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Show Ill AIM ID OVERCOME llfflPTY Mrs. Catt Opens Utah Conference With Outline Out-line of Plans for Improved Conditions. Organization Nonpartisan Nonparti-san and Will Purge Elections and Remedy Guardianship Laws. rWith a declaration of the purposes of le National League of Women Voters overcome all existing inequalities izi-zr. vo-rr :o ; prow --.---;..-. :.is a to promote good dtlxenshlp. Mrs. bh apman Catt. president of the Btiooal American Suffrage association. Btde 0;e Xeynote address at the opening jhboq of tlse Utah conference In Assem- : lbs. Catt outlined the alms of the Na-BpmT Na-BpmT Lbmbm of Women Voters, lectar-mk lectar-mk it had been organlxed to take the pee of the suffrage association, now -JV xork of t-.it : z..i ::-- 15 pB over. The new body of women. Ffa. Catt said, will endeavor to realise it 1 :ts of :he suffrage victor.- and to FWSi women voters together in an or- nsa-joa devoted tc Ike nonpartisan de-i de-i seEi of better laws, better cltfxen-tfy cltfxen-tfy and for the promotion of the beat i the VISITING WOMEN BANQUET GUESTS. -u: " ' - ratt a-I members ,; ": Of - - . Men were guests of honor at a recep-at recep-at the HoteJ Utah, followed by a piwt. The conference will continue ft three sessions today, which will be F. S. Richards, president of the c&i League of Women Voters, presided c the opening session yesterday. Act-si Act-si Governor Harden Bennlon and Mayor "rrr welcomed the conference and ten-psl ten-psl the hospitality of the ;a:, and T to the women. Builon spoke of the privilege now enjoys In sayin? to the V the country, "We told vou so regard to the destrabilitv of woman Ktii. expressed the' conviction ETl ,ne vot of the women will prove lJ moral force and power In the S- In speaking of the future, he Wm to teach loyalty above all things. ..o. Ferrj- referred to the duty of the Cralf-.'. me!nbers to stand for con-EtlnI! con-EtlnI! combating the waves of un-w un-w 'he country. WEAKER PICTURES 1WER FOR GOOD. Alice Reynolds of Provo, in her t enl V,8Poke "f the Possibilities n vote ore the I-aeue of Wo- tie th., '""rage. It Is much more that suffrage wisely and bene- V,tflJ7"J0 be n"led. she said, . .rl L be ra'ld. There are (But. -H ' ,who. b"eve women's" 4 of v,Ti "Ly duP"cate their own lM rtr,' ,pc,ke of tne efforts the If1 Wf razi D !",' ,ortrari In getting P . t Incorporated Into N,,Stl;,lrl convention and Stated? Iearfra " "Aunt Em" S'.'sie v ator Elizabeth Hayward. other nt " 0a,es' -Mr8- Richards Pioneer suffrage leaders of the PAN B: ANTHONY VEN PRAISE. b" l,he earl- 'carl"s ar affectn Se circles. With par-Sf par-Sf to th? ? "he. dwelt upon the ser-B ser-B A,r,e ' a"caBe of the late w h. fi n'', wno!e "ame aS car-Refr car-Refr constitutional amend. !? I" the B. to the Present confer- 2"- Mr. nic'h 1 a JubUce ob" ciatlon for 5V rharas expressed her r?3'nCe Mra" Catt P ''olrr d" '"foduced Mrs. Catt as T '"'"nee ?maP of th land." and Wlal reception suffra8e Psldent C rCw,g hr gratitude to Gov- . 'Uffrase 6 ''Kls'ature to ratify !fch"l Into . amendment. Mrs. Catt ? """Poses r "Position of the alms Jn voters national league of Hrwlli"' ,hP the suffrage L1" the cL '"rce by February ? i u oJ SlT'nttn ' National Mr, r ha" been called in Sntlon sf" told how at the last 2 l" tner.. L ''ou's the "omen de-t1" de-t1" an-1 ,! "U1 organization Into "lt0r, d"1 to carry on work of a new al1''" hy Matemert that the S'5'rt of women voters will be RL'he Z Jn character. Mrs. Catt said jr .oiganlxatlon will fall wher- on page 4, Ckltimn '30 SUFFRAGE HEAD BEFWES LEAGUE Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt Addresses Women Voters of Utah. (Ooutlnuod From Page One.) evpr party politics enters Into Us considerations. consid-erations. Existing: discriminations In the law against womL-n will be me of the foremost fore-most targets of the association, Mrs. Catt said, and asked: "If the suffragettes do not remove the discriminations which still exist In some states, who will?" There are, she said, still some states where the divorce laws are archaic, where guardianship laws do an injustice to women, and others where property laws do not recognize men and women on a basis of equality. These matters, Mrs. Catt said, wltl be Subjects for the consideration and the ef forts of the. national and state orcaniia-tions orcaniia-tions of the league of women voters. Machinery Is Described. The organization will function. she aald. through the national conventions, where policies will be outlined. Subsidiary Subsid-iary to the convention proper will be various va-rious committees such as one on child welfare, where conditions will be examined ex-amined In detail and constructive programs pro-grams outlined. Each state organization will have a representative on the general committees In order to facilitate the exchange ex-change of Ideas and the adoption of representative rep-resentative views. Certain alleged object lonable features In the elect Ion laws of some states and com tn unit ies will be other objectives for the league. Mrs. Catt referred to the political bossism." to the voting by Illiterates Il-literates and other matters as subjects for betterment under this heading. She made the chargp that within the last five years states hiivt- been lost to the cause of suffrage through N- Hrn frauds. She said that the women will stand together until they remove the ob staples to better rlt lienshlp. The women, she said, nre evolutionists, and will endeavor to make the processes of evolut Ion through the ballot as easy as possible. Will Fight Illiteracy. Abolition of Illiteracy and the establishment estab-lishment of Kngllsh as the language of the puMIc schools will form snother vital part of the Ir-ague program, Mrs. Catt said. "Illiteracy must go." she declared. "If we are to have a B"vernment by the people and of the people." The promotion of loyalty and of veneration ven-eration for the flag wilt be another of the league's principal obiectlves. Mrs. Catt aid. "We must teach the foreigners to honor our fins; and show them that we are Bjlvtns; them In this country liberties roe which tlMJT mutt He thankful. " "We Invite Clah to lead the world In legislation If It will." Mrs Catt said In referring to the operations of the lea true for the future. The league, she stated, will endeavor to have passed legislation which will make certain states standards for the rest of the country tn the matter mat-ter of provision for women and children and In pursuance of the general program of the league, l'tah. she said, will hnve nn excellent opportunity to lead In this respect as many of this state s laws now provide excellent examples for other states to follow. what Do Women Want of Political Parties?" Mrs. Catt said will be the su!-Ject su!-Ject for one seaslon at the February convention. con-vention. Mrs. Catt expressed the hope that at this lime the women will present a general program of requests of a gen era! nature that both major national political po-litical parties will write Into their platforms. plat-forms. Mrs. Catt said the national committees of both democratic and Republican parties, par-ties, wish to learn thr desires of the women, and the Inclusion of the special session for a discussion of the question at the convention wai made with this In ml nil. When Sh reached the speakers' plnt-forrn. plnt-forrn. Mrs. Catt's first act was to pay her r.-spcrtd to "Aunt Km" Wells, nonogenarl-un nonogenarl-un suffrage leader of the state. Mrs. Wells chatted with Mrs. Catt for some moments, renewing an acquaintance whlrh bSSn thirty years ago at a suffrage suf-frage convention In the east. ChaagfJI Are Stressed. In speaking later of the new day for women, Mrs. Catt referred to thnt loiui-ajTO loiui-ajTO convention and the custom then of elderly women wearing severe Muck bonnets. bon-nets. These she contrasted with the gray ro decorated iMinnel which Mrs. Wells was wearing yesterday, us showing the changn of the times. She said that there nre no longer any "old women," for nil womsn now have hope mid Interests In their hearts. regMrdless of their years. Mrs. B, Jean Nelson I'etiMeld followed Mrs, Catt and outlined somn of the legal work which the league wilt undertake. Mrs. Penfield Is n New York Inwyer. She told how the lnws r.'gnnllng women are n herltuge of the common law of KngMnnd unve where they have been altered by legislative enact ment tor the better. She spoke of certain archaic examples still ex 1st en t In t he la ws of sortie states of the union today, It will be one aim of Ihe leiigue. Mrs. Ponflsld sn Id, to overcome lne.iiulll Ies In t he exist I UK civil nervier stat iltrS of (he federnl government nnd of some states which have Olvll service, The league, she suld. will alSO ISek to extend civil Service Ser-vice to t hose stat es where It Is not In practice because of the nllrgallon (hat state positions are stmoly poll t lent spoil nnd that. In lis distribution, the women nre rtOt considered. "Squal pay for IQUal work" Is a slogan the lengue Sill endeavor to nee curried out. Mrs, Pen hid said, Before t he ootiferenoe was opened for- innlly. Ho, tilt'- Coop led the a in Hence In community ilnning or old nnd new sonn , Minslenl ciogr.im tins been nr.-unge.l for nil of Ihe Sessions Of the conference. |
