The Washington times., 1914-11-12
INSURGENTS WOULD
UNSEAT DR.. SHAW
Suffragist Convention Facing
Struggle Aroused by Meth
DDS of Seeking Franchise.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. Nov. 12.-tnsurg-
| ency has developed in the National
American Womens Suffrage Associa-
| ton with the attempt to unseat DR..
! Anna Howard Shaw as president, an
office she has filed since 1904. The
, convention is meeting here Tor SIX
days
DR.. Shaw fatty refused to accept the
| office of president-emeritus to make
| way for Mrs. Desha Breckinridge, OF
Lexington, KY, the candidate OF the
Southern contingent.
The insurgents are well organized, and
have put forward the following slate,
subject to revision:
Mrs. Breckinridge, president; Miss
Katherine B. Davis, New York, ana
Mrs William Kent, California, vice
| presidents; Mrs. Stanley Mccormick,
, Chicago. treasurer; Miss Anna Martin.
Nevada, corresponding secretary; Dr.
| Amelia Keller, Indiana, recording sec
retary; Mrs. Grace Thompson Seton,
Connecticut, and Mrs. Nellie Somer-
selection for first vice president was
| made. Miss Grace Wilbur Trout, Chi
cago, is being importuned to take that
office, although she is a candidate for
| the Presidency.
Behind the attempt TO unseat DR..
A
two suffrage amendments now before
Congress.
DR.. Anna Shaw and the admins
ration," favor the Shafroth amend
ment, submitted to Congress by the
Colorado Senator and providing that
the question of ballots for women be
submitted to each State by initiative
petition.
The Congressional Union. the young
er school Of suffragists, favor the
Bristow-Mondell amendment. also
known as the Susan B. Anthony
amendment, providing votes for wom-
en- by amendment of the Federal Con-
stitution. The union holds that the
Shafroth amendment is complicated
and unnecessary.
ment are depending for success large
ly upon the attitude of the women Of
the South. They are said to be
strongly against submitting the ques-
tion of their right to vote to the
negroes, as the Bristow -Monden pro-
posal would entail.
The administration forces desire to
maintain the non-partisan character OF
the association at any cost and insist
that success will crown their efforts uI-
timately without such militant political
methods.
A street parade, in which many South
ern society leaders will participate, is
to be one of the features of this years
convention.
The list of speakers includes Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait, international
president: Miss Jane Adams. of Hull
House, Chicago. and first and second
vice presidents of the national associa-
tion: Mrs. Roseka Schimmer. of Buda-
pest, secretary of the International
Woman's Suffrage Alliance: Miss Rose
Schneederman. of the Woman's Trade
Union League, of New York; Miss Zona
Gale. author; Mrs. Medil Mccormick,
chairman Of the Congressional commit
tee of the national association: Miss
Alice Stone Blackwell. Of Boston; Mrs.
Harriet Taylor Upton, of Ohio; Mrs.
Walter McNat Muller, of Missouri; Mrs.
Draper Snutt of Nebraska: Mrs. John
Pyle. Of South Dakota: Miss M. Carey
Thomas, president of Bryn Mawr Col
lege: Mrs. Ernest Thompson-Seton, Con-
necticut: Mrs. Raymond Brown. presi-
dent of the New York State association,
and Mrs. Glendower Evans, Of Boston,
interested in labor reforms.