The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-02-12

'l have some letters attacking me, put I have never had any intention of in- ] jecting them into the convention un-
 less those ladies who oppose me de- nied on the floor of the convention that they were written. In other words, my attitude was not one of offensive. l When I asked al the first meeting
 of the convention that place be set aside on the programme for commu- 1 nfcations, it was for the purpose of | complying with the request made by
 suffragists of the state who could not
 send delegates, but who had met back 1 home there and had indorsed me. They were the following associations: Good
 water, Meridianville and Cullman. This
 morning, a letter was handed to the
 president enclosing the above referred to inducements, and it was requested
 that they be read to the convention after the election"
 l Worn out by three days of almost con | tinuous session, the delegates are leaving
 Gadsden tonight for their various homes 1 The 1916 convention will go into history | for several facts. It was the greatest gathering for woman suffrage ever held l in Alabama. It was devoted almost ex-
 clusively to business It was the occasion ] of one of the most bitter if not the most
 bitter, struggles ever staged by the as 1 sociation. True, it did not break forth on the surface but this was due largely | to the tact of Mrs. Solon Jacobs, presi- | dent, and to the splendid leadership of
 the two principals in the fight. | A furry came after the reading of the report of the resolutions committee by Mrs. w. l.. Murdoch of Birmingham
 chairman. The first resolution declared
 that the Alabama Equal Suffrage as sociation is a nonsectarian and nonparti- san body and shall be so recorded" Mrs Hundley announced her support of this clause, but asked the privilege of intro- ducing an amendment or another reSOlu- ton to make the section even stronger She was requested to put this in writing and to present it later After confer ence with friends, however, she decided to allow the original resolution to stand RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED Other parts of the resolutions put the association on record as favoring perma- nent peace calling attention to the school board legislation of the last legis- lature and urging the women to partici- pate in such elections, protesting against
 the inequality of wages between men and women, declaring for the national suffrage amendment, commenting Mrs Jacobs for her service as president thanking Brewton and Mobile for invita- tions for the 1917 convention, and ex- pressing gratitude to organizations and citizens of Gadsden, the press and all others who assisted in making the con- vention success. An amendment by Mrs. Milton Humes of Huntsville, was adopted, recognizing the fine record of Mrs. Hundley as vice president and leg isla tive leader.
 Miss Amelia Worthington, for the press committee, gave a report on the standing as to suffrage of the various Alabama newspapers
 Adjournment was taken at 80 o'clock for lunch.
 After lunch, the report of the presi- dent was read. Mrs. Jacobs was made the recipient of several handsome bouquets from adniring friends.
 The conference on methods then was conducted.
 Following announcement of committee