Salt Lake Tribune | 1910-04-03 | Page 1 | Suffragists Will Explode a Bomb

SUFFRAGISTS ILL EXPLODE 11 BOMB Expect to Astonish the Country When Missile Is Touched Off This Week. By Leased Wire to The Tribune. WASllfNGTON, April 2. Tho battle bat-tle ground for woman's suffrago will shift to Washington this month, when tho fortj'-secoud annual convention of the National Woman's SufTrago association asso-ciation convenes here on the lth, and President Tafl, "without political significance," sig-nificance," welcomes the delegates.' Five days later the judiciary committee commit-tee of the senate will receive argument in behalf of sufFrago from delegates especially appointed to appear before congress. Tt is the belief hero that the New York suffragists, bonded by. Mrs. O. If. P. Belmont, have a hidden bombshell to explode when tho convention conven-tion meets. This supposod bombshell combines tho latest word in political propagandas and lakes tho form of a political sottlemeut house to educate mon and women up to tho ideas of the suffragists. Political Scttlouicnt House, The political settlement house is a Tammany ideal upon an ethical basis, according to the information thus far adduced concerning it. Mrs. Belmont's plan is to-establish a chain of political settlement houses across Iho country, and a corps of workers to bo detailed to this phaso of tho battlo for the ballot. Settlement houses have already been established in Now York, and others will soon bo located in Boston, Bos-ton, Philadelphia, Chicago and San Francisco. In time, others will bo established es-tablished in St. Louis, Minneapolis, Omaha, Kansas City, Pittsburg, Denver, Salt Lake, Seattle, Atlanta and this lt3" Opeu-Door Meetings. During the convention Mrs. Harriot Stanton Blatch will conduct a series of opon-dcor meetings. Mrs. Helen LaRoiu Baker of Seattle and the Misses Keng-lev Keng-lev of Seattle, who planted a votes for women" banner on tho summit of ML. Rainier, will nssist Mrs. Blatch. Among tho speakers will bo Senator Owens of Oklahoma, Mrs. Baker, President Presi-dent Marv Pock of tho University of Minnesota. Professor Potter, formerly of tho University of Minnesota, and Mrs. Kate Wolsoy of. Kentucky. On tho nineteenth a petition for suffrage, containing 1,000,000 names, will be presented pre-sented to congress.