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which. In the opinion Of all wei in.
formed suffrage workers. would have
cncctually and permanently Killed t.n
Anthony-Stanton amendment. 1
But when that a introduced il,
ofAers felt the necessity 81 HAVING /
State associations Of the Union IA
back up the old amendment. This
necessity arose because tho National |
Association called upon tn" Old State |
associations for loyalty to its work fo- |
the now amendment to the Federal
Constitution enforcing state fofotcn.
dums on the subject of Suffris, for
women. an amendment strongly op.
posed by the Union and ly sIffa.
gists generally. Tho Shlfroth.ralmcr
amendment Is now officially abandoned
by the National Association.
II was because OF the coutruvetsv
which ragged I've these two amend.
ments, the Br!stow-Monic,i or m.
thony amendment and the Shtfruta.
Palmer amendment. that tho idea Ne.
came general that the National ASso.
citation favored tho state method and
the Union the I'eder,l method, each
to the exclusion OF the other. The
proponents VI Alt 'ilill'tI-I amer
amendment in the National .A%ssoc.a.
ton believed in all good faith that, il,
was but a stepping stone for tho u''i.
mate passage Of the old am"Vdmcu'
white the Union and the great BODY -
suffragists generally felt that Il ,ouG
only be a substitute for 1t.
With the abandonment a. 'ha'
amendment the two great national 80.
frage organizations stand together fo-
the amendment originated hv susan
u. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady stan.
ton in 1865. and both groups tolio;s
in the cooperation OF state and Fol.
eral work to secure it. There is no
group working for the abandonment o.
State work.
There IS n difference Of opinion re-
garding the desirabil.ty and nocess'y
of many referendums, and there IL a
difference OF methods. The 'onCrc,-
sional Union stands. as 1t stood when
1t was organized with the approval ail
consent 81 the National Association.
for political as opposed 10 propaganda
wor in its especial branch OF suffrage
work. and IL seeks to utilize tn" poU'l-
cal power of c~nfranchiscd women IN
the struggle for nationwide p%olitica.
liberty for 1t seeks To organ
lie the already enfranchised women 20
demand action in Congress from the
party in power and 70 hold that parry
responsible at the polls FOR its record
on the suffrage question.
The National Association, on ire
other hand. l. seeking u Crcd'c slf.
frage sentiment in States WHO'RE
women do not yet vote, aud ycrv
properly Uses nou-p,l.tical propagauit
methods in these States. l. makes no
effort to utilize the political power Il
women, as indeed IL could not, FOR t.
activities cease In each State as soon
as ONE secure their c~nfrdntli,e.
ment in that state.
The original plan was that -,
Unions work should begin IN each
State where the work of the National
Association left IF. but this happy c.-
operation was !ntcrfer"d with. Ike ,'
many well thought out plans ~ ,.-
Brothers, by tho injection OF "A paint,
human element. Which only lroyo'
that women are human beings, n.
angels, az ants often tell US.
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State r~eferendums. The N~dt.ona! ~.
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