Evening star., 1915-12-11
AWAITING CHANCES
TO ADVANCE CAUSE
Congressional Union for Wom-
an Suffrage Planning Addi-
tionaI Constructive Work.
WILL ASK TO BE HEARD
FROM FLOOR OF HOUSE
Also Expects Opportunity to Address
Republican National Committee.
Business Practically Ended.

Business Practically Ended.
Three additional pieces OF construct
| i've work remain to be done by the first
annual convention of the Congressional
Union for Woman Suffrage meeting In
this city One is the hearing before
the House judiciary committee, tenta-
lively arranged for Tuesday. The sec
olrd is a. h6ped-for hearing from the
floor of the house of Mrs, Field and
Miss Jolliffe, the envoys from the WON
an voters of the west. The third is a
hearing. if possible, before the repub-
lican national committee, which con-
venes at the Willard Tuesday.
Leaders of the Congressional Union
appeared before the corresponding or
ganization of the democratic party last
Tuesday and bespoke the influence OF
the committeeman with their congress-
men in favor of the federal amendment
for woman suffrage. Similar oppor-
tunity is hoped for at the coming meet
ing of the republicans, and plans are
being laid to obtain the necessary per-
mission from Chairman Hilles on his
arrival here, which is expected tomor-
row.
The routine business of the conven-
tion is practically ended. No morning
session was scheduled today. but the
afternoon was reserved for unfinished
matters and any new business that
might come up. Committees and de-
partments of the union generally have
cleared their states and the delegates
and suffrage workers now await the
two remaining climaXes OF the conVen-
ton week, the mass meeting tomorrow
afternoon in the Belasco Theater and
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Convention Hall Monday night.
Dinner to Be Given This Evening.
A dinner for the delegates and their
guests at convention Headquarters in
the Cameron House is the feature for
this evening. Miss Zopa Gale of Wis
consin will be toSst:histress and the
speakers will be Mrs. Glendower Evans
of Massachusetts, Frank Walsh OF
Kansas City, Miss Janet Richards OF
the District of Columbia and Mrs. Alice
Duer Miller of New York.
One meeting remains for Monday,
that of the committee of one hundred
on maintenance of national headquar-
ters, and one for Tuesday morning,
that of the national executive commit
tee. With the expected hearing before
the republican national committee the
activities of the convention will end.
Many of the out-of-town delegates are
to stay on in Washington because they
are either delegates to or interested in
the forty-seventh annual convention OF
the older American National Woman
Suffrage Association, the active work
of which begins Tuesday at the Will
lard.
The national executive committee
was reelected yesterday with three
changes. Mrs. Crystal Eastman Bene-
dict of New York. formerly a member
was transferred to serve on the ma
tional advisory council. Miss Anne Mar
tin of Nevada and Mrs. John Winters
Brannan of New York We're added to
the committee. which now consists OF
these two and Miss Alice Paul, New
Jersey, chairman; Miss Lucy Burns
New York. vice chairman; Mrs O. H. p
Belmont. New York: Mrs. ellison Card
ner. District of Columbia; Miss Elsie
Hill, Connecticut; Mrs. Donald r.
Hooker, Maryland. Mrs. William Kent
California, and Mrs. Lawrence Lewis,
Pennsylvania.
Afternoon Session Yesterday.
What union leaders describe as the
first suffrage meeting that ever was de-
voted entirely to practical political pro-
cedure took place at the afternoon session
yesterday.
The success of the work Of the union
in bringing political pressure to bear in
the effort to win the vote for all women
of the nation was the theme of the an
nual report of Miss Alice Paul, chairman
of the executive committee. A striking
illustration of the effectiveness of the
methods of the union, Miss Paul said, was
the fact that four of the five suffrage
resolutions introduced in the House of
Representatives this week were sponsored
by democrats, against whom the Congress
sional Union has been working.
An immediate result of the woman vot-
Fran it, Cav
tember, according to Mrs O. H. p Bel
mont, was President Wilson's action in
publicly declaring himself in favor OF
woman suffrage. and in voting for the
amendment in his home state
Only One Purpose in View.
"The Congressional Union is an or.
sanization which was formed for one
purpose only, TO get the Susan B. An.
thony amendment through Congress-
Miss Paul said. In the course of her
report. which was the principal fea.
ture. TT came into existence not quite
two years ago as an independent or.
ganization. At the beginning of the
Sixty-third Congress there was nc
movement for a national amendment
When we came here there were no Off
GERS. We could find no suffragists who
"SiS III tHlS dHlcuufneHt- l. i He
congressman had not heard OF it."
Miss Paul then pointed to the marked
development OF the work OF pushing
the Susan 3. Anthony amendment.
An announcement, received with ap.
plause, was that plans have been com
pleted for sending out organizers into
every state where the union Is not now
represented A further announcement,
was that Mrs. Harriet Blatch of New
York will Immediately begin work
among the woman voters of the west
which will result, It is assumed, in theii
passing resolutions urging Congress tt
put through without delay the federal
suffrage amendment.
Box holders for the big mass meet.
ing at the Belasco Theater tomorrow
afternoon include many prominent
Washington women. as we'll as womer
OF note from other cities.
| The list includes Mrs. o. H. P. Bel
mont and Mrs. William Colt of New
York. Mrs. Marsden Perry, Newport
Mrs. Sophie G. Meredith, Virginia; Mis-.
Mary Burnham, Pennsylvania: Mrs
Helena Hill Weed. Mrs. Charles Bough
| ton Wood. Mrs. S. b. NJ. Young, Mrs
John B. Henderson. Mrs. A. C. Bartlett
| Mrs. w. d. Ascough of Connecticut
lI-s. Alden II. Potter. Minnesota: Mrs
George Rubles. Mrs. Andreas Ueland
and Mrs. George Hendry Of Detroit.
Mrs. Cherdron to Preside.
Mrs. Margaret Zane Cherdron o
Utah. the only woman who ever cas-
a ballot in an electoral college for
President. will preside. Miss Mabe