The Washington herald., 1914-06-15

ROCK OF CAUSE
WILL ruin CLUBS
Federation's Endorsement Of
Suffrage Is Considered
Fatal to Society.
.TT'S A BREAK OF FAITH'
Ants. in Statements. Charge Orsani-
zation with Having Ignored
Its Real Aim.
'.IT'S A BREAK OF FAITH"

The Endorsement by the chicaso bien-
niai convention Of the General Fedora
tion of women's Clubs Of the principle
of political equality of men and women.
places this organization. according to .
statement given out yesterday by the
District anti-suffrage society, In the same
class with other political organisations,
and has relegated Its real purpose, which
Is philanthropy, education. Welfare, and
aplift work. to q secondary place, thereby
defeating the real aim for which the
federation was primarily and exclusively
founded and organized.
"The General Federation Of Mems
Clubs" says the statement, "as the
Congress of the United States might be
termed. embracing as II does members
of every society. club. lodge. and or
ganization, has placed itself on record
as being against woman suffrage In de-
cIaring that the suffrage question be-
longs for determination to the individual
States. thus indorsing the attitude of
those oppnsed to woman suffrage who
claim that the majority of the States
will vote against the suffrage proposition.
Ignored Real Aim.
Politics was accorded the right OF
way on the program of the federation
continues the statement. and the real
purpose for which the association was
organized was ignored. Philanthropy. ed
ucation. welfare and upiift work were
sidetracked to make way for the political
juggerneut The feredation has forfeited
its charter of public confidence by per-
mitting politics to enter Its official DELHI
erations, an action directly opposed to
its principles and specifically prohibited
by its constitution and bylaws. This
disregard OF the fundamental principles
Of the federation demonstrates that the
suffragists attach no value and homer
to the solemn promises and pledges
when they became members of the fed
Grafton. 1t amounts to q breach of faith
Of the worst kind. and IL. as a conse-
quence, break occurs in the ranks
OF the federation resulting in the END
Of its usefulness, the blame belongs to
the suffraE Eists who would sacrifice every
thing in order to gain their selfish aims"
Mrs. DcdKe's Telegram.
Mrs. Arthur NJ. Dodge. president of the
National Association Opposed to Woman
Suffrage. yesterday read q copy Of a
telegram OF protest she had sent to the
federation. at Chicago, which follows:
We hereby express hope that no ac-
ton on the question Of woman suffrage
will be taken by the General Federation
OF women SiuDs Inc mdGnlnceht WOrk
done by women's clubs all over the coun-
try is Of far more importance than the
entrance of women into politics. The
harmony that has so far existed and our
solidarity as women working together for
common good would be jeopardized. as
many thousand women would be an
tagonized by such action" .a-r.
Mrs. Dodge signed as representing anti
suffrage State associations of Connecti-
cut, Delaware, Maryland. Maine, Massa-
chusetts, Michigan. Minnesota. Montana.
Nebraska. Nevada. New Hampshire. New
Jersey. New York. North Dakota, Ohio
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island. Vermont.
Virginia, District of Columbia, and Wis
consin.
Mrs. Dodge, who has a national repu-
tation as a worker in women's clubs and
other organizations, added: The ranks
OF anti-suffrage contain many thousands
OF women engaged in the good work be-
ing done today in this country by wom-
ems clubs and organizations. The protest
to the general federation was the ex-
preston Of our earnest conviction that il
would serve no good purpose whatever
to inject politics into philanthropies OF
the kind represented by the general fed
eration."