The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-17
MRS. GAIT TO LEAD
SUFFRAGISTS IN u. 5.
DR.. Shaw Sees Victory With
New York Woman at
the Helm.
ALL FACTIONS FOR PEACE

WAsHiNGroN. Dec. 1s.-'rhe cleo, ~,
OF Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait as rre,
dent Of the National American wors,
Suffrage Association. to succeed n.
Anna Howard Shaw. was foreshadccsi
in the primary balloting TO-DAY. NJ,
Minna Van Wrinkle OF New .rcrsc, -.
only other candidate. Withdrew befo..
the voting was completed. leaving NJ,
Gait in u%ndisputed possession 81 n,
field.
Other candidates nominated OIL N.
administration ticket at to-day p-,r.-
are: First vice-presidcnt. Mrs. Fran.
NJ. Roessing. Pittsbure Miss Esther q
| Ogden. Elizabeth. y. J. Second VIZ
president. Mrs. Stanley McCormick. Ne,
York Mrs. Nellie y. Somer,i,le. Nis,s.
sippi. Third vice-president. Miss E,,ns,
@. Ogden. New Jersey Miss Kaih,,n.
X. Davis. New York. Corresponding .sr.
rotary, Mrs. Hannah Patterson. Penn
sylvania Mrs. Stanley McCorrnNA. Va,
York. Recording secretary. Mrs. Jaine.
W. Morrison. Chicago. Mrs Susan "
Fitzgerald. Boston. Mrs. Helen n
Greeley. New York. Treasurer. Nj.
Henry Wade Rogers. New Haven. F,r..
auditor. Mrs. Walter McNab Mile. Me-.
souri, Mrs. Burton jerks. Rhode Island
Second auditor. Mrs. Pattie u Jacob.
Alabama Mrs. James W. McCormt,.
Tennessee Miss Maud Younger. "a
fornia.
DR.. Shaw IA the first ballot FOR MIR.
Gait. saying:
'She In the woman whom We all VS.
TO see take up the responsibilities Of IN .
great work"
Work for Harmony.
The two factions represented To- IT,.
National American Woman Suffrage AZ
ISOLATION n the Congressional I'ror
which hitherto have been at odds uyo
the suffrage campaign. decided 10 hi-y
the Ratchet to-day by appointing 4 io,.
committee to smooth out the dlricrlr,,
The Woman Suffrage Association. OBJ.
motion OF Miss Iona Gale OF Visions. %.
approved the plan and appointed Z. ,on
mlttee. II Is expected that the cousres
sional Union will tak a similar course
This action was taken after both a..
tions had appeared before the JUDICIARY
Committee OF the House NJ Independent
organizations. They were opposed 90
the representatives OF the Nat'pui, -.
sociation Opposed TO Woman Sunr,-c
The truce was hailed by both 81.
ganizations as the most sisniicaut even,
or the strenuous days that have pre-.
vailed at the capital since the couvyuins
OF Congress. Proximity ~ tho con.
gressional Union and the National Asso.
citation conventions accentuated the hos.
tile attitude which Officers 80 Tho "a
bodies had taken toward each othe
ny extending the olive branch leaders
Of the National Association hope go
bring about harmony. Upon motion NJ
Mrs. Medill Mccormick. however. 'h4
committee TO report back on the ne.
gotiations.
DIR. shaw speaks.
The case Of the National Asso..lt oa
was presented by DR.. Shaw 10 the Hol..
committee to-day. supported hy VI.
James Lees Laidlaw and Mrs 'Jt' ~
New York, Mrs. Caroline Ruiz Er,. q
Connecticut. Mrs. pattie Jacobs of Ma.
bama and Mrs. Harriet Thompson y
Chicago.
The Congressional Union forces Wee
led by Miss Alice Paul. WHO'S. q"
were Mrs. Ascough OF Connects,
Mrs. Minna Van Wrinkle OF New Ic-.ay.
. VI t"N "a VI vi #A aL
Miss Maud Younger Of California, Mr.
Roach OF Louisiana and Mrs. g. How,
OF Washington.
Representative Whaley Of South Ct,.
lima was aroused 10 make n denial We.
Mrs. Jacobs asserted that he" S'..
had no laws for the protection ~ vH-k.
ing me nothing In the way 81 l,c.
lative chivalry and no waGc o- cc
hour laws for working girl 20
Whaley said fatty that h" dtl no. h'
lieve the statement. Tho assertion "ri
reiterated by Mrs. Todd. former Sfi's
Factory Inspector Of Illinois. D.
Whaley replied emphatically ma ho an
, not believe II.
Representatives Of the Congress or
Union appearing before tho Senate .
day repeated their demands 90" q
stitutional amendment. Mrs. Ja.''
Rector OF Ohio. one Of IN" srott'..
replying to the criticism that poll
would harden women. said "f Nsts
known women who have been t.o
hardened by playing bridge than b
working"
Answering the suffrage arguments 30
anti-suffrage speakers coNtcud''
the majority OF women do 'u' y"
suffrage. hat they prefer ia f'H7'' ~
home and attend household du''"~ '
60 TO the polls. Only = minority "
women are represented 10y 'He s"''
associations. they asserted.
The final election OF the Nt.nf'' A.
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