The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-13
SUFFS GIVE $41,474
FOR CONGRESS FIGHT
Largest Pledge Is $4,000 by
Mrs. Belmont for New
York Delegation.
ANTS CONVENE TO-DAY

N,suiNGroS, Dec. 12.-within fifteen
~ ru,cs a, a mass meeting here to-day
,bs Congressional Union for Woman Suf-
tr,re raised sii.474 10 carry on their
work of organizing women for a n%ationa!
.,mpaign to get the Susan n. Anthony
amendment through the present Con-
sicss
TIE largest individual pledge was that
~ Mrs. q. a. r. Belmont. who gave
$4,000 for the New York delegation.
Minnesota delegates pledged $4,000.
New Jersey $1,000. Rhode Island $1,000,
Ohio $4,000. Pennsylvania $4,000 Dis
,Jct OF Columbia $1,000, other New York
delegates $4,000, California $1,000 and
Connecticut $1,000.
When Individual pledges were called
for Mrs. y Tiffany Dyer of New York
ulsJrcd $1,000, Miss Anna Constable
,'oo. Mrs. Lawrence Lewis 500. Mrs.
lcbn Hay white 500 and Mrs. John
Rogers. Jr, s5o.
several freak pledges were made. be-
= ming with that OF "A New York woman.
vho Csrered $40 TO Save the soul of
Congressman l'latt." because he had said
II, did no, believe In property or educa-
ioual qualification for voters but did
believe ~ a sex qualification,
There were many pledges for children
and husbands and mothers. Then came
Miss Frances Jolliffc with a pledge for
"A husband | hope to get"
Mrs. u. =. Harrison Of Minneapolis
gave SIG for her sixteen grandchildren.
Al II.pV, 1 p.k xy,u,l ~ VIRGINIA Ola IA
, pirdg" FOR a husband | have kept
twcnty-siN years
Miss Janet Richards of Washington.
D. &. ave s. for the husband | es-
capped
mother woman pledged a similar sum
for o husband who escaped me-"
address h. Mrs. Lansing.
Nh. Lansing. wife OF the Secretary
IF ~r,tc. will make the principal speech
before the annual convention of the
National A~ssoriatiou opposed to Woina
Suffrage. which Will open it's first ses-
son at the Shoreham Hotel tomorrow.
Her speech will include the reading OF
a long statement by her father. John w.
Foster. eX-Sccretary of state. setting
forth his reasons against the enfran-
chisement Of women.
The presiding officer OF the convention
nil be Mrs. Arthur NJ Dodge OF New
York. president OF the organization. 1t
Is said that a resolution condemning the
sIfragists for aking up the time OF
congress during "A session which is CON-
t-onted with problems OF unusual ma
ttonal and International import, Will be
adopted. The convention will be at
tended by 100 women delegates repre-
seHting organized anti-suffrage associa-
tons in twenty-five States and the Dis
tict OF Columbia.
On Tuesday morning the delegates
will he received by the President at
tie White House office. Tn ants will
thank him for taking the position that
the suffrage question should be settled
by the States individually and should
not be made a matter for Federal action.
Antis VIII Protest.
On Wednesday, " the Republican Ma
tonal Committee gives a hearing to the
sufraglsts, the auti-sufragists Will APP
pear 10 protest against the embodiment
'cf a suffrage plank in the Republican
par'y's platform at the national con-
~nt.on next summer.
The anti-suffragists will appear in the
near future before the House COMMITTEE
On the Judiciary and the senate Com
m't,se on Woman Suffrage to argue
against Federal action regarding the
Acknowledgement of women.
Tire delegates from New York and
NON Jersey are:
New York-Mrs. Arthur NJ. Dodge
Miss Alice IL. Chittenden. Mrs, Johr
Church. Mrs. Arthur Francis, Miss Alice
! NcDougal. Mrs. Fritz Achelis, Mrs
William \. Bartlett, Mrs. X. Il. Lap
ham. Mrs. Charles s. Fairchild. Miss
Florence Hhelt, Mrs. John +. Maynard
M-s Knight rcftcl. Miss FloTepc,
Henry, Miss J. NJ. Brinkley, Mrs. Ever
80 + Wheeler. Mrs. Alfred :. Post
Mrs William :. Carter. Miss Mary q
kibreth, Mrs. Homer Foot, Jr.. Mrs
'ieorge W. Phillips. Mrs. William Bar
lay Parsons, Mrs. James W. Halle
hurst, Miss Charlotte Zoe, Mrs. william
Y smith. Mrs. Donaldson Clark. Mrs
ieorgr he r. Barton, Mrs. Georg,
Douglas Miller and Miss Currar.
New Iersey-Miss Anne Mcllvaine
Mrs. Christian. Mrs, Theodore G. Wood
bury, Miss Ogden. Miss c. w. Stewart
Mss Frances Cropsey, Mrs. o. u. oil