Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-06
STEAM roller
President of Women's Fedora
ton Blocks Suffrage Motion.
MOVEMENT FLATTENED OUT
Convention Thanks President Taft
for Appointing Miss Lathrop
Head of Children's Bureau.

SAN FRANCISCO. July Can exciting
incident occurred last night at the clos
ing Of the eleventh biennial convention Of
the General Federation Of Women's
Clubs. 1t grew out of final effort on
the part of the supporters Of equal suf-
frage to obtain the federation's indorse-
ment Of the propaganda.
As the president, Mrs. Philip N Moore
of st. Louis. stepped to the front Of the
platform to read some letters, Miss Alice
Henry. q delegate from illinois, made q
motion that inasmuch as the convention
had given indorsonent to the work in
the interest of world peace Of Baroness
Bertha Won Suttner. lit is now the senti-
ment of the convention that the work of
Susan B. Anthony be indorsed.'' The
motion was promptly seconded.
Steam Roller in Action.
Mrs. Moore, who had displayed signal
ability as a presiding officer. was not con-
fused by this unexpected motion, but
calmly put the steam roller" in action.
and when she was through the motion
had been fiattened out.
THE motion is before the house." said
Mrs. Moore, land it will be given to the
press
Then she proceeded to read the letters,
one from DR.. II. W: Wiley and the other
the American Civic Federation. While
Mrs. Moore was presenting Mrs. Julia
Lathrop, chief of the children's bureau
to the convention. Mrs. Frederick Ma
upon Miss Henry's motion. From vari-
Gus parts Of the hall arose cries Of 'Ques-
ton, question:
Mrs Moore said:
This is the presidents evening The
motion will be given to the press
Then the business of the evening was
concluded. Decisively the matter Of
suffrage had been given its Quietus SO
far as its Endorsement by the federation
was concerned.
Resolutions Adopted.
The following resolutions were adopted
by the convention:
That a vote of appreciation be ex-
tended to President Taft for his appoint
ment Of Miss Julia Lathrop to the head
OF the children's bureau.
That the federation unite with the gov
eminent In erecting a monument At
Panama in commemoration of the COM
pletion OF the Panama canal
Endorsement Of the good roads move
ment and Of great national highway
to be known as the Lincoln highway.
Bills for the betterment Of defective
children.
Appointment of experts by the state
educational boards to place sex hygiene
in the curriculum Of every normal school.
Endorsement OF the plan to have women
police in all of the larger cities in this
country.
Declaring opposition to prison contract
labor.
Endorsement Of the study of Bible lit
erature and the placing Of Bible study
on the program Of literary clubs.
Furtherance Of high ideals in the drama
and on the professional stage.
Declares for Vocational Training.
Call for federal aid for vocational train
ing for boys ana girls.
Demand that the President of the
United States reorganize the Department
Of Agriculture so that the pure food and
drug acts be better enforced and the
law not be prostituted for special inter-
ests.''
Endorsement of the white slave" laws.
Protest against the comic supplements
of the Sunday newspaper.
Protest against imposing any legal dis
ability on woman that is not imposed on
man.
Endorsement of uniform marriage and
divorce laws