The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-21
National Convention of Mill
tant Suffragettes Marked
By Able Discussion
REV. anna SHAW TALKS
ON THE REAL OPPOSITION
She Declares That Where Vice and
Corruption Prevail There the Great.
est Opposition to Woman Being Civ.
en- the Ballot Is Found.

Louisville. Ky. Oct. 21.-That q
spirited, if not unfriendly, contest for
the removal Of the national head
quarters from New York to Chicago
will be made by the delegates to the
forty-third annual convention of the
National American Woman Suffrage
association, now in session here, was
indicated late this afternoon. The
question came up in an open discuss
sion Of the proper function of the
dresses on the subject by Mrs. Anna
Blount Of Illinois and Miss NJ Carey
Thomas, president of Bryn Mawr col.
lege and president of the National
College Equal Suffrage league.
Mrs. Blount explained that the iii.
nots board had instructed its delega.
tlon to seek such change and gave
notice that motion to that effect
would be introduced later in the ses-
sions.
lnasmuch as a great part of the
suffrage work is being carried on, or
mas succeeded in the extreme west.
the western women feel that they are
entitled to more attention. Previous
~ Mis- Thomas had declared that il
ferences they could expect victory ev-
erNwhere in ten years. Looking to-
ward further organization of the
movement, Mrs. Blount had urged the
formation Of societies in every state.
Rev. Anna Shaw Talks.
Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, president
OF the association, declared the past
year and a halw had been months Of
great progress for women. and in re-
viewing the recent vote in California,
contrasted the sections in which the
vote on women's suffrage had been
part:
The eighteen months which have
elapsed since our last convention have
been permeated with suffrage activity,
Never In an equal length of time has
tnere been such rapid progress in the
enlistment of recruits and in the de.
Veiopment Of active service, and in
an the years of our moevment there
mas never been such an army Of alert
energetic and enthusiastic young wom-
en- ready to do and to endure what
ever the best interests of the cause
demands of them.
Thus. by the aggressive out of
door campaign the message has been
carried to not unwilling people. We
congratulate ourselves upon the tri-
nmphant vindication of the women OF
washington. Never wes there more
signal example of manly loyalty to
womanhood than in the three to one
vote for woman suffrage in Washing
ton in 1910.
Following close upon 1t comes the
slgnal victory in the state where the
1oes OF woman's suffrage were more
equally lined up. Wherever vice, cor.
vuptlon and cupidity held sway. there
the the vote for woman suffrage was weak.
Wherever refinement. education, in
dustry and self-respecting manhood
and womanhood dwelt, there the vote
IN favor of women was strong. II
was contest between the home build
ing. home working forces Of society
ana the home destroying. life blasting
forces And industry and the home
won.
These are the battles in this war
for justice which have been victorious.
others have been and are being fought
at the present time with equal cour-
age and against greater odds, and vet
the foe is always the same. Oregon,
kansas. Wisconsin, Nevada, Ohio and
New Hampshire ill have their cam
palgns we'll in hand, and within an
other twelve months further victories
Will be heralded. The struggle for
enfranchisement has bound the wom-
en- of the world together as no other
cause could. This will hasten the
peace of the world as no Hague con-
ference or battle clad navy ever can,
->e" occGSlOHS teach new duties
These victories and the inf1uex OF
grown women. trained thinkers and
trained workers. women educated in
the colleges and universities, and wom-
en- educated in the schools of practical
experience and In adversely, all these
come to us with the advantage of ac-
cumulated wisdom of the ages. i'm.
patient of restraint.
They demand results; and they de.
mand them now
The awakening of the civic con.
science in women. largely through the
lnefhciency of present methods to oy-
ercome the obstacles with which an
incompetent or corrupt government
nullities so much of the work of wom-
en-. with the higher ideals of patriot
ism which are impelling many of our
pest citizens to recognize their respon-
sioility to their government. added to
the oncoming tide of democracy which
ls stirring the nations of the world, all
these forces are combining to call
women forth to larger service and
life.
The cry is no longer keep us ie-
norant that we may not know the
evils which surround us: let us rest
m peace and feel no RESPONSIBILITIES.
out rather. give us knowledge and
power. that We may stay the forces Of
aVll and transform our seeming safety
nto actual security These are the
things which call for changes in our
methods OF work and in the construc.
lon of our reor~anization."