The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-18
EXPECT VOTE
ON SUFFRAGE
BY JULY IS
Women Are Very Much En-
Couraged by Outlook in Their
Struggle for Ballot.
az AIlce L. Nrooue.l


WASHINGTON, D. c., June IS-
Mrs. Antoinette Funk, the able law
yer and member Of the National
Congressional Committee, expresses
herself as being confident that a
vote on the Bristow-Mondell resolu-
ton will be taken before Ju!S Is.
Before that time" says Mrs. Funk,
I'VE shall have presented to the
House and Senate the petitions OF
our May demonstrations and .reso-
lutjons adopted by organizations or
mass meetings, which will show
Congress the strong demand for
equal suffrage that comes from all
parts of the country"
/ One OF the most unexpected, and
therefore most encouraging signs OF
the times is the great interest in suf-
frage manifested by the women OF
THE South. Miss Lavinia Engle, OF
Washington, D. c., sent out by the
congressional committee to aid In
the work Of advancing suffrage senti-
ment has met with wonderful sue
cess. Under the supervision of Men
dell Mccormick and with the able as
sista nee Of Mrs. Russell C. Cooley
and other prominent Florida women,
Miss Engle is editing special suf-
fEage edition of THE State" the
most progressive paper of Jackson
vile. Fla.
The magnificent victory won in
Chicago at the General Federation
of Women's Clubs is most pregnant
with meaning. Not only did the An
tbs use every endeavor to prevent a
vote being taken but for all of TWEEN
ty years the constitution itself of
the federation has acted as a bar
against the question being raised, as
all political and religious subjects
tabooed. In voice quivering with
emotion Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait
explained that there was now no
need for discussion for 1.-The women
of the world are waiting for our ac-
ton today"
Mrs. q. G. Dennison, OF California,
had the honor of presenting the res
olution endorsing the enfranchise-
ment of women which was adopted
without discussion. The viva voce
vote was received with tumultous
approval and 1t was an inspiring
sight when with tear dimed eyes
the rejoicing members rose to their
feet and joined in mighty chorus
In singing the Battle Hymn OF the
Republic"
Hardly had the convention passed
the resolution fayoring equal rights
for all citizens than the glad news
was received with enthusiastic ap-
plause that the Illinois state law
granting women the right to. vote
for statutory officers had been up
held by the decision of the supreme
court of the state. Well may all
women rejoice for suffrage is indeed
marching on"
Mrs. Wilson's WifeIy Devotion.
June this year Is excessively warm
and everyone who can leave town is
making all haste to seek pastures
new" The president, however, has
to remain in town to see that Congress
does not shirk the work he has cut out
for it, and with wifely devotion his
better half firmly refuses to leave him.
Quite little gossip has been whis-
pereI about the last week apropoI
Of HRS. Wilson's health, some tales
even making 1t appear that she was
dangerously i'll. However, according
to the highest White House authority
the First Lady in the Land while not
yet herself is not even sick, although
1t is conceded that she has not re-
cuperated as quickly as 1t had been
hoped from the shock Of the operation
necessitated by her fall in the White
House now some four months ago. 1t
is carefully explained that Mrs. Will
son while not yet strong is gaining
every day Mrs. McAdoo runs in every
morning to spend an hour or two with
her mother, and 1t is said most fire.
quently finds her working in her little
rose garden, among the flowers she
loves. 1t is situated in a charming
spot between the office building and
the north terrace, just opposite the
pretty garden of old fashioned flowers
planted by Mrs, Roosevelt almost ten
years ago at the time the additions
were made to the executive mansion.
Every morning in this month Of roses
some of the fairest blossoms from his
wife's rose garden grace the vases on
the Presidents desk and often he Is
seen proudly sporting a homegrown
posy as buttoniere
Mrs. Wilson's brother Professor
Arson, accompanied the president on
his return from the alumni day cele-
bration, and he is now a guest at the
White House las well as Miss Helen
Woodrow Bones.
TH0NeDNO