New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-11-15
DIR. SHAW WINS in
SUFFRAGE PRIMARY
Only One Vote Against
Her for President OF
National Body.
Bv VERA BOARMAN wHITEHOUsE.


Nashville. Tenn. Nov. 14.-After al
the midnight meetings and the wh-.,
pered conspiracies, DR.. Anna howard
Shaw held her own in the primary cleo
tions to-day. There was only enc vote
cast against her, and that was for Mrs.
Desha Breckenridge, of Kentucky. Mrs.
Breckenridge withdrew.
Miss Jane Adams retires as hrst
vice-president, but there is hope that
she will accept .he place of honorable
president. The candidates who al
most certainly will be elected on Mon
day are as follows:
Mrs. Stanley Mccormick, first vice
president; Mrs. Desha Breckenridge,
second president; DR.. Katharine
B. Davis, third vice-president; Mrs. Or
ten II. Clark, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Susan w. Fitzgerald, recording
secretary; Mrs. Henry Wade Rogers,
treasurer; Mrs. Helen Guthrie Miller,
first auditor, and Mrs. Medlll McCor-
mick, second auditor.
There was a rumor that Mrs. Trouts
delegation of ffty-two from Illinois re-
Trained from voting for president
They as delegation have been openly
in opposition to DR.. Shaw. There are
further rumors which go to show that
women are not as easily controlled po-
litically as men and that some mem
bers Of this delegation rebelled against
their leaders instructions and did not
vote.
A determined anti-suffragist might
see in the conduct Of this primary some
reasons why women should not vote.
The voting was to De done between 3
and 10 n. m. After the opening of the
convention the time had to be extended
to 1880 a. m. The Massachusetts bal
lot was used. Some delegates heard
it referred to as scratch ballot, and
instead OF putting their marks in the
proper place they scratched out the
names of the persons for whom they
wanted to vote.
The interest of the morning session
was centred in the trouble of the rival
Tennessee delegations. This matter
came before the convention for recon-
sderation. IL was finally decided that
10th delegations should pay dues to
ontitle each OF the twenty-five dele
gates TO full vote. The Tennessee
members showed their earnestness in
this debate. One young delegate, Miss
Irwin, of Chattanooga, in defending her
side, did what men, too, have been
known - do in their political conven-
tions. She wept.
In the afternoon session il was moved
by Miss Clay, of Kentucky, that the
convention should Instruct its Con-
gressional committee to investigate
and promote the right Of women to
vote for United States Representatives
and Senators. 1t is held that women
have now this right under the Consti
tuition of the United States. DR.. Shaw
said she had been in favor of this &C
ton for twenty-three years.
The general interest shown here on
all sides in woman suffrage is extraor-
binary. The evening meetings at Ry
mans Auditorium have all been crowd
ed. Even the street meetings which
were held last night and again tonight
attracted enormous crowds. The wom-
en- who spoke from motors were list
ened to with the greatest interest and
respect. This is the first time that
such a radical method of campaigning
has been attempted in the South.