The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-11-24
Suffragists Defeat Reso-
luton Considered Slap
at Jane Adams.
MRS.O.H.P.BELMONT
VERY, VERY ANGRY
She Would Quit Association if
She Could Do So Gracefully.
Miss Adams Explains Why
She Worked for Bull Moose
Cause, and Wins In
dorsement.

dorsement.
Especial to The Timss Dispatch
Philadelphia. November :a.-The
night 1t the convention Of the National
Woman Suffrage Association became 30
tense this afternoon that Mrs o. H. p.
Belmont declasrd she would wtthdray
from tho association II she could DO 10
gracefully This statement was made
following her defeat By Miss Jane
Adams. Of Chicago. In battle IN
which the delegates were lined up
back Of their respective champions On
q constitutional amendment. which In
structSd tho 6mcers' Of the assocta-
ton to maintain q nonpartisan attitude
toward political parties in States In
which women had not been given the
right to vote. The amendment was
offered BY Mrs. Harper.
MrA Belmont was supporting the
amendment while Mics Adams and
her friends were opposing It. a II was
q direct slap At Miss Adams Tor her
open sspousal Of the cause Of Colonel
Roosevelt during tho last presidential
campaign. When the vote wa taken
the adhsrents Of Miss Adams had won.
81 to 80.
Rftsr tho vote was announced Mr..
Balunont made the declaration mon.
ttonad. and said:
TT n inoouceivahle to me that the
assocda ton should vots deliberately to
abandon the policy Of nonparttsanship
la1d down BY Susan b Anthony, ono Of
the drst and certainly one Of the wis
eat Of our leaders iust to keen Nlss
AdAauos from reeiendnG from ofaoa
For that A oby1ousIv the way thu dele
eatss locked 1t the Question.
Il realize that many think NJ
AAdsn1. influsncA har strength m
over tha eeuntxy. - fmnsasurabie. ana
that thsy balieSS she n ne anlv -.
man VINO can prevent thA East and
the Eeak@fs0m azro4ksauL-1G6fHj5I1iiSi lii66
aaeofaoaacaa Nasx 81 N ne ooav1sl1a1
Of thu truth ~ sfs1fs view. ana feal that
Il q very unWfeo thus to open the
deer to tskin9 siAes on othsr aue.ttone
hs6nee we have safneA thu vote IN .
majority Of the statea.
During the hours throush which the
d1ht vaxed. the discussion ON tina
amendment brought ont many speeches.
M. AAda.s Expaasns,
A tan-minute speech was made By
1lss Adams harsolf. In which she
frxt apoloxtxad for having placed the
sspocistfon In an embarrassing posi-
ton: next confessed that she had not
remembered she was an od1cer when
she went into the Bull Moose cam
paixn. and lastly said that she would
never have accepted thu position of
arss vic>-presadent II she had thought
she thereby bound herself to q mega
tive attitude on questions Of q great
public movement In ending her re-
maxks, Miss Adams said:
II 6elt that standing on q progress
save platform I had the best oppor-
tunity for putting the suffrage cause
beSore the public I had ever had"
The convention had anticipated a
.row" over the amendment. and the
80 s.II.rv IA Witherspoon Hall was
n..rl Tn.r~ we're some prelimi-
n.riea
Nh. Harper, on taking the platform
in support Of the amendment said
sha would roll ND her sleeves" II she
roul6- ana that. were Il not for hat
Nm. an. vould throw her hat In the
rsn~~
NJ Hsrper then quoted the late
...ho,. =. .evtnr that ofYlcers
- ~. e.oc,ation should not take
49, Al, A. least, make known their
noeitson. IN political contests Tho
s.-.r~tn n the Suffrage movement
~. ssearted. wa in its nonpartisan-
.hs,.
she poauted out that . certain an
>.s,as, ,nsn evidently alluding to
ncc.evelt- hsd sought to use the na-
,,on., sufYraee association. snJ that
.. ~,.r,s "a should be beyond the use
40 nv ana All politicians.
~. H.rpsr AZ this point. made two
A.rl.r,,ions which caused much Of
e. s.o,nIs one vas that two So
tnS sV W~%s,. ~ the oflcial board
~. -.n.s1 ~ b ,ent out on the ON
70 ,ss.-..u,. ~ the association
cs:.s-. nr~tns support fo- Ettor and
S..o~.nntt,. the alleged murderers IN
tns -. "a. tina, q delegate at
...,,, h,a . resolution ready
sne ,.Ho-.,ne the wilson Demo-
70 s1n,rs.,rss,ou-
YsA n