Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-01
States Rights Appears
at Big Mass Meeting
Y of Woman Suffraqists

! First indications of the inevitable
states rights feature Of the woman suf
frage movement cropped up yesterday
| when, at the mass meeting in the Column
| bia Theater, resolutions calling on Presi-
| dent Wilson to make the proposed con-
stitutional amendment providing for uni
versal suffrage an administration meas
ure, were presented by Helen Ring Rob
inson, woman member OF the Colorado
state senate and delegate to the suf-
frage convention. Mrs. Robinson also
| made an address on women as Legis-
lators."
Mrs. Robinson's resolutions also called
OH the Senate for support for the pro-
posed amendment, and further demanded
| that the House rules committee shall
present a favorable report on the reso-
luton to create q new standing COM
| mittee on woman suffrage in the House.
Immediately at the close Of the reading
| of Mrs. Robinson's resolution a delegate
! from Louisiana interposed an objection
| to the adoption OF tIa resolution collec-
| lively and the meeting. hesdine the OBJ
| lection. demanded that the sections be
put separately. This was done and each
section was adopted to the accompani-
ment of cheers and applause.
| 1t was plainly manifest that the suf-
frage advocates purpose to prevent if
| possible. the injection of the states rights
| idea into the suffrage movement, at least
| so far as regards the gathering in Wash
| ington. though a large number Of the
| delegates declare that the progress made
| by the votes for women advocates in
| the states themselves constitutes an ire
| futable argument In favor of this method
of procedure, as against the idea of a
constitutional amendment providing for
| universal suffrage.
Mr.. Newman Welcomes Delegates.
Yesterday afternoon's mass meetin1
| which was called to order by DR.. Anna
Shaw. president of the National Amer
lean Woman Suffrage Association. opened
with an address by Oliver P. Newman.
president of the board Of commissioners
of the District of Columbia. who web
coined the delegates to Washington. In
his short talk Commissioner Newman de-
clared that In his long experience as a
newspaper man he had never known a
delegation OF women to submit any prop
osition for consideration by lawmaking
body that was not backed by a strong
moral force.
Introducing Mary Anderson. Margaret
Hinchey and Rose Winslow. all woman
industrial workers, DIR. Shaw said: The
right Of the people to a voice in their
own government is the one point to which
We are directing our efforts. We know no
politics. no political parties. We stand
for no class, for no race, but only for a
voice for all the people In their own af-
! fairs
/ Miss Anderson, a member Of the In
! dustrial Workers of the World. told Of her
experience before the Illinois legislature.
and maintained that II the women had
/ had votes. they could have accomplished
much by direct influence.
Miss Hinchey, practical laundry
worker of New York. discussed particu-
larly the 'underpaid and underfed wom-
an Industrial workers. reciting some of
| the trials which they were compelled to
undergo on account OF low wages and bad
working conditions.
/ Miss Winslow ridiculed the establish
ment of working girls homes and similar
| philanthropies She. too. demanded equal
ity of rights, an equal chance for each
girl to accomplish something for herself
i at a living wage-not merely a minimum
wage.
Approaching New Order Of Things.
| In a brief address at the conclusion
of the meeting Miss Jane Adams. settle
ment worker Of Chicago. declared that
the country and the world were ap-
preaching = new order Of things In
politics. Basic changes were about to be
made, she said, and, as In all basic
principles and in all phases of human
life, women were and would be involved
In the changes.
lumbia from footlights to gallery Msten-
ed for nearly three hours to the ad.
dresses and discussions Of various phases
10 ths suffrage cauSe. Su,D<sf0ded above