WORKING IN THE INTEREST OF SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT MISS MABEL VERNON Wwi1 I Miss Mabel Vernon Gives Interesting History of the Suffrage Movement CLI.B WOMEN of the c t are in terested in the con ention to be held in tb s city next Thursday and Fndar in support of the proposed equal suffrage amendment to the federal const tut on M ss Mabel V ernon of Wilmington Del national organizer of the ongrea a onal I mon fo Woman Suffre has been n the c tv several weeks, address ng women s clufee. acquaint ng the women of Bait Lake with the special prov sions of the amendment and ereat log enthus ssm n lis fax or Miss Alice Pa I of Washington cha r man of the cong esstonal comm ttee of the American Woman s Suffrage ssso c ation will be one of the speakers at the con ent on A reception will be fieo in M ss Paul s honor at the Hotel tah Thursdav e en ng Miss Paul w II speak on the federal amendment On Pn lav e ening a mass meeting for women will be held at the Salt Lake theate Historj Is Given 1 The follow ng h tory of the suffrage mo ement as given b Miss Vernon will be nterest ng at this t me rest nterest u being aroused all over the countrx bv the present etermlned effort to amend the eon st tution of the I u ted States to grant suffrage to women The ques-t ques-t on of woman suffrage has been agitated for the past sixty years, but nt I two Tears ago very little recogn t on was gi en to the sub ject n congress The women who were working for the franchise for the r sex devoted themsehes to amending the constitutions of the iiron states anl merelv perfunc tory effort were made to amend the national ronstitut on Susan B. s.nthonv the p oneer and great leader of the woman s r ghts movement move-ment alwavs mainta ncd that the proper wa for American women to gain political recogn tioo was b amendment to the ( nited states constitution and the greater part of her life was given to bringing this to pass She was present at e erv session of congress arranging hear ngs for woman s ffrage before com mittees of senate and hot se b t she finalh wa con pelled to gl e I up the Washington work being con I vlnced h her experience that more equal s ffrage states were necessar n orde to I roc re nat onal action rour States In Line In IfTrl at the time of M ss An thon s leath there were only fo r states wlere women had full suf fraoo VV om ng ( olorado Ltah and 1 Ish but si h ra) id ga n were ma le that with tl e aiditio of Wash gton Calif orn a, Oregon Arizona unl Kansas in 1913 when the Slxt th rd congress eon ene i one fifth of the senate an I one seventh nf the ho se a d one sixth of the ele t ral college came from si ffrage states This so changed the sta tl at t was instantlv seen b s ffrag sts that the mon e t had on t ncr sc the gor of the ork for the uational amend n ent Tl e N itlonal An srican Won a S (T go asso latlon there for ap o ted as chair a of tl e co g e I 1 co nn ttee M s Al ee 1 a 1 ol Ne lerse o of the n osl al le o ug wo en n the e t frage novenent a 1 M ss I c Burns of New York was ade ce chairman Mrs v lllnn Tent, wife of liepresentsti e Kent of fal I forn a anl other pron lnent won en were nen hers of the o Ittee The firs great demonstra tlon lannel M ss Pa I s con nitloe was the o ssl n of S won en V ash ngto o March 1013 tl e la 1 elo e Presilent Wilsoi slag at n h ch n a le evident to cougress an i the entl e onntrv the great st engtl f tie o net for a n 1 ff agt a e 1 ent Demonstrations rrangcd Will the r 08 f a g tt 1 istrnt o I gress II t o wo a 8 fr g w s a I es I I 4 n 1 le Bt n n. I legut s t I s ' W Ison hear ng were he d peb t ons were presented and e erv means used to keep the subject of woman suffrage before the public The result of such gorous work was that n the senate the suffrage amendment re e ed a favorable re port from the woman suffrage com m ttee now a major t comm t tee and n March 1914 the meas ure failed of the necessa v two-thirds two-thirds majontv bv onlv eleven votes thirty five senators v oting in favor and thirtv four again t In the house the jodiciary om mtttee reported the snffrae amend ment for the f rst t me s nee 1S96 and for the f st time in butorv a vote was obta tied in Januarv 1915 174 men ot ng in favor and 04 against la'k ng seventv-e ght votes of the needed two third' In both houses weeks of serious djs cuss on was given to the suffrage qnestion Union Is Formed In April, 1913 the congress onal committee of the national aso a tion formed the Congressional union and it is this soeietv which has chieflT conducted the agitation for the federal amendment. It was first affLated with the national association but in January 1914 became an independent organiza t on with Miss Oice Paul as chair man Miss Lucv Burns, vice chair man Mrs. O H P Belmont, Mrs. William Kent and Mrs. Donald B. Hooker as members of the executive committee The reports of this or gsnuation show that in the past vear and a half more than $ 0 000 has been ra sed and spent in sup port of the federil amendment. The union at this time, when congress is not in session is conducting a vigorous campaign organizing group of supporters m everv state and sending a delegation to everv one of the 31 congressmen, so that when the sixty fourth congress con venes next December everv mem ber wilt be informed of the desires of hu constituents on nat onal woman suffrage and the machinerv will be readr bv which to bring pressure on congress when it is needed Reasons for Action One reason that the congressional onion s forming state branches n dependent of the suffrage orgam nations already existing s because the National buffrage association is s importing in congress the two meas re known as the S san B. V.n thon amen Iment and the Miafroth Palmer resol tion while the ( on gressional onion works oal for the Sisan a Anthon amendment This amendment, drafted bv Miss Anthoa herself in H S pro les that the r ghts of a c tJTT shall not be den e, on e 1 sex The Shafroth PalmerTef , of would amend the I a ted Jf 0Uo stitut on to make it pro S.V tMl state to conduct I nt'!m jf worran suffrage bej ! 8 TArf the overs so petition tu" ? the rVhafroth Palmer amen? "i be useless and dzvLZ'tj" is endeavor ng to rallv tl 11 frage for es of the conn 2. support of the nthon an?..? to alone To a d the woTtf organization an ad mor tt! ha, been formed women prominent in all C""? deavor Amon the mi.k ' 01 n Mr. Phoebe A HearS""'! forn a M ss Helen Keller jM Marlowe Ed) the Wjnne M.h,, u Mrs rharlotte Perk os G Mrs Florence Kelley lm" aJJ To Hold Convention Belevmg that the amprH J will pass8 the next 'H, it is supported by the irJ f 000 women voters of ths J who now hold the balance of Jw75! the Congress onal nnu,n , W M a national women voters m, .'if tion in San Francisco on SnSSi)l U lo and 16 Mrs. 0 RPp ft?S mont is cha man of the tmmtV arranging the convent on whick nt be attended by delegate, ff ery equal suffrage state P Z f. torv lo the nafonal convefi sta e conventions are no be,' I held in each of the tirelvsH frage states t 3 Dr Jane Skolf eld, a prom neat ,v3 woman of this c ty has been by beiiw; appointed one of the i r.t-of r.t-of the General Federation of wT! clubs She will be on the e Vt'x?' 6 eaTai fefcraboiLrf wh eh Mrs George Zimmerman ol mont, Ohio is chairman Dr gj.f'j has been the cia nnan of the c ne it partment of the state federaboj f some t me She was not fied of her , po ntment by Mrs Engene Ea W S i retarv of the gene al federitaoa. 1 The Powena circle of Yeomen mJ hold an outing a Wandamere Thi day at 9 p m A business meetui ml be held after which a p cue &m will be served followed, bv s good programme pro-gramme and danc ng n the evening, i) m mbers are cord all nv ted to it. tend and bring their fnends. s., ( The Woman s Miss onarv societr ot the First Presbyterian ehureh will tin a social meeting Tuesday itrram with Mrs G H Davis, 361 Sevents avenue, from 3 until a o e oek. Ji M. E Wilson will be the assistm tJ tess- The members are requested tt bring their sewing and an offering f the treasurv if i The Women s Progressive elnh gp an outing at Libertv park Friday aittr noon The members were favored vai addresses bv V ss Mabel Veraoa si Washington D C of the Congress Union of Woman s sBffraEe, Mij Cm kle of Philadelph a and Mus Clark ii speaking The Alumni assoc at on of the Orta of the Gleam will meet Tnesdar mil Mrs. Dorothv Nelson of Bountiful