The Sentinel=record. (Hot Springs, Ark.) 1900-current, 1918-05-08

"The women of the United States
will stand behind the American s'i-
diens and the soldiers of our allies in
every measure to the end that TINS
war shall be won for the peace and
happiness of the world.
That Is the greeting from the Wo-
men OF the fourteenth biennial con-
vention of the General Federation OF
Women's Clubs to General john
Pershing, cabled to this leader OF the
American forces, that the word ma
be sent up and down the ine to not
alone our own boys, but to all the
other boys who are fighting shoulder
to shoulder with them.
This "hands across the sea from
th.s women of America as represent
cd in this convention, to the boys
abroad, was taken on a rising vote
that the women may thus a little more
emphatically declare their support to
the country.
The election OF officers of the con-
ventfon yesterday was the main feat
ure of interest. The anti-suttraSist
never could get a candidate to run
against Miss Georgia Bacon. OF Mas
sachusetts, and with some OF the del
egates pledged to refrain from yotins
at the convention for any candidate
who was not suffragist, it left them
in a dilema
The election polls opened yester-
day morning at 8 o'clock, and closed
at o'clock. President Mrs CoWles
of the convention. learning later in
the day that the champions OF tAe
various candidates were campaiSnins
even within the little booths where
the ballots were made out, recalled
that the laws of the state on elections
where the convention Is held apply
to the holding of the biennial election
and as we have the rule Of nobody al
lowed within 100 feet of the polls, the
campaigning was practically endeo
when this Law was applied.
The tellers were pledged not to
give out the result of the election uh
til the announcement is made in con
vention this morning. For that rea-
son, no information was authorized
However, there was little doubt bur
that Miss Georgia Bacon was elected
overwhelmingly, over the scattered
votes cast for Miss Mary Garrett Hay
OF New York, against the latter's will
and perhaps for other suffrage en-
thusiasts. Also 1t is possible that the
returns this morning will show tnai
some of the delegations, pledged tC
refrain from support of an anti, di.
not vote at all In this particular in
stance.
The race between Mrs. Mary
Wood, of New Hampshire and Mrs
John Dallas Wilkinson, of Louisiana
for corresponding secretary, was al
enthusiastic one. Cards advocating
the candidacy of each were distribut
ed about the polls 1t was the con
census OF opinion last night that th'
winner of this race would not have
a large margin
There were some resolutions adop,-
ed by the convention many of them
and principal among which were ina
the women of the nation should p'
represented by having appointed al
assistant federal food administrator
The women also declared by resolu
tion that woman should have pla2
In the work of housing the armle
here and abroad. and they ask 10
official recognition in this work ]
was also resoluted that there shoul
be a secretary of the department o
labor among the women, and it wa
asked that recognition be given here
and then there came a resolution ask
ing that as places of responsiDlht
opened up to the women the places b
filled only on tie recommendation G
such bodies as this federation, Or In
Woman's Council of Defense. and otn
er such patriotic bodies which migh
have through Guch recommendatio
the opportunity Of considering mer
alone and offering the nation the wo