The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-02
CONGRESSIONAL
UNION FORGING
FIGHT FOR VOTE
Twelve State Conventions Al
ready Organized by the
L Equal SufHaqists.

WASHINGTON. d. c.. May with
Is eiye state Conventions already or
SanIzed. me Congressional Union for
Woman Suffrage. advocating the sub
IA Ssfoa CT the Susan B. Anthony
amendment. which provides tnat -tie
ri.n. o. citizens OF the United States
70 vote shall not be denied or a5rlds-
ed D. the Cnitsd States. or By any
state IN account q SEX" Is mzatng
substantial progress IN ito bsekiTe
caa.ps.sE. Within cew weeks the
the people IN the voting precincts 81
TIE United States N favor OF Ia
ticnal amendment will be carried 10
every state N the union
The activities % ;he congressional
union are attracting the attention OF
oI-t:caI leaders OF tae Democrats
and Republican parties The fact mat
Miss Alice Pail. chairman Of the eS-
eea-!ye cor a,itfse .. the Congresston-
q: union. ard her associate workers
collected and expended $1,000 lost
year n their campaign for the fed
eraI amendment mas brought poi;t1c-
iaas 10 reaIiz thar the efforts o. the
women will eventually amount 10
something.
Miss Pau! boasts that her organiza-
tor helped 70 defeat t~enty-three
candidates for congress in the 1911
election. she row declares that her
organization viii make war on those
wI,o oppose The Susan B. Anthony
amendment IN congress. with the hope
o. =e-tiaE favorable voteS on that
proposition.
she has ample funds. 70 carry he;-
campaign into eye-y congressional
district IN the United States. and sac
has force OF earnest. determined
and capable women stump speakers
WHO are ready TO speak from ererE
street corner and every cross roads
store
/, begins 70 look now as II the Con
Sressfonai Union would absorb the
more conservative nationai associa-
ton. OF which DR. Anna Howard shaw
: president.
Miss paul. a chairman OF the eN-
ecUtive committee has Just issued
report covering the nigh points OF fae
1873 and 1919 Campo Lsrs Tor led
erai amendment.
The frst practical political work
n recent times al the ua3onal capt-
jaI. said Mss Pau, began or jan
..iz;. when Inc now familiar head
qtariers al I43a + street we've es-
Ia
basement once VAS historic event
II u.arAed q new stage n the suffrage
movement
-.Tne total work % the year 1913
Invoked an expenditure OF over so,
Ut,s All OF tnIs Was raised BY the
Washington headquarters Ine M
r!onaI association ana It's censre-sion-
al committee ing iie =ea- 1871
had spent oaly 80 on WORK for TIE
Isderai amendment Nothing could
sao~ mere conc!Istse!y the increased
S.gor or the aslta;-ox lor IiIe amen
nelI curing iSi3.
EsTcndS work in 1911
The work OF me GEAR 1914 covered
.r,t:;-1 vaSter scale than that o. the
vear 1918" said Mss paul. In 1913
II mad been confined almost exclusive
IL 20 y ashin2ton. Euring The second
year. however. me two pr4ncs2at
aca. enea:s- organization or tae
nat:oa vide demonstration on oeEa-i
o. tas national ans lGEer- and the
autumn election cam patsn n nine
sunrase states-extenosG the worn
TOR ;ae national Amendment 20 tue re-
u1osesf sections CT the COUNTY
.-rne political progress Of he year
Included rne 1lsa.1g o Suffrage o.
SESa national importance t.-aS- TOT thS
arsf ttase II history, : received the
consideration CT congressional Gil
Gus OF one OF the Two great national
par,ies. the reporting OF lie suffrage
amendment from the Judiciary CON-
Ir.ttec Il me house OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tor TIE hlsJ time s-ace 1886, tae OBJ
sininz u 8 more extended ana Seri-
Gus discussion OF Ihe amendment n
congress than VAS Afforded 4 in the
preceG&g year. the securing OF vote
in me senate for the first time since
1857 and rhe securing OF a yo;. in
the house OF representatives Tor The
nrss time n history