New-York tribune., 1914-11-13
Draped in Yellow, II Re
ceives Delegates with All
Famed Hospitality.
MOVE ON FOOT TO
DEPOSE DIR. SHAW
Leaders Reelection Seems Sure
Despite Illinois and Massa-
chusetts' Tickets.
By vIRA BOARDMAN wHITEHousE.


Nashville, Tenn, Nov. l2.-For the
frst time. convention Of the National
Woman Suffrage Assoc iation is being
held in Southern city. Nashville
shows its appreciation Of this honor,
and the windows of almost every shop
are gayly decorated with yellow flag
shaped votes for women" posters.
The hotel lobbieS, too, are bright
With suffrage colors, and there are
signs Of welcome on every side. Even
the traditional enemies Of woman
suffrage, the saloonkeepers and liquor
dealers, are not here 70 show open
opposition, as Tennessee is prohibi-
tion state. The Nashville morning
paper greeted us with a yellow suf-
rage flag across its front page, and
the first two columns are given, not
to the war, but 70 the women's con-
ycntion.
The State Capitol has been opened
TO the suffragists. and their business
sessions are held there in the Repre-
sentatives' hall. This morning Mayor
Hilary Howse welcomed the delegates
in a speech worthy OF all Southern
traditions of courtesy and hospitality.
At the evening meeting Governor b:
W. Hooper OF Tennessee also extended
to the suffrsgists hearty welcome to
the state.
There is feeling that this is 70 be
a more stirring convention than any
Of its forty-fve annual predecessors.
There is on foot an effort 10 depose
DR.. Anna Shaw from the presidency
of the national association. She has
been president sixteen years. dele
CATION OF forty-four members from
Illinois wishes TO elect their state
president, Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout,
in place of DR.. Shaw. There is also
a discontented delegation from Massa-
chusetts with a ticket OF its own.
A petition has been circulated sug-
costing that DR.. Shaw should be made
president emeritus and a younger
woman elected acting president. Dr.
Shaw refuses 10 resign or accept the
position of what she calls president
demeritus." The leaders OF the lnsur-
gents are extremely active and deter
mined, but at the first word Dr. shaw
spoke this morning there renamed
little doubt of the result OF the eiec-
ton. Her eloquence is indeed IRE
sistible.
A resolution has been almost unani-
mously adopted thanking her for her
unremitting work in the campaign
states throughout the year and for ner
willingness TO stand for reelection
The question of the political tactics
of the national association is next IL
interest.
The national association has re-
affirmed its policy OF non-partisan-
shin. II will not campaign against any
political party because of that party
opposition 70 woman suffrage. Inc
/ poiicv il has been pursuing of black
listing individual members OF Con
/ gress or candidates because or men
attitude on woman suffrage caused the
liyeliest discussion during the after
I noon session. The rival merits OF the
! Shafroth and the Bristow-Mondel !
amendments were also hotly discussed
i All sufrragists know that the Bris-
tow-Mondell amendment seeks to en-
, franchise women by an amendment 70
the United States Constitution and
that the Shafroth amendment seeks TO
have the question Of woman suffrage
submitted TO each state by an initia-
tive petition signed by per cent of
the voters OF that state. To do this
there must also be g1 amendment TO
the United States Constitution. Ihere
was much discussion.
Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, presi-
dent of the Women's Political Union
of New York, declared that the po!iti-
cal leaders who recommended such an
amendment TO the members OF the
Congressional committee OF the ne
tional association must have done 80
with their tongues in their cheeks in
order TO distract and divert attention
from the main issue.
Mrs. Antoinette Funk, lawyer and
a member of the Congressional com
mittee. replied with spirit that such
politicians were not the only persons
with their tongues in their cheeks
since the sufragists themselves
should keep their eye on the main
issue. which was in reality the Bris-
tow-Mondell amendment. She declared
that the quickest way to bring It about
was 10 go first for the Shafroth amend
ment.
The session was finally adjourned
and those questions were made the
order of the day at 1880 o'clock to-