The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-07-03

TRoL.
The following report, recently made
by Mrs. Mary Snow, Recording Secre-
tary, was inadvertently omitted in our
report of the proceedings of the late
Woman Suffrage Convention:
During the past year the Board has
held thirty-six meetings, four Of which
were quarterly, eleven special, and
twenty-one adjourned. The prelimi-
nary action of the Board in coming
together, was the election of additional
| members, and new officers in sympathy
with our aims, who, bringing with them
| fresh enthusiasm, helped to strengthen
and cheer the hitherto active members,
/ who forthwith proceeded to the accom-
! lpIishment of their work. Thus rein
| forced, with unabated zeal have we been
! Iegitimately, though quietly, pursuing
\ the interests of the Society that were
committed to our charge. Unity of
purpose and unbroken harmony Of ac-
! tion have characterized our sessions,
which have been occupied in deYising
plans for the furtherance of the cause.
! Accordingly, at our meeting of May 9Th,
a brief circular, urging the Sutfragists
of California to united action and seek
ing to arouse enthusiasm in our ranks
and to create public sentiment in favor
OF MOmaQ'S NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. siSueu
4 by the President and Secretary, was
adopted by the Board, and circulated by
; postal card throughout the State. At
our regular quarterly meeting of June
2Tth another comprehensive and care
fully prepared official document, signed
by all the officers of the Board, was
adopted, designed more especially to in
! fiuence the action OF the nominating
committees for the California Legisla-
ture. This also was extensively. circu-
lated throughout the State, and sent to
3 each member of the several nominating
: legislative committees, accompanied by
j a brief note calling attention to the dis
abilities Of woman, and expressing the
: hone that in their selection OF candl-
dates her claims would not be Ignored.
Frequently also the more prominent
= members were visited by special COM
. mittees of ladies from our Board, urging
e upon them the Importance OF the Sut-
Il / frage movement; also the consideration
of our educational and property rights;
and generally an appreciatiVe sympathy
with our aims has been expressed, which
y is a pleasing indication of the rapid
" growth of public sentiment upon the
~ subject. On October 4th special meet
ing was called to listen to q communica-
tion from Lucy Stone, inviting us to
u send delegates from our Society to the
fifth annual meeting of the American
= Woman Suffrage Association, to be held
: in New York, and also requesting for
D. that occasion a report Of our work in
california. We responded by the ap-
IL pointment of Mrs. +. c. Sargent, then
:, i'm Washington, as our delegate, and by
- instructing the Corresponding Secre-
le tary, Mrs. Mary J. Collins, TO furnish
be synopsis Of our labOTs in the past; also
x by telegram of friendly greeting,
signed by Mrs NJ A. Lewis, President
of the Board Of Control, and a letter
he from MIS- Mary +. Snow, its Recording
,s- Secretary. This action resulted in the
n. appointment of Hon. A, a. Sargent and
- Mrs. NJ. A. Lewis as their Vice Presi-
y dents for California, and of Mary ]. Col
lins as member of their Executive
ng Committee. f.. .-.-.--r ,..I
Re r.. At subsequent meetings Of the Board,
- Woman Suffrage petitions to Congress
"e. rand the California Legislature were
ce adopted, and finally forwarded to
Washington and Sacramento. The pc
=, tition to Congress was received and pre-
~. sented to that body by Hon. A. A. Sar-
.oo gent, and subsequently referred to an
- appropriate committee. The petition to
our California Legislature was presented
by Hon. Henry EdgertOn in the Senate,
&C. and by Hon. w. A. Aldrieh in the AS
IN sembly, and also referred to joint
ns' committee of both Houses. 1t urged
ioi three points: WOman's eligibility to Of
re- ficial position on educational boards and
ho clerical offices; her property rights; and
oss a constitutional amendment comforting
- the ballot. 1t was sent to Sacramento
early i'm December. The Board asked
for no oral hearing before the commit
1w tee; yet through personal calls upon
,Iy members of the Legislature, previous to
oa to their convening at Sacramento, by g
special committee of ladies appointed
Oh for the purpose, and also by frequent
of correspondence with them during the
eel whole period of their sessions, through
N. our Corresponding Secretary, urging
them to respectful consideration" and
action in regard to the claims Oi
woman, aided by the efforts of an inde-
pendent delegation of ladies from Santa
4 Clara county, our legislators were in
duced to pass an Educational Bill, and
ITO also one in relation to our property
IN rights. But so protracted was the dis
ar eussion upon those points before the
on final passage, that no time was given tC
- the clause IN our petition referring tC
1T the ballot; other questions, to them oi
yed paramount importance, claiming the
& last hours of the Legislative session
a. Yet for the advocacy of our cause, so fal
70 as considered, we are especially grateful
to Messers. Edgerton, Roach, Ffnney
and Pentegrast, of the Senate, and to
=. n MesSerS. AldTlch, BarIOn1 OOBslnS alu
:. Others, Of the Assembly; and as pa
Is tientlv as we can, we await the good
lief time coming" when the further prlvi-
ra- Iepp ut the ballot, removing all our dis
abilities, shall be granted. 30 boil.
De Early in January letters were ad-
all dress. ID by our indefatigable Correspond.
,er. ing Secretary, Mrs. Mary J. Collins, to
each Of the Pacific Coast Senators repu-
dating the Frelinghuysen Utah Bill,
aud urging them to energetic action fOl
ere its defeat; and the closing effort of the
1ut Board was the adoption of resolutions
or opposing the Congressional disfranchis-
IT. ing movement, to be forwarded to each
{" member from the Pacific coast, and also
le- brief memorial thereon to Congress,
'ad to be presented to that body by our dis
tinguished friend and coadjutor Hon.
, I A. a. Sargent. st..i.
Thus have we steadily aimed, accord
eW ing to our highest Judgment, faithfully
lly to discharge the duties devolving upon
as us, trusting that our labOrs may be ul-
Ia timately crowned with success.
y .-,s. Respectfully submitted by
res MARY +. Snow,
ii--2 Rec. See. Cal. Beard of Control