Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-30
Woman Suffragists' Associa-
ton Puts Ban on Senators
and Representatives.
TO OPPOSE REELECTION
OF NINE IN EACH HOUSE
Appeal Made to the Organization
for Concentration of Effort
Against Men Designated.

CHICAGO, August 29-Nine United
States senators and nine representa-
tives whose opposition to woman suf-
frage is so powerful as to constitute
the greatest obstacle to federal legis-
lation that the women have to face"
are named in a statement issued here
today by the National American Suf-
frage Association.
The statement is termed blacklist
by its authors. 1t was written by Dr.
Anna Howard Shaw, president of the
association, and Mrs. Medill McCor-
mick, chairman of the congressional
committee. and appeals to all suffrage
organizations to concentrate their In
nueuos to defeat for reelection the
men named.
The nine senators whose defeat the
women urge are Brandegee of Connec-
ticut, Clarke of Arkansas, D1lHngham
of Vermont Fletcher of Florida, Gore
of Oklahoma. Root of New York.
Shively of Indiana, Smith of Maryland
and Lodge of Massachusetts
The members of the House of Repre-
sentatives named are Underwood of
Alabama, Mann of Illinois, Fitzgerald
of New York, Page of North Carolina,
Galloway of Texas, Garner of Texas,
Garrett of Tennessee, Hay of Virginia
and Sisson of Mississippi.
First Use of Blacklist.
This is believed to be the first time
in the history of the woman suffrage
movement that women have resorted to
a blacklist of those opposed to them"
reads the announcement. The congress
sional committee has spent year in
lobbying for the passage of national
Hesitation which would bring woman
suffrage throughout the United States
We have polled both houses of Con-
gress repeatedly, and we know now
every member stands. we nave gone
further than that in the lower house,
where it was possible to obtain, in adj
dition, actual records of members upon
humanitarian measures in which
women of the country are interested;
"Au of this data will be placed at the
disposal of women in the various states.
who are at liberty to use it as they
see fit. The women Of every congress
sional district will be supplied with
the record of how their congressman
voted on the question of an open eau
Gus. upon the various bills establishing
and strengthening the childrens bu-
reau and upon the bill to wipe out
Aphossy Jaw from the manufacture of
'In the meantime we feel it is in
Eumbent on US to name the nine MEM
bers Of the Senate and the nine mem
bers Of the lower house whose oppo-
sitioa to woman suffrage is SO power
full persistent and adroit as to consti-
tute the greatest obstacle to federal
legislation which the women have to
taco.
Senators Bulwark of Opposition.
we regard the nine senators named
rs the bulwark of the opposition. All
of them retire in 1915 except Senator
Lodge, whose term expires in 1917.
The latter is so determined in his op
position that We commend his case to
the women Of Massachusetts, who have
two years in which to organize against
him.
In the lower house we have had to
contend not only with the powerful re-
sistance Of Representative Underwood
ard his lieutenant, Fitzgerald of New
York, but we have had to contend with
the adroit opposition of the minority
: leader, James r. Mann of Illinois. The
latter, in his appeal to the woman vot-
ers of the second district, has made
it plain he intends to capitalize his
reputation as author of the white slave
act We believe the women will be
shall issue soon. dealing candidly with
Mr.. Mann's record on this and other
special legislation"
Besides the signatures of DIR. Shaw
and Mrs Mccormick the statement is
signed by Mrs. Antoinette Funk and
Mrs. Sherman NJ. Booth of Chicago,
Mrs. Helen Gardener of Washington,
Mrs. Mary c. Bradford Of Denver, Mrs
. Desha Breckenridge of Lexington. KY;
Mrs. John Tucker of San Francisco and
Mrs. Edward Drier of Brooklyn
Suffragists in Council.
NEWPORT, R. l.. August 29-The
first po--.,ra1 conference of the ad-
visory council of the Congressional
Union for Woman Suffrage opened to-
day with a luncheon at which Mrs
Lawrence Lewis. jr.. of Philadelphia
was the toastmistress. In the after
noon there was meeting at the sum-
mer home of Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont
A report of the years work was
made by Miss Alice Haul of New Jer-
sey. chairman of the Congressional
Union The suffrage measures now
before Congress were discussed by
Mrs. Donald r. Hooker of Baltimore,
president of the Just Government
League of Maryland. A reception was
given in the evening by Bishop and
Mrs. Darlington of Pennsylvania and
Mrs Belmont