The Washington herald., 1917-12-13
CLARK WILLING
TO CAST VOTE
FOR SUFFRAG
Speaker Promises Suppc
to Women Convention
= Opens at Poll S.

IF my vote is needed to pass the
Federal woman suffrage amendment
1 will vote for it, said Speaker Clark
yesterday to a. delegation Of twenty
Missouri women headed by Mrs. Wal
Ter McNab Miller OF Columbia, first
vice president of the National Wom-
an Suffrage Association.
As the Speaker never votes on any
question unless mis- vote is needed {"
decide it. this statement clearly an
nounces his position on the suffra.,"
amendment. to which hitherto he has
not definitely committed himself.
Suffs Visit SOIonsi
The various State suffrage delcga-
tions. numbering over 800 individuals.
were received yesterday in the ofhces
Of their respective Senators. where
hearings were held before the Repre-
sentatives as well as Senators in be
half of the Federal suffrage amend
ment.
Mrs. Newton Baker. wife of the See
rstar,, of War. was one of the Ot o"
JeIegation received by Senator Hard
irg. Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton. pre-
ident Of the Ohio Woman Suffrage As
sociation. and Mrs. Roger Perkins
president of the Cleveland League
were the speakers. while about twenty
women were in the delegation. ~
WAS a very nice party was the state
chairman's report.
New York. delegation, numbering
about leo women, was received IN
the office of Senator Calder. Most
Of the Representatives were present
and Senator Wadsworth also put IN
a brief appearance. Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait. Mrs. Norman mite
house. Miss Mary Garrett Hay and
Mrs. Raymond Brown were the speak
ers for the suffrage delegation. and
all the Congressmen responded.
number offering their assistance In
securing the votes of their colleagues.
The hearings for some of the South
ern States were among the largest.
Virginia having nearly 19a women in
her delegation, and Maryland over
fifty
Missouri, which reported besides the
Speakers vote. a nearly solid Con
gressional deputation, found a COM
petitOr in Arkansas, which claims an
entirely solid vote in both houses
Of Congress. New York is hopeful
of a solid vote. Nebraska claims a
gain Of two, while Kentucky. Iowa
and Massachusetts have also made
gains. in the belief OF the state
Congressional chairmeu.
Convention Opens.
With tn" renewed pledge Of loyalty
and service to the government. adopt
ed unanimously. the fOrty-ninth an
lUaI convention of the National
American Woman Suffrage AssOCia-
ion opened its session at Polls Thea
ter yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait. national president.
was in the chair. land Mrs. Henry
Wade Rogers. of New Haven. Conn.
nauouaI treasurer and ex-officio
chairman, reported As delegates pres
ert. with others on the way here
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw. honorary
resident Of the association, delivered
the Invocation.
Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw. OF NV
York. presented to the president aud
the convention a service flag in honor
of l. of the associations active work
oTS who are row in the service at the
front in France. The flag has a CEN
ter field Of white. surrounded hy Il
deep blue border. and contains y yell
low stars. 1t will hang over the stage
throughout the convention.
The loyalty resolution was off"r"G
by Miss Hannah J. Patterson. of
Pittsburgh. Pa. resident director in
Washington OF the woman's commit
tee of thS. Council Of National De
fense. 1t follows:
BE it resolved that VIC delegates
assembled to the forty-ninth cOnven-
ton of the National Suffrage Associa-
tion. representing a membership of
@.ON0O0O women, reaffirm this Organi-
zatiOn's unswerving loyalty to the
government in this crisis. and while
struggling to secure the right of self
government to the women of America.
pledge anew our intention gladly and
z"alously to continue those war SER
vices of which the government has 50
freely ayailed itself i'm its war to Sc
cure the right of self-gOvernment to
the peoples of Europe"