The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1910-04-16
SUFFRAGETTES
CONSIDER PLANS
FOR WIDER work
Seeking to Get Their Ideas
More 1ntelligently Before
the Public
TRAINING THE YOUNG TO STUDY
W0mAn'S INFLUENCE N WORLD

Her Proper Recognition As Pow.
er-Present Ones Give IAN All
the Credit.
Washington, April 16.-A confer
ence on practical methods Of the work
preceded the opening of the conven-
tion Of the National American Woman
Suffrage association today. The dele
gates generally discussed the subject
and the suffragists from all parts of
the country told of their plans and ex-
periences in their efforts to place the
movement intelligently before the peo-
pie. The convention has not yet fin
ished the consideration Of the long
list of the committees and various
other reports, and these occupied q
good deal of the time today.
Women and War.
Mrs. Lucia Ames Mead. who will
present the cause of international
peace for the first time at the Bien-
nial meeting of women's clubs in Gin
cinnati in May, presented a report.
During the last year Mrs. Mead had
given addresses in six European coun-
tries and in six states. She said in
part:
while all women hate war, many
are hoodwinked by the clamor of
vested interests and the naval and
military class into supporting the war
system. When they read war scares
they do not suspect, as Representa-
tive Tawney declares, that these are
due to the ship combine.
"Suffragists should be alert and in
formed of the greatest obstacle to
their efforts. It is the increasing re-
lance on force at a time when sub
stitutes for force have been provided
and in all consistency battleships
should diminish.
"Gven q republic that has never
been attacked, that began every for
eign war We ever had and has never
lost but $4,000 men by foreign bullets,
all told; given country that has no,
an enemy and with whom probably
no country would refuse to arbitrate
why should it be allowed to spend
one-third Of all it's natural revenue
on preparation for war?
Women are conservative natural
Ily. They should set their faces like
flint against the new, ambitious
policy that would delude us into
thinking our huge and costly navy Is
a national police. Police never fight
each other; they take men to court.
Navies fight each other and never aim
to secure a judicial decision. An in
ternational police must replace rival
navies. The American School Peace
league will help the rising generation
to see through the sophistries which
are letting us permit our pockets to
be picked, under the pretext that it
is for national defense against real
danger. Before the Third Hague con-
ference In 1915, the women Of the
country shall make new campaign
of education
Strong Petition.
Clara B. Arthur, president Of the
Michigan Equal Suffrage association
reported that Michigan's petition to
congress asking that women be en-
franchised by federal enactment is
headed by the names Of the state Of
ficial family-the governor. lieutenant
governor, secretary Of state. the vari-
GUS state commissioners, the presi-
dents OF several of the state colleges,
prominent clergy and other disting-
uished men and women are among the
signers.
During the year women Taxpayers
have exercised their voting privilege
in large numbers, she said.
A mems league for woman suffrage
is now forming, the invitational COM
mittee being headed by ex-senator
Thomas W. Palmer. who was the first
man to champion woman suffrage on
the floor of the senate In 1884.
Training In Youth.
Molding the young mind to the idea
Of suffrage by hanging on the walls
of school rooms pictures Of famous
women. and by the introduction of
text books which tell of the attain
ments Of women as we'll as men. is
part Of the work Of the committee on
education. It's report was presented
to the convention today by Pauline
Steinem, its chairman.
Six states. now maintain education
al committees she declared. which
have the objective of encouraging
women to serve on boards of educa-
ton; to secure the adoption of text
books showing woman's influence on
the affairs of nations.-especially in
history and civics: and to organize
Mothers clubs, Parents organizations
and Patrons leagues in connection
with all school buildings. Teachers
are also interested in the movement.
The idea of the committee on edu-
cation is not only to secure the rights
Of suffrage for the women Of the
present day but to secure it by teach
ing suffrage principles to the youth
from the ground up.
"Without such an ad1,cation the