The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-02-20
gR0OEEDINas OT TH6 3. s.R. s. A.

Agnes Burr, the President in the chair =
Minutes Of afternoon and evening ses-
sions read and approved.
The names Of Mrs. Sue r. Keenan,,
Mrs. :. McCown, and Mrs. N. F. Combs
added to the committee on resolutions.
Place of holding next annual meeting
fixed at Portland.
Annual election Of officers being in
order, Mrs. Duniway was unanimously /
reelected President, tue Recording Sec
retary being instructed to cast the
vote Of the Association under suspen-
sion Of rules.
The President made a brief response,
thanking the Association for the honor
conferred, and pledging herself to see
that the Woman Suffrage banner was
not trailed in the dust.
Under suspension of rules, Mrs. J. De- /
wore johnson was elected Recording |
Secretary, Mrs. NJ. a. Edmunds, Corre- |
spending Secretary, and Dr. Agnes Burr,
Treasurer; the Recording Secretary in
each case casting the vote of the Asso-
citation.
Mrs. Coburn, Mrs. Loughary, Mrs.
Combs, Mrs. Keenan, and Mrs. McCown
were placed in nomination for addi-
tional members of the executive COM
mittee. Mrs. johnson and Miss Olds
were appointed as tellers. Mrs. c. y.
Coburn, Mrs. 5. McCown and Mrs.
H. a. Loughary received a majority Of
all the ballots cast, and were declared
elected.
Interesting letters from various cor
respondents were read by the President
and Corresponding Secretary.
Adjourned to z. II.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Association met by invitation of the
/ janitor in the hall Of the Young Mems
Christian Association, President in
the chair.
Interesting and encouraging letter
from DIR. Hayford, editor Of the Lara
mie Sentinel, and many Of the most
prominent gentlemen Of Cheyenne and
Laramie, including clergymen, menu
bers Of the legislature and Gelegate-elect
to Congress, were read by Mrs. NJ. \.
/ Edmunds, Corresponding Secretary.
Editorials from the Laramie Sentinel,
! Sacramento Record Union aud New
York Observer were read and commented
upon by the President, all Of them in
dorsing the enfraDchisement Of Wyom-
ing's women, and all denouncing the
declarations OF its enemies against it as
false in every particular.
Committe on resolutions reported as
follows:
WHEREAS, An act was passed at the
/ last session Of the Legislature, amending
certain sections of chapter fourth Of
school law, and as part third Of said
chapter as amended provides that any
citizen of the State owning taxable
property, and who has resided in the
district thirty days prior to school
meeting may vote; therefore,
ResolUed, That we will use all our
influence in our respective districts to
induce all tax-paying women to go to
the polls and deposit their ballots at the
coming school elections in March.
ResOlUed, That the thanks Of this
Association and of the women through
out the State are due to Hon. Ahio
Watt, of Washington county, for his
prompt amendment TO the bill whereby
J the rights Of women To vote in school
elections on equal terms with men are
secured.
ResolUed, That our thanks be ten
cred TO members of both branches Of the
e late legislature who responded "aye"
: when the final vote on this question was
called.
ResOIUed, That we will use all legit-
Innate means TO secure taxable property,
, and thus legally entitle ourselves to a
voice ia educational matters.
Remarks on the resolutions were
) made by Mrs. J. DeVore Johnson, Mrs.
5. McCown, Mrs. c. A. Coburn, DIR.
Thompson, Mrs. H. A. Loughary, and
] DR.. Burr. Adopted.
> Letters were read from Rev. ). c.
Adams and Col. c. A. Reed and wife, OF
Salem, Mrs. Hendershott, Of Union
4 county, aud Mary Shane Smith, Of Fort
r Clatsop.
Mrs. Coburn submitted for considera-
i, ton copy Of the resolutions unani-
mously adopted by the late convention
Of the National Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation held at Washington; d. c.
Adjourned to meet at Masonic Tenn
pie at z o'clock.
5 EVENING SESSION.
Met pursuant to adjournment, the
, President in the chair.
. a large audience present. Instru-
mental duett, piano and violin, by
Misses Lillian \. Cooke and Dora G..
! McCord. Address by Rev. T. L. Eliot,
= who warmly seconded the objects OF
3 the Association, aud gave many cogent
reasons therefor.
: Songs by the Jubilee Club, in imita-
tion Of the Tennessee Jubilee Singers,
= were rendered with immense success.
; The young people entered into the
+; spirit Of the occasion aud fully estab-
lished themselves as favorites with the
g Portland public.
Hon. F. o. MeCown, of Oregon City,
I gentleman Of superior ability, pres
, ence and legal attachments, held the
e large assembly in rapt attention for an
, hour, his discourse upon "Women and
: the Law" being complete vindicatiou
D of woman's claim to the ballot aud all
its accompanying privileges and re-
! sponsibilities.
2 DIR. Thompson followed with a char.
a acteristic speech aud made a decided
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