New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-24
SEE TROUBLE AHEAD
Will DR.. Shaw or Miss AddamS
Head the SuffragiStS?
CONVENTION NEXT MONTH
Opposition to Chicago Woman
on Account of Her Part
in Party Politics.

Who will be the next president OF the
National Woman Suffrage Association?
why, Hr. Shaw, of course" answers
your average woman, recalling the enor-
nous personal popularity Of the present
suffrage leader and the number OF years
she has held that office unchallenged.
Yet gossip whispers that there is trouble
ahead, and that the annual convention
of the association. which takes place In
Philadelphia from November q to %, Will
witness an insurgent attempt to place
Miss Jane Adams in the seat Of power.
1t is said that the place has already been
offered to Miss Adams. that DR.. Shaw
offered to withdraw in her favor, II she
would accept 1t, and that Miss Adams
declined. However, 1t is thought by suf-
fagists with political propensities that
when the question comes before the con-
vention Miss Adams might be induced TO
change her mind. The admiration which
Miss Adams commands throughout the
country is so strong, say her supporters,
that II her name were but proposed to the
convention she would receive landslide
vote; and the demand for her candidacy
may ne 80 ONtl NlltlllllHb N''hN o''N NS''~
not refuse to run.
On the other hand, there Is intense feel
ing against Miss Adams, not for per-
sonal reasons at all. but based purely on
her connection with the Bull Moose party.
Many ardent suffragists feel that she
oyerstepped the bounds OF decorum In
allylng herself with a political party
while she was vice-presldent Of the Ma
tional Woman Suffrage Association, an
organization whose very foundation rests
on "non-partisanship in politics
That is an old story, but II was bound
TO reappear at this November convention
Miss Adams is in" for chastisement
at the hands Of the conservative element
as has long been foreseen, and the tact
that she would be urged for president py
the "progressives" is-well. It is gossip
which the authorities do not see TT TO
credit.
II is said that many who would per-
sonally be delighted 10 see Jane Adams
head the suffragists Of the country feel
they cannot support her simply because OF
her stand with the Progressive party. NO
officer. or member even, Of the Suffrage
association is supposed 10 take sides win
any political party; membership IL Ia'''
pledge to maintain that attitude, and the
fact that the first vice-president violated
that tacit understanding is not considered
bv many suffragists a good reason for
rewarding her with the highest ONCE In
their power.
Imagine Jane Adams accepting such
an office anyway retorts another sur
fragIst, "A woman who refused 10 De heau
Of the Child Labor Bureau for the United
States government because she had her
own work TO do at Hull House lsh
going to burden herself with such an eN-
acting Office as president Of the national
II means travelling all over the country
and keeping in constant touch with all
departments OF suffrage work MISS
Adams couldn't give the time to It.
There is stnl another element taken
into consideration by suffrage politicians.
This is the power of Mrs Laura cay OF
Kentucky, who is said TO have the back
ing NJ eleven states In the South and
West. and who might be a dark horse.
The suGragists Of the West made oDjec-
lions at the last convention to the East
CTn states UlOUOpOly VI N''''N ''.' W.
continuation Of the national headquarters
I'm New York City. These jealousics. how
ever. were no match for DR.. Shaws pop
ularity and Mrs. O. II. i. Belmonts
pocketbook-for she offered 20 pay the
rent Of the New York headquarters. Mrs.
Clay was for several years member OF
the executive board OF the society, and
the fact that she was not reelected at
the last convention has not been for
gotten.
All In all, 1t will probably be lively
convention, and the pacifying influence
Of Bishop James Henry Darlington, OF
Pennsylvania, who will address the
women, may not come amiss. Other
sneakers will be the Baroness Won SUIT
ner' Miss NJ. Carey Thomas, OF Bryn
Mawr; Reginald Kaufman. Jesse Lynch
Williams, Witter Bynner, Miss Julia
Lathrop, head Of the Children's Bureau;
Miss Margaret Foley, of Boston,: Miss
Fola La Toilette, Mrs. Beatrice Forbes
Robertson Hale, Miss Rose Schneider
mann, Mrs. oliver w. Stewart, OF Chi
cago: Miss Crystal Eastman, Miss Har-
riot MAY Mills, Miss Elizabeth Freeman.
Mrs, Harriet Stanton Blatch, and almost
everybody else prominent in suffrage
work.