Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-03
WILL OPPOSE ENEMIES
OF EQUAL SUFFRAGE
Advocates of Votes for Women
Promise Surprise to Members
of Congress.
Organization to Take Active Part in
National Politics-Plans of
Congressional Union.

tormally announcing that efforts will
be made by suffragists to defeat for
election all candidates for the Senate
and House who oppose a constitutional
amendment for votes for women, Mrs
Medill Mccormick. chal-man of the
congressional committee of the Ma
tional American Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation. today made it plain that her
organization intends to make itself felt
politically during the present year
Mrs. Mccormick is to be the principal
speaker tonight at rally of members
of various District suffrage organiza-
tions at the headquarters of the inter-
state suffrage committee. 1906 street
northwest. Mrs. ,Antoinette Funk, who
had much to do with getting the bal
lot for women in Illinois, arrived here
this afternoon to assist Mrs. McCor-
mick, and also will speak at the meet
ing tonight
Mrs. Mccormick is to leave for New
York tomorrow to confer on the political
situation with DR.. Anna Howard Shaw
president of the National American
Woman Suffrage Association, and other
leaders. leaving Mrs Funk in charge here
Mrs. Mccormick will so to Chicago later
to open branch offices of her committee
there. In Chicago she is to be actively
assisted by Miss Nane Adams and
others.
Promise Surprise to Congressman.
Mrs. Mccormick declared today that
members of Congress opposing woman
suffrage will be surprised to find out
soon how thoroughly the votes for
women advocates are organized in
every congressional district. She says
that up to the present the national asso-
citation has done little real work in Wash
lngton. but that it is about to get
actively into national politics.
In order to make clear the connection
between her committee and the Con-
gressional Union for Woman Suffrage
same women. Mrs. Mccormick issued
the following formal statement:
THE congressional committee of the
National Woman's Suffrage Association
next week will begin its preparations
for the 1914 campaign. Through the ex-
listing state organizations the women will
be organized to do effective work in all
of the congressional districts, there to OPP
pose. in primaries and in elections, all
those candidates for Congress who do not
stand for the suffrage amendment to the
The congressional commit
tee believes that women thus will prove
their earnestness and their political ca
pacity.
tional issue. 1t cannot be evaded by poll
ticians or by parties. 1t will have an
important influence on the outcome of
the elections in November next and two
years thereafter.
THE congressional committee and the
Union will maintain friend
ly relations, but there will be no official
between the two organiza-
tons. of which the personnel will be
quite distinct.
IAN suffragists wishing to contribute
their services or to support financially
the federal work of the National Wom-
ans Suffrage Association, will please re-
port to the national headquarters, which
are now open in the Munsey building.
Congressional Union Program.
announced that they also will be more
active this year than ever before. Up
to the present time the union has had
no formal organization, but its policy
is to be determined at a meeting to be
William Kent, at 1925 + street north
west
ST. far there has been no open con-
flict between the new congressional
familiar with recent suffragist history
In Washington predict that the union
will do the more radical work, al
though it's members deny any inten-
ton Of becoming militant.
The members of the union are as yet
undecided regarding exactly what part
they will take In the march of the Just
Government League of Maryland on An
napolis next Tuesday. 1t has been an
nounced that the march will take two
days and the leaders here do not desire
to- spend that much time hiking" A
large delegation of union members, how
ever. will go to Annapolis probably by
train.