Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-03
WOMEN BALLOT FOR
STATE PRESIDENT
Polls Open for Two Hours
at Convention of
Clubs.
MRS. WARREN'S ADDRESS
CALLED A MASTERPIECE
Delegates and Guests Given Re-
ception by Atlantic City
Organization.


Following conference OF club
presidents the second days session
of the New Jersey State Federation
was opened this morning on the steel
pier. Mrs. Howard Crosby Warren
presiding. The usual excitement at
tendant upon voting for a new presi
dent was manifested and groups of
women were seen just outside the
rooms where the ballots were cast
eagerly specializing on the outcome
The official ballot read alpha
betically. and Mrs. George D. Cheno-
weth's name preceded that of Mrs.
William Tropes, the two presidential
candidates. The polls opened at 0
o'clock and voting continued until IL
o'clock The election tellers were
Mrs. e. T. Gill. Mrs. A H. Reeves,
Mrs. Franklin Rouse, Mrs. Trueman
H. Clayton, Mrs. Amsel Smith, Mrs
F. H. Hobbs. Mrs. r. c. Maxwell.
Mrs. d. Little. Miss Isabella Hude-
mott, Miss A. Earmstrong, Mrs.
Thomas Soul. Mrs. Charles Kydd,
Mrs. William G. Moore. Mrs. William
Waters. Mrs. William A. Kirk.
A reception was rendered the OH
GERS, delegates and guests last night
at the Hotel Chalfonte by the Cres-
cendo Club, Mothers Club and Wom-
ems Research Club, OF Atlantic City.
A musical program was given by
members of the Crescendo Club. In
the receiving line were the officers of
the federation.
The morning session was occupied
with department reports. Mrs. Will
lam B. Williams, of Michigan, treas
urer of the General Federation Of
Womens Clubs. was guest and
brought greetings from the General
Federation.
II am here as your good mother,
she declared. II think the address
given by your retiring president was
the best address by club president /
have ever heard. 1t has been sug-
eested that the name of the General
Federation be changed to that Of Ma
tional Federation You, as club mem
bers, will get out of federation just
what you put into it,
Favor Revising Constitution.
The committee on revision of the
constitution favors a plan to abolish
ten district vice. presidents and have
four sectional presidents. The
club women do not favor having the
members of the board on this list, but
Mrs Warren, the retiring president,
contends that the members of the
board are the connecting link between
the officers and the clubs. The club
women are willing, however, to have
{~-x~ <.f thn Aav ri a Mt
withdraw from the board.
Mrs. William T. Ropes. of Mont
clair, chairman of the endowment
fund, reported that the total amount
to date is $2.03S.67. The amount of
the collection taken at yesterday s
session amounted to $90.6S.
Among the guests were Mrs. Har-
vey L. Keefe, recording secretary of
the general federation; Mrs. Nc
Mahon, of Utah; Mrs. Harper, of Sc
attic, direction of the General FEEDER
alton of Women's Clubs. and Mrs.
Blankenburg, wife of the mayor of
Philadelphia.
A letter has been received by the
I federation asking that the next bien-
NAL be held in Nome, Alaska.
Speakers before the federation. yes
terday declared that as long as red
light districts seem to be a fixture
the women should be appointed te
supervise them. They also advocated
the formation of State and federal
vice commissions, big boost in the
wages of the working girl and the
fiogging of the men who encourage
or maintain vicious resorts.
1.-THE life of vice is recruiting $1,000
girls annually" asserted Mrs. q. S
Williams, of Farmingdale. "Increas.
ing the wages of the working girl is
one of the solutions, but no girl bac
on So a week will be good on $12 o
week. Virtue should not hang or
such a slender thread that it can be
adjusted between these prices.
"A few years ago in New York city
there were 100000 cases of social dis
eases-one in every five and 1900
blind babies were born. Seventy per
cent of certain rapidly increasing
physical troubles are caused by oper-
atoms resulting from the social evil
All male attendants at the session
yesterday afternoon were requested to
leave by Mrs. Williams prior to the
address by Mrs. Caroline B. Alex
ander. of Hoboken. on 1.-THE White
Slave Traffic. the ruling including
reporters and the messenger boys.
Among those excluded was Richard
Stevens, probation officer of Hudson
County, brother of the speaker.
Mrs. Alexander reviewed the various
efforts being made to lessen the evils
of white slave traffic and said:
I'VE are facing causes which here
tofore society has not been able to