. The National Civic Federation review . lumber nor sleep until every effort hasbeen made to accomplish what it has pledged itselfto do. In addition to the stand on legislative matters al-ready mentioned, the Convention put itself on record asfavoring the -iulu hour day for women workers, andpledged its efforts to obtain Slate laws to that end, aswell as to work for Civil Service Reform. The General Federation Stands for much that is is naturally a force in moulding public opinion, and has strong influence iii crystallizing thai public opinion into legislative action. There are times w
. The National Civic Federation review . lumber nor sleep until every effort hasbeen made to accomplish what it has pledged itselfto do. In addition to the stand on legislative matters al-ready mentioned, the Convention put itself on record asfavoring the -iulu hour day for women workers, andpledged its efforts to obtain Slate laws to that end, aswell as to work for Civil Service Reform. The General Federation Stands for much that is is naturally a force in moulding public opinion, and has strong influence iii crystallizing thai public opinion into legislative action. There are times when perhaps,in the language of the politician, it may be viewed with alarm as well as pointed at with pride becausenow and then the conservative element does not bestiritself enough and the very radical element, always readyto be incendiary when occasion offers, gets too stronga hold. The recent Convention, however, showed that theconservatives are really the large majority, for somerather lurid utterances made by certain members during. SARAH S PLATT DECKER,President of The Federation of Womens Clubs the conferences on industrial questions were not re-ceived with favor, but frowned upon, and the womenwanted facts, not imaginative instances. I he Convention compared Favorably with any greatConvention of political parties, and about as much poli-tics is played in a feminine way of course, and perhapsdepending as much on plain common sense and femi-nine ion as on parliamentary law. though many of the officers and members are well known parliamen-tarians—but as one little woman said, parliamentarylaw is only the application of the excellent commonsense of certain men—let women apply theirs in theirown convention. There can be no gathering of such a large number ofdelegates without some differences of views on certainquestions. Such differences arose, but were so wellhandled as scarcely to cause a ripple in the Conventionproper. The fine work was all done outside. The t
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