The Detroit times., 1913-02-04

ARE In MERRY
SQUABBLE Still
Ms. Sellers Offer to Resign
Craftsmanship Fails as Har-
mOny Measure
NEW ORGANIZATION
GOES AHEAD WITH PLANS
Mrs. Clara b. Arthur Urges That
Both Bodies Work Side by
Side in Harmony

The Equal Suffrage Spring Cam
paign organization, in meeting
Monday afternoon In the suffrage
headquarters In the Grand Circus
building, decided 10 go ahead with
its plans. In spite OF the offer OF Mrs.
Susan NJ. Sellers, president OF the
Wayne county organization, to re-
sign, so that a union OF the two So
cieties could be formed.
The Wayne county organization
will meet In the same place at 2
o'clock, Wednesday afternoon, and
will decide on It's future course.
IL Is very likely that the two so
cieties will exist side by side, and
work IN harmony. II the members
will adopt the views held by Mrs.
Clara B. Arthur. president OF the
state organization. relative to the
field OF each.
1T is not the intention OF the
Equal Suffrage Spring Campaign So
ciety to undertake political work by
ward and precinct" said Mrs. Arthur,
Tuesday morning. 1.-The new society
will have an executive committee
composed OF one woman from each
ward and township, but this commit
tee will also be representative OF the
yarious suffrage clubs OF the city and
county It will be a body for discus
sion OF plans; It will be union OF
suffrage activities, distinct from the
practical political work which has
been done by the Wayne county So
ciety. and which is still left for the
county organization to perform In
the approaching campaign"
Whether the Wayne county organi-
zation will adopt this view OF It's pur-
meeting. Mrs. Sellers still believes
that the two societies will duplicate
the work Of the campaign.
I'VE offered the new body every
thing, in Mondays meeting" said
Mrs. Sellers, Tuesday morning. New.
ertheless they went ahead With ;neir
plans To duplicate our present or
ganization will be tremendous waste.
For both societies to attempt TO put
inspectors in the booth in the spring
election will tax our resources. | do
not believe there ought to be waste
of this sort. / don't know what is to
be done; we shall talk matters over
in our meeting Wednesday"
Both Mrs. Arthur and Mrs. Sellers
declare that the suffrage calse is too
dear to the hearts OF the workers to
suffer any injury from whatever OPP
posing views of organization the work
ers may have.
Mrs. Arthur has named the follow
ing committee on organization, 10 per-
feet plans for the Equal Suffrage
Spring Campaign society: DR.. Mary
Thompson Stevens, Mrs. George c.
Keal and Mrs. George G. CaEon
The following ward chairmen were
appointed as members OF the execu-
tive committee: First, Mrs. Eugene
X. Shipper; Second, Mrs. Sarah j.
Latour; Third. Mrs. George c. Keal:
Fourth, Mrs. ii. Y. McMullen; Fifth,
Mrs. Frank Nichols; Sixth, Mrs.
George Wright; Seventh, Mrs. Chas.
II Hodges; Eighth, Mrs. George w.
Strelinger; Ninth, Mrs. John Bagley;
Tenth, Mrs. T. NJ Lawton; Twelfth,
Mrs. Annie Hillmer; Thirteenth, Mrs.
Thomas Henderson; Fourteenth, Mrs.
Minnie Jeffries; Fifteenth. Mrs. w.
r. Rutson; Seventeenth, Mrs Carrie
Osstdyke. The Eleventh. Sixteenth
anu VALUE nCAC hOl Nv
cided upon.
The township chairmen we're as
follows: Ecorse, Mrs. Grace BenJa-
min; Greenfield, Mrs. f. J. Kendall;
Mrs. George Stillwagen;
Crosse Pointe. Mrs. Charlotte b. Sher
rard Worthwhile, Mrs. Clapp, and
Plymouth, Miss Ada Stafford.
Meanwhile. the anti-suffragists
were busy in the Hotel Pontchartrain,
where a reception was held for Miss
Minnie Bronson, who campaigned
against suffrage In California and
other states Miss Bronson said that
crly eight per cent OF the women OF
this country desire the ballot; that
over 40 per CENT OF working women
are engaged In domestic service:
that no class OF labor is better paid,
though these women are not sufra.
gists and are not members OF labor
union She said that wages depend
on the law OF supply and demand, not
on legislation.
Miss Eleanor Gambler reuorted TINT