The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-12
2,889 SBFFRAGISfS
IN CHICAGO; FINAL
BIG MEETING ON
Fifty-firSt Annual Session
Opens and win Continue
Through WedneSday--C Com
ment Upon Change.

CHICAGO. Feb. 1.-Two thousand
suffraglsts from every part Of the
United States today arrived here as
delegates and visitors TO the final ana
victory convention Of the National
American Woman Suffrage association,
which win continue through next Wed
nesday
This is the flfty-first annual meet Of
the suffraglsts Of the country, ana
many were the comments az the OPEN
ing session this morning OF the differ
ence between the present day, with
scores OF women Of fashion registered
as accredited delegates, and the long
ago days of the first convention, when
delegates reported their struggles IN
encountering greetings Of cabpages
and bad eggs dashed at the platforms
from which they spoke.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait. presl-
dent OF the national suffrage body pre-,
sided at closed executive sessions OF
the national board OF directors, held
all day, and tomorrow will formally
call the convention 10 order. Today :
sessions were devoted To the Discus
slons of questions Of vital Importance
70 women as citizens and voters.
The subjects OF these ail-day con-
ferences were child welfare, the
protection Of women In Industry, the
legal status OF women. American Citi-
ply and demand. Those presiding over
the conferences were respectively Mrs
Percy " pennyb3Cker Of Austin, Tex
Mrs. Raymond Robins, OF Chicago Mrs,
Catharine Waugh McCuiloch, OF chi.
cago; Mrs Frederick 7. Bagley,, ot
Boston, Mass; DIR. Naleria r.. Parker
OF Hartford, Conn, and Mrs. Edward /.
Costgan. Of Washington, .. c.
Notables Attend,
Among the authorities Of national
note who are IN Chicago 10 address
these conferences and the dinners this
evening that viii follow the confer.
ences are Miss Julia Lattrop, chief OF
the federal chidren's bureau; Judge
Ben Lindsey of Denver. COL Mts,
Florence Kelly. Of New York, OF the
Consumers league; Miss SophonlsDa
Breckenridge, OF the University OF chi
eago the Rev Caroline Bartlett Crane.
of Kalamazoo, Mich; Gov. Henry J. Al
len, OF Kansas, Miss Mary Bartene. OF
Chicago: Miss Mary Anderson, OF wash
ington, d. c., chief Of the United states
Women in Industry bureau; airs,
Charles H. Brooks, president OF me
Kansas Equal suffrage association ana
many others.
Preliminary To making plans for the
new league Of women voters, formed ~
the last annual convention IN anuci;
suffrage body shall no longer have any
reason for existence because Of the eX-
pected early ratification OF the federal
suffrage amendment by two-thirds OF
the states OF the union. tomorrow's ses-
sion will be devoted to the discussion
OF the following points:
|. Shall the National American W om-
an Suffrage association dissolve Whcn
the last task concerning the extension
OF suffrage TO women Is completed
2. Shall IL recommend It's members
TO ioin the league OF women voters?
z. Shall this be the last suffrage con-
vention held under the auspices 81 the
American Woman suffrage
II not when shan the
next be called?
1, III this Ii to be the last convention,
shall board OF officers be elected at
this convention to serve until all tasks
are completed II this Is done, 10
whom shall such board render It's H.
nal report and by whom shall 1t be
officially discharged?
5. II dissolution Is determined upon,
what disposition shall be made OF (al
the files OF data; (b) the property;
tcl funds II any remain?
4, 6. In the event that the National
American Woman Suffrage association
shall be dissolved. what agency shall
become the auxiliary Of the lnterna-
tionni woman SUFFRAGE hlllaIlce'
As to Education.
Z. What plan for the Intensive ed
ucation OF new women voters Is pos
sible, and shall ii be recommended
that the league OF women voters take
up this work, or shall it be conducted
under the National American Woman
Suffrage association?
There Is no doubt in the minds OF
all national officers that II viii be de
eided TO dissolve the suffrage body and
let all logical activities OF enfranchlsed
women be continued through the new
league Of women voters, and plans are
being made accordingly.
One OF the interesting features Of the
is the fact that many Of the
more prominent suffragists who are
present as delegates or visitor are also
In the country's politics.
Mrs. Grace Wilbur Trout, president
OF the Illinois Equal Suffrage associa-
ton, Is chairman Of local arrangements.
OF the convention are al
the Congress hotel, There are to be
many brilliant social functions during
the convention.