The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-02-26
FRIENDS OF SUFFRAGE LOSE
Club Women Uphold Decision of Presi-
dent Who Holds That Naming of the
Delegates Is Closed chapter-Mrs.
Cheever Reads Interesting Paper.

Members of the Woman's Club of
Kenosha, credited with being favorable
to equal suffrage, fought losing bat
tie on the floor Of the regular club SEES
sion on Wednesday afternoon when by
a vote of more than three to one the
members Of the club refused to reopen
the question of the election of dele
gates to represent the Kenosha club at
the coming biennial convention.
The action Of the club was com
plete victory for the members who
have been placed in the anti-suffrage
column. The fight for the re-opening
OF the question of naming delegates
was led by Miss Harriet Balm, presi-
dent of the Kenosha County Equal Suf-
frage League. At the meeting of the
club held two weeks ago it was an
nounced that in keeping with the pro
visions of the bylaws of the club the
executive board had named as dele
gates Mrs. George H. Eddy, Mrs. A.
II. Lance and Mrs Peter Fisher At
that time Miss Balm declared that the
question of election of delegates should
come before the club as a body for re-
view, but her motion for such action
was ruled out of order ard by mutual
consent it was decided that the matter
would be held open until the meeting
OF the club held on Wednesday
afternoon.
At the meeting yesterday afternoon
Miss Balm again raised her point of
order and made motion that the mat
ter of electing delegates be submitted
to the club. Mrs. L. G. Graves. presi-
dent of the club, promptly ruled the
motion out Of order and declared that
she had consulted attorneys and had
made study of the constitution and
bylaws and that she must rule that
re action of the executive committee
in the naming of delegates was final.
Miss Balm took an appeal from the.
decision Of the chair and in this man
ner the matter came up for a vote.
The decision of the chair was sustain
ed by the overwhelming vote of
81 to 10.
Following the meeting of the club
held two weeks ago it was announced
that Mrs. q. G. Simmons, Mrs. A. H.
Lance, Mrs. James Cavanagh, Mrs. N.
A. Rowe and Miss Marion Virginia AL
len had resigned from the club. No
action was taken on the designations
of these members and it is thought
that with peace restored that the
designations will be withdrawn and
that the well known women who have
been leaders in the club activities will
again resume active relations with the
work Of the organization.
At the meeting on Wednesday there
was a discussion of proposed plan
for making the club more cosmopolitan
by extending the membership. At the
present time under the bylaws of the
club the membership is limited to one
hundred and there are many women on
the waiting list Many of the mem
bers are favorable to an enlarged mem
bership list and final action on the
matter will be taken at the annual
meeting of the club to be held in May.
A most interesting literary program
was arranged for the afternoon by
Mrs. Ella French Allen, the paper be-
ing by Mrs. w. R. Cheever on the sub
ject Kaiser Wilhelm III Mrs.
Cheever gave very charming presen-
tation of the character of the vigorous
Emperor of Germany, bringing out
many interesting facts in connection
with his life and his policies in build
ing up the great German Empire.