Arizona republican., 1919-03-29

meeting of the federation. which closed its business sessions here tonight.
 YUMA. Ariz., March 2S.-American- iZation and reconstruction were the keynotes of the closing sessions of the State Federation of Women's clubs which ended here tonight
 The goal of endeaVor in the club work of Arizona women during the coming year is to be d systematic pro gram to break down the barriers ot misunderstanding between the Mexican population of the state and US Amer ican citizenry, and at the same time 10 bend every endeavor to aid the state and the country at large in the great work of rebuilding after the war.
 Tn the AmericanZation plans the women's clubs propose by a process or helpful education and the introduction of the study of the English language in Mexican homes to make unlted | population of the residents of Arizona irrespective of color or speech.
 That the clubwomen of the state | should be guided in casting their bal ! lots in the future by the vote ot the 1 last legislature on moral legislation, | was the advice given by Mrs. j. l.. D. 1 -AIeNdlOtf III uti 4tpOAN elo cAieeAAA of the legislative department of the state federation of clubs which was read at the federation convention in Yuma yesterday. Mrs. Alexander scored the members of the senate who voted against House Bill A. the principal features of which raised the age of consent from 16 10 IS years. eliminated the money fine as punishment for crimes against morality established as a crime the transportation of females within the state for purposes of pros ttution and repealed the section which now provides for a lighter pen alty for superintendent, teacher or tutor guilty of seduction or rape than would be given to any other man.
 Tells Who Voted Against It
 "This bill failed in the senate, the following senators voting against its passage: Elliott of Greenlee; Goodell of Pima; Herndon of Mohave; Johns and Hicks of Yavapai; Hughes and O'Neil of Cochise; Whiting of Apache; Young of Gila, was the information contained in the report.
 Senator Parr of Navajo and Senator Thompson of santa Cruz were excused and Senator Campbell of Coconino was absent during roll call." the re- port continues.
 Although the federation was not working for the other morality meas ures,' said Mrs. Alexander, ''neverthe- less, as women, greatly concerned with them, and incidentally, I think It quite proper to state that the above lineup on H. B. Al represented, it is understood, the general lineup, in the main, on the above moral legislation, and should guide us somewhat in casting our ballots in the future for members of the legislature, if we would secure the passage of morality laws. It is a significant coincidence that President Johns of the senate voted against both H. B. A and 45. Mrs. Alexander took up each prob lem that has come before her as head of the legislative work in the feder- alton. She gave a brief resume of the different bills in which the club women have been interested, sketch ing the history of the measure from it's introduction to it's final disposition
 Secured Two Laws
 "Fulfillment' can at last be writer opposite the record of the federation on two laws, the securing of which has taken our best efforts for many years, through several sessions of the lesislature-one, the raising of tn, marriage age of females from If to Il years, as embraced in H. E. 45: tn, other, the amendment of the genera library law so that incorporated town with population as low as 800 ma, secure libraries by tax levy, H. B 46, said Mrs. Alexander.
 These two laws are the sum tota of our work for the six legislativ problems unanimously endorsed by tn federation Oun all but one of which being old-tim pets, having been endorsed over an over until your chairman almos shrank from holding them up to you gaze, so threadbare did she fear yo mlSht think them, meritorious as the seemed to her, for the most part
 The other four problems were:
 To amend the penal code relatin to immortality in order to throw great CT safeguards around our young girl and Virtuous women, miscalled tn white slave act" H. B. A..
 Creation of the Arizona Librar Commission, 1T. P. 43.
 Creation of the Arizona Art Com mission, s. B. g..
 TO safeguard the health and prr mote the efficiency of school childrer the so-called medical inspection bi1 house bill 119, senate bill 100"
 Should Pledge Candidates
 Mrs. Alexander advocated that ever club secure the pledge of their legi. lauve candidates for club measure Tn this connection she said:
 Only by viewing the legislati, question from the angles of the variol related departments can we act inte ligently and effectively in securir legislation and be able to answer cor Nincingly adverse arguments. Tn would also be the means of stimula ing the clubs to secure the pledge their legislative candidates to cl, measures. Too often does the idea. nr vail that, the federation having e1 dorsed legislation, nothing further necessary to be done except what fl legislative chairman can personally a tend to. Legislators being so const tuted that their constituents who ma. the greatest noise have their ear stands to reason that the work of f legislative department could and wou be greatly augmented if each cl would bring pressure to bear on { legislators from their respective cou ties.
 This phase can only be well handl after thorough mastery of and bel in the subject matter of our bi Women having the franchise in tl state. our legislators will no longer satisfied with appeals from us for le islation on a mere sentimental bas We must know our subject and be a to present logical arguments for The ballot we know, if understar ingly used. wields great power, a men seeking office by the suffrage, | flf