Evening journal., 1914-08-18
.SUFFRACISTS TO
WAGE CAMPAIGN
Will Oppose Congressional
Candidates Who Are OPP
posed to Their Cause
CONFER AT NEWPORT
TO MAKE THEIR PLANS

III MIAMI IlLlN L LhlNO /
Delaware suffragists are keenly in
terested in the conference to be held !
at Newport, r. l., August 29-SO. TO
discuss ways and means OF defeating
several members of Congress hostile |
TO "votes-for-women" and other mat
ters of interest to members OF the
congressional Union VIII be take up.
II is expected mat several Wilmington
suffragists will attend.
The first political conference pre-
liminary to the entrance Of women in
to a national congressional campaign
will be held az Newport August ~
and go. under the auspices of the Con
gressional Union for Woman Suffrage.
Invitations are being sent out this
week to prominent suffragists from
all over the country to attend the con-
ference as guests Of the Congressional
Union and its Advisory Council. The
Advisory Council includes such wom-
en- as Mrs Glendower Evans. of Bos-
ton; Mrs. william Prendergast. wife
Of the Comptroller Of New York City;
Mrs. Inez Millholand Bossevain. JOS
ephine Preston Peabody MRS. Lionel
| s. Marks). Mrs John Winters, Bren-
nan. Miss Isavinia Dock. Mrs. Flor
ence Kelly. Senator Helen Ring Rob
insOn. Mrs. Earnest Thompson Seton,
Mrs Harvey W Wiley, and others.
The business sessions of tn econ
| ference will be held at Marble House,
the beautiful summer home of Mrs o.
/ n. p. Belmont, a member of the Ex-
/ ecutive Committee Of the Union. and
every phase of the political situation
as II affects the Woman Suffrage
/ question in general, and the prospects
] for the passage Of the Bristow-Mon.
dell resolution providing for a consti-
tutional amendment enfranchising
women. will be discussed in detail.
| The object of the conference is to
complete the arrangements for the
defeat in the coming Congressional
| campaign Of those candidates for
! Congress. whose elimination is con-
sidered necessary to the satisfactory
progress of the national woman suf-
rage movement. A fund of $4,000 Is
to be raised to defray the necessary
campaign expenses of suffrage speak
ers and organizers.
black list of candidates is now
being prepared at the Washington
headquarters Of the Congressional
Union, and will be announced for the
first time at the business session OF
the conference 10 be held on the after
noon Of August 80, at Marble House.
The names will be submitted for dis
cussion and final plans for the inva-
/ lrar &c he rf, al Tsrew 90
those unfortunates thus marked for
political destruction will be definite
ly formulated
This program. Of course, hinges up.
on the action of the present Congress
on the proposed Constitutional
Amendment
"If the suffrage amendment is not
passed during the present session the
Union proposes to attempt the defeat
of certain members of Congress-" is
the final word of its chairman. Miss
Alice Paul, OF Philadelphia "If such
campaign can be carried through
successfully. it will demonstrate in
unmistakable terms to Congress that
the suffrage question is one which
can no longer be trifled with"
The executive committee of the un-
ION, including Miss Alice Paul, Miss
Lucy Burns, Of Brooklyn, vice chair
man, Mrs. Donald R. Hooker. of Bal
timOre, Mrs. Lawrence Lewis, of Phil
adelphia, Mrs. Crystal Eastman Bene-
dict and Mrs. Mary Beard. Of New
York, and others. will meet the mem
hers of the Advisory Council at
luncheon on Saturday, August %, at
the Claiming Parlors. in Newport
Mrs Lawrence Lewis acting as toast
! mistress.
The first business session will be
held on Saturday afternoon al Marble
House. and a reception will be held
in the evening at the Casino in honor
of the members of the Advisory Coun-
ell and guests of the conference.
Bishop Darlington. of Pennsylvania
has contributed the rent Of the Casino
Parlors as his gift to the conference.
Following the business session al
Marble House on Sunday afternoon
the members Of the conference will be
entertained at tea by Mrs. Belmont
and garden party will be given in
their honor at Hilltop" the beautiful
summer home of Mrs. J. X. Sullivan
in the evening, at which addresses
will be made by Mrs Belmont, Mrs
Donald Hooker and others.