Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-02-13 | Page 20 | Women Open Chicago Meet

WOMEN I OPEN OPEN CHICAGO MEET Six Meetings i Prepare f for Convention of American Suffrage Association Feb Pcb 12 Six Six conferences C attended b by 2000 delegates and alt al- al I voters vot vol- volI I t representing woman ers erB of or tho north south east cast and west were held toda today preliminary to the thc I opening tomorrow of what Is isto expected to be bc tho the final convention of tho na national American Woman buff Suffrage rage c as association as- as tonal merican oman anti and tho the initial congress ss of or orthe the League of Woman oman YoH Voters rs The purpose of or the tho conferences was tho formulation of a legislative program program pro pro- gram and th the tho topics discussed today Citizenship Pro Pro American were of or Women In Industry Child and Demand Welfare clare Food Supply Social hygiene and Unification of or J Laws Concerning Women Tho result resulting regul- regul ing Irig pro program ram adopted b by each conference confer confer- ence will be presented to the convention conven conven- wil thou tion of or the League of or Woman Voters at ton tho the Monday Monlay Ion a session for I lion tion ton i Jin tra 1 Catt Will m S Sp k k constitute Tomorrows Tomorrow's sessions will I tho the formal opening of the convention and Mrs Irs Carrie Carrio Chapman Catt Cal president president dent of or tho Carro association will wi deliver delver her Ilent annual address address Tho The victory convention con con- enton which ends fifty years years' effort con I to procure votes for the women of oC America will 11 close Saturday evening with a ratification banquet On Sunday Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day memorial services service wil be for Dr Anna Anna Howard Shaw Tho sessions will continue until next Wednesday wi night Before the convention and congress closes several states will wil have ratified rat rat- rati rati- fled fied fed tho the suffrage amendment Mrs Call Catt Cat pr predicted I I The dissolution of the suffrage as association as- as does not mean that tho work of or obtaining the necessary uy six states as thirty one have now ratified will willbe wil be stopped or diminished Our headquarters Headquarters Head head- quarters will wIl remain intact Intact until the thirty six states arc aro secured u o 0 o expect ex ox- poet New Mexico and Oklahoma to ratify before beCore the convention con closes and Delaware West Vest Virginia and Connecticut Con- Con arc are our hope for tor the additional additional addi addi- tonal three states said si Mrs Catt Lobbying for tho tim various Republican Republic an candidates for President was wa carried carried car car- ried nod on toda today while the Democrats also had workers worker among the women The advertisements ad of or two presidential candidates are ae prominently prominent displayed as advertisements in tho the official program program program pro pro- gram handed out b by tho tim thousands Chairman Will wm H. H Hays Has of the Republican Republican Re Ro- publican national committee sent a statement to the women In which he pointed to the passage of the Ule equal suffrage amendment in Congress b by a 0 Republican majority Later In the day Mrs rs George Bass gathered delegates of Democratic sympathies sym sym- to protest against the Republican lican Ican moves