Evening star., 1914-12-09
Women Ask Suffrage.

| A plea for woman suffrage was made
| by Mrs. Antoinette Funk, vice chair
man of the national congressional com
| mittee Of the National American Won
| an Suffrage Association, who asked
| consent to address the chamber for
| five minutes.
THE women of the country insist
that what amounts to the creation of a
| new state must include women among
it's enfranchised citizens" said Mrs
Funk
chairmen in thfrty-one states. and we
are rapidly completing the organiza-
tion in the other states. Each state
chairman has under her a district
| chairman for every congressional dis
trict. These women are in close touch
with our committee, and they will
bring all possible pressure to bear
upon the congressman from their dis
trict to support resolution which
carries with it the enfranchisement of
the women of Washington.
"On the other hand. they will insist
that the women be recognized as full
citizens. with all the rights and priv
ileges Of either sex. They will not be
the new state and leaves the question
of woman suffrage to be settled later"
Mrs. Funk went on to state that in
the next Congress suffrage states
Senate, and that did not represent the
full suffrage strength. as several Of
it's stanchest supporters were from
suffrage states. She pointed out
that the suffragists could easily pre-
vent the passage of a resolution for a
constitutional amendment. which re-
ouires only thirty-three adverse votes
in the Senate for its defeat.
A letter was read from Mrs. Belva
Lockwood. president emeritus of the
District Of Columbia Suffrage Associa-
ton. warning the chamber that unless
the tax-paying women OF the District
are admitted to suffrage as we'll as the
men, the efforts of the organization to
get suffrage will meet with much op-
| position.
| A motion to make the vote on the re-
port unanimous was defeated by one
vote.
To Try Prisoners.
r. L. C. Moncure, chairman of sub
jcommittee Of the committee on law and
legislation, presented a report on the
detention of prisoners at the District
Jail, including a recommendation that
the criminal courts Of the District
should take precedence over those re-
| mer months in order to expedite trials.
and that trials of prisoners held in jail
should take procedure oyer those los r,n re-
| The report also includes recon-
mendation that the Judge of the Juvenile
Court be permitted by law to dispose
| Of all cases where the offenders are
arrangements at the Jail and court
house be such that FIRST offenders" be
separated from the hardened criminals.
utilities, which he asked the chamber
| Copies of the report are to be pre-
sented by a committee to the judges
Of the Supreme Court of the District
and to the United States district attor-
| ney.
committee. presented report favor
ing the private ownership of public
utilities. which he asked the chamber
| to indorse. This action was taken, but
on the motion of former Senator
| Marion Butler the chamber voted to
reconsider, and 1t was decided the re-
port should lie over until the next
meeting before fnal action on it is
taken.
| Benefit Assessments.
Charles W. Clagett. chairman of a
special committee. presented a report
on the alleged unfair methods Of as
sessing benefits for street and alley
improvements, which was adopted. The
report urges that the code Of law for