Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02
Woman's Suffrage Associa-
ton in Annual Convention
Makes Demand.
MRS. NINA E. ALLENDER
IS ELECTED PRESIDENT
After Long Debate the Organization
Chooses a Man as Its
Secretary.

District as well as a delegate in Con.
gress received he unquali ed approval OF
the State Equa- Suffrage Association in
its annual convention at night in the
Washington College of Law After much
loss of time the convention finally sue
ceeded in elect-ng officers for the ensuing
year. as well as the delegates to attend
the national convention OF the National
American Suffrage Associat on to be held
in Washington in IecemDer
The oIiiLeFS elected were: President,
Mrs. Nina +. AHeader, honorary vice
president. Mrs. Helen Il. Tindall. first
vice president, Ir. William Tindall,
secretary of the board of District Com
missi oners, second vice president, Mrs
Harvey W. Wiley. third vice president,
Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood; treasurer
Mrs. Carrie +. Kent, reelected: re-
cording secretary, Miss Josephine Ma
son: corresponding secretary, Francis
Scott: auditors. Mrs. NJ. L. Talbot and
Miss Alice Jenkins.
Delegates to National Meeting.
The delegates and alternates to the
national convention were elected as fol-
lows: Mrs. Lula Francis, Mrs. Gibson
Gardner Mrs. Wesley Stoner, Mrs. Mon
roe Hopkins, Mrs. Keith Forrest, Mrs.
Richard wainwright, Francis Scott and
Mrs. Henry Lockwood. Mrs. Hopkins
and Mrs. Forrest received an equal num-
Der of votes, and the convention left it
to them to determine which should act
as delegate and which should be alter
nate.
The convention placed the association
on record as favoring universal suffrage
for the District as well as a delegate In
Congress when the unfinished business
came before the body. Mrs. Belva Lock-
o. a n
port of the association to the Poindex-
ter resolution, but when the question
came UP last night Mrs. Lockwood with
drew her former resolution and introduce
ed another one simply placing tne Or
ganization on record as favoring these
things, but not supporting any particular
resolution.
Asks Suffrage for All.
After much discussion Mrs. C.. w.
McNaughton~ moved the amendment OF
Mrs LockWood's resolution SO as to
place the association on record as
favoring woman suffrage and woman
delegate in Congress. Instantly Mrs.
Lockwood jumped to her feet, saying:
IL would not ask for suffrage at all
unless it included the men" This
brought prolonged applause from the
delegates.
order everything went along smoothly
until the position of corresponding secre-
tary was reached. Nobody seemed to
want the position. Nomination followed
nomination until fully thirty names had
been proposed but in each case the
nominee em,phatically declined to serve,
the excuse being given that the position
required too much time. Then the name
of Francis Scott was placed in nOmlna-
ton When President Etheridge put the
fnr CT in MN .
vote there were dssents. Mr.. Scott,
seeing there might be dissension, with
drew his nomination.
Elect Man as Secretary.
Mrs. Tindall took the floor and ex-
pressed regret that among all of the
delegates to the convention, not one
woman could be found to fill the posi-
ton of corresponding secretary. and she
viewed with chagrin the necessity of
having to call man into the position.
During a lengthy debate Mr.. Scott de-
clared that, while he had been an ardent
supporter of the woman suffrage Dropa-
ganda, he did not care TO cause diSSen-
sion in the ranks. However, upon cries
of the question" the matter was put
put to a viva voce vote. and Mr.. Scott
was declared elected. There was only
one vote against him.
Another snag was struck when the cleo
ton of delegates and alternates came
along. After the votes had been collected
the tellers experience dtrouble in counting
them, and the suggestion was made that
the whole matter should be turned over to
the tellers for later action. They declared
it probably would take all night to count
the votes. President Etheridge said there
should be no difficulty.
The votes are there; the election is
not illegal, as has been charged. They
must be counted and reported tonight
Long Count by Tellers.
The tellers accepted the order and lock-
ed themselves in room. where they re-
manned for more than three-quarters of
an hour, while the delegates gradually
deserted the hall, leaving not more than
ten out of the approximate sixty who had
come to the convention. Shortly before
midnight they reappeared, announced
their vote and the convention adjourned
just at midnight
During the evening several minor
changes in the constitution were approved
and the reports of the secretary and
treasurer were read.
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