New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-11

ship of the Congressional work in
Washington or the shepherding OF the
Western voters. To-day she took her
plunge with the Westerners.
81 am going out as weeping beg
gar" she said. Those women out IN
Colorado and California don't realize
how much We need them. They nave
the vote and they don't think anythir z
about US. They must be moved 70 PITY
us and help US.
81 am going out there in March to
talk 10 them and beg them TO do den
lite political work TO help the passage
Of the Susan y. Anthony amendment.
They will probably compel their state
legislatures to pass resolutions ca! ing
on Congress to pass our bill, ana ihey
will get similar resolutions passed OS
their state committees.
Hyphenates Lose Ground
ooh, yes, they can get those ,resolu-
tions passed. They have elghty-onS,
electoral votes, and they viii REMIND
the political parties that those eighty
one votes will be rewards OF coca De-
havior in next falls election"
Although there have been muttenings
about a "one-woman organization" the
convention closed its formal sessions
to-day without any visible dissatlsfac-
ton. The administration ctndldates
for the executive committee were
unanimously elected as follows;
Chairman, Miss Alice Paul, and Miss
Lucy Burns, Mrs. o. X. =. belmont
Mrs. John Winters Brannan, Mrs. Gill
son Gardner, Miss Elsie Hill, Mrs. Don
aid Hooker, Mrs. William Kent, Mrs.
Lawrence Lewis and Miss Anne Martin
The doves of peace continue to hover
about the ante-roOms OF the conYeh-
ton. but the imminence OF the Ma
tional's" convention next week, ana inc
continued indifference Of the leaders
Of the two factions make compromise
Efforts less and less promising. The
"hyphenates" will hold another meet
ing tomorrow. however, in last at
tempt TO effect some sort of a recon
Citation. Mrs. Agnes jerks, Of Rhode
Island. is the latest convert 10 the
hvphenated cause. At present the del
eeations of Rhode Island, Connecticut,
Illinois. Minnesota and Wisconsin are
said to be inclined toward a compromise
candidate for the presidency OF the
National. in case DR.. Anna Howard
Shaw persists in refusing TO be presl-
dent again.
Mrs. Trout's Stout Delegates.
Mrs. Laura G.. Fixen and Mrs. Will
lam SEVERN, of Chicago, opened head
quarters to-day TO further the cam
paipn Of Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout OF
Chicago, as Dr. Shaw's successor. The
Trout Special" will arrive Sunday
night with the seventeen delegates OF
Illinois pledged TO their leader.
Only seasoned campaigners were
appointed as delegates, and Washing
ton is 10 be treated 10 some exhibitions
of the fine art of feminine lobbying
which will make the Democratic ad-
ministration prick up its ears.
Mrs. FiXen, TO begin with, weighs
two hundred and forty-three pounds.
Her first move in the campaign was TO
announce that most of the seventeen
we're about her size. If little Mrs.
Anotonette Funk, the Anna Shaw cam
paign manager, Touses the wrath OF
the Illinois delegation, she may find
herself kidnapped some fine day.
Mrs. Funk was very happy to-day in
finding something new TO badger Con-
gress over. 1t seems that bill has
been introduced granting suffrage to
the men of the District Of Columbia.
Nothing was said about women Of the
District The National Suffrage Asso-
citation is going to march up to the
Capitol right away to see that error
is corrected. If it is not e.!
Senator Heeks bewailed the fact last
night that Congress was getting so
"sissifed," what with one deputation
of women and another, that the public
business was being neglected.
If the women have any more excuses
for deputizing the Capitol, the Sena-
tors will have to transact little mat
tiers like tariff and armament by wire
less from some secret retreat.