New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-09-07
National Convention of
Suffragists Takes Up IN
dOrSement of Party.
REFUSE TO TRADE,
DR.. SHAW DEMANDS
Powerful Enough to Wrest
Victory from Congress,
Speakers Declare.

From sia- Correspondent - TIE T-rurel
Atlantic City, Sept. Six ardent
sufFragists. with a thousand tense
delegates behind them, step By step
Tough; out the question Of the future
/ Of suffrage in the United States here
to-day. The crisis that Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Catt, national president, had
predicted had come
Whether they should continue free
and non-partisan or whether they
should extend their favor 20 the party
that offered them the shortest cut 20
the ballot was the issue over which
they argued And it was not a real
crisis, after all From the first It was
foregone conclusion that the women
Of the National Association, who have
so persistently refused TO trade their
support for votes, would decide upon
non-partisanship
Lets keep right on with the methods
with which We have won every victory
in the past" said DR. Anna Howard
Shaw, revered suffrage pioneer whose
long illness has left her a shadow Of
her former self, but one Of the most
powerful shadows that ever took con-
vention floor.
Mrs. Ida Hustled Harper, Of New
York, and Mrs. Glendower Evans, Of
Massachusetts,, wanted 20 march "the
suffrage forces straight up 70 the Con-
gressional trenches"
1--WE are already powerful enough 90
compel the President Of the United
States to defy the platform or which he
was elected and 10 wrest from a re-
luctant Congress vote in both
houses" said Mrs. Harper.
Pleads for Stand Aloof Policy.
Miss Laura Clay, Of Kentucky, and
Miss Kate Gordon, OF louisiana, plead
ed for a stand-of policy for the Ma
tional Association in the matter Of the
Federal amendment. They declared that
the Anthony amendment was repet-
ton Of the Fifteenth, with the "ofd
"sex" substituted for race, color OF
previous condition of servttude,' ana
declared that nothing but COERCION
would ever make Il possible. Dele
gates from twelve Southern states De-
trayed excitement as the CONDITIONS
there were mentioned.
Mrs. RAYMOND Brown. OF New YORK,
and Miss Florence Allen, Of Ohio, ar
gued for a continuation OF the present
national association policy, comDl-
nation Of state and Federal work.
Delegates from each Of the states
echoed their arguments.
we viii not be PARTISAN said the
women Of Colorado, Oregon, missouri
Alabama. Washington Massachusetts
and a dozen other states in turn.
Non-partisanship was welcomed
hack 70 the association with long ap-
plause And then, when the battle OF
the day seemed ended, II had sud
denly Just begun. Mrs. Carrie Chap
man Gait suggested the following
resolution:
"Tha, the forty-eighth annual con
ver+ion OF the National American
Woman Suffrage Association inter
prets Article II Of the Constitution
which pledges our auXiAaTles 10 ~
/ cure the vote for women By aqpropri-
ate national and state action as mean
ing that the Federal amendment is our
I immediate and principal aim and tnat
/ all state campaigns, whether legis4a-
tive or referendum. are preparatory 20
| this end
Against Binding Endorsement.
Miss Laura Clay was upon her feet
az once. interpreting the resolution 20
mean the endorsement Of the kepuo-
lican principles, and eager 20 hght u.
"While we're talking about free
dom let's keep what freedom we
have" She cried "To expect that
women who come here as Democrats
and P~ohibitionists and socialists and
what not shall 90 away Republicans,
that's an invasion Of personal I'D
/ ertv'
The resolution was warmly argued
and will be voted upon tomorrow az
Il o'clock.
1T isn't fair TO expect the new Off
/ Gers 70 take their places until they
trov What they are prom sing 20 sup
| mort" said Miss Hannah J. Patterson
I corresponding secretary, IN urging
that the matter be taken up al once.
MAYOR Harry Bacharach, Of Atlantic
CITY. Yesterday morning presented 20
Mrs. Gait a huge brass key, tied with
the suffrage gold and blue.
ON behalf Of our city, ! present you
it's kew. and with il the key 20 our
hearts" he said. He then recommend
cd the Boardwalk as a place where
every sufragist would be unmolested.
Nry. Gait said 10 was the first time
She had ever received a real key 20
any city.
Warns Against Over-Conidence.
Mrs. Frank ". Roessing warned the
women against over-conhdence. ne
Republican party has not promised US
the Federal amendment she sad.
"The personal Endorsement OF can
didzte does not mean the promise OF
his party
Among their assets, according 20 the
report Of the treasurer, Mrs. Henry
Wade Rogers. the National Party has
one bale Of cotton. valued az $50 and
legal tender amounting 20 $51'9lbl9.
The sufTagists slipped Of their nght-
ing mood with their Afternoon clothes
and met in evening gowns and gayety
IN "a big reception az the Marlborough
Blcnhe.m tonight Who the new of
GERS will be and whether Mrs. Cats
resolution will be- passed were the pr.n-
cipal topics Of conversatIof.
Robert AdamsOn, Fire Commissioner
Of New York. is among the suffrage
husbands in Attendance a. the conven-
tiOn.