The Sentinel=record., 1911-10-21
 IS DEFENDED
rsuFF RAcETTEs DiscLAlM THAT THEIR MOVEMENT SERVES TO
 DISRUPT HOME TIES.
Fight Started for the Removal of Headquarters to Chicago After Speech Against Section
 alsm Is Concluded.


 Isprited if not unfriendiy contes. for the removal of the national head quarters from New York to Chicago will be entered into tomorrow af- Iternoon by the delegates to the an- Iuual forty -thiri convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, now in session here. was indicated late this afternoon
 The question came ID m an open discussion of the proper functon of the natiOnat asisociatlon'i dollowing addresses on the subject by Mrs. Anna Bouna of Illinois, and Miss NJ. Carri Thomas, president Of Bryn Mawr College, and president Of mo National College Equal Suffrage League.
 Mrs. Blount explained that the Illinois Board hal instructed It's del gation to seek such change and gave notice that motion to that ef- feet would be introduced later in the sessions
 Inasmuch as a great part of the suffrage work Is being carried on Tor has succeeded in tine extreme wsss. the western women feel that they lare entitled to more attention. Prev iously Miss Thomas had declared that If suffragists eoufh forget sectional differences they could expect victory everywhere in ten years.
 Looking toward further organfza- Ition of the movement, Mrs. Blount has urged the formation of societies in every state.
 Like American mothers she Isaid, "an important function of the association is having children. While lit cannot be stated how many cirii- Idren American mothers ought to have, the National Suffrage Assodia- Ition should at least have forty-si5 ' Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, presden4 In explaining the absence of Mrs. ! Katherine Houghton Hepburn. pres- dent of the Connecticut Society. lappearei to take much satisfaction in the fact that Mrs Hepburn's four months old son would not permit her 10 attend the convention.
 Customary argument against suf- frage, that suffragists have no time for their home life. are contested by many delegates who refer in their addresses to their children
 Endorsement by the National As- sociation es the Equal Suffrage Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. proposed by the SocialiBtic party, anl which Com lgressman Berger. of Wisconsin, will Introduce into the house of represen- ltatives. was sought by Miss Carolina Lowe. who addressed the convention as representative Of the Woman's National Committee of the soeialis- tic Party.
 She presented the formal petition (which has been endorsed by other organizations. The whole matter was referred to the resolutions com lmittee.
 Miss Alice Henry, fraternal dele- ,gate from the National Woman's Trade Union League of America. for merly from Australia, pointed out 10 the delegates that they shoulI feet it imperative. when you do obtain lsuffrage. of going On and being suf- Ifragists
 Dr. Shaw, Dr. Thomas and others, who addressed the convention, spoke of the readiness with which public men accept suffrage. Dr. shaw say ing that the hearing given her re gently at the Governors Conference lin New Jersey, emphasized the prog- ress of the movement. Five or six Iyears ago, she said. governors and governors wives. even dfi not feel it politically safe to be seen on the lsame side of the street with a suf- IfragIst. Now she declared. they do not hesitate to show their interest lin suffrage. or their approval of if. !