Evening star., 1896-01-18

mopntain state before they do In the rich
and powerful states Of the seaboard."
Out Of Wyoming will appear Miss Estelle
Reel. young, ruddy. handsome and bril-
liant. She Is typical child Of the west.
and can ride like centaur. When she ran
for state commissioner OF public fnstruc-
tion and public lands she had made for
herself leather riding habit. which en-
abled her to defy the barbed wire fences
which are in universal use In that part of
the Union. She has risen, step by step. I'M
the public service, winning the esteem of
the public. by her fidelity, honesty and ex-
ecutive ability. At the election referred to
in 1894 she was victorious by larger ma
jority than that given to any other candi-
date. She has been SO satisfactory in her
present office that her constituents are now
talking of making her governor OF her
state. Louisiana will have for its eXpon-
ents Mrs. Caroline Merrick and Mrs. Eliza
beth Lysle Saxon Mrs. Merrick Is the
wife of Judge Merrick, and Mrs. Saxon Is
the well-known church worker and temper
ance orator. She is also a poet and novel
ist of no mean ability.
New York will have delegation consist
ing of the women already named, and OF
such others as Miss Harriette keyser, Miss
Jessie Casseday, Miss Isabel Howland, Mrs
Craigie, Mrs. Blapcker, Miss Rowland, Miss
Mary Anthony, Mrs Eleanor Babcock, Miss
Teresa Barcalow, Miss Cynthia Westover
and Miss Margaret Chandler.
Florida will be there in Mrs. Ella C..
McLendon, Miss Augusta Howard, Mrs
Marian Du Bose and Mrs. Claudia Maxwell.
The Carolinas will be present In talented
group, including DIR. Helen Morris Lewis,
Hemphill. Mrs. Virginia D. Young and
Mrs. Meriweather will represent Tennessee.
and Mrs. Rebecca II. Hayes will come for
ward as the bright star of hundred thou
sand people from the Lone Star state.
The Proceedings.
The proceedings will be varied. There
will be reports from every state organiza-
tion from the committee on organization
and from the standing and special commit
tees of the association The most interest
ing of these will be those describing the
trauscoEtinental tour of Miss Anthony and
Rev. Arna Shaw: the interstate tour of
Mrs Chapman Gait, and the southern
campaign tour Of DIR. Lewis. Mrs. Young,
Gen. Hcmphill, the Misses HemDhill and
Miss Yates. These three events were not
able by reason of the number of meetings
held, the average attendance of each meet
ing. the number of new clubs formed. the
members enrolled. the number of converts
made and the enthusiasm and public in
terest which they aroused.
There will be an election of ofhcers In
all probability the present board viii be
again returned Oh account of Their ad-
mirable achievements in the past twelve
months.
There will be divine services held by the
convention, at which the officiating clergy
men and all the associate clergymen will be
taken from among the delegates. There
will also be two interesting occurrences
when the committee on legislation makes
it's argument before one committee from
the Senate and a second from the House.
The argument prepared IS SAID to be a mas
.erly one, and will undoubtedly be worthy
of the Importance of the occasion. TIE
headquarters of the convention are at the
Arno, and will be there until after the ad-
journment.
The committee upon transportation has
made arrangements with nearly all the
great railway systems of the country, so
that delegates and people interested in the
convention can attend it at greatly reduced
rates. Another committee in Washing ton
has made similar arrangements in regard to
comforts and accommoda ton.
The last convention at Atlanta brought
| together about 1900 women from all parts
of the country. and the present one will, II
| is thought. attract half as many again.
NJ M.ARGHERITA ARLINA HAMM.