New-York tribune., 1919-03-30
men as Voters-Their Place in the Su
World Victory for Suffrage Is Near,
800 Women Believe

to support him, is the understanding Of
the women, and they say the remedy is to
replace the political fossils and precinct
politicians serving as election officials with
alert women who know none of the old po-
litca tricks and are not anxious to learn.
Among the 800 women attending the con-
vcntion are many who trace their lineage
to prominent men and women who have
had part in the making Of Anne rica. The
Daughters of the American Revolution,
Colonial Danes and Daughters of the Con-
fcdcracy are all literally represented, and
1T was women of this class who led the
cheers when Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait,
president of the association, spoke in her
opening address of the injustice of a sys.
tenn that made it possible to defeat suf-
frage for women by using the votes of ig-
norant foreigners to prevent women whose
ancestors developed America from attain
ing the ballot.
While the women were assembling it
was rumored that marked opposition to the
league OF nations had been expressed bv
some of the leaders. Mrs Gait announced
that the opposition to the league was not
nearly as general as had been reported, and
asserted 1T was not true that secret
meeting had been held to induce some OF
the opponents of the league to refrain from
expressing their disapproval of the plan.
Susan B. Anthony's
Centennial
Plans for the next years convention have
already proceeded to the point of deciding
that it shall be Susan B. Anthony centen-
nial and will be held in February with spe-
cial exercises on the Tooth anniversary of
the great original suffrage leaders, birth.
Other plans for the future involve the for
nation of a league of women voters. The
executive committees recommendations
have been accepted by the convention and
call for the discontinuance of the six war
service committees that have been active
during the war.
1t was shown by the report Of Treasurer
Mrs. Rogers that 100000 had been sub
scribed last year for the good Of the cause,
and it was agreed that an equal amount or
more would be needed to carry on the work
this year.
st. Louis women exerted themselves to
ant and for the opening days of the con-
vention the weather was on it's best be-
havior.
Never in the history of conventions in
st. Louisiana it is recognized as the great
est convention town in the country-was
there such a crush as at the victory dinner
of the National Suffrage Association at
the Hotel Statler. Realizing that all the
seats for the dinner had been sold, long
before the demand was satisfied every
one tried to come early with the result
that at o'clock the elevators to the six
teenth floor were filled and emptied every
few minutes. AS result the anteroom
to the banquet hall was soon, overcrowded,
and then it, was not long before the elc-
vators were unable to unload their pas
sengers and as the doors were opened,
the crowd was forced back into them.
1t an exceedingly polite crash, how
ever, and was borne until it was impossible
to bear it longer. Then a St. Louis woman
asked that the ropes be let down and the
women admitted to the banquet room
II can't let them down until the patron
esses come" declared the usher in charge.
"Then l will let them down." the woman
exclaimed. and promptly withdrew the
cords
Many of the st. Louis women, prominent
in suffrage work, gave up their seats to
the out -of-town delegates, all of whom were
seated.
The Wednesday Club opened its doors to
the suffragists on Wednesday, with Mrs
Charles l.. Tiffany as speaker, and the
, Womans Club was hostess on THURSDAY
with Alice Stone Blackwell speaking The
business of the convention is so strictly
adhered to that there is very little chance
4 for social affairs.