Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-04
PLANS ARE DISCUSSED
FOR BIG SUFFRAGE MEET
Monster Demonstration to Be Held
Latter Part of Present
Month.
Mrs. Mccormick Tells of Suffragists'
Plans for Obtaining Franchise.
Predictions Made by Mrs. Funk.

| Plans for the greatest suffrasist dem
onstration ever held in the District OF
Columbia were discussed at meeting OF
sunragfsts last night at 1906 G street
northwest. following addresses by Mrs
Medill Mccormick. chairman of the con-
gressional committee of the National
American Woman Suffrage Association,
and Mrs Antoinette Funk of Chicago
This demonstration is to be in the form
| of monster mass meeting and is ex-
pected to be held during the latter par,
of this month. \ committee CONSISTING
OF the presidents of the various suffrage
societies of the District of Columbia
with Mrs. Nina E. Allender, president of
the District of Columbia Woman Suffrage
ASSOCIATION. as chairman, was appointed
10 arrange for the meeting. Mrs. Funk,
who is to remain in Washington for sew
erai weeks, is to assist the committee in
arranging for the meeting.
Tells of Plans.
In her address last night Mrs. Nc
Cormick told Of plans being formulated
for work for an amendment to the Com
stltut1on. She stated it is planned to
have each suffrage organization in the
various states elect delegate to the
congressional committee, and also that
meetings be held by the various bodies
IN order to obtain information of in
lerest to the cause. She said ii is plan
r r mat the record of each member of
congress and everything about them
OF interest to woman suffrage is TO be
procured. 40 " NC
IT Is not only the purpose of the or
saulzatlon 70 obtain suffrage bill, but
II Is something bigger. Women should
nave political instruction and civic in
slrucuon SO that they can vote intelu-
gently, said Mrs. Mccormick. ..E;duca-
tlonai meetings should be held in Wash
ington and the addresses should be not
only on suffrage but on the big uues-
lions Of the day
livery one is interested in the in
come TAX, currency and many other sub
Jects now before Congress, and all of
.nese questions ought to be placed before
tne women to let them know what they
all mean. We want to know the condi-
tiohS aHecting the women and children of
TINS country as well as the men, and we
must must discuss the activities of organiza-
tons along those lines
Progress in Illinois.
Mrs. Mccormick told Of the work of
organization done by the women of Hi
nois and also of the defeat of several
men through suffrage votes, who, the
women believed. were not fit to serve In
the positions they sought
Il believe that within the next ton
years, and that is a conservative esti-
mate, We will have a constitutional
amendment" said Mrs Funk. Inside
OF nve years l believe there will be at
least ten more states in which women
can vote
Mrs. Funk also spoke of the work of
the sufragists in Illinois and declared
that the passage of the suffrage bill in
the Illinois legislature was the biggest
surprise that has ever occurred in that
STATE. She declared that up to tie time
the votes were taken big politicians
laughed and joked with the women about
the Dill. When our forces got busy in
the legislature and the votes We're about
to be cast she declared, in some
instances efforts were made to drag our
supporters off the floor, and an effort
was also made to adjourn, but thanks
to the chairman, the vote was cast and
women won the right to cast their ballot
in the state of Illinois"
Following the addresses there was in
formal discussion on the subject. A
buffet luncheon was served following the
meeting,