The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-11-13
MEET
 IN NASHVILLE FOR
 ANNUAL CONVENTION
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nation in the recent general election
 Mrs. Anne H. Martin of Nevada and
 Miss Mary Stewart of Montana, whose
 states voted suffrage for women,
 sounded notes of triumph over the vic tories gained by their sex, while repre- sentatives from Missouri. Ohio, North and South Dakota and Nebraska, in which the vote was against the suf- frage amendment, told of their fight
 and of their hopes for success in the future.
 Mrs. Martin declared that Nevada is the most 'male' state in the union, the 1910 census showing two men to every woman. The suffrage victory, she said,
 indicated that the men had realized their need of women in helping to direct governmental affairs. The suffrage victoryfin Montana was attributed by Miss Stewart to thor ough organization in each county and precinct of the state and to concen- trated, harmonious work by both lead CTS and the rank and file.
 Express Gratitude Following the brief address by the representatives of the campaign states, a resolution signed by the delegates of those states expressing appreciation of the work and accomplishments of
 pr. Anna Howard Shaw was presented to the head of the national organiza- tion. The resolution closed with the statement: Your service, in our esti-
 mation, Is invaluable and cannot be dispensed with, and we desire to ex- press our loyalty and gratitude" This expression was taken to indi- cate that Dr. Shaw likely will have the n the p a efa fpr election to the presidency of the asso- citation.
 The delegates at the session late today evinced great interest in the report of the congressional committee presented by Mrs. Medifl Mccormick of Chicago, chair man, with additional explanations of the committees work by Mrs. Antoinette Funk and Mrs. sherman Booth of Illinois, members of the committee. It was the work of this committee which has been the subject of considerable difference of opinion among members of the National Suffrage association.
 Mrs. Mccormick stated that the con-
 mittee began its work among members of Congress with efforts to obtain pas sage of what the suffragists designate the Susan B. Anthony Federal Amend ment." This was framed by Miss An thony and first introduced in Congress in 1869. 1t provided that no citizen of the UnlteQ SlaleS SnOulQ pc uepflNtu Ol tut elective franchise because of sex. After working among members of Con- gress in the interests of this amendment" said Mrs. Mccormick, land after we had thoroughly canvassed both House and Senate we realized there was no hope for securing its passage or making 1t effective without more pressure behind 1t.
 This amendment, even if 1t were passed by Congress by three-fourths majority,
 would still have to be ratified by 36 states to make it effective.
 Need More Women "We then realized mat we would be obliged to have more women enfranchised by amendments of their state constitu- tions so that they could bring more pres- sure to bear upon their representatives l in Congress. After much deliberation | we considered it would be best in order 1 to ultimately make effective the Susan B. Anthony amendment to bend our energies toward obtaining the passage of the
 Shafroth amendment, which would have I the question of woman suffrage submit l ted to the voters of each state by initia- l tive petition"
 1 Mrs. Funk recited details of the commit | tees work among congressman and as- serted that her experience and her study 1 of the various state constitutions had
 convinced her that the obtaining of wom- an suffrage entirely through the so-callcd states rights plan would be almost im- possible because of the many difficulties
 surrounding the amending of many of the constitutions. And we are not afraid to declare" she said, that the Susan | B. Anthony amendment cannot prevail without additional pressure 10 back 1t up."
 l Records of how various members. of | Congress voted on suffrage and humani- | tarian details were given briefly by Mrs.
 Booth, who had charge of the statistics for the committee.
 l At the request of Mrs. Mccormick the
 delegates refrained from asking questions concerning the committees work during the presentation of the report. At to-
 morrow's session opportunity will be giveu for discussiOn of the report and the meth ods employed by the committee. Predtc- tons were made by . number of the l leaders that this discussion may bring sharply to the fore the issue between | the administration clement and the con-