The Washington herald., 1916-04-23
.WOMANS PARTY
LAYS ITS PLANS
Female Voters Prepare fol
Convention at Chicago Dur
ing Republican Gathering.
WESTERN TRIP NEAR END
Congressional Union Special to Finist
Journey May Y at Salt Lake City,
Where Conference Will Be Held.

Plans for the grand hnaIe OF the Con.
gTessional Unions big swing through tItr
est which will end At Salt Lake. May
u are now perfected. and everything %
IN readiness for the meeting 10 De staged
preliminary to the great gathering oI
women voters al the Womsn'E Party
convention IN Chicago June >. and =
Inc SAT- Lake conference will he the
second sectional conference held by the
Union during the year. and will result
ilke the FIRST meeting. Ia the orEanizs-
lion OF the States included into a group
with a district chairman in charge The
other section already OrEa uized In thF
way IL the Middle Atlantic States. with
Mrs. Henry Bruere. OF New York. a1
chairman.
All OF the suffrage States have now
been formally organized By the ConErcs-
sional Union. each having a State chair
man and State central committee. chair.
men and committees for each conErcs-
slonal district are In process OF organ
ization. The salt Lake meeting viii
mark the hnal step in peFfeCting the or
ganiEst tion work in the suffrage tcTrftor1-.
With chairman in charge Of the whole
Pacific coast region. and with another
In charge Of the remaining suffrage
states, the Union will be IN a position IN
complete its organization down TO the
VIII Bombard Congress.
At the Salt Lake conference. resoIu-
tions vii be sent on behalf OF the Con-
gressional Union from all the Eurfrs gs
States TO Congress asking for the i'm
mediate passage Of the national amend
ment and il is possible that delegates
may be chosen 10 accompany the ''Suf-
fraEe Special back to Washington 10
present the resolutions 100 person On bC-
half of the conference.
The ENJOYS now on tour OF the
free states on the Suffrage Special"
are carrying everyw here the calls to
the Woman's Party convention. IN Chi
Cago in June. They are urging the
women in the Cnfranchised TERRITORY
TO rally around the Federal amend
ment banner and use their poIitOaI
power TO enfrauChise all tho women
or the nation
Miss Alice Paul. national chairman
Of the Congressional Union. did not
make the trip through the West with
the cnVoys, but remained at the ma
uonal headquarters no this city TO
make all the necessary preparation
for the new party convention u Chi
cago. Letters have been written g..
each state chairman Of the Union.
branch organizations. asking thr.- ..u-
operation in carrying tho plan
through. In these letters. which v.re
sent out yesterday. Miss Paul say1
OF the Woman's Party movement.
Headquarters EstHbIishrd.
We want il TO be a new porl.rgr
party Which will have the same ~..-
miiCanCe as = factor in the comiuZ
election a. had the Progressive paIs.
when il WAS launched four wears a~o.
We hope that n the political Ieadc. -
see the women voters are forming -r
independent party they will regard
The suffrage question AS NOR, ..-
rlous one than they have considered
Il in the past"
Tho Mon has established hcadvur- Pc
ters OF the new party fr a suite %
five rooms i'm the stevens Building ur
State street in Chicago Tho hutIdIaE
is ia one Of the busiest blocks 10. tho
world, and the purple. white. and gold
Colors of tho organization wave from
the Windows. calling attention TO the
fact that the convention VIII he hold
in June.
Among the Washington members ~
the Union u no have siEuifc6 rhoIr Ir-
tCution OF Attending the ruuveutru-
are Mrs John jay White. Mr. Gibson
|Gardner Mr.. George r DGcU NJ
Nina r. A1ondCr. Mrs Randolph
Keith Forrest. Mr.. " TrouDF.n
Burch. Mrs John kcrIoot Haywood
and others