The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-06
Suffragists Want Him
to Send Special Mes
sage to Congress.
WILL w AIT UNTIL
HE HAS RECOVERED
Fifty Five Members of Conven.
ton Appointed on Commit
tee to Present Resolution to
Wilson-Choice of Next
Meeting Place Left to
National Board.
lspeeial 70 The Thnes-Dispatch.

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4 w aSnilgton. December 5.-Fitty- five
Suitragists were appointed by the
National Woman Suffrage Convention
! to-u"y as cunnittec to remain in
, Washington and watch and wait uutil
! President Wilson has sufficiently re-
covered from his attack OF la grippc
( 70 receive them and permit thc LAYING
before him OF the resolution OF the
convention Chat he send a special mes
sage to Congress on woman suffrage.
4 " controversy arose i'm the couven-
tion this morning when Miss Alice
I Paul. chairman OF the congressional
committee, in hcr report made :; state
ment regarding the work of that COM
nittcc in pushing the Federal amend
Imcnt.
Mrs Clara McNauehton. OF the Fed
eral Woman's Equality Association.
who is not n delegate in this convcn-
ti"n. arose from seat in the gallery
and challenged some Of Miss Paurs
claims
To Avoid Friction.
Mrs McNaughtcn declared that The.
! Federal Womans Equality Associa-
I ton had really done the work in
I Washington For the amendment. and
that it was al the instance of her
organization that the resolutions for
tho amendment wcrc introduced Miss
Paul explained the situation 10y say
ing ;ha; her committee had accepted
tic other organizations resolution to
avoid friction.
Immediately after Miss Paul CON
Guided her report, Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Catt OF New York, moved tho
acceptance of the report Of the con
/ grcssional committee. and said: Il
ladlnit am more or less confused b,.
the relationship between the congress
s'onal union. the congressional com
= hiite" and the national associations
The congressional union has evil
IN if
nd is really national organizations
-Nre we 10 have two national orgnniZa-
'ions: ] am for one cause and army
under one nag
No Change Mnde.
MIS-. Gait then proposed that tn. ma
I tiohal association take over the work
/ o. the congressional committee ana
/ carry IL on by appointing Il member
or the national board To devote her
whole time 10 it. This plan was Wig
orously y opposed by Miss Jane Addams.
or Chicago who was in favor OF lcaV-
ing II in the hands OF the congress
sional committee. which was done
/ Unable to decide between the rival
claims OF 4 number o. cities. bidding
forthc 1914 convention. il was decided
TO leave the choice to the national
board. The delegates from Chattanooga,
Tenn, worked hard for that city, aS il
was thc first time the Sou'h had in
/ rited the suffrage army, and il is prob
! able that thut city Will finally be Sc
lcctcG.
y specia! committee to discuss plans
/ for holding together the organizations
in the states which already have wom-
an suffrage. so as 10 have their help
i'm the work Tor 4 constitutional amend
ment. was agreed upon.
\ reception to the sHffraGists was
given tonight at the home OF Mrs.
Robert NJ La Toilette.
! \ prophecy that militant methods
never would be employed by sufrra Ssts
I in this country was made ut to-day's
session by DR.. Anna Howard Shaw.
| president of the association. Consti-
tutional methods. she said. would bring
| about woman'S cnfranchisement
Hearings Before House Committee.
I Washington, December 5.--Hcarings
/ before the House Committee on Rules.
/ relating To the creation Of n standing
Committee on Equal Suffrage. closed
late to-day. The last hours of the
hearing We're occupied by champions
Of the suffrage movement. Directed
by Catherine Waugh McCmloc!. of
Chicago, they answered those who had
argued against Federal recognition Of
+, the suffrage question. The Rules
| Committee VIII make its report on the
resolution creating the Equal Suffrage
Committee within IL short time It was
said tonight that extension OF au-
thority TO tho present standing Com
mittee on Elections of President ana
Vice President to consider womcn's
cniranchiscment was being seriously
considered
Among proponents Of the suffrage
COMMITTEES who appeared to-day was
James 5. Laidlaw. Of New York. presi-
dent OF the Mems League for Woman
Suffrage. He read a letter from Sena-
! tor Works OF California; denying that
he had said that woman suffrage in
California had been q failure 1t was
declared by antisuffragists Yesterday
that senator Works had made such u
statement. Senator Works said to-
night that he had only criticized the
california women for mot getting out
their fun voting strength lust as the
men voters often fail TO do
Representative Mondell, of Wyominr
closed the argument for the suffragIsts
lie said tha: III all the years that wo-
men or his state have voted. he never
heard of case of domestic trouble
caused by political differences between
husband and wife
Mrs. William Forse Scott OF New
York, addressed the committee to-day
! for the antisuffraSists.
Should lie Left tO states.
Mrs. Scott declared that ''the recent
attack upon tho President FOR failure
TO prejudge the suffrage question by
giving 1t his approval in his message
is another instance OF the demand out
running it's Justification" She urged
that the suffrage question should be
left to the States. In this she was
supported by Mr.. and Mrs. Rossiter
Johnson. also OF New York.
I'm making an advance toward
woman suffrage" said Mrs. Johnson,
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