The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-12-01
SUFFRAGISTS
OPEN CAMPAIGN
Weeks Session of the Nation
al Association Begun at
Washington
WILL SEEK THE AID
OF PRESIDENT WILSON
Asked to Urge Congress to Adopt a
Woman Suffrage Constitutional
Equal Rights Rather
Than Minimum Wage.

WASHINGTON. Dec. IA week 5
campaign 10y the National American
Suffrage association To- secure the adop-
ton of constitutional amendment to
cutrauchisc women was launched YES
tcrdav nj maS~-meetiug here. 1t was
the formal opening of the 10Th conycn-
tion OF the association.
I'm assemblage which packed one of
the largest thcatcrs of the city from
footlights TO gallery, listened for near
IS three hours to discussions by con
spicuous advocates of the woman move
mcut of various phases of the suffrage
cause, Suspended above the drop cur
tain was a huge yellow banner bearing
the legend: I'VE demand an amend
ment TO the United States constitution
eufranchising women -
The association adopted almost IMAM
lmously set of resolutions introduced
by Mrs. Helen Ring Robinson. mem.
Der of the state Senate OF Colorado.
calling upon President Wilson "in his
forthcoming message to Congress to
adopt the woman suffrage constitution
al amendment as an administrative
measure and to urge Congress TO take
immediate and favorable action upon
it, urging the Senate to pass the
amendment, and asking the House to
create a committee on woman : suf-
frage. The only protest was voiced bv
one OF the delegates from Louisiana.
backed by small following. The on
posing delegates, however, were not
even given an opportunity to explain
the reasons for their attitude.
Or. Anna Howard Shaw. president Of
the association, presided over the
meeting, and in her brief opening add
dress voiced earnestly the belief that
- delivcrance-a speedy dcliveraucc
of women is about TO come through
the action of the American Congress
and through the president of the Unit
cd States Introducing Mary Ander-
son, Margaret HIinchcv and Rose Wins
low, all women industrial workers, Dir.
Shaw said: "The right of the people
to voice i'm their own government is
the one point to which we are directing
our efforts. We know no politics-uo
political parties We stand for no
elass--tor no race, but only for voice
for all the people in their own affairs "
Miss Anderson, u member of the in
dustrial workers of the world. told Of
her experience before the illinois Icais-
l1turc and maintained that if the wo-
men had had votes they could have ac-
complishcd much by direct influence.
Miss llnchcN, "a practical laundry
worker Of New York, discussed partic-
ularly the "undcrpaid and underfed
women industrial workers, recitiua
some of the trials which they were
compelled 10 undergo on account of
low wages and bad working condi
tions.
Miss Winslow ridiculed the cstab
lishment of working girls homes ana
similar philanthropies. She too, de
mandcd equality of rights. an cqua
chance for each girl to establish some
thing for herself at a living wage
not Il minimum wage. Mrs Robinson
the Colorado senator, delivered tn,
principal address in the afternoon, he
subject being " Women as legislators. =
Morning, afternoon and evening ses
sions viii be held daily until Friday
Plans for submitting the demands o
the women to the President and Con
gress have not been made public, bu
the Sullra@ists expect to put in a bus,
week at the capitol aside from the rou
tine Of association meetings Hundred
Of delegates from MI parts OF tn,
country are there for the convention