Show I Scorn lor Washington I IS W. W S J S S S t Suffrage State Is s Tardy i Women's Convention Gets Joy Joy and Tragic Note From Oklahoma i By Carrie Chapman Cat Call t President of the National American Woman Suffrage Association Written for the United Press CHICAGO CHIAGO Feb 14 Will Wl Will Washington Washing Washing- ton be the thirty-sixth thirty state to ratIfy ratify rat rat- rati i fy Will any woman suffrage state be bc content contents with wih the la lat last f place on the ratification list These queries were the underlying note of ot the ratification Jubilee at yesterdays yesterday's yesterdays yesterday's yesterdays yesterday's yes yes- opening session of the National National Na Na- tonal Woman Suffrage association convention When wen the women were were most enthusiastic in th their lr jubilation over the news that Arizona had ratified rat rat- rati rati- fied tied when the Liberty bell was rung by the presidents of ot suffrage asSociations associations associations asso asso- of ot the tho ratified states and the th Illinois women led tho the joyous march of ot the ratified the women were still sti saying Where Is Washington The convention wired this question I to Governor Hart following receipt of ofa ofa ofa a telegram from Washington women I expressing their humiliation t that at their state the only onh equal suffrage state which has not acted should be so re remiss remiss remiss re- re miss In ratification of ot the amend amend- ment JOY AND TRAGEDY The last of ot the other equal suffrage states to announce a a special l session was Oklahoma Oklahoma There the most tragic threads of ot the suffrage campaign are ae interwoven with victory The youngest of ot all the state secretaries sec see of suffrage associations Miss Aloysius Miller Larch lIler of ot Shawnee Okla Okla was taking a I leading ading part Inthe in inthe inthe the ratification campaign Then on January 31 31 Miss Larch Miller Larch ill with wih influenza went to her county Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic convention to take the floor foor against the states state's attorney general who is opposed to suffrage She beat bet him by a two to to toone one vote Her I-her re report report report re- re port to th the national headquarters came just an hour before the telegram announcing announcing announcing an an- her death from pneumonia HER MEMORIAL The resolution in the state Democratic Demo- Demo I cratic convention which has Impelled the governor of ot Oklahoma to plan his j special session for next week will always be considered by s suffragists as asher asher asher I her memorial although the convention convention convention conven conven- tion passed memorial resolutions on her death The Tb-c Th flag fag at the te state state capitol capitol capitol capi- capi tol was wa flown at and other memorial moves were made mae maeby by her state There have been many older women who have given years and ev even n their lives to the suffrage campaign but this supreme Instance of self sacrifice is proof that the younger women of ot today will wf carry on I League of pf f Women Voters Voter Voter Outlines Its Plans f for fir r Year CHIGO CHICAGO Feb 14 The Tho Tho first con congress con congress gress grass of ot the tho League of ot Women Voren Voters was held here today The Thel league leage replaced the National America American Woman Suffrage as association which will wf pass out of ot existence when the thirty-sixth thirty state ratifies the suffrage amendment to the thc constitution 4 Delegates to the last con convention nUon nfl if he suffrage ge association approved of 0 of I the merger last night when they adopted the recommendations of ot they the executive council counci I FOR EDUCATION The plan of ot the executive council provided for continued continued- existence ot of the suffrage organization as long a asi there is any work for It to do a In obtaining votes for tor women This This' work vork is expected to be accomplished with ratification of ot the federal wih amend amend- ment The work of ot the league for 1920 was wasI declared to be political education of ot I new men women voters no not excluding I PARTY DINNERS Rival dinners were held het by the thel I Democratic and Republican women between sessions Speakers Speakers' urged the women to get into some party paty f The suffragists voted io to o establish a I chair of ot politics at Bryn Mawr college college col col- lege as a memorial to Dr Anna howard How How- How i ard Shaw The question queston was decided after a a. lively fight several other Eastern Easter colleges wishing t to procure i the thc endowment |