The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-10-25
MILE ANT WOMEN
 END CONVENTION
Closing Day at Louisville
 Very Busy
FIGHT IS RENEWED
Urge Ratification of Arbitration Committees--Want Some Moral Laws-Protest Barring
 Vice Reports

Louisville, october 24.-SeYerai hundred worn and wearled women, eaeh of them, if possible, more militant aud more enthusiastic as a suffragist than when she came to Louisville last Fri day for the forty third annual eonFen- ton of the National American Woman Suffrage association, completed the work of the convention here tonight.
 Work up 10 the last minute was the order and much was accomplished on the last day.
 New York. the seat of the national quarters was retained by practically an unanimous vote; important resolu- tions pledging the association To eer- tain progressive movements were ap- proved, and something over S12.0oo in money was subscribed for the work of the association.
 In addition reports of progress tn numerous states were heard and that especially of California. Mrs. T. r.
 OConnor and Mrs. Emmiline Pankhurst
 notable English suTragists, were warmly applauded when they addressed the delegates and referred to Presi- dent rafts speech.
 New York was selected by the with 1 drawal of the Illinois delegation inVit- l ins a change of headquarters A ma jority of the officers come from east l of Pittsburg and the western delegates 1 gave notice of rene wing the battle next year.
 Notice was given by the association
 that the aid of political parties in the | contest for suffrage would be welcomed ! Without embracing the tenents of so- 1 cialism the convention indorsed the petition by which the national commit- | tee of the socialist party seeks enfran- chisement for women through an amendment to the federal constitution
 and pledged the association to co-op- l crate in securing signatures Other resolutions urged ratification by | the Senate of President Taft's arbitra-
 tion treaties, approved universal sui frage in the election of United States senators. declared for the same moral
 standard for men and women, and equal l penalties for transgressors; protested against the barring of the report of the l Chicago vice commission from the mails; favored the erection of a statue
 of peace at the mouth of the Panama
 canal, the pardon of Angelena Napoli- tano by the Canadian government and deprecated any efforts to hamper or defeat honest efforts 10 enforce the lpa2e food laws.
 In the debate that followed the broacii- ing of the headquarters question, eastern women spoke earnestly urging the advan- 1 tages of New York as a spot or base 1 of operations.
 i pr. Anna Howard Shaw. president of
 the association. declared that New York
 met the expedeney test and that re- ! moval would cause certainly loss of time
 and other advantages.
 1 Numbers as well as arguments pre- vailed, however, as has been true of all
 other tests of strength between the fac tions, the 56 votes New York cast alone almost overwhelming opposition Officers
 of the association recognized that in the
 next year or so there must be devised some solution of meeting the demands of II the south, west and southwest more sat 1 isfactorily to those sections than now | prevails
 On the other hand, it was contended, l the advantage of having headquarters in | New York instead of elsewhere was due | to the lack of funds rather than loca- | ton.
 At intervals during the convention Dr. | Shaw gave excerpts of what was to have | been her annual address She completed l her report today.
 | Mrs. O'Connor had the platform alone | this afternoon. but tonight Mrs. Plank hurst shared honors with Miss Brecken- ridge of Lexington.