The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-12-17
Mrs. Jacobs Among Those Speaking Before Judiciary
 Committee Yesterday
BOTH SIDES HEARD
 BY HOUSE LEADERS
Congressional Union Asked to Ex- plain Opposition to Democratic Congressmen Who Favored
 Their Cause
nx Mns. srpxrY NJ. JULIAN

Washington, December 16.-(Special) Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt. having been released as state president of the New York Equal Suffrage association. will, in all probability, be elected tomorrow president of the National American Woman's Suffrage association. Mrs. Pattie Ruffner Jacobs of Alabama, is a candi- date on the Catt ticket for second audi tor.
 The suffragists who appeared in com- mittee before the Senate suffrage com mittee yesterday were accorded a hear ing today by the House judiciary com mittee.s That hearing was not without incident. Mrs. Catt of New York was a sked by MT. Chandler of New York how she would vote were she congressman representing q state which had formally declared against woman suffrage. Mrs. Catt replied that in that event she would vote according to the dictates of her conscienae, and not according to the dic- ates of her constituents.
 Mrs. Jacobs, in the course of her ad- dress, was interrupted by Chairman Webb.
 ''If you can get the support for suffrage from your home states, why have you been coming here for 10 years worrying us?' ne asked.
 Mrs. Jacobs replied that she had not been coming 10 Congress for 10 years, and thatsshe did not know she was worrying him.
 The Alabama woman was later inter- rupted by MT. Whaley of South Carolina, who took exceptions to remark of Mrs Jacobs touching on the hours through which women iii South Carolina are re- qured to labor. The records were de- handed, however, and the contention of Mrs. Jacobs was sustained by fact
 DIR. SHAW'S ADDRESS
 Vita a thrill of pleasure and excite ment a feeling of deep interest the forty- seventh annual convention heard the opening address of the President, Dr. Shaw, who said in part:
 This is the eleventh time in my P years of presidency I have had the honor of greeting the convention, for since 1888 i have faced ttis assembly. I count on hand few faces left from the 1888 con- vention; the hall is filled now with new women. l hope no other president will ever feel as I did the first time I was elected. I consented after an urgent ap. peal of Susan B. Anthony, but having been preceded by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt I was not reluctant at the amount of labor. but conscious that I could not fill the position as well. Each year I realize the growth of the movement. History has been made by the splendid organization, splendid progress, splendid attitude cf the public mind.
 I rejoice iG the new faces but still the warmest srot in my heart is when my eyes reach one of the old
 All hai, to the new, and thank God for the loyalty and devotion of the old
 "Old men and women for counsel ard new ones for servce-together they sinai Win not only the goal in our own state but victory in every other'
 The Alabama delegation was one of the largest from the south, containing Ib members. The following were seated :: Mrs. H. II. Shell, Mrs. Ormond of Tu. caloosa, Mrs. Julian Parke of Selma. Mrs Angus Taylor, Mrs. James Rowron. Mrs l.. l.ehmsnn, Mrs. Sidney NJ Ullml Il. Mrs. Jack Justice, Mrs. Oscar Hundle, Mrs. Mary Bcshnitz, Mrs. Kilgore, Miss WcrthinSton of Birmingham, Mrs. Felix Baldridge of Huntsville and on~ male delegate, Mir. Jack Justice of Birming- ham.