The sun., 1916-11-24
'SUFFS WAKE UP FOR
HOT FIGHT IN 1917
DIR. Shaw Urges Women to
Make Equal Franchise
Livest Issue.
ALBANY SESSION ENDS
Personal Sacrifices Are
Pledged to Win Next
Campaign.
ALBANY SESSION ENDS

ALBANY, N. r, Nov. 23.-Inspired By
precept and example OF their leaders In
q determination to wage their 1917
votes for women campaign with .
visor that will not stop at personal
sacrifices. the delegates Of the New York
state Woman suffrage party ended their
forty-eighth annual convention late to-
day. =
In It's closing hours the convention
accomplished these results:
Reelected the majority Of the present
officers. headed by Mrs. whitehouse.
Changed the onacers' terms from one
to two years.
Decided TO have an informal, con.
ference before the next election. the
gathering probably to b held In
Saratoga Springs next August.
Work AecomplisheA.
Adopted the following resolution on
the high cost Of living: The New
York State Woman Suffrage party. be-
lieving that unenfranchissd persons are
at a great disadvantage. whether pro-
duoers or consumers. does afirm that
until we vote We a expect to arrest
the present deplorable distress known "
tho high cost Of living"
Endorsed resolutions advocating equal
pay for equal work In the Federal civil
service M commanding the establish
ment Of q separate division for women
and girls under the United States De-
partment Of Labor.
Sent d message to Miss Jeanette Ran
kin. congratulating her upon her election
to Congress.
. At the afternoon session Miss May
reported encouraging progress toward
organizing The industrial workers.
Although the business Of the convsn-
ton was ended to-day. many OF the
delegates remained for q meeting
tonight, and still others for iaal ex-
ecutive sessions Of the State COM
mittee Tomorrow The speakers to-
night included DR.. Anna Howard Shaw.
Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw and Mrs.
Raymond Brown. All discussed the re-
cent political campaign and found en-
~couragement in II for the suffrage cause.
stride Forward n 1919.
The year 1916" Mrs. Shaw said,
has marked = great forward stride In
the suffrage movement n the
OAto hA WI AbgkOh NV
clple OF m outrage. has been in.
dorsed by all political parties in the
United States. All have recognized that
II Is a live political issue. and II II now
incumbent upon the voting constituency
OF h suffrage movement. the men and
women within the parties. to see that II
becomes the Invest issue before the coun-
try. This they. and they alone. can dc
II they but realize their obligation no,
| only because they believe in woman SUI.
frage but because their party platforms
Impose 1t upon them.
In the present situation the voteiess
women are comparatively powerleaa
until everywhere the millions Of NOR
who believe in suffrage and have votee
for II In the various States compel theiI
parties to keep II q live issue. And q
we appeal to the men all owe Our ma.
ton who believe In oma suffrage and
to the e~nfranchised women to see tina
the woman suffrage planks In all the
parties are Just as binding upon candi.
dates as are the other planks In the
platforms. Women are helpless to Il
further. This 10 not Q 'woman's cam
paisn; II Is a human campaign.
THE arguments for woman suffrage
should be based not on the issues Q,
N campaign or on woman's use of tn.
ballot. but on the basic law of democ
raey; h a women as human beings hav,
a right to an expression Of their opin
Ions and desires. History is a constan'
evolution Of democracy. In our origina
Constitution h right Of the ballot wa,
given only to the lax paying. Condi
tions have been removed, and now tn,
women Of this age ask that the last con
dillon be removed and hat the wore
citizen replace that Of male"