Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-15
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son can be reached is by the women /
of New Jersey. the women who have /
had such a raw deal with the suffrage |
bill. You are the only unfree women |
who can be sent to the President with |
any hope. His reception of the depu- |
tation Monday or his refusal to re- |
ceive 1T will be equally effective, but !
If he is wise he will pursue the |
former course" she concluded.
Tells of status of Campaign
That the Democratic party "better
watch out" considering that they |
have less than 100000 votes to spare
in the suffrage States. was the opin- /
ion of Mrs. Mary Ware Depnett, cor !
responding secretary of the Ma |
tional American Woman Suffrage As
sociation.. who told the status of the !
campaign in the States and gave sug-
gestions from the national urganiza-
ton. She prophesied that the women
in the suffrage States would not have |
to change their vote, but would /
simply need to let the Democratic /
party know how much they care for
the enfranchisement of women. She
felt confident that the ease with !
which the vote can be swung to the
US ptAA ~ HoAlu ht u AtIN
strong argument in favor OF suffrage
in the minds of the Democratic party.
She explained that the granting OF
suffrage in one State has favorable
effect on the standing of the move
ment in all other States, explaining
that the false cable that the Chinese
women had been granted the fran
| chise had a mellowing effect upon
the press. The editorials all over the
try ula Oh.
American pride was hurt at the
thought of China's surprising this
ecountry in progress.
Mrs. George G.. Scott spoke briefly
of the work of the State headquartrt
of the work of the State head
quarters as a meeting place for State
committees. an information bureau
and distributing station for sup
plies.
Mrs. Florence Howe Han presided
| and in an introductory talk pointed
out that women must add training in
the duties OF citizenship to their
| training in suffrage work. The only
way women can justify their claims
to citizenship, she said, is by the ac-
complishments of women in past
times. Rev. Albert w. Thompson
opened the meeting with prayer
uSsog1 sSsllImwoo SuTpuuls
The following chairmen of standing
committees were chosen: Press, Miss
Bessie Pope, of Jersey City; finance,
| Mrs. Arthur Hunter. of Montclair;
headquarters, Mrs. George G.. Scott
church work. Miss Mabel Farraday;
credentials. DR.. Mary Hussey; en-
rollment, Miss Josephine Conwell:
organizer, Mrs. Feickert The last
named announced that she had Sc
cured three organizers, Mrs s. NJ
Craven. of Morris County; Mrs. Mary
| K. Colvin. of Essex County. and Mrs
Marion Holmes, of Gloucester County
Mrs. r. r. Bartlett OF Arlington,
was made chairman of the nominat-
| ing committee
The committee on resolutions re-
ported the following resolutions:
Whereas, New Jersey is notorious
| ly backward in her laws concerning
| the employment of children, having
none of the provisions recognized as
minimum standard of child protec-
| ton beyond legal fourteen-year
| limit for factory work, a night work
| prohibition, an under sixteen years
to a twenty-one-year limit for night
messenger in first-elass cities; and.
Whereas, New Jersey, standing
! sixth in the number of factory work
eTS unOtT SiAIc years Oh age, ltlS
| no adequate provision for proof of
age to ensure the enforcement of the
legal fourteen-year limit in factory
work, and,
Whereas, Children under sixteen
are legally employed for ten hours a
day while the working day of con-
victs and adult male laborers engaged
in public works is limited TO eight
hours; therefore, be it
Resolved, That the w. S. A. of
New Jersey protests against the con-
tinuance of this barbarous custom
and calls upon the coming Legisla-
ture to extend the fourteen-year age
limit to apply at all times to other
occupations besides factories and to
bring the child labor law in all other
respects up TO the standard set by
the National Child Labor Committee
in it's universal child labor law"
The committee commended the ma