The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-11-29
TWO IMPORTANT MATTERS
To Come Before the National American
Woman Suffrage Association.

Washington, d. c., Nov. 29--Financial
affairs of the National American Woman
Suffrage association form the chief top
ic of discussion at the 45th annual con-
venton of the association which began
here to-day in connection with the ses-
sions of the National College Woman's
Suffrage association and the suffrage
school to be conducted by the Congress
sional union.
The associations financial affairs will
be brought formally to the attention of
the convention on Tuesday, when a COM
mittee will present an amendment to the
constitution to provide an additional
tax upon the budgets of the constituent
organizations. The members of these
organizations already are taxed 10 cents
annually for the support of the national
body.
Most of the 500 accredited delegates
to the convention have arrived. Many
alternates are mere to attend. 1t is esti-
mated more than 1000 accredited dele
gates and alternates will attend the ses-
sions.
The formal meetings of the convention
will not begin until Monday. Addresses
of welcome and the responses are to be
followed by a celebration of the suffrage
victory in Illinois. Then will come an
address on the federal suffrage amend
ment and the annual address of the as
sociation's president, DIR. Anna Howard
Shaw.
The first real business session begins
Tuesday morning with the presentation
of the report of the committee that
framed the financial amendment to the
associations constitution. Already there
have been expressed variety of opin-
ions on the advisability of adopting the
amendment, especially among the mem
bership of the larger state organizations
and the great independent bodies which
only within the last year or two finally
became affiliated with the national as
sociation.
The independent bodies contend that
as they are large and collect large sums
for the advancement of the suffrage
cause their tax for the support Of the
national body viii be out of proportion.
On the other hand the national officers
contend that the new financial scheme
is made necessary if the national body
is to push forward the campaign for
universal suffrage in this country. They
declare that the 10 cents a member tax
is not commensurate with the dignity
of the national body nor the cause that
it represents.
The independent bodies are powerful,
but according to the national officers,
their activities heretofore have been di-
rected toward advancing the cause in
their respective localities. One of these
is the Congressional union of Washing
ton, organized for the advancement OF
the federal constitutional amendment
through Congress. Another is the Wom-
ans Political union of New York. Both
have large budgets and under the pro-
posed new fiscal plan they would be
taxed heavily to support the national or
ganization.
Another subject to be fought out on
the floor of the convention will be the
removal of the national headquar rters
from New York to Washington. That
question, however, is one that arises at
each annual convention and therefore
will not commend the attention given to
the finance amendment. Washington
suffragists are planning campaign to
regain the headquarters.