The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-06-06
Looms Up Large as Question to
Come Before the General Fed
GRAFTON Of Women's Clubs
Next Week
NO PREDICTION ON
PROBABLE ACTION
Advocates Of the Franchise Hest
tate to Make Fight in Conven-
lion but Hopeful Of Pass.
ing Resolution
By United Press.

NY United Press.
Chicago, June G.-Iooming high
above all other questions like to con.
front the General Federation OF Wo.
mems clubs convention here mex,
week is that OF woman suffrage. #
was a question that was worrying both
national and state leaders OF the SUI.
frage movement here today Whether
the federation-adm the fore.
most body Of representative women in
The country today-would come out
ilatly in favor of the universal fran
chise, or continue to sidestep the
proposition, was matter OF grave
speculation Neither prominent suf-
fragists nor delegates to the fedora
tons meetings would venture a pre-
dlction as to the probable action that
would be taken by the national asso.
ciation OF wonIen's clubs.
Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout psesident
Of the Illinois Equal Suffrage associa-
ton. was hopeful. She declared that
II the time seemed propltious.p an ef.
fort would be made to have a resoIu.
ton favoring woman suffrage present.
sd to the federation.
We are anxious. said Mrs Trout.
that such a body or representative
aud influential women endorse uniyer-
sal suffrage But we do not intend to
fight through resolution, or indulge
IN any tactics that viii create auimos-
ity r. the movement Unless circum-
stand and the time seems proplt.
ious when the federations convention
gets under way. we shall make no at
tempt to have the convention 10 20
on record Rather, we prefer to con
tinue our campaign OF education. But
! must say that we are hopeful"
Miss Jane Adams. head OF the ma.
tional woman suffrage movement In
the absence Of Or Anna Howard shaw
In Europe. and other national and
state officers Of suffrage associations
here. subscribed 10 the statement Of
Mrs Trout
Al the last conver.sl1n OF the feder,
alton. held Ia San Francisco, and al
the previous meetings, the suffrage
question was never permitted to come
before the delegates According to
local club women. this policy has been
pursued in order to refrain from CO.
ercine the minority.
The federation represents women
Of many races and creeds, said Miss
Arma Clark. an officer Of the Chicago
womsn's club I'VE have anti-suffra-
gists, suffragists, and non-committals
in the organization We are essential.
~ non-pardsan We don't care for
politics. and we do not believe in
coercing the minority
That a strong bid will be made for
action of the votesfor-women PROPOSE
tion Is forecasted In the elaborate ban
quet planned for Sunday night. June
lS. by the Illinois Equal Suffrage as
sociation at the Congress hotel AL
ready one thousand reservations have
been made. and influential delegates
to the federation meeting invited to
attend.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. interna-
tional head of the suffrage movement.
win be the chief speaker at the ban
quet she is also to address the fed
Grafton on The Progress Of the Amer
ican Woman. Other speakers at the
dinner will be: Miss Julia Lathrop,
head OF the chlldren's bureau at Wash
ington; Mrs Harlan Ward Cooley
president OF the Chicago Woman S
club; Mrs. Frederick A. Dew, presi
dent Of the Illinois Federation conven
ton, and Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout