ray Costello, the English suffragist.
U. s, Senator Robert owens, of Ok
lahoma, Miss Alice Paul, Mr.. and Mrs.
Raymond Robbins, Miss Points, Prof.
Potter and Mrs. Florence Kelley will
all speak on selected subjects.
DR.. Shaw, the National President,
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, who will
represent the International Suffrage