Show COVERT ATTACK ON WOMANHOOD I. I Clara B. B in Woman's Womans Womans Woman's Wo Wo- mans man's Suffrage Convention Convention Convention Conven Conven- tion Criticises Pending Legislation and Says It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is Unfair to Her Sex 4 BULLETIN i 4 WASHINGTON Feb 14 New New or 4 4 Orleans has been selected as s' s the 4 i next meeting place of the Suffrage Suf- Suf 4 ot 4 frage convention I 4 4 4 4 4 I I 4 4 1 4 4 I 4 4 WASHINGTON Feb 14 Before d-Before Before Before the National Woman Suffrage association met today the delegates gathered in Informal in informal In- In informal formal conference for tor the purpose of ot discussing press work worl Mrs Elnora M. M Babcock presided She announced that as different portions of ot the United States needed different remedies and andas andas andas as the South was a fertile field the time would be allotted to hearing from delegates from the Southern States Mrs Young of South Carolina sid said she found newspaper work the greatest factor in the dissemination of ot equal rights ideas As a member of her State Press association she declared she had never had any opposition in the association asso asso- on acco account nt of being a 3 woman editor except from one who man had insisted that it ruin ary any press association to have women members Mrs Funk of Maryland said her experience experience ex ex- ex- ex had been that when her articles articles arti artl- cles des were properly prepared the newspapers newspapers news news- papers accepted them Favors Womans Column A suggestion stion from Mrs Irs De DeMerrit of Maine was favorably received Her idea was to have the newspapers adopt a womans column devoted to woman suffrage in the main but seasoned items of interest l Miss s Mando of Maryland agreed with the suggestion of Mrs Irs DeMerrit saying that a woman in looking over a paper for recipes for mince pie and fruit cake or something to beautify her complexion complex complex- ion will stumble across a paragraph about woman suffrage if it there is a woman's womans womans woman's womans woman's wo wo- wo- wo mans man's col column mn and that she will undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly un un- un- un read tead and digest it Mrs Chesbrough of Buffalo pleaded for clear condensed and up-to-date up articles ar ar- at- at tides Ucles for Or the press The difficulty that the woman suffrage organization encountered encountered encountered en en- countered she said was in furnishing to the newspapers ng ng 1 showing what advance is being made inthe in In Inthe the work Industrial Problems When the convention was called to order Clara Bewick Cody delivered andress an andress andress dress on Industrial Problems in which sh she criticised the pending legislation legislation legis legis- lation in Congress providing for the abolishment of sick leave of ot Government Government Government Govern Govern- ment clerks on the ground that women were constantly absenting themselves This she said was a c covert vert attack on womanhood In the Interstate Commerce Commerce Com Corn merce commission where no women are employed she said the percentage of absence for sickness was greatest Mrs Catt sal said in response to these remarks that it was not as much a wonder that woman is being closed ed out as it is a wonder that ever she was wa appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed at all Only the depletion of 01 the number of men merl during the Civil war var she said was responsible for Wamen wo wo- women women men holding office As the pre pressure sure for p patronage grows stronger she declared de de- de- de dared it is but natural that those who have no otes Votes shall be considered less and less eligible for Government post post- Government Positions It behooves us said Mrs Irs Catt to hasten the day when women may vote in order that they may be eligible not only y for Government positions but that they may have an equal opportunity opportunity with men in all aU the Industrial lines Unes of work Speaking in b behalf of the committee committee commit commit- tee on legislation Gail Gall Laughlin said that their duties were somewhat t restricted re restricted restricted re- re from the fact that this is an anoff anoff off of year in politics but that in i eight States holding elections this year the State Suffrage associations are making making making ma ma- king efforts to obtain larger rights Susan B. B Anthony said she believed in carrying the gospel of woman suffrage suf sut- frage to very every ver convention of men and women th that t could be reached as neither Catholics Presbyterians Congressmen and others come to the conventions Heel of Barbarians Therefore she said we se must goto go goto goto to them She pleaded for su suffrage rag for forthe forthe the women of Hawaii Porto Rica Rico and the Philippines After referring to th thy the school teachers who sho had gone to the Philippine islands she said Think of them being put under the tho Heel eel of the barbarians o of ot the Philippines Philippines Philip Philip- pines and the barbarians sent from this country |