The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-26
MRS. Gait READS 1T
REPORT ON ORGANIZATION MADE
TO HER SISTERS

Wherein it Appears That the south is Not
Inviting Field for the Spread of Wo-
man Suffrage Idess-CompIaint is Made
of the UngratefuI Brother Who Is
Helped, for What There is in 1t, and
Then VIII Not Return the Compliment
-"woman's Bible" is Handled Very
Gingerly.
Washington. D. c. Jan. 25.-The fea-
| ture of today's meeting OF the National
| American Suffrage association was the
| detailed report on organization. The
| executive committee considered the
trouble over the so-called ''woman's
Bible and IT was agreed that the ques-
ton was d personal one Of which the
general organization could take no cog
nizance 4 call for subscriptions 10
the general fund resulted in the raising
OF IS, 500.
The report of the committee on Orga-
MIA ton was submitted by Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait. She said that in the
work of Organizing during the year the
south was made the first field Of labor
Many workers were enlisted and many
converts were won there. Yet the
work has not been so fruitful OF orga-
nizatiO as had been anticipated. While
many clubs were reported, many Of
them failed to survive the ridicule and
persecution with which they were Wei
coined by their townspeoDle.
IF we will persistently follow the
path thus blaZed." the report went on,
the south Will yet be organized and
the votes OF the fifteen states now
sOlidly opposed 10 woman suffrage II
congress will be changed throug the in
fiuence of their constituencies 10 solid
advocacy Of our cause"
Fourteen persons have served as or
ganizers during the year. so meetings
held and aid in organization given 10
thirty-one states. The report made
strong plea for the observation OF Eli
zabeth Cady StantOn's birthday as
fitting occasion for the diffusion of suf-
frage sentiment. II closed by express
ing the conviction that ii is possible to
build great organization based on the
one platform Of the enfranchisement or
women.
The plan of work for 1896 was pre-
scented at this afternoons session. Miss
Anthony, the president, made an ad-
dress urging women 10 watch all poll
teal proceedings and secure from can
didates for office pledges to support
woman suffrage. She commented on
the influence of women at the polls IN
Kentucky, New York and elsewhere.
and criticized men whom they had in
directly helped, for not standing by
them when the woman suffrage test
came.
a number of reports from the field
were submitted by working organizers,
and Maine was pointed TO as the next
state to follow the example Of Wyoming
and Utah. The latter part Of the ses-
sion was devoted TO a parliament or
methods
The session tonight was devoted TO a
review OF the field work in the various
states. and Mrs. Sanders, wife OF eX-
United States Senator Sander, from
Montana, predicted that Montana
would soon contribute another star to
the flag Of the suffragists.
In a lengthy address Miss Elizabeth
r. Curtis, the daughter of the late
George W. Curtis, charged the men at
the top not a the bottom" with the
responsibility of universal suffrage, at
a failure They can lead. she said. but
will not because the welfare of their
country is less TO them than their pri-
Va 70 interests