The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-04
UNDECIDED AS TO WHEN LEGlS-
LATURE WILL BE ASKED TO
AGAIN SUBMIT ISSUE.
Plans Made to Carry on Educationa!
Campo gn-Protest Against Dis
elimination in the Civil
Service


Members Of the executive cOmulll-
tee Of The West Virginia Equal Suf-
frage Association here for ihr bust
ness meeting 10 formulate plans for
The future. discussed al length The adj
visibility of asking The State leGisla-
ture 10 submit The equal suffrage
amendment 10 the voters in Two years.
An entire evening was spent III dis
GUESSING The matter, but no definite
conclusion was reached. Should the
leaders decide not 10 ask that the
amendment be submitted again in two
years. il is reported from unofficial
sources that they may ask for partial
suffrage. This will be threshed out at
the meetings 10 be held to-day.
Nearly all of the sessions are eXecu-
tive. Those in attendance yesterday
made expressions assuring supporters
of the cause that they are not dis.
heartened by the amendments defeat
at the general election in November,
but will pursue their efforts with, a
greater zeal when it again comes be-
fore the voters.
Start Educational Campaign.
One of the purposes Of the present
meeting is the adoption Of plan for
an educational campaign in West Fir-
ginia. There has been no definite &C
ton taken as yet, but it Is possible
that some plan will be decided upon
before adjournment tonight.
Members of the executive commit
tee from all parts Of the State are at
tending the meeting. Mrs. Ellis A.
Yost, of Morgantown. State president,
presided. Yesterday Mrs. Yost, in
speaking TO an lntelligencer represen-
tative. said that the State suffragists
are not discouraged. She spoke en-
Enthusiastically Of the growth Of the as
ISOLATION and Of the apparent strength
OF the county organizations.
Mrs. Yost said that there is a pos
sibiGty that the State Legislature will
.not be asked to again submit the
amendment to the voters in TWO years,
but that more time will be spent In
urging its adoption, and when the time
is ripe it will be- up at an election in
the not far distant future. There are
400 suffrage organizations In West
Virginia, but before the amendment
will go before the voters again they
hope to have great many more.
Protest Discrimination.
Resolutions protesting against the
action Of civil service officials in dis
eliminating against woman applicants
because OF their sex in filling positions
in the civil service, were adopted at
the afternoon session. The resolutions
are lengthy and are directed 10 the
President Of the United States and the
| head of each of the executive depart
ments. They cite statistics support
ing the contention that woman is be-
f, ing Disseminated against by the OIL
Gals. Public records show that since
September S, 1916" the resolutions
read among 120 appointments and 50
transfers TO clerical positions III me
War Department at Washington, only
one woman was included. although It
does not appear that the positions
were such that sex would have been a
factor in efficiency or suitability
1t is further declared that the civil
service registers OF ellglbles from
/ which the appointments were made
reveal no lack or corresponding dis
proportion of qualified women as COM
pared with qualified men. there being
937 women and 1,20S men on the reg
listers in 1916.
More evidence of the discrimination
against woman was contained in the
resolution. In special civil service cx-
aminations Cor Stenographers. women
are not permitted to take part in any
that are being held monthly in the
400 cities Of the United States. An
other instance Of the discrimination
is shown where women have taken the
examination for stenographers and a
time for promotion is at hand, the
male is given the preferences.
In protesting against the discrlmln-
alton, they ask that women be admit
led 10 civil service and promoted upon
the same terms as men.
Many Leaders Present.
Among the officials here attending
: the sessions are:
Mrs. Ellis A. YuSt. MOrgantown.
Mrs. Frank Mann. Huntington.
Miss Grace Cole. Huntington.
Miss Mary Burk, Huntington.
! Mrs. J. Gale Ebert. Parkers burg.
Mrs. Thomas PradrO. Parkersburg.
/ Mrs. John Ruhl. ClarkSburg.
Miss Margaret Mckinney, Fairmont.
Mrs. Gene Ford. Grafton.
Mrs. Chenowcth. Pennington.
Mrs. Holiday. Ravenswood.
Mrs. r. w Tennpr. Brooke county.
Mrs. ". T. Pennybacker, ParkerS-
| burg.