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Show Lulu a utaoy De)e7a.C3 From All Parts of 3 t the Country Assemble in V ashington. W'ASIIFXCTOX, Her. 7. Deleft es from every x.rt'um of the euuntiy were j present tod;iv at the opening sc.-ion ol the iir.-.t N'n: innnl Ant i-snlVrao cou-vuilion. cou-vuilion. Tln.-y listened to ti number oi' addres.-i'H bv women anU men dcblonnj; the seeking bv women ot' politicat equality, equal-ity, and 'urm' that they cnu he ot'l more and runhjr service to the natiuu j in other holds. Most of the speakers, ineludiii Mrs. Artluir M. Dod-r ot Now Yolk, president presi-dent of the National Association Opposed Op-posed to Woman SulTrno, attacked particularly par-ticularly the movement tor a federal ,su!Vr.-ie amendment, haihu Hoot, in a p;ip-r read for him by Miss Alice Hill : Chittenden of New York, protested J against such an aineiulment, holdino; it contrary to the. spirit of American institutions in-stitutions and the subjection of the people of one state to the yovernmuut of others. Cardinal Gibbous sent a message, whicd) was read, deprecating the participation par-ticipation of women in politics. ; i red-eric. red-eric. It Huidekoper, vice president of the American Security League, sioke in the place of (ieneraf Leonard Wood, who was unable to attend, and urged tho anti-sufi'rnyists to work for the cause ot preparedness. Miss Mabel Boardman of the American Wed Cross told of the work of that organization. Other speakers, speak-ers, indudini.' Mrs. H. L. Robinson of Cambridge. Mass., president of the Pub-lie Pub-lie Interest-; league, told how anti-suffragists hnd assisted the work of tho Red Cross during the war in' Kuropc. Members of the national association tonight attended a banquet at which there were other addresses. The convention con-vention will continue through tomorrow. tomor-row. Before adjournment, plans to defeat de-feat the proposed federal amendment, will be eousidercd. v |