Show I IWO WO WOMEN EN URGED TO ENTER ENTEll POLITICS OLIT cs MRS C CAll TT SPEAKS SPEAK I TO fAIR Sf X Chairman of Convention in Chicago Makes lakes Keynote Address Insists League Leagie e Must l Influence Parties By r Associated t lat d Press Lre C Feb 14 Elected LL-Elected Elected permanent permanent per per- manent convention con chairman of the congress of th the League rL of ot Women Women Wo Wo- men Voters yote meeting in connection with tho last annual animal gathering of the Nat National onal American Women Suffrage association Mrs Carrie Chapman Catt u today Uday da outlined tho the policies of ot the new organization and d declared women WOllen should affiliate with the political po po- po- po liti J. J parties o Mrs I Is s Catts Catt's I keynote address came caine at the conclusion of the fi first firt t session of the new l league ague at which t tim tho o work of organization was WM bc begun n. n Today's meetings w were wro re concluded with a ratification celebration b bani banquet ban ban- nl n- n l i et ct tonight at which prominent suffrage suf sut- frage Crage rage workers addres addressed ed the 2000 dele gates Opposition to n e Noticed There seems to bo be s some some me r- r standing regarding regarding- th the league of ot woman woman wom worn an voters Mrs rs Catt Catl declared in ad- ad Continued on page pago C Ii 6 I VOTERS URGED I II I TO INFLUENCE POLITICS Continued from Pago Page 1 dressing the tho new body Thero There Is en evident evi evI- dent tIent opposition largely political I Persons Interested in enrolling enrolling- I members In their political parties aro are making rather cutting criticism The They think the league will keep women out oC of polities politics That must not be POI For I sixty years ears wo we have havo waited for or political cal parties to give gl us the vote voto No o has J given cn It until tho poll political parties had consented Aro Are we wc going going- to continue to petition pot peti tion lion them as we always s 's have done one If Ir so o. o what was time the use of gaining the theote vote ote Political tn t He De U Used d Tho only wa way to get et things In n this country is from the tho Inside of or the political political po po- parties More and more moro the tile parties have o become tho the agencies through which powerful things have ha been accomplished It is not a question Question Ques ques- tion Hun oC of whether it is rl right ht hut but rather a 1 realization of or the tho fact They are arc powerful Wb Why have the tho governors In time tho of or the west acted so independently women voters Wo We 0 O expected 1 that the they would call special sessions immediately immediate immediate- 1 ly after the amendment nt had passed Tho The reason is this That the women voters havo hao been a no sort ort of or ladies' ladies aux aux- The There Theo has been no common bo body to exert an Influence ce Women omen must got get Into tho the parties Otherwise we shall shaH continue to be aux auX- We Wo have ha been sixty years urging men to confide o In tho abilities o of women Wo We 0 must convert them Prove Proc your capacities In the parties I You cannot cannot carry r. tho the struggle Joon on from I the I I Corm Constitution Only a 1 5 rt was was was' made on tho the con- con of or lh the hie l league Loda today Affairs of the league It wa wan decided would bo l managed llna cd b by ten national directors elected for a no year one term Seven So of limo tho directors rs would represent divisions divisions divi divi- of or tho country and three o would be bo elected at large Thu board of oC directors would elect electa a chairman vice vico chairman secretary and antI treasurer of or the tho League nuo of ot Women I Voters and would meet annually in each of or tho the seven districts A national manager also will ill be I I chosen by tho the l board at al a tL sufficient salar salary to get tho bet best t available talent In the tho country The managers manager's term termo I o o of office will bo ho determined b by satisfactory satisfactory satis- satis factory service I 1111 Ilea Hay Commended I A An executive o council also was as I I i clI for Cor to be composed of or tho pres- pres resI res- res I I of or state auxiliaries and chairmen chair chair- inen men of or standing ngo committees I I i E evidence or of partisan activity lly was given repeatedly tolla today Four women I although declared out of of- order orcIer by tho the chair chah rose to Insist that the word I ilon nonpartisan an be le kept in sl sight ht and anI another an- an other iother I delegate ato asked that unpartisan be u used In time the permanent name of or tho league GUC which Is yet et to bo be chosen Following the tho morning session at t which a a. resolution praising praising- Will H U. US Hays S chairman o of the Republican national national national na- na committee comma tee for tor aid rendered to tho suffrage o cause was was adopted Democratic Dem Dem- adherents especially delegates from oom the tho southern states complained open openly that tho convention had be been n packed with Republicans cr re Workers Foresee Election Chaos Now oW York Feb 14 Granting H.-GrantinS' Granting of or woman suffrage over o tho the hea heads s of the people by legislative act Mt cannot stand tho time tc tests ts In the time court contests t that at Inevitably will ensue is tho the as as- made in a a. statement tl Issued hero b by the National Association Opposed to Woman oman Suffrage I These cases tho statement continues contin contin- ues should ratification bo obtained In time for Cor women to Lo voto oto this year ear will not only hold up tho the election result as did the tho Tilden conflict but possibly necessitate ne a tL second election Republican and Democratic chairmen work working Ins Ins- under tinder tho the suffrage whip whir are leading tho the country straight for political political cal chaos Tho statement was amplified b by Miss Gar Gary G. G I I tho president ent who ho declared two suits would bo be instituted to test Lest the tho constitutionality of the tho Su Suan Susan Susan Su- Su san an B. B Anthony Anthon amendment If It be becomes becomes be be- comes operative before the presidential n and state elections eJectIons next fall faU Miss declined to o gl details of or the legal action netlon contemplated or to name tho time counsel retained but said preliminary vary nary steps step alread already had been taken Attached to tho the statement which was as signed ned U by Miss JI s I was as a copy COP of a telegram sent to Go Governor Hart of or Washington congratulating I i him on his refusal to lo call a t special 5 ses- ses session ses- ses 1 i i slon sion of or the legislature to act on the j suffrage o amendment I |