The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-08
The Women Sufragists Received
a Pledge of the Colored
Support.
COUNTY SEAT CONVENTIONS.
of Equal Suffrage Are En-
couraged and Report Good Cheer
All Along the Line.

The women suffragists of California are
hard at work. If they are not enfran-
chised next fall it will be on account of no
lack of faithful, persistent effort.
Their plans were outlined at an open
meeting OF the State amendment cam
paign committee and the California
Woman Suffrage Association, held at
Golden Gate Hall yesterday, when it was
announced that Miss Anna Fl. Shaw would
return the latter part of March to make a
second tour of the State in the interests of
equal suffrage. The plan is to have con-
ventions lasting two days at every county
seat in the State, Miss Shaw assisting in
| most, if not all, the conventions. Mrs.
Hester A. Harland. the State organizer,
will be active in the conduct of the meet
ings.
Attention was called by Mrs. Ellen G.
Sargent, chairman of the campaign COM
mittee, to the petition-bo being extern
siyelv circulated, in which all desiring that
the State political conventions be re-
quested to put suffrage plank in their
platforms, might insert their names.
The following report of Mrs. Hester A.
Harland was read:
In rendering report of organization work
in California it will probably be in order to
give resume of all items connected with the
same dating from my appointment and begin
ming July Is, 1895.
During the month to August Is, correspond
ence was begun and, with the help of the men,
bers of the press committee in Southern Cali
fornia. all of the newspapers in that section
were corresponded with, and items sent them
regarding the work of the Suffrage Associa-
tons and other interesting items pertaining to
suffrage work in general.
After repeated attempts to form clubs in
various towns it was found impracticable at
that season, as the masses of influential and
progressive people were not at home, having
gone to the seaside resorts to remain until
October.
visited some of the large assent lages, nota-
bly, Chautauq ia meetings. at Long Beach, spoke
daily upon our work and plans and purposes,
and in that way secured the interest of many
residents of six counties, securing names and
lists for future reference.
In the middle of August went to Santa Bar
bara, where ] remained four days. There / adj
dressed the Woman's Club, a literary club
composed OF prominent women of that city;
also the Working-girls' Club, the Temperance
Union and mass-meeting of about 200 per-
sons, and lastly held meeting for organiZa-
ton, at which time thirty-five members were
enrolled. Ut has since increased to member
ship of fifty.)
All arrangements had been made to form
similar clubs in Ventura and Santa Paula,
when call came to go to San Francisco and
arrange to manage Miss Shaw's lecture tour
This tour practically suspended organization
work until November Is, although some few So
cieties were formed in the meantime and much
preparatory work done. A fine society OF eigh-
teen members was organized in Vallejo on
September 20 under most satisfactory and en-
couraging auspices.
Having been advised by members of our
committee to attempt organization during
this tour did so, but soon found that the
two could not be satisfactorily carried on
simultaneously. There was not time to work
the matter up In this way, however, small
societies were formed in Santa Rosa, St. Helena,