The morning call., 1894-10-24

all talk together. They didn't succeed in
transacting any large amount of business,
it's true, but they meant to-so therei
First of all there was the regular weekly
meeting of the Equal Rights League. Mrs.
Gregory presided and smiled approvingly
as she saw the large Eumber of members
and visitors present. The discussion of
mans limitations as bread-winner was
on the programme. but it was resolved to
postpone that matter and hold conven-
tion. They hadn't really made up their
minds what kind of a convention. but they
wanted something with motions and reso-
lutions, trimmed with points of order and
questions of privilege in l., with express
sions of opinion en- train. Everybody was
holding political conventions and why not
the league?
They resolved 1t would be a political
convention. with non-partisan bias, and
the leagne named Mrs. Emily Pitt Stevens
as chairman, with Mrs. l.. Robe as secre-
tary OF the convention, into which they
Immediately adjourned themselves. On
taking the chairmanship of the convention
Mrs. Stevens said she was glad to preside
over political convention, as she had
never presided over one before. She
smiled her gladness sweetly and all the
ladies smiled too. No convention ever be-
gan its deliberations with so much good
feeling and harmony.
Mrs. Nellie Holbrook Blinn wanted to
know just whose names would be allowed
in as delegates. Nobody seemed to know
exactly, although the majority of opinion
expressed was that all the ladies present
should be made delegates.
A question arose as TO whether or not
Mrs. Stevens and Mrs. Robe were the per-
manent officers of the convention. There
was some doubt as to the intention of the
league in the matter. so, to meet it half
way, a motion was put and carried that
Mrs. Stevens be declared the choice of the
convention for permanent chairman. II
was carried and the ladies were 80 de-.
lighted with the fate of their first motion
that they forgot to name permanent sec
retary.
! The question as to what names could be
used on the roll of delegates to the conven-
tion again coming up, the chair stated that
in her opinion names of any persons could
be submitted to the convention.
At this point Mrs. Blinn stated that she
imagined it would not be bad plan il the
| convention selected q committee or two.
She believed they did that sort of thing in
conventions. This was a master-str0ke,
and the chair Immediately appointed a
committee on credentials as follows: Mrs.
Ella c. Smedley, Mrs. J. Murray Bailey
and Mrs. Nellie Holbrook Blinn.
| While this committee was busily at wo rk
getting the names of all the ladies present
one of the members arose to inquire
whether or not this was municipal con-
vention. The chair informed her that it
did not make any difference; they could
make il what they pleased.
Mrs. Blinn stopped her work on the
committee on credentials to state that she
thought it should be municipal conven-
tion. Mrs Gregory said she was as equally
certain it should take In the State. There
were expressions of opinion pro and con,
and then they just agreed they would
AXE it municipal. There was so much
harmony that 1t really was not necessary
! for a motion.
any of the ladies present knew in what
precincts they lived. There were several
who dd and others who thought they were
| sure they did.
At the end of recess of five minutes the
| COtlUlGtSo Ou CEcuCutldlS I6putkou u 1lSt OIL
names as those of delegates duly accredited
to the convention.
Mrs. Mary E. Lease of Kansas was close
to the top Of il, with Colonel Robert G.
| Ingersoll a close second. Then came
Chauncey NJ. Depew. Kate Field, Mrs.
Potter Palmer. Rev. DR.. Hemphili, Susan
b. Anthony, Henry Ward Beecher and
Frances Willard. The names of all the
ladies present followed.
Mrs. j. Murray Bailey objected to the
names men toned. She didn't see how
| they could act in a municipal convention,
particularly when some of them were dead.
She thought with the names of these dis.
tinguished people in il was hardly fair to
the other members. and she thought the
ladies should give in their own names.
The chair was of the opinion that people