Evening journal., 1913-12-01
WOMEN ASK
FOR SUFFRAGE
Weeks Campaign Is Launched
In Washington By National
Association
WOULD AMEND
THE CONSTITUTION

cd yesterday at maSsmceting i'm the
Columbia Theatre 1t was The formal
opening Of the forty.fftb convention OF
the association.
An assemblage which packed the edi-
fee from footIights to gallery listened
for nearly three hours to discussions by
conspicuous advocates of the woman
movement OF various phases OF the suff-
rage cause Suspended above the drop
curtain was huge yellow banner bear
ing the legend; we demand an amend
ment to the United States Constitution
enfranchising women
The association adopted almost unani-
mously a set OF resolutions introduced
by Mrs Helen Ring Robinson, a mem
ber of the State Senate OF Colorado.
calling upon President Wilson. "in his
forthcoming message TO Congress. to
adopt the woman suffrage constitutional
amendment MS an Administration meas
ure and TO urge Congress to take inn
mediate and favorable action upon it."
urging the Senate to pass the amend.
ment and asking the House to create a
committee on woman suffrage.
Protest From Louisiana.
The only protest was voiced bv one
of the delegates from louisiana, backed
10y small following. The opposing
delegates. however, were not even given
an opportunity to explain the reasons
Tor their attitude
The women are planning to march in
a body TO the White House, where they
win urge the President TO assist them IN
putting through legislative bodies the
proposed constitutional amendment.
About the corridors Of the hotels and az
the meeting this afternoon the belief
was generally expressed that the Presi
dent would make some mention of the
subject in his address TO Congress to-
morrow.
"The present administration real
ICES" said Mrs. Henry NJ Youmans.
president OF the Wisconsin Associa-
tion. that the question of votes for
women is one IL cannot ignore. Politi- |
cal reasons alone necessitate some |
action on this matter that
has already virtually carried half of |
the country. To oppose II would be
suicidal to any party. and this as we'll /
as moral reasons make us sure that
the Presidents message will be favor
able to u.s.
Dir. Shaw Awaits "Deliverance."
Or. Anna Howard Shaw. president
of the association. presided over the
meeting and In her brief opening ad-
dress voiced earnestly the belief that
"a deliverance-a. speedy deliverance
of women is about to come through
the action of the American Congress
aud through the President of the
United States"
In welcoming the convention to the
national capital Oliver p. Newman,
president of the District Commission
ers, remarked that he would be glad
10 extend TO the association the keys
of the city, but they had been thrown
away and Washington was open TO
all men and women. Mr. Newman
said that In the reporting Of proceed
ings OF many legislative bodies as a
newspaper man he never had known
OF delegation OF women submitting
any proposition for consideration that
was not backed by strong moral
force
Industrial Workers Make Pleas.
Introducing Mary Anderson. Mar
garct Hinchey and Rose Winslow, all
woman industrial workers. DR.. Shaw
said
"The right Of the people to a voice
In their own government is the one
point TO which we are directing our
efforts. We know no politics. no
political parties. We stand for no
class. for no race. hut only for
voice for all the people In their own
affairs"
Miss Anderson. a member of the In
] VI iaI - f.II
of her experience before the Illinois
Legislature and maintained that, II
the women had had votes. they could
have accomplished much by direct iu-
fluence.
Miss Hinchey, a practical laundry
worker. OF New York. discussed par
ticularly the "underpaid and under
/ fed women Industrial workers." recit-
ing the trials which they were COM
! PEELED to undergo on account of low
wages and bad working conditions.
Miss Winslow ridiculed the estab-
lishment of working girls homes
and similar philanthropies. She, tco.
demanded equality of rights. an equal
chance for each girl to accomplish
something Tor herself at a living
wage, not merely a minimum wage
Woman Senator Speaks.
Mrs. Robinson the Colorado Sena-
tor. delivered the principal address in
the afternoon. her subject being
Women As Legislators"
The one great motive that has
brought the woman movement 10
its present proportions" she said. "is
the determination of women to pro-
{ tect the home We still meet occa-
sionally men and women left over
from yesterday, who persist in the
moth-eaten assertion that the home
must suffer II now and then woman
takes a ballot in her hands instead of
broom, and yet there are beautiful.
well-ordered and inspiring homes in
America where the mothers and
grandmothers have been handling
the ballot for "A years"
In brief address at the conclusion
Of meeting Miss Jane Addams. set
I tlement worker of Chicago. declared
that the country and the world were
approaching new order OF things in
politics. Basic changes we're about
to be made, she said. and as in all