The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-02

WOMEN NO LONGER
PLEAD FOR BALLOT

! AlUV YIN EHGLUl
| Continued from First Page.l
and BakersviIie. Although it was too
late to have official delegates ut the
convention. several North Carolina wo-
men OF this city were given the privi-
legc OF the floor.
| The preliminary report of the com
mittec on credentials, submitted by Mrs
Katherine Dexter Mccormick. showed
that moro than 1000 delegates were
seated I'm tho convention. every State in
the Union being represented
Report delights Delegates.
Miss Elinor Byrnes, of New York
head Of the press bureau, delighted tho
delegates by telling them That more
than $4,000 profit was realized last
year by the sale of suffrage literature
Illinois victory night" was cele-
DRAFTED ny the delegates with huge
| ss-neeting. at which the speakers
prominent Illinois delegates. did not
| seem to tire OF telling over and over
how the victory was won in that State
Among the speakers We're Miss Cathe-
rine Waugh McCulloch, Mrs Ella stew
art. Grace Wilbur Trout Mrs Medill
Mccormick and Elizabeth X. Booth
Mrs. stewart, in her speech, declared
that the new suffrage law in Illinois
| established bond between Illinois
wonanhood and the White House. "Bv
| ttleir vote for presidential electors
continued Mrs. Stewart, they NAV in
huence national problems and interna
tional policies
! Illinois women are human. They
are not angels. at least not all They
WI, VII MAKE some mistakes. Some of
thein sometimes will be overzealous
Sone VIII be led, and some viii no
inisled. But, at any rate. / dare to
prophcsy that Illinois towns and cities
VIII soon feel the propulsion of a
great moral cncrgy-and we dare ~
covenant with the women OF tho world
who arc making their fight for free
dom, that wo will use our power 90
wen that their victory will be hastened
Ana while other States have coveted
ana deserved the honor of being tho
hrst state east OF the Mississippi 10
give the honor to women. l believe MI
VIII agree that there Is ftness in
tne entranchisement of the women of
me state OF Abraham Lincoln, OF
FRANCES willard and Of Jane Adams
III i VI "hom claim this great justice
linois" TX IL
Must Have Suffrage Plank.
Ia sa Lucy burns. vice chairman of
the congressional suffrage committee
gave resume Of tho work on ~
Federal amendment. Durin,, , sne
speech, Miss Burns said:
No man will ever dare ru, ,o
IIresiueht again unless he has a woman
suffrage plank in his PLATFORM.
HeV' anna shaw, u. D.. closed the
meeting with a report of ber 49,.
Work as president of the associ,tin
| Dr' Shaw said the convention wouid
reverse the theory Of present narriaas
Jaws or the country by making IL easv
10 come into the convention. bur hard
TO get out. ''a'u
| Government ownership of railroads
was suggested AS a result Of won,an,
suffrage when Miss Marie V. smith
VI New York, reported that diflcuItv
mao been found in getting reduced
railroad fares for delegates. DR..
III own the railroads.
Suffrage legislation has been intro
duced or passed in various States this
year on an unprecedented scale ar
eording to the report of Mrs Mary
! w. bennett, OF New York. corresnond.
| ing secretary
Following arc the Virginia delegates
10 the conventions:
,,n From Riehmond-Mrs;: b. B. valen-
LEAGUE EeaGue OF virginia: Mrs. G. Harvey
FF'aTke eon Mrs Charles Meredith. Mrs
Mrs; Charles G. Bosher. Mrs. w
Meek and Mrs. Carl Rostrup, as alter
From Norfolk-Mrs c. E. Townsend.
Mrs " J.. Adams. Mrs c. a. Everhart
ah Tro Mrs. , Anna savage
DowclI e'is NC
;, From Roanoke-Mrs. J. Allen Watts.
Mrs Graham. az"
From ericksburg-Miss Jenetta
Fitzhugh. e''@
From Staunton-Mrs. w. w. King.
son. '1i''iu
From Wytheville-Mrs. Stephen Put
From Alexandria-Miss Rose McDon-
aid , and Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett.
From the University of Virginia
Miss Eugen;e Hubbard
IhiS afternoon, from . TO 80 o'clock.
OF lle AieNandria Suffrage League held
q q reception at her home in Calvert
Street 10 meet Mrs. H. +. Valentine and
the Virginia delegation.